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Index 



[Nature, 

 September 21, iqi6 



Nova Geminorum No. 2, The Spectrum of, Adams and 



Pease, 311 

 Nubia, The Archaeological Survey of, Report for 1909-10, 



C. M. Firth, loi 

 Numbers, The Partition of. Major P. A. MacMahon, 253 

 Numerals: Col. A. Strange 's, W. Shackleton, 169; for 



Scales and Punches, A. P. Trotter, 121 

 Nutrition, Study of, Newer Standpoints in the, Dr. F. G. 



Hopkins, 409 

 Nutritional Physiology, Prof. P. G. Stiles, Second Edition, 



140 



Occupation and Health, 377 



Occupations, Sir T. Oliver, 377 



Oceanographical and Meteorological Observations in the 



Indian Ocean, New Edition of, 147 

 Oceanography, Arctic, 523 



Ochil Earthquakes of 1900-1914, Dr. C. Davison, 175 

 Ohio State University, Establishment and Maintenance of 



Research Professorships, 73 

 Oil : and Gas Fields of Ontario and Quebec, W. Malcolm, 



410 ; and Resin in Varnishes, Determination of, 249 ; 



-shales, The Kimmeridge, 202 

 Old London's Spas, Baths, and Wells, Dr. S. Sunderland, 



53 

 Om Borns Idealer, Dr. A. Lehmann, 313 

 Oocystis and Eremosphaera, G. I. Playfair, 415 

 Opossums of the Genus Trichosurus, Colour Variations of. 



Dr. A. S. Le Souef, 326 

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

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

 F. J. Cheshire, 181 ; Manufacture and Application of, 

 Dr. R. M. Walmsley, 263 ; Industry in France, The, 

 A. Boutaric, 520 ; Society of America, Formation of 

 the, 486 

 Optics, A New Text-book of, 199 ; Applied, An Association 

 for the Advancement of, formed in America, 63 ; 

 Technical, Plea for Establishment of an Imperial 

 School of, 308 

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



287 

 Oraons of Chota Nagpur, Unrest among the, 186 

 Orchards, Pollination of, C. H. Hooper, 143 

 Ore : Deposits, 457 ; -forming Compounds, Fractional Pre- 

 cipitation of some, R. C. Wells, 229 

 Organic Chemistry, 54 



Organisms, Dispersal of, Dr. J. C. Willis, 274 

 Orion Nebula : Proper Motion of the, J. Comas Sol^, 169 ; 

 Discovery by Peiresc of the, G. Bigourdan, 175 ; 

 (1976 N.G.C.), The Great Nebula in, J. C. Sol^, 135 

 VV Orionis, The Orbit of, Z. Daniel, 46 

 Ornithological Observations in Iceland, E. Selous, 106 

 Ornithology, A Bibliography of British, Major W. H. 



Mullens and H. Kirke Swann, part i., 440 

 Osmotic: Pressure or Osmotic Suction?, Prof, van Laar 

 and Prof. Ehrenfest, 68 ; F. Tinker, 122 ; Pressures, 

 Direct, Determinations of. Earl of Berkeley and E. G. J. 

 Hartley, 354 

 Otter, The Life Story of an, J. C. Tregarthen, New 



Edition, 360 

 Over : -fishing of the North Sea, The, 342 ; -voltage. The 



Theory of, Dr. E. Newbery, 475 

 Oxford University : Annual Report of the Museum, 373 ; 

 Conference on New Ideals in Education, 373 ; Vaca- 

 tion Course of the School of Geography, 373 ; Degree 

 conferred on D. W. Freshfield, 393 ; Halley Lecture 

 for 19 16, 253 ; New Statute re the Honour School of 

 Chemistry, 21^3 ; Herbert Spencer Lecture, Prof. J. 

 Mark Baldwin, 93;; Prof. Mark Baldwin's Romanes 

 Lecture, 24 ; School of Forestrv, 24 : New Proposals for 

 Candidates for Honours in Chemistry, 24, ^9 ; School 

 of Geography, A Summer Course at the. 115; The 

 Readership in Geography, 73 ; Visit of French Pro- 

 fessors, 313 ; Prof. A. Schuster appointed Halley Lec- 

 turer, 313 ; Postponement of Election of a Reader in 

 Geograohy, 313 

 Oxyeen, Nitrogen, Neon, and Helium, Behaviour of, at 



Low Temperatures, Prof. Onnes and pupils, 450 

 Oysters, Causes of Inclusion of Foreign Material in, C. 

 Houlbert and C. Galaine, 52 



Pacific : Exploration of the, W. M. Davis and others, 515 ; 



Islands, Problems of the. Prof. R. A. Daly, 389 

 Palaeolithic Implement found in North Ashanti, F. W. 



Migeod, 247 

 Palaiontographical Society, Annual Meeting and Officers of, 



145 

 Paper-making, Wood Pulps for, C. .F. Cross, 35 

 Paradoxes, A Budget of, A. de Morgan, Second Edition, 



Edited by Prof. D. E. Smith, 2 vols., 77 

 Paraffin, Temperature and the Structure of, T. Pecialski, 



315 

 Paris : Academy Prize Awards, 64 ; Observatory, The Great 



Meridian Circle of the, 249 

 Parmentier, An Unpublished Letter of, M. Balland, 335 

 Parthenogenetic Frogs, The Sex of, J. Loeb, 455 

 Part-time Education for Boys and Girls, J. H. Reynolds, 115 

 Paste, A Prehistoric, J. and C. Cotte, 295 

 Pasteur : Address on, G. Bonnier, 105 ; The Glory of, Award 



of Prize to Prof. C. Richet for Poem on, 513 

 Patagonia, Basalts in, F. Pastore, 87 



Patagonians, Weapons of Former, Dr. F. F. Outes, 347 

 Patent Office Library, The, 105 

 Pathometry, a priori, An Application of the Theory of 



Probabilities to the Study of, Lt.-Col. Sir R. Ross, 



244 

 Patterns to appear Conspicuous in Nature, Factors which 



cause. Dr. J. C. Mottram, 274 

 Pawnee Human Sacrifice to the Morning Star, The, C. 



Wissler and H. Spinden, 86 

 Peach Blossoms, Damage to, by Larvae, A. Mignone, 207 

 Pearls and Pearl-shells, Geographical Distribution of the 



Use of, J. W. Jackson, 235 

 Pear-shaped Figure of Equilibrium, Instability of the, J. H. 



Jeans, 154 

 Peat : as a Source of Power, G. Fletcher, 19 ; Bogs and 



Peat Industry of Canada, The, A. Anrep, 505 ; Indus- 

 tries of Wisconsin, The, F. W. Huels, 269 ; Problem, 



Some Chemical Aspects of the. Prof. G. T. Morgan, 19 ; 



The Utilisation of, 19 

 Peiresc, Some Works of, G. Bigourdan, 195 ; The Imme- 

 diate Collaborators of, G. Bigourdan, 315 

 "Peneplain," The Term, Prof. D. W. Johnson, 489 

 Pennsylvania University, Bequests to, by Dr. J. W. White 



and Prof. J. R. Barton, 414 

 Pent-ine and Hefner Lamps, Experiments on the, W. J. A. 



Butterfield, J. S. Haldane, and A. P. Trotter, 188 

 Penzance and the Land's End District, Edited by J. B. 



Cornish and J. A. D. Bridger, 360 

 Peridotite with Rhombic Pyroxene, the Source of Platinum, 



L. Duparc and A. Grosset, 526 

 Perseid Meteors, The Shower of, 348 

 Personal Equation and Steadiness of Judgment, J. A. 



Harris, 75 

 Peru, Agriculture and Native Vegetation in, O. F. Cook, 



368 

 Peru-Bolivia Boundary Commission, Sir T. Holdich, 15 

 Peruvian Bronzes from Machu Picchu, A Metallographic 



Description of some Ancient, C. H. Matthewson, 388 

 Petrel, Short-tailed, Cause of Death, in New South Wales, 



G. B. Hull, 326 

 Petrography of Trachytic and Allied Rocks in the Clyde 



Lava Plateaux, C. W. Tyrrell, 4i.i; 

 Petroleum : and Residual Bitumens in Leyte, W. E. Pratt, 



367 ; Technologists, Institution of. New Officers and 



Council of the, 106 

 Petrology : Practical, Methods in, H. B. Milner and G. M. 



Part, 361 ; The, of some South Sea Islands and its 



Significance, Prof. J. P. Iddings, 403 

 Pfaffians connected with the Difference-product, Sir T. 



Muir, 335 

 PharmacQlogy^ A Manual of. Prof. W. E. Dixon, Fourth 



Edition, 70 

 Phenological Observations for 1915, J. E. Clark and H. B. 



Adames, 374 

 Phenyloxvmaleic Anhydride, J. Bougault, 205 

 Philadelphia, Zoological Society of. Annual Report of the, 



326 

 Philipoine Coal-beds, Persistence of the, W. E; Pratt, 367 

 Philip's A Plea for an Orderly Almanac, Dr. A. C. D. 



Crommelin, 31 

 Phonetic Machine, A New, J. B. Flowers, 88 



