Ix Title Index 
Venus, The Atmosphere of, Prof. St. John and G. B. 
Nicholson, 301 
Veratrol and Vanillin, The Ultra-violet Absorption of, P. 
Steiner, 488 
Vertical: Beam, ‘ Artificial,’’ Prof. W. C. Baker, 185; 
Dimensions, Measurement of, with Microscope, F. 
Addey, 236; Systems, The Growth and Decay of, 
S. Fujiwhara, 309 
Vesta, 479 
Veterinary Medicine, Surgery, and Obstetrics, Encyclo- 
pedia of, edited by Prof. G. H. Wooldridge. 2 vols., 664 
Victoria, the National Herbarium of, Contributions from, 
No. 3, J. R. Tovey and P. F. Morris, 311 
Victorian Memoirs and Memories, Lord Ernle, 611 
Vienna University, Prof. E. W. Scripture appointed 
honorary professor of experimental phonetics, 552 
Virus Diseases of Plants, Dr. E. J. Butler, 551 
Viscosity : Neutralisation, and Isomorphism, L. J. Simon, 
347; of a Liquid and its Coefficient of Expansion, A 
Relation between the, D. B. Macleod, 382; of Liquid 
Mixtures showing Maxima, The, D. B. Macleod, 382 
Viscous Fluid, Infinite, The Steady Motion of a Cylinder 
through, A. Berry and Lorna M. Swain, 205 
Vision: and Light Sensitiveness, J. P. O’Hea, 705; The 
Laws of, and the Technique of Art, A. Ames, C. A. 
Proctor, and Miss Blanche Ames, 581 
Visual: Illusions: their Causes, Characteristics, and 
Applications, M. Luckiesh, 876; Perception, The 
Delay of, F. G. Smith, 648 
Vitalism and Anti-Vitalism, Prof. E. W. MacBride, 72 
-Vitamin-A, The Formation of, Miss Katharine H. Coward, 
858 
Vivireaction in Biology and Pathology, The Law of, J. 
Amar, 554 
Voice Beautiful in Speech and Song, concerning the review 
of, E. G. White, 159- 
Volcanic : Activity in Iceland and Long Distance Trans- 
port of ‘ Dust,’”’ J. N. Carruthers, 255; Dust and 
Climatic Change, Prof. W. J. Humphreys, 431; 
Island, Formation of a New, South of Poulo-Cécir 
de Mer, M. Pélissier, 831 
Voltage Regulator, An Automatic, Isenthal and Co., Ltd., 62 
Volume and Refractive Index, Changes of, associated with 
(a) the Formation of ,Organosols and Gels; (b) the 
Reversible Sol to Gel Transition, E. W. J. Mardles, 170 
Vowel Sounds, Artificial, The Production of, Sir Richard 
Paget, 205 
Wales, University of, Gift to, by D. Radcliffe, 205 
War, Hygiene of the. Edited by Maj.-Gen. Sir W. G. 
Macpherson, Col. Sir W. H. Horrocks, and Maj.-Gen. 
W. W. O. Beveridge. Vols. 1 and 2, 626 
Warialda Meteorite of N.S.W., The, J. C. H. Mingaye, 374 
Warrington Museum, Report of the, G. A. Dunlop; 158 
Washington Academy of Sciences, election of honorary 
foreign members of the, 783 
Water: in the Atmosphere, The, Dr. G. C. Simpson, 
Supplement (April 14), v; in the Chalk, The Cir- 
culation of, F. Diénert, 347; Molecule, An In- 
teresting Property of the, Prof. A.*P. Laurie, 830; 
Policy, A National, 349; Power: in India, J. W. 
Meares, 96; in the British Empire, T. Stevens, 607 ; 
Snails and Liver Flukes, A. W. Stelfox ; Dr. Monica 
Taylor, 49; Supply, appointment of a standing 
advisory committee on, 126 
Waterspouts, D. Brunt; H. E. Hornby, 82 
Wave: -power Transmission, W. Dinwiddie, 417; Re- 
sistance, Studies in, Prof. T. H. Havelock, 725 ; 
Theory, The, and the Quantum Theory, Prof. C. G. 
Darwin, 771 
Waves, Maintained, The Propagation of, along an Iron 
Wire, G. Laville, 654 
Waxwing, Migrations of the, Dr. J. Ritchie, 511 
Weather: the, 819; Forecasting in the North Atlantic and 
Home Waters for Seamen, Com. L. A. Brooke-Smith, 
107; of 1922, The, 127; of Great Britain, December 3, 
1922 to March 3, 1923, 370; Research on the Kermadec 
Islands, D. C. Bates, 648 
Weevil, The Life of the, J. H. Fabre. 
Teixeira de Mattos, 216 
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Nature, 
August 11, 1923 
Wegener’s Hypothesis : of Continental Drift, P. Lake, 226; 
Dr. J. W. Evans, 393 ; Dr. J. W. Evans, W. B. Wright, 
and others, 30; Botanical Aspects of, Prof. R. H. 
“Compton; the Writer of the Article, 533; and the 
Great Pyramid, Dr. G. P. Bidder, 428; Prof. W. M. 
F. Petrie, 429; and the Origin of the Oceans, T. 
Crook, 255; The Distribution of Life in the Southern 
Hemisphere, and its Bearing on, K. H. Barnard and 
* others, 131; The Life-Cycle of the Eel in Relation 
to, Dr. T. W. Fulton, 359; Dr. A. M. Davies, 496; 
The Zwartebergen and, W. B. Wright, 569 
Weight, Changes in, of the Organs of the Pigeon in the 
Course of B-avitaminosis, J. Lopez-Lomba, 796 
Weights : and Measures, with some Geophysics, Dr. G. C. 
Simpson, 558; Measures, and Coinage, Confusion in, 
508 
Wellington, N.Z., Victoria College, Gift to, by Sir Walter 
Buchanan, 518 
Wembley Laboratories, Physics in Industry at the, 344 
Wet Bulb Temperatures and Thermodynamics, Dr. 
C. W. B. Normand, 28 
Whaling Problem, Scientific Investigation of the, Sir 
Sidney F. Harmer, 540 
Wheat: Genetics and the History of, Drs. K. Sax and 
J. W. Gowen, 547; Influence of the Rainfall during 
the “‘ Critical Period ’’ of, on the Yield, J. Beauverie, 
452; Rust and Climate, Relations existing between 
the Development of, J. Beauverie, 383 
Whitworth Society, Inauguration of the, Dr, Hele-Shaw 
elected president, 92 
Wien Bridge, Use of the, for the Measurement of the 
Losses in Dielectrics at High Voltages, with special 
reference to Electric Cables, A. Rosen, 829 
Willoughby, Charles, Fellow of the King and Queen’s 
College of Physicians, T. P. C. Kirkpatrick, 243 
Wimbledon Common, protest against a proposed by-pass 
road adjacent to, 889 
Wind: and Tropical Cyclones, Vertical Change of, S. K. 
Banerji, 668; Sir Napier Shaw, 702; and Weather, 
Prof. A. McAdie, 597; Steadiness in the Upper Air, 
H. Harries, 583; the Instantaneous Direction of the, 
An Apparatus giving, Huguenard, Magnan, and A. 
Planiol, 452; Theory of the Measurement of, by shoot- 
ing Spheres upward, L. F. Richardson, 241 
Winds and of Barometric Pressures, Effects of, on the 
Great Lakes, J. F. Hayford, 45 
Wine, The Preparation of, by Continuous Fermentation, 
L. Semichon, 655 
Wired Wireless, An Electro-capillary Relay for, C. E. 
Prince, 242 
Wireless: Communication, The Origin or Basis of, Sir 
Oliver Lodge, 328; Direction and Position Finding 
by, R. Keen, 628; Licences, Broadcasting and, 589 ; 
Popular and Concise, Lt.-Col. C. G. C. Crawley, 628 ; 
Signals, A Novel Instrument for Recording, N. W. 
McLachlan, 830; Telegraphy: and Telephony, The 
Year-Book of, 1923, 597; Text-Book on, Dr. R. 
Stanley. Vol. 2, second edition, 597; Telephone, The, 
What it is, and How it works (including Directions for 
building a Simple Receiver for Wireless Telephone 
Broadcasts), P. R. Coursey, 628; Station erected in 
Greenland, 645; Weather Manual, The, 107 
Wirral Peninsula, The: an Outline Regional Survey, W. 
Hewitt, 217 
Women Science Teachers, Association of, Annual Meeting 
of the, 100 
Wood, Preservation of, A Method for the, R. Chavastelon, 
692 
Woodland Creatures : 
Frances Pitt, 112 _ 
Workmen's Compensation (Silicosis) Act, 1918, Extension 
of the, appointment of a committee to inquire into 
the desirability of the, 265 
World Flight, The Attempted, Major W. F. Blake, 25 
Worst Journey in the World, The: Antarctic, r910-1913, 
A. Cherry-Garrard. 2 vols., 386 
Wounds, Superficial, Action of the Ultra-violet Rays on, 
M. Ménard and Saidman, 904 
Wren: Christopher, and the Tom Tower, 838; Sir 
Christopher, The Bicentenary of, Eng.-Capt. E, C. 
Smith, 257; Science Museum, R. T. Gunther, 288, 299 . 
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