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NATURE 



[December 5, 1918 



j.Chaine : Remarks on the metamerism 0$ 

 thi Vertebrates. C. Cepede : A curative vai 

 influenza. The vaccine is made from three species, 



Pni'iimoi 01 US, Hi., ami Strepl 



exotoxins are removed by washing, and thi 

 killed by thirty minutes' exposure al the boiling-point. 

 Details of three cases are given in which the injection 

 ol the vaccine caused marked improvement. — R. 

 Douris : Modifications of normal 01' syphilitic human 

 -' 1 inn under the influence of iim 



Mil BOURNE. 

 Hoyal Society of Victoria. Sepl mbi [2. Miss 

 Janet W. Raff : Abnormal di vi lopmenl of the head 

 appendages in the crayfish, Parachaeraps bicarinatus, 

 Gray. The chief irregularity was in the position of 

 the mandibles, these being situated al different levels, 

 it thus being impossible for one to bite against the 

 other. The antenna"' anil anUnnules also were ab- 

 n> 'I mal in position. 



BOOKS RECEIVED. 

 Hygiene of the Eye. By Prof. W. C. Posev. 

 Pp. X + 344+H plates. (Philadelphia and London: 

 J. B. Lippincott Co.) 18s. net. 



The Wellcome Photographic Exposure Record and 

 Diary (Northern Hemisphere and Tropics). Pp. 250. 

 (London : Burroughs Wellcome and Co.) is. 6d. 



Highways and Byways in Northamptonshire and 

 Rutland. By II. A. Evans. With illustrations bv 

 F. L. Griggs. Pp. xv + 367. (London: Macmillan 

 and Co., Ltd.) 6s. net. 



Annales de la Clinique ( Jhirurgicale, <lu Prof. P. 

 Delbet. No. 6. Biologie de la Plaie de Guerre. By 

 Prof. P. Delbet and N. Fiesstnger. Pp. v + 460-f 

 iv plates. (Paris : F. Alcan.) 30 francs. 



Hindu Vchievements in Exact Science. By Prof. 

 B. K. Sarkar. Pp. xiii + 82. (London : Longmans 

 and Co.) 1 dollar net. 



The Evolution of the Earth and its Inhabitants. 

 By J. Barrell and others. Pp. xi+208 + iv plates. 

 (Sew Haven: Vale University Press; London: H. 

 Milford ) 1 ox. 6&. net. 



Memoirs of the Geological Survey. England and 

 Wales. The Water Supph of Essex from I nder- 

 ground Sources. Bv W. Whitaker and Dr. J. C. 

 Thresh. The Rainfall. By Dr. H. R. Mill. Pp. iv+ 

 510+4 plates. (London: H.M.S.O.) 15s. 



An Fntroduction to Trade I'nionism. Bv G. D. H. 



Cole. Pp. vi + 128. (London: The Fabi n Research 



ml G. Allen and Unwin, Ltd.) 5s. net. 



The Payment of Wages. By G. I). H. Cole. 

 Pp. vi+155. (London : The Fabian Research Depart- 

 ment and (.. Allen and Unwin, Ltd.) 6s. net. 



Pioneers of Progress. Men of Science. Galileo. 

 By \V. W. Bryant. Pp. 64. The Lite and Dis- 

 cover!,, of Michael Faraday. By Dr. J. A. CrowtheV. 

 Pp. 72. (London : S.P.C.K.) 2S. net each. 



Forced Movemi nts, Tropisms, and Animal Con- 

 duct. By Dr. J. Loeb. (Monographs on Experi- 

 mental Biology.) Pp. 200.. (Philadelphia and Lon- 

 don: J. B. Lippincotl Co.) ros. 6d net. 



The Origin of Con i lusness. Bv Prof. C. A. 

 Strong. Pp. viii + 330. (London: Macmillan and 

 Co., Ltd.) i2x. net. 



On Society. By F. Harrison. Pp. xii + 444. 

 (London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd.) 12s. net. 



NO. 2562, VOL. I02] 



DIARY OF SOCIETIES. 



THURSDAY, 



R01 cjety, at 4-3°.— Dr. C. Chree: Eh Gradient and 



i. Opacity at Kew Observatory.— E. Nevill: The Value of 

 lar Acceleration of the Mean Longitude 

 Schryverand Nita E. Speer : Investigations Dealing with the State of 

 Aggregation. Part IV.— The Floci lalu contain- 



ing Univ., i i •..,] Hatschek: A Study of the Forms 



assumed by nrop» and Vortices of a Gelatinising Liuuid in Various 

 Coagulating Solutions. 

 i i Engineers, at 6.— Prof. Miles Walker : The 



Supply Of Single-phase Power from Three-phase Systems. 



Linnean society, at 5.— Prof. W. A. Harwell : A Revision of the Exo- 

 gonidae.— C. D. Soar : Exlu D Iritish Mites. 



— The General Secretary : The Tulbnjih-Linne Correspondence. 



Chemical Society, at 8. 



MONDAY. December 9. 



Royal Geographical Society, at S.— Sir Martin Conway: The Political 

 Status of Spitsbergen. 



Royal Society op Arts, at 3.— Pmf. J. C. Philip: Physical Chemistry 

 B Faring on Chemical and Allinl Industries. 



Aristotelian Society, at 8.— Prof. John Laird: Synthesis and Dis- 

 covery. 



WEDNESDAY. DeCEMBI k ii. 



Royal Society of Arts, at 4.30. — Major-General sir Frederick Smith : 

 The Work of the British Army Veterinary Corps at the Fronts. 

 THURSDAY, December 12. 



Royal Society, at 4.30.— Probable Papers: Dr. M. C. StopesrThe 

 Four Visible Ingredients in Banded Bituminous Coal— H. ' 

 Observations on Changes in the Blood Pressure and Blood Volume 

 following Operations in Man. 



Optical Society, at 8. — Instructor-Commander T. V. Baker and Major 

 L. N. G. Filon : An Empirical Formula for the Longitudinal Spherical 

 Aberrations in a Thick Lens.— Major E. O. Henric : Spirit Levels. 



Institution of Electrical Engineers, at 6. — Discussion on Electric 

 Welding 



FRIDAY, December 13. 



Royal Astronomical Society, at 5. 



Institution of Mechanical Engineers, at 6. 



CONTENTS. page 



British Sands. By W. J. R. 261 



Goads for the Physics Teacher. By Dr. H. S. 



Allen 262 



Applied Analytical Chemistry. By C. Simmonds . 262 



Our Bookshelf 263 



Letters to the Editor: — 



The Perception of Sound. — Prof. W. M. Bayliss, 



F.R.S 263 



International Prize for Scientific Work. — Sir J. E. 



Sandys .... 264 



Scientific Glassware. By Dr. Morris W. Travers, 



F.R.S. . 265 



A " Ministry of Water" . . 266 



The Promotion of Scientific Agriculture ..... 267 



Notes 268 



Our Astronomical Column : — 



Distribution of Globular Clusters 271 



A New Type of Nebular Spectrum 271 



Spectrum of the Corona 272 



Ague in England 272 



Natural Indigo Manufacture 272" 



Dyes and the Development of British Chemical 



Industry . 272 



Anniversary Meeting of the Royal Society .... 273 



University and Educational Intelligence 276 



Societies and Academies 277 



Books Received 280 



Diary of Societies 2S0 



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