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nated as chancellor, 688 ; approval of the institution 
of a special diploma in bacteriology, 760; award of 
doctorates ; W. H. Dearden elected Hadfield research 
scholar at Stockholm, 828 ; appointments, 901 
Maori, The Mind of the, S. H. Ray, 790 
Maps, Old, Exhibition of, at Manchester, 196 
Marble, Synthetic, Dr. M. Copisarow, 787 
Marine: Beds at the Base of the Gondwana System in 
Central India, Discovery of, 550; Biology, Trieste 
and, Dr. M. Stenta, 650; Engineering, The Present 
and Future of, 470; Observer's Handbook, The. 
Third edition, 701 ; Works: a Practical Treatise for 
Maritime Engineers, Landowners and Public Author- 
ities, E. Latham, 285 
Market Produce, Pathology of, 516 
Marriage Customs in Medieval India, Sir G. Grierson, 647 
Marsupialia, The Development of the Hepatic Venous 
System and the Postcaval Vein in the, M. Tribe, 450 
Martini’s Equations for the Epidemiology of Immunising 
Diseases, Dr, A. J. Lotka, 633; Prof. G. N. Watson, 
808 
Maryland, The Oldest Rocks of, Eleanora B. Knopf and 
Anna T. Jones, 480 
Mass Spectra, Dr. F. W. Aston, 684 
Mast and Aerial Construction for Amateurs: Together 
with the Method of Erection and other Useful In- 
formation, F. J. Ainsley, 628 
Materials, the Strength of, Further Researches on, Prof. 
W. E. Dalby, 241 
Materie: Der Aufbau der, Drei Aufsitze iiber moderne 
Atomistik und Electronentheorie, Prof. Max Born. 
Zweite Auflage, 109 
Mathematical Instruments, Early, in Oxford, 75 
Mathematics : and Physical Science in Classical Antiquity, 
D. C. Macgregor. Translated from the German of 
J. L. Heiberg (Chapters in the History of Science, IT.), 
355; for Engineers, W. N. Rose, Part I., 181 
Mathematik und Physik: Eine erkenntnistheoretische 
Untersuchung, E. Study, 565 
Matiére: dans ses rapports avec la vie: L’Organisation 
de la, études d’anatomie générale et de morphologie 
expérimentale sur le tissu conjonctif et le nerf, Prof. J. 
Nageotte, 72 ; La Constitution de la, Prof. Max Born. 
Traduit par H. Bellenot, 1o9 
Matter: A New Theory of, Rev. L. J. Walker, 206; Life, 
Mind, and God: Five Lectures on Contemporary 
Tendencies of Thought, Prof. R. F. A. Hoernlé, 770 ; 
The Constitution of, 109 
Maud, Progress of the, Capt. Wisting, 25 
Mazes and Labyrinths: a General Account of their 
History and Developments, W. H. Matthews, 321 
Meaning: The Meaning of, a Study of the Influence of 
Language upon Thought, and of the Science of 
Symbolism, C. K. Ogden and I. A. Richards, 566 
Meat in Cold Storage, Moulds on, F. T. Brooks and C. C. 
Hansford, 582 
Meats, etc., Preserved, The Examination of, O. Jones, 346 
Mechanical Engineers, Institution of. Eleventh Report 
to the Alloys Research Committee: on some Alloys 
of Aluminium (Light Alloys), Dr. W. Rosenhain, S. L. 
Archbutt, and Dr. D. Hanson, 389 
Medical: Education: Sir G. Archdall Reid, 50, 324; 
Prof. W. J. Dakin, 151 ; in England, Recent Advances 
in, Sir George Newman, 765; Research Council, 
Report of the, for the year 1921-22, 421; National 
Health, etc., 421 
Medicine, History of, 281 
Megalithic Monuments, Distribution of, O. G. S. Crawford, 
602; in England and Wales, Distribution of, W. J. 
Perry, 442 
Melanesia, Essays on the Depopulation of. 
Dr. W. H. R. Rivers, 145 
Melbourne University, gift to, by the Victorian Chamber 
of Manufactures, 205 
Meldola Medal, The, of the Institute of Chemistry, awarded 
to Dr. C. K. Ingold, 337 
Men like Gods, H. G. Wells, 591 
Mendel and Galton, celebration in Boston of the centenary 
of the birth of, 544 
Mendelejeffite, a New Radioactive Mineral, W. J. Ver- 
nadsky, 654 
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) Mendelian Genes, The Function of, J. S. Huxley, 286; 
Prof. E. W. MacBride, 394 : 
Mendelism, International Contributions to, 32 
Mensch, Der fossile, E. Werth. Zweiter Teil, 7o1 
Mental: Character and Race, Prof. J. L. Myres and 
others, 164; Disorders, Certain, which may be re- 
garded as Preventible, Dr. J. M. Moll, 163 
Mentone, The Phantom Island of, Prof. G. H. Bryan, 
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Merchant Venturers, Society of, Bristol, Scholarships, 688 
Mercurialis perennis, Variations of some Carbohydrate 
Reserves in, P. Gillot, 904 
Mercury: A New Phototropic Compound of, Prof. Y. 
Venkataramaiah and Bh. S. V. Raghava Rao, 775; 
and Krypton Radiations, Study of some, with the View 
of their Applications in Metrology, A. Pérard, 655 ; 
Isotopes of, Separation of the, Prof. W. D. Harkins and 
S. L. Madorsky, 148, 894; The Orbit of, L. Lecornu, 
243; The Planet, 60; Photometric Observations of, 
J. Hopmann, 857; Vapour, Ionisation of, in the 
Presence of Argon, G, Déjardin, 35 
Merkel's Liquid, etc., the Fixation of, R. de Litardiére, 832 
Mesozoic Iron Minerals of France, Phenomenon of Im- 
prints in the, L. Cayeux, 763 
Metal: Crystals, Modification of the Powder Method of 
Determining the Structure of, E. A. Owen and G. D. 
Preston, 34; The Thermal Conductivities of: I., 
Bismuth, Dr. G. W. C. Kaye and J. K. Roberts, 793 ; 
Dewar Flasks intended to hold Liquid Air, Further 
Tests upon, H. Briggs and J. Mallinson, 830; Sols 
in Non-dissociating Liquids, E. Hatschek and P. C. L. 
Thorne, 381 
Metallic Crystals and Polarised Light, J. H. Shaxby, 431 
Metallography : A Text-book of, 249 ; and Macrography, 
An Introduction to the Study of, Dr. L. Guillet and 
A. Portevin. Translated by L. Taverner, 249 
Metallurgical Analysis (Non-Ferrous), Tested Methods of, 
S. Pile and R. Johnston, 356 
Metallurgy, Objectives for, H. B. Wrighton, 553 
Metals: at High Pressures, The Compressibility of, P. W. 
Bridgman, 208; Institute of: election of officers 
and council of the, 372; Journal of the, Vol. 27. 
Edited by G. Shaw Scott, 112 ; Vol. 28, 700; Pressure 
of Fluidity of, A. S. E. Ackermann, 534; The Arc 
Spectra of, in Various Media and in a Vacuum, St. 
Procopiu, 310; The Crystallisation of, being a Course 
of Advanced Lectures in Metallurgy delivered at the 
Royal School of Mines, Imperial College, under the 
auspices of the University of London, in February 
and March 1922, Col. N. T. Belaiew, 876; The Failure 
of, under Internal and Prolonged Stress: a general 
discussion held on Wednesday, April 6, 1921, in the 
Hall of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. 
Edited by F. S. Spiers, 250; Thermal and Electrical 
Conductivities of, Effect of Torsion on the, Prof. 
C. H. Lees and J. E. Calthrop, 829 
Meteor: Photograph of a Bright, Dr. W. J. S. Lockyer, 
272; Shower, The April, W. F. Denning, 646 
Meteoric Displays, June, W. F. Denning, 785 
Meteorite, A Supposed, at Quetta, 510; Slag mistaken for 
a, at Quetta, G. H. Tipper, 704 
Meteorological: Committee to the Air Council, Annual 
Report of the, 408; Corrections for the Use of 
Gunners, Notes on, D. Brunt and J. Durward, 
107; Disturbance, A, of an Oscillatory Character, 
Prof. W. G. Duffield, 598 ; Messages, The New Inter- 
national Code for, 1922, 107; Nomenclature: and 
Physical Measurements, Sir Napier Shaw, 218; Dr. 
H. R. Mill, 327; Physics, Prof. V. Bjerknes, 871; 
Stations at High Latitudes, Sir Frederick Stupart, 754 
Meteorology: and the Non-Flapping Flight of Tropical 
Birds, Dr. G. T. Walker, 886; Catalogue of the 
Collections in the Science Museum, South Kensington, 
with Descriptive and Historical Notes and Illustra- 
tions, 107; Elementary, A Short Course in, W. H. 
Pick, 107; in India, Dr. G. T. Walker, 28; in 
Mysore, N. V. Iyengar, 303 ; of Scott's Last Journey, 
The, Dr. G. C. Simpson, 758 ; of the Gulf of Bothnia, 
G. Granqvist, Dr, C. J. Ostman, 720; of the South 
Atlantic, H. H. Clayton, 481 ; Progressive, Dr. H. R. 
Mill, 107 
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