XIV 



Index 



[Nature, 

 September 21, 1916 



Curtis, Diseases of Poultry, 339 ; and M. R. Curtis, 

 Studies on the Physiology of Reproduction in the 

 Domestic Fowl, 370 

 Pearson (Prof. H. H. W.), Exploration in South-west 

 Africa, 4 ; Morphology of the Female Flower of 

 Gnetum, 516 

 Pearson (Prof. Karl), Corrigenda for "Tables for Statis- 

 ticians and Biometricians," 130 ; Skew Variation, 50 

 Pearson (R. S.), The Economic Uses of Rosha Grass, 550 

 Peczaiski (T.), Effect of Temperature on the Structure of 

 Paraffin, 315; Law of Integral Radiation and the Yield 

 of Light of Metals at High Temperatures, 51 

 Peddle (J. Taylor), On the Relation of Imports to Exports, 



Second Edition, 279 

 Pellew (Miss C), and Miss F. M. Durham, Crosses between 



Primula verticillata and P. ftoribunda, 291 

 Pennell (Commander H. L. L.) [obituary], 325 

 Perez (Dr. G. V.), The Canary Island Palm, 387 

 P6ringuey (Dr. L.), " Boskop " Remains, 326 ; Unusual 



Swarms of Moths in South Africa, 326 

 Perrier (Prof. E.), elected a Foreign Member of the Lin- 



nean Society, 246 

 Perrine (C. D.), An apparent Dependence of the Apex and 

 Velocity of Solar Motion, 515 ; Asymmetry in the 

 Proper Motions and Radial Velocities of Stars of Class 

 B ; Some Relations between the Proper Motions, 

 Radial Velocities, etc., of Stars of Classes B and A, 396 

 Perry (VV. J.), Geographical Distribution of Terraced Culti- 

 vation and Irrigation, 26 

 Perrycoste (F. H.), Latin as an International Language, 16 

 Peters (Dr. C. H. F.), and E. B. Knobel, Ptolemy's Cata- 

 logue of Stars, 282 

 Petrie (Prof. Flinders), Early Forms of the Cross from 



Egyptian Tombs, 549 

 Petrie (Dr. J. M.), Poisonous Plants in the N.O. Solanaceae, 



part ii., 415 

 Pettersson (Prof. O.), An Apparatus for Saving Life at 



Sea, 409 

 Philip (A.), A Plea for an Orderly Almanac, 31 

 Phillips (Capt. C. E. S.), Experiments with Mercury Jet 



Interruptors, 394 

 Phillips (R. A.), Pisidium New to Ireland, 505 

 Pickering (Prof. E. C), A Possible New Comet, 289 ; 

 Avoiding Zeppelins, 221 ; Determination of Stellar 

 Magnitudes by Photography, 494 ; Variable Stars of 

 Short Period, 207 

 Pickering (S.), The Gun-firing on the Western Front, i;oo 

 Pickering (Prof. W. H.), The West Indian Firefly, 180 

 Pictet (A.), The Struggle for Existence, 407 ; and P. 

 Stehelin, Formation of Pyridine Bases by Condensation, 



356 

 Piper (C. W.), The Gun-firing on the Western Front, 462 

 Pirotta (R.), Persistency of Style in Oranges and Lemons. 



287 

 Pisani (F.), The Estimation of Fluorine, 315 

 Pitt (Miss F.), Habits of the Yellow-necked Mouse, 128 

 Pitt (St. George L. F.), The Purpose of Education, New- 

 Edition, 321 

 Planck (Prof. Max), on Relationship with Citizens of an 

 Enemy State, 186, 308 ; Eight Lectures on Theoretical 

 Physics delivered at Columbia LTniversitv in 1909, trans- 

 lated by Prof. A. P. Wills, 197 

 Plaskett (H. H.), A Variation in the Solar Rotation, 249 ; 



Differential Measurement, 41; i 

 Platania (Prof. G.), Prof. G. Poute, and Prof. A. Ricc6, 



Eruptions of Stromboli, 327 

 Playfair (G. I.), Oocvstis and Eremosphaera. 411; 

 Plimmer (Prof. H. G.), The gfenus Toxoplasma, 94 

 Plummer (Prof. H. C), Distribution of the Poles of 

 Planetary Orbits, 1:51 ; Prof. Joly's Method of Avoiding 

 Collision at Sea, 73 

 Pocock (R. I.), The External Characters of the Mon- 

 gooses, 214 

 Pone (Prof. W. J.). The Shortage of Dye-stuffs, 163 

 Pors'ld (P.), Nature-reserves for Plants in Western Green- 

 land. 87 

 Porter (M. B.), A Theorem of Lucas, 2i;<;. 456 

 Portham (R. S.). The Ljungstrom Steam Turbine and 



Marine Propulsion. 310 

 Posternak (S.), The Isomers T,., and T,., of StearoHc 

 Acid, 395 



Powe (W. F.), Discovery of a Molar Tooth of a Mammoth 



at Kent's Cavern, 246 

 Power (Sir W. H.) [death], 467 ; [obituary], 486 

 Poynting (Lieut. A.) [obituary], 487 

 Prade (G.), Armament of Aeroplanes, 165 ; The Newest 



Aeroplanes, 145 ; Zeppelins, 105 

 Prashad (Baini), The Halteres in Mosquitoes, 313 

 Pratt (Dr. E. E.), Dr. T. H. Norton, Dr. T. M. Bogert, 



The Dye-stuff Situation in the United States, 163 

 Pratt (W. E.), Persistence of the Philippine Coal-beds, 367 ; 



Petroleum and Residual Bitumens in Leyte, 367 

 Prideaux (E. B. R.), Neutralised Mixtures of Acids as 



Hydrion Regulators, 314 

 Priest _(W. B.), A Scheme for the Promotion of Scientific 



Research, 348 

 Prior (Dr. G. T.), The Classification of Meteorites, 375 ; 



The Meteorites of Khairpur and Soko-Banja, 375 ; A 



Mysterious Meteorite, 241 

 Proudman (J.), Motion of Solids in a Liquid possessing 



Vorticity, 154 

 Punnett (Prof. R. C), Mimicry in Butterflies, 237 

 Purkiss (J. W.), Visual Efficiency in the Use of the Micro- 

 scope, etc., 334 

 Putnam (Prof. J. J.), Human Motives, 498 



Quayle (E. T.), Direction of Movement of Cirrus Clouds, 107 

 y Quevedo (L. T.), Calculating Machines, 108 



Rainbow, Arachnida, etc., of the Sydney Botanic Gardens,. 



287 

 Rainy (Dr. H.), and Miss C. M. Hawick, Estimation of 



Sugars in the Blood, 254 

 Raman (C. V.), On the " Wolf-note " of the Violin and 



'Cello, 362 

 Ramanujan (S.), Highly Composite Numbers, 24 

 Ramsay (Sir W.) [death], 447 ; The Funeral of, 466 ; 



[obituary articles]. Prof. F. Soddy, 482 ; Prof. A. M. 



Worthington, 484 

 Ramsey (A. R. J.), and H. C. Weston, A Manual -on 



Explosives, 279 

 Ranke (Prof. J.) [death], 467: [obituary], 487 

 Rasmussen (K.), A New Expedition to Northern Greenland,. 



64 



Rawdon (H. S.), Microstructural Changes accompanymg. 

 Annealing of Cast Bronze, 189 



Ray (Dr. P. C), Chemical Researches in Bengal, 88 



Rayleigh (Lord), Classical Education, 285 ; Lamb's Hydro- 

 dynamics, 318: Legendre's Function P„(6), 253; Sir E. 

 Schafer, Dr. Bridges, Rt. Hon. Huth Jackson, Lord 

 Montagu of Beaulieu, Dr. Macan, H. G. Wells, Sir 

 H. H. Johnston, and Sir Ray Lankester, The Neglect 

 of Science, 2^0 



RavTiond (V.), and J. Parisot, Etiology, etc., of Trench 

 Feet, 254 



Rpdmayne (Sir R.), Mineral Resources of the United King- 

 dom, 128 



Reed (Dr. F. R. C), Carboniferous Fossils from Siam, 274 r 

 Ordovician and Silurian Fossils from the Northern 

 Shan States of Burma, 247 



Reed (W. G.), and C. L. Feldkamp, Bibliography of Frost 

 in the United States, 6f, 



Reeves (E. A.), Night Marching by Stars, 347 



Regan (C. Tate), Distribution of the Clupeoid Fishes of the 

 genus Sardina, 234 ; Larval and Post-larval Fishes, 247 



Reid (C), and J. Groves, Preliminary Report on the Purbeck 

 Characeas, 04 : New Types of Fossil Characeae from the 

 Purbeck Beds, 33!; 



Renouf (L. P. W.), Bute Museum and Laboratory, 13 



Reutter (L.), .Analysis of a Roman Pomade, i.i;s ; Analysis 

 of Two Resinous Masses. 2^:4: Lacustral Ambers, 135 



Reynolds (J. H.), Part-time Education for Boys and Girls, 



"S 

 Rhodes (R. R.). bequest to Western Reserve University, 173 

 Ricc6 (Prof. A.), Epicentres of the Greater Italian Earth- 

 quakes. 206 

 Rich (G. J.V Tonal Volume. 167 

 Richards (W. A.). Forging of Iron and Steel. 30 

 Richardson (E. W.), A Veteran Naturalist : being the Life 

 and Work of W. B. Tegetmeier. 309 



