October 9, 1919 J 



Index 



XXIH 



Anthrax, Bill to Control the Importation of Goods Infected 

 with, Second Reading of the, 190 



Anthropometric and Kindred Data Collected by the Ministry 

 of National Service, Utilisation of, 408 



Anti-Scorbutics, H. Chick and M. Rhodes, 71 



Aphasia, Congenital or Developmental, Dr. J. Kerr, 139 



Aphididae of Lahore, The, Bachambar Das, 269 



Aphis grossularice, Kalt, and A. vihurni, Shrztik, Bionomics 

 of, Miss M. D. Haviland, 58 



Applebv Grammar School, Bequest to, by Bishop Percival, 

 198 



April Meteoric Display, The, 114 



Arctic Expedition : A New American, 209 ; Forthcoming, 

 to be led by D. B. MacMillan, 510 



Argentine, The Ants of the, Dr. A. Gallardo, 269 



Argus, The, Seaplane-Carrying Ship, 233 



Aristotelian Society, British Psychological Society, and 

 Mind Association : Forthcoming Joint Session of the, 

 288 ; Joint Session of the ; The 1920 Meeting to be Held 

 at Oxford, 412 



Armstrong College : Lt.-Col. Sir Theodore Morison Ap- 

 pointed Principal of, 439 ; Dr. S. Smiles Appointed 

 Professor of Organic Chemistry at, 458 ; Notice of 

 Awards at, 218; Resignation of Dr. R. L. Weighton 

 of the Chair of Engineering at, 336 



Army : Gardens in France, Belgium, and Occupied German 

 Territory, G. Truffaut and H. Colt, 343 ; Medical 

 Department, Institution of a Director of Pathology 

 and a Director of Hygiene, 190 ; of Occupation, Educa- 

 tion of A iv. Boys of the, 138 ; Educational Facilities 

 for the, 238 



Arsenical Poisoning in Industries Involving Coal and its 

 Derivatives, A. Bayet and A. Slosse, 160 



Asama-Yama, Eruptions and Earthquakes of the, Prof. 

 Omori, 450 



Asbestos in the Union of South Africa, A. L. Hall, 270 



Assellus aquaticus, Reproduction of, E. E. Unwin, 319 



Asiatic Petrols, Compyosition of Some, G. Chavanne and 

 L. J. Simon, 519 



Astrographic Catalogue, The, 312 ; Vol. ii. of the Hydera- 

 bad Section of the, 34 



ASTRONOMICAL NOTES. 

 Comets : 



Comets of the Jovian Family, Schorr's Comet I9i8<i, 

 73 ; Comet 1914c (Neujmin), J. Svardson, 92 ; Comet 

 1915a (Mellish), Rosenbaum, 94 ; Kooff 's Periodic 

 Comet, M. Ebell, 4t;3, 474, 492, 514; A" New Comet, 

 Mr. Metcalf, M. Giacobini, 514 



Instruments : 

 The Blink Microscope, 194 



Meteors : 

 The April Meteoric Display, 1 14 ; The April Meteors of 

 of 1919, 174; The Meteoric Shower of Halley's Comet, 

 174; June Meteors, 252; An Interesting Meteor, 291; 

 A Bright Meteor, 411; The August Perseids, 453 



Observatories : 

 ".\nnuaire de I'Observatoire Royal de Belgique," 1915, 

 1916, 1917, 1918, 234; Reports of the French National 

 Observatory, 1916-18, 252 ; The Mount Wilson Ob- 

 servatory, 291 ; Report of the Solar Physics Observa- 

 tory, Cambridge, 434 ; Report of the Royal Observa- 

 tory, Edinburgh, 453 



Planets : 

 The Order of the Planets, Dr. H. Chatley, 10; Photo- 

 Electric Determinations of Stellar Magnitudes of 

 Planets, P. Guthnic, 53 ; Venus and Jupiter, 73 ; 

 Observed Changes on Jupiter, F. Sargent, 134 ; Draw- 

 ings of Mars, 134 ; Chang-es on Jupiter, Rev. T. E. R. 

 Phillips, 152; Coming Conjunctions, 212; Mars. H. 

 Thomson, 212; Jupiter, 234; The Lunar Atmospheric 

 Tide, Dr. S. Chapman, 272; The Planets, 331; A 

 Planet beyond Neptune, Prof. W. A. Pickering, 514 



Stars : 

 Cepheid Variables, J. H. Jeans, 10 ; The Astrographic 

 Catalogue, vol ii. of the Hyderabad Section, 34 ; Nova 



Aquite, Rev. A. L. Cortie, Dr. J. Lunt, Dr. A. A. 

 Rambaut, 53 ; The Variables of Long Period, W. Gyl- 

 lenberg, P. W. Merrill, 53 ; Star Clusters, Dr. 

 C. V. L, Charlier, 73 ; The Cepheid Variables, Prof. 

 A. S. Eddington, 92 ; The Evolution of Binary Sys- 

 tems, J. H. Jeans, 115; The Origin of Novae, Prof. 

 W. H. Pickering, 153 ; Occultation of Stars by Venus, 

 A. Burnet, 174 ; Determination of Proper Motions, 

 R. T. A. Innes, 194; Calculation of Occultations of 

 Stars by the Moon, A. Snow, 194; Nova Aquilae, 1918, 

 234; Nova Aquilae, H. Thomson, 353; The Parallax of 

 the Orion Nebula, Prof. W. H. Pickering, 353 ; Planet- 

 ary Nebulae, van Maanen, 353 ; The Parallax of the 

 Pleiades, Prof. Kapteyn, Dr. W. J. A. Schouten, 374; 

 The Masses of Binary Stars, Prof. Aitken, 392 ; The 

 Spiral Nebulae, Prof. H. B. Curtis, 411 ; The Spectrum 

 of Nova Aquilae, 435 ; Mira Ceti, 453 ; Magnitude of 

 Nova Aquilae, Stebbins and Dershem, 474 ; Mass and 

 Momentum of Stellar Systems, Shinjo and Watanabe, 

 474 ; Occultation of Small Stars by Jupiter, A. 

 Burnet, 492 ; Distribution of Globular Clusters and 

 Spiral Nebulae, Dr. H. Shapley, 514 



Sun : 

 The Solar Eclipse, 252 ; An Earth-effect on the Sun, 

 J. Evershed, 272 ; The Sun-spot Maximum, J. Ever- 

 shed, 291 ; Sun-spots as Electric Vortices, Prof. Hale, 

 292; The Solar Eclipse of May 29, 311; The Eclipse 

 and Wireless Telegraphy, 374 ; Painting the Corona, 

 H. R. Butler, 374 ; The Recent Solar Eclipse, 492 



Miscellaneous : 



Variation of Latitude, B. Wanach, I. Yamamoto, 10; 

 Reform of the Calendar, G. Bigourdan, H. Des- 

 landres, 34 ; Dark Markings on the Sky, Prof. Barnard, 

 34 ; Unification of the Astronomical and Civil Day, 

 115; the Gegenschein or Counterglow, Prof. Barnard; 

 Tycho Brahe's Original Observations, Dr. J. L. E. 

 Dreyer, 134 ; Celestial Systems, S. Shinjo and Y. 

 Watanabe, 153; The Astographic Catalc^ue, 312; 

 Admiralty Tide-tables, 331 ; The Movement of the 

 Earth's Pole, Sir F. Dyson, Dr. H. Jeffreys, 392 ; The 

 Light of the Aurora and the Auroral Line, Prof. 

 Slipher, 411 ; A World Survey, 434; A Magnetic Storm, 

 492 



Astronomical : and Civil Day, Unification of the, 115; Time, 

 Unification of, G. Bigourdan, 339 ; Observatories of Jai 

 Singh, The, G. R. Kaye, 166 



Athenaeum Club : R. A. Gregory elected a Member of tfie 

 III ; Sir G. Newman elected a Member of the, 30 



Atlantic Flight : The, 130, 147, 149, 190, 226, 253, 267, 

 288, 306; by " R.34," 349 



Atmosphere : General Movements of the, H. H. Hilde- 

 brandsson, 119; The Lunar Tide in the. Dr. S. Chap- 

 man, 185 



Atmospheric : Conditions which Affect Health, Prof. L. 

 Hill, 79 ; Nitrogen and Oxygen, Determination of the 

 Rate of Solution of, by Water, Part ii.. Prof. W. E. 

 Adeney and H. G. Becker, 298 ; Pollution, Fourth 

 Report of the Advisory Committee on, 451 ; Stirring 

 Measured by Precipitation, L. F. Richardson, 57 ; 

 Waves, Periodicity of, J. L^vine, 119 



"Atom": The, A. A., 104 ; Constitution of the, and the 

 Properties of Band Spectra, H. Deslandtes, 259 



Atomic : Weight Determinations, Some Recent, Sir T. E. 

 Thorpe, 346 ; Weights of Boron and Fluorine, The, 

 E. F. Smith and VV. K. van Haagen, 347 



August Perseids, The, 453 



Aurora : The Light of the, and the Auroral Line, Prof. 

 Slipher; Prof. Frost, 411 



Auroral Display. A Brilliant, E. H. Stenning, 9 



.Australia : An Orc^raphical Map of, Dr. G. Taylor, 251 ; 

 Science and Industry in. Sir J. McCall, 434 ; The 

 Flora of, S. L. Moore, 360 



Australian: Antarctic Expedition, Reports of the, 54; Com- 

 monwealth, Bulletins of the .Advisory Council of Science 

 and Industry for the, 310; Culicidae, Contributions to a 

 Knowledge of. No. 4, F. H. Taylor, 59 ; Environment, 

 The, (especially as Controlled by Rainfall), Dr. Grif- 

 fith Taylor, 447 ; Freshwater Copepoda and Oslracoda, 



