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Bouyoucos (G. J.), Effect of Temperature on Soils, 391 



Bower (Prof. F. O.), Leaf Architecture, 155 



Boyd (J. S. N.), Bequests to Epsom College and Charing 



Cross Hospital Medical School, 94 

 Boys (Prof. C. V.), The Moving Picture and its Mechanism, 



297 ; Theory of Calculation, 418 

 Braae (J.), Comet 19156 (Taylor), 67; Comet 19160 

 (Neujmin), 130 ; and J. Fischer-Petersen, Ephemeris of 

 Comet 19160 (Neujmin), 130; Comet 19160 (Neujmin), 

 189 ; and J. Fischer-Petersen, Comet 1916 a (Neujmin), 

 189 

 Bradford (S. C), The Liesegang Phenomenon and • Con- 

 cretionary Structure in Rocks, 80 

 Bradley (Dr. O. C), The Structure of the Fowl, 56 

 Bragg (Prof. W. H.), May Lecture of the Institute of 



Metals, 41 

 Brain (C. K.), The Coccidae of South Africa, 529 

 Brayshaw (S. N.), High Temperatures in the Laboratory, 90 

 Brenchley (Dr. W.), The Weeds on Arable Land and their 



Suppression, 387 

 Brend (Dr. W. A.), An Inquiry into the Statistics of Deaths 

 from Violence and Unnatural Causes in the United 

 Kingdom, 441 

 Breslich (E. R.), First-year Mathematics for Secondary 



Schools, Fourth Edition, 439 

 Breton (A. C), Ethnographic Work in Canada, 285 

 Brewer (G.), Wilbur Wright Memorial Lecture, 284 

 Briner (E.), Mechanism of Reactions in aqua regia, 115; 



The Chemical Origin of Solar Radiation, 349 

 Brislee (Dr. F. J.), Changes in Physical Properties of 



Aluminium, 314 

 Broadwood (Mrs. B.), Cutting of Granite, in Mysore, 489 

 Broek (A. van den), Is Proto-Oxygen the Principal Con- 

 stituent of the Atoms?, 479 

 Broglie (de), Highly Penetrating Radiations, 214; The K 



Absorption Band of the Elements for the X-rays, 496 

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



25 

 Broom (Lieut. R.), Structure of the Skull in Chrysochloris, 



.315 



Brown (Capt. A. R.) [obituary], 548 



Brown (G. E.), The British Journal Photographic Almanac, 

 etc., 1916, Edited by, 4 



Brown (Dr. H. T.), Fifty Years' Experience of the Applica- 

 tion of Scientific Method to Brewing Practice, 390 



Brown (R.), appointed a Member of the Agricultural Con- 

 sultative Committee, 425 



Brown (R. G.), The Taungbyon Festival in Burma, 205 



Brown (S. G.), A Biography of Edison, 158 



Brown (Prof. W.), Change of Length in Nickel Wire, 175: 

 Laminated Magnets, 2q<; ; Subsidence of Torsional 

 Oscillations of Nickel Wires, 74 ; Subsidence of Tor- 

 sional Oscillations of Nickel and Iron Wires, 175 



Browne (E. T.), Geographical distribution of Siphonophores. 

 234 



Bruce (E. L.), Magnesian Tourmaline from Renfrew, 

 Ontario, 375 



Bruce (H. A.), Sleep and Sleeplessness, 498 



Bruce (Dr. W. S.), A. King, and D. W. Wilton, Tempera- 

 tures, Specific Gravities, and Salinities of the Weddell 

 Sea, etc., 329 



Brunetti (R.), Results obtained on the Helium Spectrum 

 by Lo Surdo's Method, 380 



Brunton (Sir Lauder), Effect of a Dav's Rest in Seven, 204 : 

 Productive Work and Classical Education, 461 



Bryan (Prof. G. H.). Elasticity and Entomology, 340 ; 

 Payment for Scientific Research, 401 



Bryan (K.). Ground Water for Irrigation in the Sacra- 

 mento Valley, Cal.. 17 



Bryant (C. L.), Instruction in Military Science. ii;4 



Bryce (Viscount"), Huxlev Lecture on War and Progress, 

 49 



Buchanan (Miss G.), The Blood of certain Australian 

 Animals, 407 



Buchanan ^Sir G. C), Rangoon River Training Works, 108 



Bucklev (}. T), Early Ornamented Leather Work in 

 Ireland, 227 



Bundv (E. C). Beouest to Columbia University. 414 



Bunnett (E. J.), Observations of the Maple -vohis, 450 



Bunvard ^E. A.), Origin of the Garden Red Currant. 274 



Burgess (C. K.), and P. D. Sale, Qualities of Platinum 



Goods, 66; and H. Scott, The Thermo-Electric 



Measurement of the Critical Points of Iron, 476 

 Burnham (R. W.), Mathematics for Machinists, 439 

 Burns, Meggers, and Merrill, Wave-lengths in the Iron 



Spectrum, 451 

 Burr (Capt. M.), Travels in the Caucasus and the Asiatic 



Territory beyond, 407 

 Burrard (Sir S. G.), The Plains of Northern India, 43 ; The 



Plains of Northern India and their Relationship to the 



Himalaya Mountains, 391 

 Burrell (B. A.), Tobacco Ash and Potash, 348 

 Burrill (Dr. T. J.) [obituary], 265 

 Burt (F. P.), and E. C. Eggar, The relative combining 



Volumes of Hydrogen and Oxygen, 50 

 Burton (Prof. E. F.), The Physical Properties of Colloidal 



Solutions, 397 

 Butterfield (W. J. A.), J. S. Haldane, and A. P. Trotter, 



Experiments on the Pentane and Hefner Lamps, 188 



Cadman (Prof. J.), elected President of the Institution of 



Petroleum Technologists, 106 

 Cain (Dr. J. C), appointed Chief Chemist of the Dalton 



Works of British Dyes, Ltd., 127 

 Cain, Schramm, and Cleaves, Preparation of Pure Iron and 



Iron-carbon Alloys, 189 

 Caird (Sir J.) [obituary], 62 



Cairnes (D. D.), Upper White River District, Yukon, 410 

 Caldwell (O. W.), W. L. Eikenberry, and C. J. Pieper, 



A Laboratory Manual for Work in General Science, 99 

 Caiman (Dr. W. T.), Pycnogonida, 46 

 Cameron (Dr. A. E.), Breeding of the Mangold-fly, 489 ; 



Insect Association in the District of Holmes Chapel, 254 

 Campbell (W. W.), and J. H. Moore, The Observed Rota- 

 tions of a Planetary Nebula, 215; and J. H. Moore, 



The Rotation of Nebulae, 268 

 Camus (J.), and M. Nepper, The Reaction Times of the 



Candidates for Aviation, 496 

 Cannon (Miss A. J.), A New Catalogue of Variable Stars, 



494 

 Cannon (W. B.), Studies of the Ductless Glands by the 



Electrical Method, 456 

 Capen (S. P.), Higher Education in the United States, 454 

 Cardot (J.), The Bryological Flora of Kerguelen, 356 

 Carmichael (Lord), Chairman of the Indian Museum, 185 

 Carpenter (E.), Ground Water in South-eastern Nevada, 17 

 Carpenter (Prof. G. H.), Injurious Insects, etc., observed 



in Ireland in 1914 and 1915, 414; The Apterygota of 



the Seychelles, 27 

 Carpenter (Prof. H. C. H.), Annual Meeting of the 



Institute of Metals, 131 ; Hardness and Critical Cooling 



Velocities of Steels, 452 

 Carpenter (Dr. T. M.), A Comparison of Methods for 



determining the Respiratory Exchange of Man, 430 

 Carr (C. P.), and H. S. Rawdon, Standard Test Specimens 



of Zinc-bronze, 368 

 Carr (H.), Cutaneous Sensitivity, 525 

 Carroll (C. J.), Behaviour of the Raven when attacked by 



the Peregrine, 426 

 Carslaw (Prof. H. S.), A Progressive Income Tax, 408 

 Carter (H. J.), Tenebrionidae from Barrington Tops, 



N.S.W., 556 

 Carus-Wilson (C), The Influence of Tides on Wells, 162 ; 



The Utilisation of Waste Heat for Agriculture, 442 

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

 Caspari (Dr. W. A.), International Latin, 81 

 Castle (W. E.), Size Inheritance in Guinea-pig Crosses, 255 

 Cathcart (W. H.), The Value of Science in the Smithy 



and Forge, 379 

 Catlin (Dr. C. A.) [obituary], 246 

 Caton (Sec. -Lieut. F. W.) fobituarv], 467 

 Caullery (Prof. M.), The Present State of the Problem of 



Evolution, 549 

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



442, 520 ; Ground Rainbows, 57 

 Chalkley (A. P.), Diesel Engines for Land and Marine 



Work, Fourth Edition, 158 

 Chambrelent (M.), Still-births and Deaths of Infants in 



France, 488 

 Chapman (Lieut. C. G.) [obituary], 406 

 Chapman (Lieut. F. H.>, Relation between Atmospheric 



Pressure and Rainfall, 374 



