Nature, 1 

 i7 3 , 1919J 



Afrit 



Index 



Mycologist, The Work of a Tropical, C. O. Farquharson, 



37' 

 Mycology and Planl Pathology, A Text-book of, Prof. J. W. 



Harshberger, 321 

 Myriapoda, Notes on, H. and G. Brade-Birks, 469 



National : Fruit and Cider Institute, Long Ashton, Annual 

 Report of the, 1917, 154; Life, Education and, 453; 

 Physical Laboratory, The, Report for the Year 1917-18, 

 287; Work at the, 287; Reconstruction: A Study in 

 Practical Politics and Statesmanship, J. J. Robinson, 

 1S1 ; Union of Scientific Workers, Dr. N. R. Campbell 

 appointed Chairman of the Executive, and E. Sinkin- 

 son Assistant Secretary, 230 



Native : Development, Economic, Unrealised Factors in. 

 Rev. J. R. L. Kingon, 135 ; Things, Need of Research 

 into, Rev. W. A. Norton, 134 



Natives : in Large Towns, The, J. D. Marwick, 135 ; The 

 Medical Needs of the. Dr. C. T. Loram, 135 



Natural : History Museum, Forthcoming Retirement of Sir 

 L. Fletcher from the Directorship of the, 409 ; Science 

 and Religion, Canon K. W. Barnes, 462 



Nature : of Things, On the, Dr. H. Woods, 422 ; The 

 Economy of, Si 



Naval: Architecture and Marine Engineering, Grants from 

 Lloyd's Registry of Shipping for Scholarships for, 496 ; 

 Architects, Institution of, Forthcoming Annual Meet- 

 ings of the, 429 ; Scholarship awarded to H. W. 

 NicholK. ,x 



Navigation, A New, Method, Dr. J. Ball, 472 



Nebular: Hypothesis, The, J. H. Jeans, 114; Spec- 

 trum, A New Type of, Dr. V. M. Slipher, 271 



Neo-PIatonists, The: A Study in the History of Hellenism, 

 T. Whittaker. Second edition. 402 



Nerve Tumours, Hereditary Tendency to Form, C. B. 

 Davenport, 399 



Nervous System of the Rat, Comparison of Growth- 

 changes in the, with Corresponding Changes in the 

 Nervous System of Man, II. II. Donaldson, 399 



Neurotic Constitution, The, Dr. A. Adler. Translated by 

 Drs. B. Glueck and J. E. Lind, 102 



New: Caledonia, Metalliferous Laterite in, W. M. Davis, 

 399 ; Guinea, South-eastern, Tattooing in, Capt. F. R. 

 Barton, 173 ; Jersey Department of Conservation and 

 Development, Annual Report of the, 1917, 11; Mexico, 

 The, Electrically Driven Dreadnought, 369: South 

 Wales, Royal Society of, A Contribution to a History 

 of the, J. H. Maiden, to; South Wales Timber, Tests 

 of, Prof. Warren, 333; Year Honours, The, 350; 

 York University, Raising a Fund for the Engineering 

 School of the, s)9 : Zealand Brown Coals, The Use of, 

 H. Rands and' W. O. R. Gilling, 251 ; Journal of 

 Science and Technology, 251 ; Railways, New Non-com- 

 pound Locomotives for the, 252 ; The Frozen-meat In- 

 dustry of, M. A. Eliott," 103 



Nickel-steel, The Magnetic Properties of, 96 



Nitric : Acid and Nitrous Acid, Action of, on Diphenvl- 

 amine, H. and P. Ryan, 319; Oxide, Oxidation of, by 

 Dry Air, A. Sanfourche, 518 



Nitrites, The Estimation of, F. Dienert, 60 



Nitrogen: Compounds, Physical and Chemical Data of, 

 47 ; Problem in Relation to the War, The, Prof. A. A. 

 Noyes, 26 



Nitrous Fumes, Constitution of, J. Jolibois and A. San- 

 fourche, 479 



Nivation as an Erosive Factor, Importance of, in Northern 

 Greenland, W. E. Ekblaw, 399 



Nobel Prize for Physics for 1917, The, Awarded to Prof. 

 C. G. Barkla, 230 



Non-marine Mollusca, The Linnean Species of, Represented 

 in the British Fauna, A. S. Kennard and B. B. Wood- 

 ward, 278 



Non-professorial Staffs of Universities, The Question of In- 

 creased Remuneration for the, 298 



North : America, Progress of Historical Geology in, C. 

 Schuchert, 50 ; Atlantic Black Right Whale, Captures 

 of the, in Scottish Waters, Prof. D'Arcy Thompson, 

 173 : -East Coast Institution of Engineers and Ship- 

 builders, The Engineering Gold Medal of the, awarded 

 to H. R. Ricardo, 130; Examination for the 1919 

 Scholarship of the, 397 



Northampton : General Hospit.il, Gift by G. T. Hawkins 

 towards a Pathological Laboratory at the, 378 ; Poly- 

 technic Institute, Report of the, 317 



Northern Polytechnic Institute, T. J. Drakeley Appointed 

 Lecturer in Chemistry at the, 51b 



Norway, An Account of the Crustacea of, Prof. G. O. Sars. 

 Yol. vi., "Copepoda, Cyclopoida," 304 



Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Year-book and Annual 

 Rainfall Returns of the, 1917, 312 



Notifiable Diseases, A General Order Respecting, 491 



Nova Aquilae : Observations of, in India, J. Evershed, 105; 

 The Dark-line Spectrum of, Dr. J. Lunt, 194; The 

 Spectrum of, Dr. J. S. Plaskett, 252 



Nursing Habits of Ants and Termites, 308 



Occlusion of Gases in Metals, The, Prof. A. \\ . Pi rter, and 

 others, 234 



Officers' University and Technical Classes, Prof. J. Wert- 

 heimer, 253 



Oil : Analysis, A Short Handbook of, Dr. A. II. Gill. R - 

 vised eighth edition, 124; Borings for, in the United 

 Kingdom, V. C. llling, ^,83 ; Engines in American 

 Ships, The Use of, 291 ; from Alum Schist, A Factory 

 in Sweden for Extracting, 193 ; from Mineral Sources, 

 The Production of, Dr. V. M. Perkin, 416 



Oils, Edible, and Fats, C. A. Mil. hell, 21 



Old Order, The Passing of the, 462 



Oligocene Alligator, A Skeleton of an, from South Dakota, 



372 



Onchidium, The " Homing Habits " of, L. B. Arey and 

 W. J. Crozier, 499 



Optical : Activity, Researches in, Dr. T. S. Patterson, and 

 K. L. Moudgill, 230; Equation, Some Generalised 

 Forms of an, T. Smith, 277; Instruments, Properties 

 and Testing of, 393 ; Munition- oi War, Design and 

 Inspection ol certain, Lt.-Coi. Williams, 398; Research 

 and Design, Dr. S. Brodetsky, 301 



Optics : Applied, The Computation of Optical Systems, Drs. 

 A. Steinheil and E. Yoit. Translated and Edited by 

 J. W. French. Vol. i., 01 ; in Euclid'-, lime, 123 



Optophone, Tvpe-reading, Demonstrations of tie, to 



Orbital Distribution of the Asteroids, Prof. K. Hirai 



2 53 

 Organii Chemistry, The Past and Future of, 4S5 

 Oxford University : Offer of a Gift for the Establishment of 

 ., Chair ci French, by Sir B. Zaharoff, 259; Confer- 

 ment of the Honorar} Degree of D.Sc. upon W. 

 Crooke; E. S. Craig elected to a Fellowship at Mag- 

 dalen College; E. G. T. Liddell elected to a Senior 

 Demyship at Trinity College, 317: Forestry at. Reform 

 ot Responsions at, 470: Death of Dr. C. L. Shadwell ; 

 H. C. Bazett appointed Lecturer in Clinical Physi- 

 ologv : N. Cunliffe appointed Lecturer in Economic 

 Zoologv ; Report of the Committee for Rural Economy, 

 496 

 Oxygen and Nitric Oxide, The Magnetisation Coefficients 

 ' of, and the Theory of the Magneton, E. Bauer, P. 

 W.iss, and A. Picard, 130 



Pacific Ocean, A Point of History of the, J. Repelin, 470 

 Paleopathology, Studies in. Prof. R. L. Moodie, 130 

 Palestinian Folk-lore, Ancient, 485 

 Palm-oil Rapid Alteration of, M. Balland, 279 

 Panorpid Complex, The. Part i., Dr. R. J. Tillvard, 199 

 Paper : Waste, and Paper-waste, 1 ; Yarn as a Substitu 



for Jute in Germany, 232 

 Paraeiiacraps bicarinatus, Abnormal Development of the 



Head Appendages in. Miss J. W. Raff, 280 

 Parathymus Gland in the Marsupial, The, Dr. C. Mac- 

 kenzie and W. J. Owen, 519 

 Paris Academy of Sciences, Prize Award- of the. for 1918, 

 ',24; The" Montvon Prize of the. awarded to Drs. H. 

 Guillemard and A. Labat, 70; Prizes Proposed for 1920, 

 ;74; University of, The Honoran Doctorate of Law 

 conferred on President Wilson, " 338 ; Washington 

 Longitude, The, 432 

 Parliament, Science in, 421 

 Parliamentary Representation, S ience and, J. J. Robinson. 



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