Index 



December 7, 191 1 



SUBJECT INDEX. 



Aerial Locomotion, E. II. Harper, A. Ferguson, 213 

 Vei il Post between London and Windsor, 189, 300, 368 

 Verial I'ropellers, Experiments on, M. Legrand, F. H. 



Bramwell, 19S 

 Aeronautical Society of Great Britain : First Report of the 

 Bird Committee, Col. J. D. Fullerton, Lord Rayleigh, 

 O.M., F.R.S., 1S1 ; Reorganisation, 423, 559 

 Aeronautics : Eleven Aeroplanes cross the Channel, 17 ; 

 Vviators in the European Circuit recross Channel, 52; 

 Report of the Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, 

 1910-11, 60; the Circuit of Britain by Aeroplane, 122, 

 155; International Aeronautical Conference and Maps, 

 125; International Air Map, C. Lallemand, 227: Ele- 

 mentary Aeronautics, A. P. Thurston, 311; Automatic 

 Stabilisator invented by M. Doutre, 372 ; Wreck of Naval 

 Dirigible Airship at Barrow, 422, 459 

 Aeronautics at the British Association : Opening Address : 

 (1) Efficiency of the Aeroplane as represented by the 

 Ratio of Thrust to Load, (2) Measurement of the Effec- 

 tive Angle of a Plane and its Effective Dimensions, 

 (3) Stability, A. E. Berriman, 439 ; Dangers to Aviators 

 in Fluctuation of Air Currents, Dr. W. N. Shaw, 440; 

 Practical Means of obtaining Stability, Prof. Petavel, 

 440 ; Possible Efficiency of Aerial Motors, W. Beaumont, 

 Sir W. White, 440 

 Aeroplane Construction, the Principles of, R. Kennedy, 311 

 Aeroplane, Past, Present, and Future, the, C. Grahame- 



White, Harry Harper, 245 

 Aeroplane Service in Belgian Congo, Proposed, 333 

 Aerotechnic Institute near Versailles, Inauguration of the 



French, 52, 133 

 Africa, British East, Agriculture, &c, 227 

 Agricultural Bacteriology, Dr. F. Lohnis, 480 

 Agricultural Chemistrv for Senior Students, a Course of 



Practical Work in, Prof. T. B. Wood, 312 

 Agricultural Development Commission, Promotion of Scien- 

 tific Research by the, 118, 279 

 Agricultural Soil Investigations : Soil Improvement in 

 'U.S.A., 303; Recent Soil Investigations, 393; " Teart " 

 Land, Definition, 425 ; die praktische Bodenuntersuchung, 

 Prof. E. Heine, 4S2 ; Determination of Rhizobia in the 

 Soil, Dr. R. Greig-Smith, 507 

 Agriculture : Advisory Work of an Agricultural College, 

 184: Recent English Agricultural Publications, 259; 

 Grants for Agricultural Science in the United States, 

 565, Anon. ; Insect Pests prevalent in the West Indies, 

 H. A. Ballou, 231 ; Relation of Weeds to Crops, 

 M Brenchley, 259; Text-book of Egyptian Agri- 



culture, Messrs. Cartwright, Balls, Willcocks, McCall 

 and others, 445 ; Calcium Cyanamide, Ammonium 

 Sulphate, &c, as Artificial Fertilisers, F. J. Chittenden, 

 54 ; State Aid to Agriculture in Canda, E. H. Godfrey, 

 259 ; Molasses and Sugar Foods for Live Stock, Dr. 

 Goodwin, 259 ; New Uses for Explosives in Agriculture, 

 F. H. Gunsolus, 496 ; Effect of Ploughed-in Mustard, 

 Rape, Clover, and Vetches on subsequent Crops, Mr. 

 Hall, !?q; Effect of Prussic Acid in small Quantities on 

 Stock, "Dr. Lander, 259; Raising Varieties of Agri- 

 cultural Plants Resistant to Attacks of Disease, Dr. 

 Orton, 532 ; West Indian Fungoid Pests, F. W. South, 

 231 ; Dry Farming : a System of Agriculture for 

 Countries under a Low Rainfall, Dr. J. A. Widtsoe, 543 

 Agriculture at the British Association: 401, 534; Address, 

 W. Bateson, F.R.S., 401 ; Effect of F.xternal Conditions 

 on Incidence of Disease of Plants, A. S. Home, 535 : 

 How University Agricultural Departments can best come 

 in contact with Practical Farmers, R. Hart-Synnot, 

 Principal Davies, &c, 53s ; Mucilage of Linseed, 

 H. A. D. Neville, 535 

 Alg.-p : die Ernahrung der Algen, O. Richter, 141 

 Alloys : see Metallurgy 

 Americanists, International Congress in London, May, iqu, 



526 

 Anaesthetics. Chemistry of, Dr. C. Baskerville, 426 

 Anatomy : Vorlesungen iiber vergleichende Anatomie, Prof. 

 O. Butschli, 104 



cienl Monuments, Preservation of, Rev. John Griffith, 84 

 Antarctica: the French Antarctic Expedition, 217; Influence 



of Land Ice, &c, Prof. O. Nordenskjold, 495 

 Anthropology : General : — Anthropogenic Oder Entwickel- 

 ungsgeschichte des Menschen, Keimes- und Stammes- 

 geschichte, Prof. E. Haeckel, 39 ; der Mensch : sein 

 L isprung und seine Entwicklung, Prof. W. Leche, 39; 

 Universal Races Congress, 159 



Geographical : The Stone Ages of South Africa, Dr. L. 

 Peringuev, A. L. Du Toil, Dr. F. C. Shrubsall, Sir H. H. 

 Johnston! G.C.M.G., K.C.B., 450; Antiquity of Man in 

 Argentina, Dr. F. Ameghino, 370; Early Civilisation of 

 Argentina, F. F. Outes, 560 ; Cambridge Anthropological 

 Expedition to W. Australia, Dr. A. C. Haddon, F.R.S., 

 24 ; Antiquity of Man in Australia, E. C. Andrews, Prof. 

 J. W. Gregory, F.R.S., 464; aus dem Werdegang der 

 Menschheit : der Urmensch vor und wahrend der Eiszeit 

 in Europa, Dr. H. von Buttel-Reepen, 522 ; Early History 

 of the Gibraltar Cranium, A. Keith, Col. E. R. Kenyon, 

 H. Falconer, 313; Kwakiutl Tales, Franz Boas, 143; 

 Asymmetry of the Neanderthal, Cro-Magnon, and 

 Soy No. 1 Skulls, A. Maree, L. Macauliffe, 507 ; 

 Modern Men of the Stone Age in New Guinea and North 

 Australia, W. E. Roth, 124 ; Anthropological Research 

 Expedition to New Guinea Islands, 369 ; Anthropological 

 Report on the Edo-speaking Peoples of Nigeria, N. W. 

 Thomas, Sir H. H. Johnston, G.C.M.G., K.C.B., 105; 

 Earliest Population of Hardanger District in Norway, 

 Capt. H. Negaard, 370; Collection of Crania from Peat 

 Deposits, W. L. H. Duckworth, L. R. Shore, 423 ; 

 Peruvian Anthropology, Dr. Ales Hrdlicka, 60 ; Anthropo- 

 logische Monographie des Kantons Schaffhausen, F. 

 Schwerz, 522 ; la Race Slave, Statistique, Ddmographie, 

 Anthropologie, Prof. Lubos Niederle, Louis Leger, 522 

 Anthropology at the British Association : see also Ethno- 

 logy and Archaeology : Opening Address, the Ethno- 

 logical Analysis of Culture, Dr. W. H. R. Rivers, 

 F.R.S., 3^6; an Imperial Bureau of Anthropology, J. 

 Gray, T. C. Hodson, Prof. J. L. Myres, Prof. Ridgeway, 

 Rev. Dr. Bryce, 471 ; Crania and Fossil Bones, Prof. 

 C. J. Patten, Prof. A. Keith, R. R. Marett, 472 

 Anthropometry : Proportions of the Body during Growth, 

 124; Simple Geometric Law of the Body Surface of a 

 Man of given Dimensions demonstrated by a New 

 Method, B. Roussy, 135; Anthropometry in Egypt, J. 

 Craig, 301 

 Apples and Pears, G. Bunyard, 380 



Archaeology: At Home: — Ancient Earthworks, Committee 

 to Investigate, 526 ; Ancient Monuments, Preservation of, 

 Rev. John Griffith, S4 ; Aberdeenshire, Stone Circles, Sir 

 N. Lockver, K.C.B., F.R.S., 513 ; Aberdeenshire, Stone 

 Cists, Prof. R. W. Reid, 513 ; Avebury, Investigations at, 

 by the British Association, 225 ; Baddiley Mere, Dis- 

 covery of an Ancient Canoe at, Prof. Boyd Dawkins, 404 ; 

 Maidstone, Megalithic Monuments near, 301 ; Peter- 

 borough and Vale of Clwyd, Prehistoric Finds near, 390; 

 Wales, Some Points in the Pre-history of : Presidential 

 Address to Cambrian Archaeological Association. Prof. W. 

 Boyd Dawkins, F.R.S., 334 : Wallington, Excavation of 

 the British Camp at, N. F. Robarts, H. C. Collver, 124 

 Abroad: — Africa: a Strand Looper Rock-shelter, 

 L. Peringuev, 136; Africa, the Prehistoric Period in 

 South, J. P. Johnson, 183 ; America, the Stone Age in 

 North: an Archaeological Encyclopaedia of the Implements, 

 Ornaments, Weapons, Utensils, &c, of the Prehistoric 

 Tribes of North America, W. K. Moorehead, 409 ; 

 Antioch, Discovery of the Holy Place of Men Askaenos at 

 Pisidian, Prof. W. M. Ramsay, 225 : Carchemish, Ex- 

 cavations at, R. C. Thompson, 404: Corfu. Discoveries 

 in, 17. 140 ; Cyprus, Prussian Academy's Discoveries in, 

 380 : Egypt and Greece, Archaeology in, H. R. Hall, 

 517: Ethiopia, Excavations at Meroe in, Prof. J. Gar- 

 slam;, 268; India, Archaeological Department of, 401; 

 Karnak, Orientation of the Great Temple of Amen-Ra at, 

 Howard Payn, 514; Kashmir. Ancient Monuments in, 

 A. Koul, 340 ; Namaqualand, the Heidje Eibib or Stone 



