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 September 21, 



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Index 



XXXI 



Mineral : Production of Canada, 5^2 ; Resources, National 

 Interest in, 428 ; of Great Britain, Special Reports on 

 the, vol. i., Tungsten and Manganese Ores; ii., Barytes 

 and Witherite ; iii.. Gypsum and Anhydrite; Celestine 

 and Strontianite, 83 ; Special Reports on the, New 

 Edition of vol. i. of the, 506 ; of the United Kingdom, 

 Sir R. Redmayne 128 ; The Public Interest in, G. O. 

 Smith, 428 

 Mineralogy, Elements of, F. Rutley. Revised by H. H. 



Read. Nineteenth Edition, 259 

 Minerals : and Rocks : Useful, The Deposits of the, their 

 Origin, Form, and Content, F. Beyschlag, J. H. L. 

 Vogt, and P. Krusch, 457 ; from the Fluorite-barite 

 Vein near Wagon Wheel Gap, Colorado, E. S. Larsen 

 and R. C. Wells, 515 

 Mining : and Metallurgy, The, Institution of, and the War, 

 86; Engineers, Institution of, Annual General Meeting 

 of the, 548 ; Scholarships, Two, at the Royal School of 

 Mines and Armstrong College, 555 : Standing Com- 

 mittee on, appointed by the Advisory Council, 346 

 Minor Horrors, More, Dr. A. E. Shipley ; Dr. A. D. Imms, 



380 

 Mittag-LefBer Institute, The, 384 

 Mnium, Certain Diagnostic Characters of Ten Species of 



the Genus, Prof. J. MacLeod, 335 

 Moccasins, Exhibition of, in the .American Museum, C. 



Wissler, 524 

 Modern Analysis, A Course of. Profs. E. T. Whittaker and 



G. N. Watson, Second Edition, 298 

 Molecular Attractions in Solutions, Earl of Berkeley, 301 

 Moles, American, Review of the, H. Jackson, 367 

 Molybdenite in the British Empire, 347 

 Mon-atomic Gas, The Kinetic Theory of a Composite, S. 



Chapman, 455 

 Monazite, The Supply of, 448 

 Mongooses, The External Characters of the, R. I. Pocock, 



214 

 Monte Hermoso. The Coast-section of, R. Wichmann, 310 

 Moon : A Partial Eclipse of the, 410 ; The, Considered as a 

 Planet, a World, and a Satellite, J. Nasmyth and J. 

 Carpenter, Cheap Edition, 200 

 Morinda, African Species of, S. Hutchinson, 187 

 Morphin, Influence of, upon the Elimination of Injected 



Dextrose, I. S. Kleiner and S. J. Meltzer, 515 

 Mortality : Laws and Statistics, R. Henderson, 179 ; Tables 



and Preventive Medicine, 383 



Mosouitoes : Halteres in. Microscopical Structure of the, 



Baini Prashad, 313; of North and Central America and 



the West Indies, Howard, Dyar, and Knab. vol. ii., 227 



Moths, Unusual Swarms of, in South Africa, Dr. L. 



P^ringuey, 326 

 Motion of Solids : and Fluids when the Flow is not Irrota- 

 tional, G. I. Taylor, 35:; ; in a Liquid Possessing 

 Vorticity, J. Proudman. 154 

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

 Mou^e, Yellow-necked, Habits of the. Miss F. Pitt. 128 

 Movin.rt Picture, The, and its Mechanism, Prof. C. V. 



Boys, 297 

 M Tyoe Stars, Two Classes of, W. S. .Adams, 215 

 Munitions. Ministry of. Salaries of Officials of Inventions 



Branch of, 144 

 Museums : Art, Effect of the War upon, E. R. Dibdin. 472 : 

 Association, Annual Meeting of the, ^85 ; The Ipswich 

 Conference of the. 472 ; Provincial, The Future of, F. 

 Woolnough, 472 : Publ'c. The Educative Value in, of 

 Introductory Cases to .Animal Groups, Dr. J. A. Clubb, 

 472 : The Closing of, 86 

 Musicnl Sounds. The Science of. Prof. D. C. Miller, 519 

 Mycptozoa. The Life-historv of. Miss G. Lister, 30^ 

 Myelin. Relation of, to the Loss of Water -n the Mammalian 



Nervous System, H. H. Donaldson, 515; 

 Mysore : .Annual Report of the Department of Mines and 

 Geology of, 367 ; Mines in. Report of the Chief Inspector 

 of, 1014, 470: Outline of the Geological Historv of. 

 Dr. W. F. Smeeth. 505 



Namaqualand, Geology of the Copper Deposits of. Dr. 



-A. W. Rogers, 367 

 Napier: and his Logarithms. jt;8: Tercentpnar\- Memorial 



Volume. Edited by Dr. C. G. Knott, 458 



Naples and Messina Zoological StaXions, The Reale 

 Accademia dei Lincei and the, 204 



Natal Museum, Annals of the, vol. iii., part ii., 472 

 Natality, The Monthly Variation of, C. Richet, 536 



National : Aspects of Chemistry, Dr. A. Scott, 171 ; Awak- 

 ening, 437 ; Food Supply and Nutritional Value, 23 1 ; 

 Prof. W. H. Thompson ; The Writer of the Article, 261 ; ' 

 Physical Laboratory, The Work of the, 1915-16, 507 ; 

 Union of Teachers, Conference of the, 213 



Native Potentates and Colleagues, Some, Sir W. MacGregor, 

 407 • 



Natural History, Open-air, 360 ; Sciences, The, as an 

 Integral Part of the Educational Course in. all the Great 

 Schools, Sir E. Schafer and Dr. Bridges, 230 

 Nature, Temporary Reduction of Size of, 85 



Nature's Cycle and Man's Control, Dr. E. J. Russell, 331 



Naval Architects, Institution of. Spring Meeting of, 170 



Nebula N.G.C. 2261, Changes in the Form of the, E. P. 

 Hubble, 255 



Nebulce : in Cetus, A Cluster of. Prof. M. Wolf, 148 ; Rota- 

 tion of, W. W. Campbell and J. H. Moore, 268 



Negative Liquid Pressure at High Temperatures, S. Skinner, 

 402 



Neglect of Science, on the. Lord Rayleigh, 230 



Nematodes, Free-living, of the Gulf of Sevastopol, I. 

 Filipjev, 525 



Nemesis of Docilitj", The, E. Holmes, 299 



Neolithic : and Later Human Bones, etc., in the Ipswich 

 District, J. Reid Moir and Prof. A. Keith, 440 ; Phase 

 of Culture, Commencement of the, Prof. G. Elliot 

 Smith, 235 



Nerve Paths, Common, The Effect of High Resistance in, 

 S. B. Russell, 346 



Neujmin Comet 1916 a: Prof. E. Stromgren, 46, 148, 169: 

 J. Fischer-Petersen and Mile. J. M. Vinter-Hansen, 67 ; 

 J. Braae ; J. Fischer-Petersen, 130, 189; J. Braae, 189 



Neurology : Dr. R. Armstrong-Jones, 497 ; .An Introduction 

 to. Prof. C. J. Herrick, 497 



Neuromuscular Mechanism in Sea-Anemones, Tjrpes of. 

 Prof. G. H. Parker, 494 



New-born Infant, The Physiology of the, F. G. Benedict and 

 F. B. Talbot, 128 



Newsholme's School Hygiene. New Edition, Re-written by 

 Dr. J. Kerr, 420 



New : South Wales, Geological and Mineral Resources of, 

 L. F. Harper, 489 ; York State Commission on Ventila- 

 tion, Work of the, in 1915, 491 ; Zealapd Daylight 

 Saving Bill, Rejection of the, 486 : Flora, Illustrations 

 of the. Edited by T. F. Cheeseman, Assisted by Dr. 

 W. B. Hemsley, 2 vols., i ; Institute, vol. xlvii. of the 

 Transactions and Proceedings, 19 ; Tineina, Revision of, 

 Meyrick, 19 



Nice .Automatic Public Telephone System, The, E. Coustet, 



87 



Nickel : and Iron Wires, Subsidence of Torsional Oscilla- 

 tions of, Prof. W. Brown, 175 ; Wire, Change of 

 Length in. Prof. W. Brown, 175 



Nigeria : and the Gold Coast, Rainfall of, C. E. P. Brooks, 

 2<? ; Northern, -A Pioneer Bucket Dredge in, H. E. • 

 Nicholls, 26 ; The Useful Plants of, part iii., 87 



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



Niles Cone and .Adjacent Areas, California, Ground Water 

 Resources of the, W. O. Clark, 17 



Nimrod and Dougherty Islands, 287 



Nitrate, Loss by Washing Out from Arable Soil, Dr. E. J. 

 Russell and A. Appleyard, 228 



Nitrates by Fixation from .Atmospheric Nitrogen, 409 



Nitre-Cake, Use of. during the War, 227 ; Utilisation of. 

 Prof. G. T. Morgan, 275 



Nitric Esters, The Pharmacological .Action of. Prof. C. R. 

 Marshall, 415 



Nitrogen, An Active Modification of, Hon. R. J. Strutt, 273 



Nobel Prizes. Postponement of the Distribution of the, 448 



North : American Datum, Geographical Positions on the, 

 228; -Eastern Railway. Electrification of the. 310; 

 Heemskirk Tinfield. Tasmania, The, L. L. Waterhouse, 

 470 ; of Scotland College of Agriculture, Calendar of 

 the, 513 : Pole, Capt. R. Amundsen's Proposed Expedi- 

 tion to the, 106 



Norway, Geological Research in, 34 ;^ 



Norwegian Meteorological Institute. Publications of lJ%«. 427 



