Index 



[ Nature 

 {.April 3, 1919 



23; Work, Major V. S. Bryant and Lt. T. H. Hughes, 



-3 

 Marble Delta (Natal), Geology of the, Dr. A. L. Du Toit, 



517 



Marine- : Algae for Feeding Horses, Use of, L. Lapicque, 

 420 ; Biological Station, Port Erin, Annual Report of 

 the, 372 ; Engineers, Institute of, Scholarships Offered 

 by the, 458 



Mary Ewart Trust, A Travelling Scholarship Offered bv the, 

 4S« 



Masaryk, President T. (.., Career of, 2Sq 



Mathematical : Analysis, Elementary, Prof. J. W. Young 

 and F. M. Morgan. 2 ; Association, Annual Meeting of 

 the, 395 ; The Work of the, in Assisting the Applica- 

 tion of Mathematics to Industry, Dr. YY. P. Milne, 30.; ; 

 Books. 4J. ; Papers for Admission into the Roval Mili- 

 tary Academy and the Royal Military College, and 

 Papers in Elementary Engineering for Naval Cadetships, 

 November, 1917, and March, 1918, Edited by R. M. 

 Milne, 123 



Mathematics and Natural Science in Examinations, 436 



Maxima and Minima, Theory of, Prof. H. Hancock, 44 



McGill University, Calendar of the, 18 



Measurement of Temperature, The, 182 



Measures based on the Metric System, Dr. J. Satterley, 153 



Mecca, A Modern Pilgrim in, Major A. J. 13. Wavell. 

 New cheaper edition. 404 



Mechanical : Explanation and its Alternatives, C. D. Broad, 

 398; Handling of Materials, 431; Properties ot 

 Materials, Experimental Studies of the. Dr. W. C. 

 Unwin, 156 



Medical: Dictionary, A, W. B. Drummond, 204; Education 

 in England, Some Notes on, Sir G. Newman, I17 ; in 

 the British Isles, Facilities for, 79; Men, Awards and 

 Promotions for, 390; Research, 314; Committee, 

 Fourth Annual Report of the, 314; Requirements of, 

 Dr. W. J. Fenton, 391 ; Students, The Preliminnrv 

 Education of, 388 



Medicinal Herbs and Poisonous Plants, Dr. D. Ellis, 204 



Medicine-man in Natal and Zululand, The, Justice Jackson, 



'35 



Megalithic Culture of Indonesia, The, Y\ . J. Perry; Prof. 

 G. Elliot Smith, 61 



Melampyrum, Monographie du Genre, G. Beauverd, 115 



Meldon Valleys, near Okehampton, Geology of the, R. H. 

 Worth, 278 



Meholaster, a New Genus of the Microthyriaceae, Miss 

 E. M. Doidge, 120 



Mendelieff's Scheme of Chemical Elements, H. L. Wells 

 and H. W. Foote, 50 



Mental : and Nervous Disorders, The Basis of, 102 ; and 

 Nervous Disorders, The Modern Treatment of. Dr. B. 

 Hart, 142 ; Disorders and their Treatment, 142 ; 

 Strength of an Army, Measuring the, Major R. M. 

 Verkes, 399 



Merchant : Ships, Chances of Loss of, W. S. Abell, 459 ; 

 Venturers' Technical College, Calendar of the, 198 



Mercury: The Planet, 334; Zinc, and Cadmium, Emission 

 and Absorption in the Infra-red Spectra of, R. C. 

 Dearie, .< — 



Mersenne and Acoustics, J. W. Giltay, 96 



Mesembryanthemum, Old and New Species of, N. E. Brown, 

 517 



Mesopotamia: Excavations in, Capt. R. Campbell Thomp- 

 son, 450: Irrigation Work in, 42S 



Mesozoic : Insects of Queensland. No. iii., Odonata and 

 Protodonata, Dr. R. |. Tillvard, 200; Part iv., Dr. 

 R. J. Tillvard, 519 



Metalliferous Ores of the Iron and Steel Industry, The, 

 Prof. H. C. H. Carpenter, 7 



Metallography of Tungsten Steels, The, Honda and Mura- 

 kami, 74 



Metallurgy, Modern Developments in. 302 

 Metals : Elasticity of, as Affected by Temperature, A. Mal- 

 lock, 497; Hardness of. Prof. C. A. Edwards, 239; 

 Institute of, Prof. H. C. 11. Carpenter nominated for 

 a Further Year as President, 48; A Local Section 

 formed in Sheffield; The May Lecture of the, to be 

 given by Prof. F. Soddy, 270; Method of Estimating, 

 by Electrolytic Deposit, M. Francois, 270 ; The 

 Occlusion of Gases in, Prof. A W. Porter, and others, 

 2 34 



Meteor, A Bright, A. Wegener, 194 



Meteoric Shower of December, The, W. F. Denning, 325 



Meteorites of Bluff, etc., The Nickeliferous Iron of the, 

 Dr. G. T. Prior, 238 



Meteorological : Committee. Report of the, 72 ; Journal at 

 Wei-hai-wei, A, Kept by Commander A. E. House, 

 1910 to 1916, C. E. P. Brooks, 339 ; Office Circulars, 

 Nos. 31 and 32, 511; Reports, Temporary Discontinu- 

 ance of the Public Issue of, 70 ; Resumption of the 

 Issue of the Forecasts of the, 2211 ; Prediction, A New 

 Method of, A. Nodon, 499 



Meteorology : and Aviation, Capt. C. K. M. Douglas, 473 ; 

 Dynamical, Forthcoming Lectures on, Sir N. Shaw, 

 370: The Society and its Fellows, Sir N. Shaw, 419 



Meteors : August and September, \Y. F. Denning, 52 ; The 

 January, 334; Large, Observations of, Dr. F. J. Allen, 

 and others, 132 



" Metol Substitutes," Methods of Analysis of, and Some 

 Results, Eastman Kodak Co., 233 



Metric : Measurements, 471 ; System, The, and Decimal 

 Coinage, II. Allcock, 194: Units, Scientific and Prac- 

 tical, 153 ; G. R. HUson, 444 



Mexico, A Forthcoming Medical Journal in, 70 



Mica, the Striae in, The Colours of, C. V. Raman and 

 P. N. Ghosh ; Lord Rayleigh, 205 



Mic lull, John, Memoir of, Sir A. Gcikie, 3 



Microphone Hummers, Low-frequency, A. Campbell, 397 



Microscopes, Students', on Loan, Dr. K. Wilson, 126 



Microscopic Preparations, R. Paulson and VMiss A. Lorrain 

 Smith, 278 



Middlesex Hospital, Cancer Investigation Department of the, 

 Gift to the, by the Mercers' Company, 218 



Military : Cemeteries in France, Horticultural Work 

 Carried Out in the, since 1916, Capt. A. W. Hill, 478; 

 Explosives of To-day, J. Young, 216- Hospitals, Special, 

 Work in, for Disabled Soldiers, Sir R. Jones, 52 



Milk : and Fat Production in Cattle, The Inheritance of, 

 J. W. Gowen, 433; Clean, Prof. R. T. Hewlett, 447; 

 Prof. Delepine, 448 



Milky Way, Calcium Clouds in the, J. Evershed, 472 



Mind-stuff Redivivus, Prof. II. Wildon Carr, 441 



Mine Rescue Apparatus : Research Committee, First Report 

 of the, 205 ; Self-contained, 205 



Mineral : Oil and Natural Gas in Hungary, Investigations 

 for, 131 ; Resources, British, The Future of, Prof. H. 

 Louis, 366 ; Resources of the British Empire, The, 

 Prof. H. Louis, 34 



Mineralogical Society, Election of Officers of the, 213 



Minerals of the Silica Series, J. B. Ferguson and H. E. 

 Merwin, 72 



Mines, Floating, The Course of the, in the North Atlantic 

 and the Arctic Ocean During and After the War, 

 Prince of Monaco, 410 



Ministry of Health Bill and After, The, 186 



Mint, Royal, Annual Report of the, 270 



" Miracle " Cures, War Neuroses and, 465 



Miscibility of Phenol and Alkaline Liquids, R. Dubrisay, 

 Tripier, and Toquet, 380 



Modern : Dyeing Methods, Reply to Review of, C. M. 

 Whittaker, 431 ; Languages, Conference on the Report 

 of the Government Committee on, 437 ; Studies in 

 Schools, 90 ; G. F. Bridge ; The Writer of the Article, 

 180 



Molybdenum, Smelting of, in Haugesund, Sweden, 52 



Mcnilia Diseases of Fruit Trees, Researches on, H. Wor- 

 mald, 232 



Monocerotis, Nova, Dr. G. F. Paddock, 52 



Moon : The Harvest, 32 ; Value of the Secular Acceleration 

 of the Mean Longitude of the, E. Nevill, 318 



Morocco, Outcrops Indicating Petroleum Deposits in, M. 



Moussu, 333 

 Moseley, 11. G. J.. Suggested Memorial to, Prof. G. Bruni, 



21.3 



Mosses (if North Queensland, The, Dr. V. F. Brotherus 

 and Rev. W. W. Watts, 319 



Mount Wilson Observatory Report, 1917, 13 



Munitions, etc.. Report on Work Done in London Educa- 

 tional Institutions on, 29S 



Muscles, Isolated, Reconslitution of, or of Muscular Groups 

 bv Intensive Rhythmic Faradisation, J. Bergonte, 518 



Museums, Delay in the Re-opening of, Lord Sudeley, 2/9 



