September 



Nature, "] 



21, iqi6j 



Index 



XXVll 



Galactobiose, The Biochemical Synthesis of a, E. Bour- 

 quelot and A. Aubry, 476 



Galaxy, The Construction of the, C. V. L. Charlier, 350 



Gallenkamp and Co. 's Models, etc., for the Teaching of 

 Military Science, 87 



Garden: My Growing, J. H. McFarland, 259; The Chem- 

 istry of the, H. H. Cousins, Revised Edition, 519 



Gas Gangrene, Prof. M. Weinberg, 41 



Gaseous Hydrobromic Acid, Absolute Density of, E. Moles, 



254 

 Geikie, Sir A., Bust of, in the Museum of Practical Geo- 

 logy, 61 

 Gelatinous Spicules in a New Genus of Siliceous Sponges, 



Prof. A. Dendy, 253 

 Gels, The Theory of, as Systems of Two Liquid Phases, 



E. Hatschek, 314 

 Gems and Superstition, 157 

 Genera Splitting, A Suggestion with regard to. Dr. J. B- 



Cleland, 240 

 Genetic Studies from America, 370 

 Genetics : Recent Work on, 232 ; Research in. Modes of. 



Dr. R. Pearl, 399 

 Geneva Observatory, Report of the Chronometrical Work 



at the. Prof. R. Gautier, 506 

 Geochemistry, The Data of, F. W. Clarke, 526 

 Geodetic Surveying, Prof. E. R. Cary, 539 

 Geographical Review, The, 66 

 Geography: Economic, 539; The Progress of. Dr. J. Scott 



Keltie, 495 

 Geologic Reconnaissance of Mountain Province, Luzon, 



W. D. Smith, 367 

 Geological : Society of London, New Officers and Council, 



42 ; Societies, British, 349 ; Surveys, Economic Work of 



the, Prof. G. A. J. Cole, 280 

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

 Geology : Economic, 83 ; Economic, and an Imperial Bureau 



of Scientific Intelligence, E. St. J. Lyburn, 380 ; of 



South-west Africa. 329 

 Geometry, A First Course of. Dr. C. Davison, 439 ; 



Descriptive, The Essentials of. Prof. F. G. Higbee, 



Georgia, Underground Waters of the Coastal Plain of, 



L. W. Stephenson, J. O. Veatch, and R. B. Dole, 452 

 Gerard, Prof. E.. Work of. Prof. P. Janet, 3S6 

 German : .Agriculture. The Recent Development of, T. H. 



Middleton, 508 ; Metallurgy and British Methods, 224 ; 



Peril after the War, The, A. Hurd. 233 ; Universities 



and Technical Schools, Students in attendance at, 



40 

 Germans, The, (i) The Teutonic Gospel of Race ; (2) The 



Old Germany and the New, J. M. Robertson, 379 

 Germany : and Racial Characters, 370 ; Life and Scientific 



Activity in, 325 ; Chemical Organisation in, during the 



War, Prof. F. G. Donnan, 82 ; Competition with. T. C. 



Elder, 105 ; Reasons for Scientific Success of, R. W. 



Livingstone, 154 ; The Attitude of, toward*; Education, 



Germany's Metal Ring, and the Resources of India, Dr. 



H. H. Hayden, 63 

 Ginkgo biloha and its .Ancestors, E. A. Martin, 473 

 Glacial : Island at Grenoble, R. Blanchard, 195 ; Theory of 



Coral Reefs, The, 191 

 Gladstone Memorial Prize at the London School of 



Economics and Political Science awarded to Ram- 



chandra Mahadev Joshi, 495 

 Glasgow : Geological Society of. Transactions of the, 



vol. XV.. part iii., 350; University, Bequest to, by 



Lady Kelvin, 213; Conferment of Degrees, 372; 



Papers from the Geological Department, 505 

 Glass: for Cemented Objectives, T. Smith, 315: The De- 

 vitrification of, H. Le Chatelier, 35.<; ; Volumetric 



Apparatus, The Testing of, 471 ; Ware, British 



Laboratory, i i i 

 Glastonbury, 'The Lake Villagers of. Prof. W. Boyd 



Dawkins, 473 

 Glossina morsitans. Habits of. Dr. W. A. Lamborn, Qo 

 Gnetum, Morphology of the Female Flower of, H. H. W. 



Pearson, 516 

 "lold : from Cornwall, A New Occurrence of, Lieut. A. 



Russell. 37:; : -leaf Electroscopes. Electrical Capacity of. 



Dr. T. Barratt. 214 



"Graft Hybrids," Nature of So-called, Prof. F. E. Weiss, 



335 

 Gram Crop in India, Mr. and Mrs. Howard, and A. R. 



Khan, 147 

 Granite Cutting in : Egypt, S. Clarke, 489 ; Mysore, Mrs. 



B. Broadwood, 489 

 Graphics and Structural Design, Prof. H. D. Hess, Second 



Edition, 200 

 Gravels of East Anglia, The, Prof. T. McKenny Hughes, 



431 

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



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

 Gravity at Sea, Determination of : Prof. W. G. Dulfield, 



73 ; Prof. A. Schuster, 455 

 Gravures rupestres Nord-Africaines, Nouvelles Stations de, 



E. F. Gautier, 251 

 Great Britain, Mineral Resources of, vol. v., 327 

 Greek Commerce, History of, Dr. W. Leaf, 43 

 Greenland : Northern, K. Rasmussen's proposed new Ex- 

 pedition to, 64 ; Western, Nature-reserves for Plants in, 



P. Porsild, 87 

 Green Ray Observations, G. Guglielmo. 228 

 Gregorian Calendar, The, substituted for the Julian 



Calendar by Bulgaria, 106 

 Guerre, La, et la Pensee M^dicale, Prof. R. Jorge, 299 

 Guinea-pig : Crosses, Size Inheritance in, W. E. Castle, 



Guinea-pigs, Alcoholised, Hereditary Transmission of De- 

 generacy, etc., in. Profs. C. Stockard and G. Papini- 

 colaou, 65, 205 



Gum Arabic, Chemistry of, 249 



Gunfire, The Sound of, and Zones of Silence, Er Esclangon, 



556 . . 



Gun-firing : Audibility of, M. Christy and W. Marriott, 374 : 



Inaudibility of, 385 ; on the Western Front, The, C. W. 



Piper, 462; S. Pickering; I. W. Boothroyd, 500 

 Gunong Tahan, The Flora of, H. N. Ridley, 209 

 Guthrie Lecture of the Phvsica! Society, Dr. W. B. Hardv,. 



188 

 Gynandromorphism, Dr. E. A. Cockayne, 233 

 Gypsum, A Butterfly Twin of, L. J. Spencer, 174 



Halley Lecture, 1917, Prof. A. Schuster appointed to 

 deliver the, 313 

 I Haloes, Pleochroic, Genesis of. Prof. J. Joly, 455 



Hamilton and the " Quantification of the Predicate," 

 I B. D. J., loi 



Hancock's Applied Mechanics for Engineers, Revised and 



Re-written by Prof. N. C. Riggs, 3 

 Harmonic Synthesizer, 32-Element^ Prof. D. C. Miller, 150 

 ; Harper's Hydraulic Tables for the Flow of Water in 

 Circular Pipes under Pressure, etc., J. H. Harper, 460 

 Harvard University, Bequests to, from J. A. Beebe and 

 Mrs. W. F. Matchett, 233 

 I Harvest-bugs, S. Hirst, 529 

 I Harvey and Aristotle, Sir Clifford Allbutt, 217 



Harvey's Views on the Use of the Circulation of the Blood, 

 I Prof. J. G. Curtis, 217 



Haverford College, Bequest to, by E. and W. Scull, 194 

 Health : Experiment and Research Laboratories at Uni- 

 versity Schools of Medicine in the United States, 474 ; 

 The New Public, Prof. H. W. Hill, 460 

 Heart. Wound of the, by a Shrapnel Ball, M. Beaussenat, 



19s 

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

 bull, 422. 520 : C. Carus-Wilson, 442 

 Heating of Field Coils of Dynamo-electric Machinen.-, Prof. 



M. Maclean and D. J. Mackellar, 43-; 

 Helium Spectrum, Results on, by Lo Surdo's Method, 



R. Brunetti, 380 

 Herd. Instincts of the. in Peace and War. W. Trotter, 158 

 Heredity: and Chromosomes. 117; and Mutation as Cell 



Phenomena, Dr. R. R. Gates, 370 

 Herpetomoninsis. Induced, in Birds, Drs. Fantham and 



Porter, 18 

 Herrings, Localisation of. Dr. Orton. 206 

 Herring-scales, Growth-rings on, G. W. Paget and R. E. 



Savage, 154 

 High Temperatures in the Laboratory'. .Attainment of. Dr. 



