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Index 



September 21, 1916 



Use of, in the Purification of Clays and in tlio Casting 

 Process, 150 

 Soil : Physics, A Manual of, Prof. P. B. Barker and Prof. 

 H. J. Young, 119; The, and the Plant, Dr. E. J. 

 Russell, 331 

 Soils : and Manures, A Student's Book on. Dr. E. J. 

 Russell, 55 ; and Plant Life as related to Agriculture, 

 Prof. J. C. Cunningham and W. H. Lancelot, 55 ; 

 Effect of Temperature on, G. J. Bouyoucos, 291 

 Solar : Activity, Relation between Changes in, and the 

 Earth's Magnetic Activity, 1902-14, Dr. L. A. Bauer, 

 493 ; 46, 328, 348 ; Atmosphere, The Minute Structure 

 of the, G. E. Hale and F. Ellerman, 75 ; Eclipse, The 

 Total, of February 3, 1916, 311; Kathode Rays, An 

 Atmospheric Effect of, J. Maurer, 89; Motion and 

 Proper Motion, C. D. Perrine, 515; Motion, The Plane 

 of the, Prof, von S. Oppenheim, 109 ; Physics Ob- 

 servatory, Cambridge, Annals of the, vol. iii., part i., 

 The Solar Rotation in June, 1911, J. B. Hubrecht, 184; 

 Report of the, 528; Prominence, A Large, J. Evershed, 

 507 ; Radiation, Instruments for the Measurement of, 

 R. S. Whipple, 169 ; The Chemical Origin of, Dr. 

 Briner, 349 ; Rotation, A Variation in the, H. H. 

 Plaskett, 249 ; Spectrum, Origin of Group G of the» 

 Newall, Baxandall, and Butler, 428 ; Variability, Abbot, 

 Fowle, and Aldrich, 551 ; Variation, 131 ; Wave-lengths, 

 On Centre-limb Shifts of, J. Evershed and Dr. T. 

 Royds, 388 

 Solution, The Theory of, E. J. Hartung, 315 

 Solvents, Oils, Gums, Waxes, and Allied Substances, F. S. 



Hyde, 139 

 Solving Equations, F. E. Wright, 15 



Sound: .Analysis, 519; of Big Guns, Dr. C. Davison, 471; 

 The Propagation of, to a great Distance in the Open 

 Air, G. Bigourdan, 395, 436, 496 ; Dr. C. Davison, 402 ; 

 Dr. E. van Everdingen, 402 

 South Africa : Recent Zoological Research in, 472 ; The 

 CoccidcB of, C. K. Brain, 529 ; African Association, 

 Presidents of Fourteenth Annual Session, 246 ; Coast 

 Temperatures, Dr. J. R. Sutton, 25 ; Fishes, Pro- 

 tective Resemblance in Post-larval Stages of some, 

 J. D. F. Gilchrist, 51s; University Legislation, 480; 

 American Expedition, A, by Dr. J. C. Tello, G. K. 

 Noble, and Dr. L. S. Moss, 425 ; -eastern Nevada, 

 Ground Water in, E. Carpenter, 17 ; Union of Scientific 

 Societies, Annual Congress of the, 246, 349 ; Rev. 

 T. R. R. Stebbing elected President of the, 246 

 Southern : Georgia and its Hydrography, ^^2 ; Manchuria, 



The Prehistoric Population of, R. Torii, 426 

 Spark Spectra, Structure of. Prof. W. M. Hicks, 314 

 Sparrow-hawk: Breeding Habits of the, J. H. Owen, 387; 



Nesting Habits of the, J. H. Owen, 426 

 Species, Geographical Distribution of. Dr. Willis, 355; 

 Spectra : Banded, from the Electric Furnace, Dr. A. S. 

 King, 507 ; High-frequency, a New Group of Lines in, 

 M. Siegbahn, 31c: in Electric Fields, 389; of Hydrogen 

 and Helium, Phenomena relating to the, T. R. Merton 

 and J. W. Nicholson, 455 

 Spectroheliograms, Stereoscopic, Prof. Hale, 249 

 Spectroscopic Observations of Comets 1913 / (Delavan) and 



1914 b (Zlatinsky), N. v. Konkoly, 8q 

 Spectroscopy, Collected Papers on, Prof. G. D. Liveing and 



Sir J. Dewar, 377 

 Spectrum of Silicon, New Lines in the, Prof. A. Fowler, 109 

 Spencerite, A New Zinc Phosphate from British Columbia, 



Prof. T. L. Walker, 375 

 Spherical Resonator with a Circular Aperture, The Period 



of a, F. P. White, 45<; 

 Spiritualism, Rev. Canon E. McClure, 300 

 Spitsbergen : Expedition to, 449 \ Pre-Glacial Platform and 

 Raised Beaches of, A. M. Peach, 350 ; Reindeer in, 

 A. Hoel, 187 ; Waters, Dr. F. Nansen. 523 

 Sponges : from the Indian Ocean, Prof. A. Dendy, 408 ; 

 Parasitic on Indian Clionid Sponges, Dr. Annandale, 

 529 ; The Cultivation of, W. R. Dunlop, 171 

 Spotted : Bower Bird, C. Barrett, 44 ; Fever, 419 

 St. Andrews University, Conferment of Honorary Degrees, 



414 

 Stanford's War-maps, 107 



Star, A New Variable, having Nebulous Envelope, R. T. A. 

 Innes, 189 



Stars : in DayUght, The Visibility of, G. Bigourdan, 328, 

 335, 375, 388 ; of the Helium Type, Systematic Motion 

 among, B. Boss, 255 ; of the Photographic Catalogue, 

 Calculation of Kignt Ascensions and Declinations ot, 



B. Baillaud and ivL Pourteau, 195 ; Variable, in th( 

 Vicinity of R Coronae Australis, 67; of Short Period, 

 Prof. E. C. Pickering, 207 



Statesman's Year-book, the, 1916, Edited by Dr. J. Scoti 

 Keltic,' assisted by Dr. M. Epstein, 479 



Statisticians and Biometricians, Tables for. Corrigenda for. 

 Prof. K. Pearson, 130 



Steam and Ammonia, Properties of. Prof. G. A. Good- 

 enough, 2 



Steamer Routes to the Dutch East Indies, P. H. Gall^, 108 



Steel, Chromium, Remarkable Properties of a. Prof. C. A. 

 Edwards, J. N. Greenwood, and H. Kikkawa, 452 



Steels, Hardness and Critical Cooling Velocities of. Prof. 

 H. C. H. Carpenter, 452 



Stefansson Expedition, News of the, 548 



Stegomyia fasciata. Bionomics of. Dr. J. W. S. Macfie, 90 



Stellar: Distances, Determining, W. S. Adams, 215; Mag- 

 nitudes by Photography, Determination of. Prof. E. C. 

 Pickering, 494 ; Parallaxes, A Spectroscopic Method of 

 Determining, W. S. Adams, 21.:; ; Spectra, Classifying, 

 W. S. Adams, 215; Spectra, Variable, Discovery of 

 Eight, H. Shapley, 255, 428; Investigations in, W. S. 

 Adams, 215 



Sterilisation of Drinking-water by Sodium Hypochlorite, 

 V. perrand, 135 



Sternum, An Incomplete, of a Gigantic Carinate Bird, Dr. 



C. W. Andrews, 315 



Sting-ray, The Poison Organ of the. Major H. M. Evans, 

 214 



Stone Object, A Strange, found in Essex, M. Christy, 65 



Strata in the Counties of England and Wales, Thicknesses 

 of. Dr. Strahan, 228 



Stress : Tests, Alternating, Speed Effect and Recovery in 

 Slow-speed Alternating, W. Mason, 50 ; Specification of, 

 part iv., R. F. Gwyther, 47^ 



StromboH, Eruptions of. Profs. G. Platonia, G. Poute, 

 F. A. Perret, and Prof. A. Ricc6, 327 



Strontium, Boulders of, in the Keuper Marls of Bristol, 

 H. W. Greenwood and C. B. Travis, 350 



Struggle for Existence, The, A. Pictet, 407 



Subdivision of Merchant Vessels, Sir A. Denny, 170 



Subjective Phenomena produced by Gazing at a Rotating 

 Cylinder of Paper, Dr. Edridge-Green, 525 



Submerged Wire Drags, The Use of, 87 



Sugar : Beet, The Application of Scientific Methods to the 

 Improvement of the, E. Schribaux, 6 ; -cane and Cane- 

 sugar, The Historical Origin of the, A. Gautier, 436 



Sugars : Commercial, Reducing Substances in, L. 

 Maquenne, 51 ; in the Blood, Estimation of. Dr. H. 

 Rainy and Miss C. M. Hawick, 254 



Sulphur : and Sulphur Compounds, The Technology of, iiS ; 

 Dioxide Diffuser, A, C. Galaine and C. Houlbert, 95 



Sulphuric Acid : and Sulphur Products, Dr. G. Martin and 

 Major J. L. Foucar, 118; The Production of, and a 

 Proposed New Method of Manufacture, W. H. Wagga- 

 man, 60 



Summer : Time Act, The, in Operation, -ij: : End of Opera- 

 tion of the, 1523 ; Meteorotogical Observations and the, 

 406 ; Time and Meteorology, Major E. Gold ; Major 

 H. G. Lyons, 260 ; Bill, The, 250, 264 ; and Meteoro- 

 logical Observations, Sir N. Shaw, 264 



Sun : and Stars, Relative Luminosities of, C. T. Whitmell, 

 528; Observations of the, J. Guillaume, 115; Observa- 

 tions of the, made at the Lyons Observatory. J. 

 Guillaume, 155 ; -dial, A Universal, Dr. W. B. Blaikie, 

 J.315 ; -spot. A, in High Latitude, 490 ; -spots, A Large 

 Group of, 311 ; Influence of the Earth, and, H. 

 Arctowski, 214 



Sun's Rotation, The, 184 



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



442, ^20 



Surface Water Supply of the Yukon-Tanana Region, Alaska. 



C. E. DUsworth and R. W. Davenport, 360 

 Surfaces, A General Theory of, E. B. Wilson and C. L. E. 



Moore, 395 

 Surgery in War, Major A. J. Hull, K37 

 Surgical : Advance, Electrical Methods in. Sir J. Mackenzie 



