‘Nature, 
March 26, 1914 
Motor Ship Arum, 434; Fionia, 565 
Mount Wilson: Standard Wave-lengths, Messrs. St. John 
and Ware, 512 
fountains, Prof. J. Geikie, F.R.S., 530 
Museums: Museums Association’ Conference, 351; Museum 
Glass, F. J. Cole, 373; Museum Guides, C. Hallett, 
537 : 
N Bo toms, Ed. Step, 397 
Music: Pianoforte Touch, Prof. G. H. Bryan, F.R.S., 292 
Mycology: Fungus Diseases of Potato in Australia, D. 
McAlpine, 27; Soil Mycology, Prof. A. Kossowicz, 131 
Nantucket Observatory, 411 
Napier Tercentenary, 639 
National Physical Laboratory, Researches, 239 
Natural Forces, Work of, in relation.to Time, Dr. G. F. 
Nature Protection: International, E. Perrier, 417; in Italy, 
590; in Germany, 672; Nature Reserve in Tunis, 
40 
Nature Study: Fresh-water Flora and Fauna of Germany, 
60; Bodley Head: British Birds: Passeres, E. D. 
Cuming, J. A. Shepherd, 228; Terns, W. Bickerton, 
294; Charm of the Hills, S. Gordon, 294; the Flowing 
Road (South American Rivers), C. Whitney, 294; Wild 
Life and the Camera, A. R. Dugmore, 294; Feet of 
the Furtive, C. G. D. Roberts, 294; Insect Workers, 
W. J. Claxton, 294; Letters from Nature’s Workshop, 
W. J. Claxton, 294; Some Secrets of Nature, Anon ; 
the Romance of Nature, Anon., In the Lap of the 
Lammermoors, W. McConachie, all Prof. J. A. Thom- 
son, 340; Animal Geography, Dr. M. I. Newbigin, 
Prof. Cole, 471; British Birds’ Nests, R. and C. 
Kearton, 504; Our Vanishing Wild Life, Dr. W. T. 
Hornaday, 504; Trees in Winter, Dr. M. F. Blakeslee 
and Dr. C. D. Jarvis, 504; Messmates, E. Step, viii; 
Infancy of Animals, W. P. Pycraft, viii; Moorlands of 
__. N.E. Yorkshire, F. Elgee, viii 
Naval Architecture: James Forrest Lecture, A. Gracie, 
275; Death of Dr. Thearle, 349; Ship Resistance, Dr. 
T. H. Havelock, 416 
Naval Education, Sir A. Ewing, 520 
' Nebula: Hind’s Variable Nebula at Maximum, 87, 108; 
Statistics, Prof. Charlier, 178; Radial Velocity of 
Andromeda Nebula, V. M. Slipher, 411; New Nebule, 
C. R. D’Esterre, 434; Tuttle’s Nebula, M. Borrelly, 
540; Nebulz and the Crossley Reflector, 566 
- Nebular Hypothesis, J. H. Jeans, 416 
ae Crosses, Skin-colour in, Dr. Davenport, 
‘Neon, Attempts to Observe Production of Neon by Electric 
Discharge, Hon. R. J. Strutt, F.R.S., 494; a Second 
a Spectrum, T. R. Merton, 495 
_ Nephelometer, Dr. Kober, 485 
i 
‘New Guinea, A. S. Meek, 234; (Dutch), A. F. R. 
5 Wollaston, 668 
New South Wales: Educational Legislation, J. H. 
Reynolds, 663 
-Newton’s House in St. Martin’s Street, W.C., 456 
_ Nickel Deposition on Aluminium, J. Canac and E. Tassilly, 
; 599 
Nile Flood of 1913, H. E. Hurst, 424; of rgr1, 484 
Nitrogen: Industrial Fixation of Atmospheric Nitrogen, 
Prof. C. Matignon, 177; Second Group of Bands in 
Magnetic Field, H. Deslandres and L, d’Azambuja, 
625; Active Nitrogen, Prof. H. B. Baker, F.R.S., and 
Hon. R. J. Strutt, F.R.S., 659; Proof that the Three 
Valencies of the Nitrogen Atom are not in one Plane, 
Dr. Mills and Miss Bain, 724 : 
Noctuide, Catalogue of British Museum Collection, Sir 
_ G. F. Hampson, 288 
omography, Captain R. K. Hezlet, 195 
orfolk : Azolla, W. E. Palmer, 233; Norfollk and Norwich 
_____ Naturalists’ Society, 641 : 
North Sea Weather, Dr. N. Ekholm, 85; North Sea Fauna, 
Bo) 407 
umerals, Greek, M. N. Tod, 266 
Index 
XxXiX 
Ocean Temperatures near Icebergs, 414 
Oceanography of the Mediterranean: Report on Danish 
Expedition, J. Schmidt, 10; Oceanographic Researches, 
J. Y. Buchanan, F.R.S., 551 
_CEnothera, Prof. H. de Vries, 395 
Oil: Oil-fields of Burma, E. H. Pascoe, 9; Oil Shale in 
Skye, 13, 169; Chemical Technology and Analysis of 
Oils, Fats, and Waxes, Dr. J. Lewkowitsch, 449; 
Volatile Oils, E. Gildemeister and F. Hoffmann, E. 
Kremers, 498; Waning Petroleum Supply, 566 
Opium Poppy in Yunnan, F. K. Ward, 168 
Oransay Island Excavations, A. H. Bishop, 482 
Orchid Conference, 50 
Ornithology: Scottish Ornithology in 1912, Leonora J. 
Rintoul and Evelyn V. Baxter, 171; Ornithological 
Notes, 303, 726; see Birds 
Orrery, Messrs. G. Philip and Son, Ltd., 615 
Osmotic Pressure, Prof. A. Findlay, 261; W. R. Bousfield, 
703; in Plants, Prof. H. H. Dixon and Ww. R. G. 
Atkins, 538 
Oxford, Things Seen in, N. J. Davidson, 711 
Oxydases and their Inhibitors in Plant Tissues, W. eS 
Atkins, 495 
Oxygen, Revision of Density, F. O. Germann, 390 ; Oxygen 
Content of Gases from Roasting Pyrites, L. T. Wright, 
572 
Ozone and Hydrogen Peroxide, Method for Estimation, 565 
‘Palzobotany : Inaugural Lecture at University College, Dr. 
Marie C. Stopes, 237, 360; Medullosa pusilla, Dr. 
D. H. Scott, 390; Flora of South Staffordshire Coal- 
field, Dr. F. Kidston, 442; Sphaerostoma ovale, Prof. 
Margaret J. Benson, 442; Ginkgophyllum kiltorkense, 
Prof. T. Johnson, 495; Palzobotanical Institute at 
Kew, Prof. A. G. Nathorst, 502; Bothrodendron 
kiltorkense, Prof. T. Johnson, 599 
Palzontology: the Dicynodont Vomer, Dr. R. Broom, 
6; Igerna B. . Sollas and Prof. W.. J. 
Sollas, F.R.S., 61; Anthodon, Dr. R. Broom, 
51; dentate and Zalamdodont Mammals, Dr. 
Matthew, 106; Death of Dr. A. Fritsch, 379; Death 
of H. Potonié, 380; Vertebrates of New Mexico, 
Messrs. Case, Williston, and Mehl, 432; Vertebrates 
found in Asphalt-springs, California, W. D. Matthew, 
457; Papers on Vertebrate Paleontology, 514; Plesio- 
saurian Leurospondylus ultimus, 563; Tertiary 
Mammals, 592; Limbs and Evolution of Mammals, 
640; Sharks’ Teeth, 640; Mosasaurian Reptiles, C. W. 
Gilmore, Prof. L. Dollo, 695; Giant Dragon-fly in 
Radstock Coal, H. Bolton, 729 
Panama Canal and Earthquakes, 174; D. F. MacDonald, 
300; 408, 508; Panama Locks Control, 724 
Pancreatic Treatment of Tuberculosis, Dr. J. Beard, 165 
Papers, New Device for Filing, 643 ‘ 
Papua: Coal, Petroleum, and Copper in Papua, J. E. 
Carne, 436; see New Guinea 
Parasites : Gregarine Porospora, 
106; British Parasitic Copepoda, Dr. T. Scott and A. 
Scott, 193; (Corrected Price), 239; Laboratory Guide 
to Parasitology, Prof. W. B. Herms, 316; Handbuch 
der Hygiene, Profs. Rubner, v. Gruber, and Ficker, 
Prof.. von Wasielewski, G. H. F. Nuttall, 629; New 
Malarial Parasite of Man, Dr. J. W. W. Stephens, 729 
Paris Academy of Sciences: Prize Awards, 512; Prize 
Subjects, 540 
Paris, Turbines of the s.s., 434 
Paviland Cave, Prof. Sollas, 351 
Peas, Gametic Reduplication, 
Pellew, 352 “ae 
Pedagogical Anthropology, Maria Montessori, iii 
Pelargonium, Dr. R. Knuth, 163 
Pellagra in the Colne Valley, Dr. Blandy, 84; Pellagra, 
611 
Penguin, King-, R. C. Murphy, 381 
Perfumery, J. C. Umney, 593 
Periodic Law, Specific Heats and the, 
661; R. G. Durrant, 686 3 
Petrography’ of Polzen District, Bohemia, K. 
mann, 196 
MM. Léger and Duboscq, 
Prof. Punnett and Miss 
Dr. H. Lewkowitsch, 
H. ‘Schevu- 
