Nature, 1 



September 21, 1916 



Index 



XXlll 



Claybury Asylum, Dr. R. Armstrong-Jones resigns the 

 Medical Superintendency of, 494 



Clift Islands in the Coral Seas, W. M. Davis, 395 



Cloudiness in France, Distribution of Average, G. 

 Bigourdan, 235 



Clupeoid Fishes of the Genus Sardina, Distribution of the, 

 C. Tate Regan, 234 



Coal-fields in England, The Search for New, Dr. A. 

 Strahan, 292 



Coal : Formation, Prof. J. J. Stevenson, 493 ; -gas, Purifica- 

 tion of, Prof. F. Clowes, 250 ; -mining, The Teaching: 

 of, in Part-time Schools, 474 ; Resources of the World, 

 L. Dominian, 66 ; -tar and Ammonia, Prof. G. Lunge, 

 Fifth Edition, 3 parts, 517; Sir E. Thorpe, 517; 

 Streaks, Variation in the Colour of. Dr. H. G. A. 

 Hicklin, 95 ; The Wastage of, 203 



Codrington College, Barbados, Bequest to, by J. Forte, 295 



Coins, Wear of. Sir T. K. Rose, 248 



Colloidal Solutions, The Physical Properties of, Prof. E. F. 

 Burton, 397 ; The Viscosity of, E. Hatschek, 335 



Colorado College, Bequest to, by Mrs. H. C. JuUiard, 454 



Colour: G. H. Hurst, Second Edition, 219; -blindness, A 

 Rare Case of, M. F. Meyer, 146 ; Photography, Bleach- 

 out Process of, Dr. J. H. Smith, 74; Vision, A Theory 

 of, Dr. R. A. Houstoun, 274 



Columbia University, Bequest to, by E. C. Bundy^ 414 



Comet : A Possible New, Prof. Pickering, 289 ; A New, 

 Prof. O. Backlund, 17 ; 1802, Definitive Orbit of, 

 K. Lundmark, 109; 1916 a (Neujmin), H. Svoboda, 

 348 ; 1916 h (Wolf), 328 ; 1916 h (Wolf), 1916 ZK 

 "(Planet), 288; or Nebulous Minor Planet?, 268 



Commerce and Industry, Prof. J. R. Smith, 539 



Commercial and Industrial Policy to be adopted after the 

 War, Appointment of a Committee to consider the, 425 ; 

 Policy of the Country after the War, Sir H. Bell, 186 



Commonwealth Institute of Science and Industry, 38 ; Prof. 

 Orme Masson, 126 



Compass, Deviation of the, in the Bering Sea and the 

 Pacific Ocean, J. P. .Ault, 229 



Compasses, Prismatic, Manufacture and Testing of, F. E. 

 Smith, 368 



Condenser Tubes, Corrosion of, Gibbs, Smith, and Ben- 

 gough ; E. Cumberland, 131 



Conjoint Board of Scientific Societies, A Proposed, 104 



Contact Poisons Kill Insects, How, G. D. Shafer. 529 



Cooper, Astley, Prize, The, awarded to Dr. W. Blair Bell, 



474 



Co-operation as a Factor in Evolution. Dr. W. Patten, 494 



Cope Memorial Volume of the Liverpool Geological 

 Society, The, 351 



Coral Reefs : Problems of, 389 ; Relations of, to Crust 

 Movements in the Fiji Islands, E. C. Andrews and 

 T. W. Vaughan, 389 ; The Glacial-control Theorv of, 

 Prof. R. A. Daly, iqi 



Cornell University, Loss by Fire of its Chemical Labora- 

 tories, 49, 94 



Coronium, The Spectrum of. Prof. Nicholson, 328 



CORRESPONDENCE. 



.\tmospheric Electricity, R. A. W. Watt, 161 



Aurora, The Great, of June 17, 1915, H. A. Hunt, 421 



Auroras, Altitudes of. Prof. C. Stormer, 5 



Birds' Songs and the Diatonic Scale, C. O. Bartrum, 381 



Blizzard, Meteorological Conditions of a, A. E. Bostwick, 



261 ; W. H. Dines, 280 ; L. C. W. Bonacina, 301 ; M. 



Christy, 341 

 Caterpillars, A Plague of, J. C. Merryweather, 321 

 Curves, The Method of, S. Lupton, 32 

 Daylight Saving Scheme, The, H. W. M. Willett, 221 

 D^chelette, The late M. Joseph, Prof. A. Keith, 441 

 Elasticity and Entomology, Prof. G. H. Bryan, 340 

 fl Eridani, The Magnitude of, T. W. Backhouse, 479 

 Eugenics, Preventive, Dr. C. W. Saleeby, 161 

 Exploration in South-West .Africa, Prof. W. A. Herdman 



and Prof. H. H. W. Pearson, 4 

 Fizeau's Experiment, On, Prof. P. Zeeman, 541 

 Genera Splitting, S. Suggestion with regard to. Dr. J. B. 



Cleland, 240 



Geological Surveys, Economic Work of the, Prof. G. A. J, 



Cole, 280 

 Geologists and Special Constables, Prof. T. G. Bonney, 260 

 Geology, Economic, and an Imperial Bureau of Scientific 



Intelligence, E. St. J. Lyburn, 380 

 Gravitation and Temperature, J. L., 321, 421 ; Dr. P. E. 



Shaw, 400 ; Prof. E. St. Barton, 461 

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



S. Pickering ; I. W. Boothroyd, 500 

 Hamilton and the "Quantification of the Predicate," 



B. D. J., joi 



Heat, Waste, The Utilisation of, for Agriculture, C. 



Turnbull, 422 ; C. Carus Wilson, 442 ; C. TurnbuU, 520 

 Homogeneous Function, The Expansion of a, in Spherical 



Harmonics, S. K. Banerji, 123 

 Isle of "Wight Disease in Bees, Dr. J. Ritchie, 160; F., 161 

 Kidner (H.), Babylon's Sacred W'ay, 340 

 Latin. International, Dr. W. A. Caspari, 81 ; Dr. J. W. 



Evans, 122 

 Liesegang Phenomenon, The, and Concretionary Structure 



in Rocks, S. C. Bradford, 80 

 Liquid Pressure, Negative, at High Temperatures, Sir J. 



Larmor, 361 

 Lower Greensand Flora, The, Dr. Marie C. Stopes ; 



A. C. S., 261 

 Meteorite, .A Mysterious, Dr. G. T. Prior, 241 

 Meteors, The Remarkable, of February 9, 1913, W. F. 



Denning, 181 

 Molecular Attractions in Solutions, Earl of Berkeley, 301 

 National Food Supply and Nutritional Value, Prof. W. H. 



Thompson ; The Writer of the .Article, 261 

 Negative Liquid Pressure at High Temperatures, S. Skinner, 



402 

 Numerals for Scales and Punches, A. P. Trotter, 121 

 Optical Glass: an Historical Note, F. J. Cheshire, 100; 



and Fluorite : an Ethical Note, Prof. M. Hartog, 180 ; 



F. J. Cheshire, 181 

 Osmotic Pressure or Osmotic Suction — which?, F. Tinker, 



122 

 Photosynthesis, The Primary Sugar of, Prof. H. H. Dixon 



and T. G. Mason, 160 

 Productive Work and Classical Education, Sir Lauder 



Brunton, 461 

 Proto-Oxygen, Is, the Principal Constituent of the Atoms?, 



A. van den Broek, 479 

 "Ptolemy's Catalogue of Stars," E. J. Webb; the Reviewer, 



341 

 Rainbows. Ground, A. E. Heath, c : C. T. WTiitmell ; Dr. 



C. G. Knott, 34 : Capt. C. J. P. Cave, 57 



Science : and the State. Prof. J. B. Cohen, 5 : D. Balsillie, 



34 ; Sir Napier Shaw, 220 ; in Education, The Place of, 



D Balsillie, 240 ; Scholarships, and the State, Lieut. 



E. N. da C. .Andrade. 361 ; The Neglect of. D. M., 381 ; 



versus Classics, Sir E. A. Schafer, 120 

 Scientific Research, Payment for. Prof. G. H. Br}-an, 401 

 Smith, Wm., Portraits of, T. Sheppard, 462 

 Smithsonian Physical Tables, Dr. C. D. Walcott, 141 

 Soap necessary for Shaving?, Is, G. .A. Stephens, 141 

 " Summer Time " and Meteorology, Major E. Gold ; Major 



H. G. Lyons, 260 

 Sunset Phenomenon, A, on Julv 22. Capt. C. J. P. Cave, 



442. 520 

 Thompson, Silvanus P., as a Painter, H. S. T.. 442 

 Thunderclap. .A Peculiar, J. Don, i^oo ; H. O. F., 520 

 Tidal Water, Effect of. in an Estuary on the Level of 



Subterranean Water, J. Kewley, 141 

 Tides. The Influence of, on Wells, C. Carus Wilson, 162 

 Universities, The, the Technical Colleges, and the -Army, 



Dr. -A. P. Laurie, 441 

 Wave-Length 4686 .A.U., The Structure of the Line of, 



E. J. Evans and C. Croxson, i;6 

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

 Wheatear. The Black-eared, a New Bird for the Irish List. 



Prof. C. T. Patten, 321 

 "Wolf-note." On the, of the Violin and 'Cello. C. V. 



Raman, 362 

 World-Time. A. H. Mackay, 381 

 Zeppelin Notes. Observer, 201 

 Zepoelins. Avoiding. Prof. E. C. Pickering, 221 

 Zoological Nomenclature, International Commission on. 



Dr. C. W. Stiles, 479 



