lvi 
and Palestine—Water Supply, 873; Geographical 
Society, awards of the, 544; Horticultural Society, 
Journal of the, Part I. Vol. 18, 821; Institution: 
election of officers, 646; Sir William Bragg elected 
Fullerian professor of chemistry, director of the 
Laboratory, and of the Davy Faraday Research 
Laboratory, 783 ; Meteorological Society, election of 
officers and council of the, 266 ; Observatory, Green- 
wich, Annual Visitation, 789; Scottish Society of 
Arts, award of prizes by the, 92; Society: Conver- 
sazione, the, 721; gold medals, the, struck in brass, 
819; Munificent Gift from Sir Alfred Yarrow, 261 ; 
recommendations for new fellows of the, 298; and 
Heidelberg University, bequests to the, by Dr. L. 
Mond, 714; of Edinburgh, Prof. R. A. Sampson 
appointed General Secretary of the, 125 
Rubber, Vulcanisation of, V. V. Byzov, 648 
Ruby, The Cathode Phosphorescence of the, J. Rossignol, 
831 
Rimkers, Carl, Hamburger Sternverzeichnis 1845.0, heraus- 
gegeben von Dr. R. Schorr, 564 
Russian Proper Names, Transcription of, Prof. B. Brauner, 
290 
Rusts: in South Africa, Dr. M. Pole-Evans, 373; upon 
Cereals, The Spread of, Prof. K. C. Mehta, 582 
Saccharometer for Brewing, A Recording, Negretti and 
Zambra, 375 
Sahara, Surveys of the, 410 
St.: Andrews University: appointments in, 168 ; honor- 
ary degrees to be conferred on Sir William Henry 
Hadow, H. W. Richmond, and Sir Robert Robertson, 
723; institution of a prize in surgery in honour of 
Dr. D. McEwan, 792; Austell Granite (Cornwall) : 
A Micrometric Study of the, W. A. Richardson, 134 ; 
Rutile, Brookite, and Anatase in the, J. G. C. Leech, 
486 ; Bartholomew’s Hospital, The 8ooth Anniversary 
of the Foundation of, 777 
Sakura-jima, The Eruption of, in 1914 (Prof. Omori), Dr. 
C. Davison, 516 
Salernum: The School of, Regimen Sanitatis Salerni- 
tanum. The English Version, by Sir John Harington ; 
History of the School of Salernum, by Dr. F. R 
Packard, and a Note on the Pre-history of the Regimen 
Sanitatis, by Dr. F. H. Garrison, 281 
Saltcake, The Effect of, in Corroding Fireclay Materials, 
Edith M. Firth, F. W. Hodkin, and Prof. W. E. S. 
Turner, 519 
Sand, Crushed, Law governing the Connexion between 
the Number of Particles and their Diameters in 
Grinding, C. E. Blyth, Dr. G. Martin, and H. Tongue, 
842 
Sanderson of Oundle School, Sir John Russell, 731 
Sands for Various Industrial Purposes, The Microscopical 
Investigation of, H. B. Milner, 902 
Santa: Cruz, a new meteorological observatory at, 337 ; 
Maria, a model of the, in the Science Museum, South 
Kensington, 439 
Sarawak, Dr. C. Hose, 369 
Sarsen Stones, Discovery of, near Maidstone, 195, 234; 
C. Carus-Wilson, 292 
Saturn’s Satellites, The Diameters of, Major P. A. Hepburn, 
752 
School: and Sex, 657; Geometry, Sequence in, 277; 
Laboratories, The Planning and Fitting Up of, M.C.S. 
Anantapadmanabha Rau, 284 
Science: Abstracts, 267; and Armaments, Dr. L. C. 
Martin, 82, 429; Dr. J. Weir French, 186; and Art, 
The Relations of, Prof. B. Pite, 439; and Economics, 
W. W. Leisenring, 571, 846; Prof. F. Soddy, 669 ; 
St. George Lane Fox Pitt, 670; and Government 
Administration, Lt.-Col. M. O’Gorman, 521; and 
Industry in Sweden, 851; and Practical Life, Earl 
Balfour, 439 ; and Radio-Communication, Sir Richard 
Glazebrook, 709; and Religion, Dr. J. S. Haldane 
and others, 729; and Superstition of Primitive Man- 
kind, Dr. B. Malinowski, 658; Aspects of, J. W. N. 
Sullivan, 529; Education and, in the Civil Service 
Estimates, 557; Elementary, Nature Study, and 
Title Index 
Nature, 
August 11, 1923 

Practical Work in Preparatory Schools and the Lower | 
Forms of Secondary Schools, 173 ; in Schools, Methods 
of teaching, Miss M. B. Thomas, 100; in Secondary 
Schools, 70; Industrial, Fact and Phantasy in, C. F. 
Cross, 585 ; Labour and, in Industry, 385; Masters’ 
Association, Annual Meeting of the, 99; Museum 
Collections, Position and Needs of the, 869; Para- 
doxical, 319 ; Teachers in Conference, 99 ; Teaching, 
173; The Religion of, Prof. W. H. Wood, 526; The 
Social Influence of, F. S. Marvin, 209; Ad. K., 361; 
F. S. Marvin, 362; The Support and Utilisation of, 
Dr. A. A. Griffith, 92 
Sciences naturelles, Les, Dr. G. Matisse, 251 
Scientific : and Industrial Research, Report of the Com- 
mittee of the Privy Council for, 1921-22, 165; and 
Learned Societies of Great Britain and Ireland, The 
Year-Book of the, Thirty-ninth annual issue, 389 ; 
and Technical: Books, Recent, Suppt. (January 27), 
iii, Suppt. (February 24), iii, Suppt. (March 31), v, 
Suppt. (April 28), v, Suppt. (May 26), v, Suppt. 
(June 23), v; periodicals in Dublin libraries, Cata- 
logue, Dr. R. L. Praeger, 487; Expeditionary Re- 
search, 64; Association, the position of the, 819; 
Instrument Research Association, Report of the, 232 ; 
Papers, Notes on the Composition of, Sir T. Clifford 
Allbutt. Third edition, 490; Periodicals for Czech 
Students, B. O. Tufnell, 397 ; Societies in the British 
Isles, 389 ; Thought, Prof. C. D. Broad, 872 ; Worker, 
The Position of the, W. Graham and others, 132; 
Worthies, XLII. H. A. Lorentz, Sir Joseph Larmor, 1 
Scott, John, medal, awarded to Sir Joseph Thomson, Dr. 
F. W. Aston, Dr. C..Eijkman, and Dr. A. L. Day, 680 
Scott's Last Journey, The Meteorology of, Dr. G. C. 
Simpson, 758 
Scurvy in the Guinea-pig and Young Rabbit by means of 
a new Food Regime, The Production of, M. Lopez- 
Lomba and Mme. Randoin, 654 
Gypsies of Malaya, The : an Account of the Nomadic 
Mawken People of the Mergui Archipelago, W. G. 
White, 566; -level: Changes in Denmark, Dr. K. 
Jessen, 787; The Fluctuations of Mean, in Relation: 
to Change of Atmospheric Pressure, E. C. Shankland, 
587; Slug, Dorsal Eyes of the, K. Hirasaka, 787 ; 
the Exploitation of the, 414; The Invasion of the, 
on the Coast of Berck and the Teachings of Recent 
Geology, A. Briquet, 275 ; Water, The Hydrogen-ion 
Concentration of, Dr. W. R. G. Atkins, 132 
Secondary: Schools: Science in, 70; Liberal Education 
in, 862; University and, Education, 833 
Secret Sects of Syria and the Lebanon: a Consideration 
of their Origin, Creeds and Religious Ceremonies, and 
their Connection with and Influence upon Modern 
Freemasonry, B. H. Springett, 285 
Sed Festival of Ancient Egypt, The, P. E. Newberry, 378 
Seeds: in Inert Gases, Preservation of, J. Houdas, 795 ; 
the Germination of, Effect of Moonlight on, Elizabeth 
Sidney Semmens, 49 
Segregation, Selection and, Prof. A. Willey, 602; Sir 
G. Archdall Reid, 806 y 
Seismic Waves in a Visco-elastic Earth, H. M. Hosali, 866 
Selection and Segregation, Prof. A. Willey, 602; Sir 
G. Archdall Reid, 806 
Sex, School and, 657 
Shackleton-Rowett (Quest) Expedition, Geological Results 
of the, G. V. Douglas, 274 
“ Sheep-Tracks ” on Grassy Slopes, H. dum, 786 
Sheffield University: W. Vickers appointed lecturer in 
education and master of method, 240; E. G. Allan 
appointed assistant bacteriologist; H. P.» Lewis 
assistant lecturer in mining geology, 380; opening 
of the Jonas and Edgar Allen Laboratories of, 750 ; 
Anonymous Gift to, 864 
Shield Tunnelling, 798 
Ship Model Experiment Data, The Presentation of, Telfer, 
130 
Shipworm, Digestion of Wood by the, Dr. P. Bartsch, 28 
Shirley Institute Memoirs, Vol. I., 542 
Shock in Medicine, The Similitude of Forms of, their 
dangerous but avoidable Superposition, F. de Cour- 
melles, 796 
Shrunk Human Heads, Sir John Bland-Sutton, 95 
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