Index 



Nature, 

 \_Decem6er 7, 191 



Reviews and Our Book Shelf (continued) : 



Vulcanology : die vulkanischen Erscheinungen der Erde, 



Dr. K. Schneider, Prof. J. Milne, F.R.S., 410 

 Weaving: the Mechanism of Weaving, Thomas W. 



Fox, 9 

 Zoogeography: Bartholomew's Physical Atlas, vol. v., 

 Zoogeography, Dr. J. G. Bartholomew, W. Eagle 

 Clarke, P. II. Grimshaw, 137 

 Zoology, General : Lehrbuch der Zoologie fur Studierende, 

 Prof. J. E. V. Boas, 449; Elements of Zoology: to 

 Accompany the Field and Laboratory Study of 

 Animals, Dr. Charles B. Davenport, Gertrude C. 

 Davenport, 75 ; the Animal World, Prof. F. W. 

 Gamble, F.R.S., Sir Oliver Lodge, F.R.S., 380; Fest- 

 schrift zum Sechzigsten Geburtstag Richard Hertwigs 

 (Munchen), geboren den 23 September, 1850, zu Fried- 

 rich, i. H. : Band i., Arbeiten aus dem Gebiet der 

 Zellenlehre und Protozoenkunde : Band ii., Arbeiten 

 Morphologischen, Biologischen und Deszendenztheore- 

 tischen Inhalts : Band iii., Experimented Arbeiten, 

 Richard Hertwig and his School, 443 ; Zoologisches 

 Praktikum, Prof. A. Schuberg, 73 ; Leitfaden fur das 

 mikroskopisch-zoologische Praktikum, Prof. W. Stem- 

 pell, 540 



Invertebrate : die Fauna Siid-west Australiens, Dr. 

 C. G. Attems and others, 252; Seasonal Variations of 

 Marine Organisms, Dr. Wm. J. Dakin, 188 ; Cata- 

 logue of the Lepidoptera Phalamae in the British 

 Museum, vol. x., Sir G. F. Hampson, 9; a Monograph 

 of the Anopheline Mosquitoes of India, Dr. S. P. 

 James and Dr. W. G. Liston, 511 ; British Butterflies 

 and Moths, W. F. Kirby, 179; Butterflies and How to 

 Identify them, Rev. S. N. Sedgwick, 43 ; Proceedings 

 of the South London Entomological and Natural 

 History Society, 1910-11, 394 



Vertebrate : Catalogue of the Fresh-water Fishes of 

 Africa in the British Museum (Natural History), G. A. 

 Boulenger, F.R.S., 5 ; the British Bird Book, edited 

 by F. B. Kirkman, 350; the Grouse in Health and in 

 Disease : Final Report of the Committee of Inquiry, 

 544 ; Morphology of the Vertebrates, Prof. L. Vialle- 

 ton, 412 

 Rhododendrons and Azaleas, Wm. Watson, 246 

 Rice, Races of, Cultivated by Indian Natives, R. Abbey- 

 Yates, E. F. Vieux, 125 ; Rice Cultivation in Siam, Dr. 

 C. C. Hosseus, 151 

 Road Materials and Construction, Trials of, 95 ; Road 



Wear by Motor Traffic in Kent, 336 

 Royal College of Science for Ireland, Opening of New 



Buildings, 59 

 Royal Dublin Society : Radiant Matter, Prof. J. Jolv, 



F.R.S., 98 

 Royal Geographical Society, Programme of Lectures, 456 ; 



Lecture : Dutch New Guinea, Capt. C. G. Rawling, 25 

 Roval Institution : Discourse on the Scents of Butterflies, 



Dr. F. A. Dixey, F.R.S., 164 

 Rubber : Two Plantations of Ceara Rubber in German 

 East Africa, SS ; the African Rubber Industry and 

 Funtumia elastica t" Kickxia "), Dr. C. Christy, 146; 

 the Physiology and Diseases of Hevea brasiliensis, the 

 Premier Plantation Rubber Tree, T. Petch, 146 ; the 

 Whole Art of Rubber Growing, W. Wicherley, 146 ; 

 Rubber, Dr. P. Schidrowitz, 348; Apparently Reversible 

 Character of the Vulcanisation Reaction between India- 

 rubber and Sulphur, P. Bary, L. Weydert, 576 



St. Andrews, Celebration of the Five-hundredth Anniversary 

 of the University of, 114, 385 



Sanctuaries for Wild Life, Appeal for English, S. M. 

 Ward, 227 



Sanitary Inspectors' Association, Incorporated, Yarmouth 

 Meeting: Address, Sir J. Crichton-Browne, )6g 



Sanitary Institute, Royal, Vnnual Congress .'it Belfast, 161 : 

 Nor nitrification "I Sewage in Sea-water, Messrs. Purvis, 

 McHattie, and Fisher; Diagnostic Value of Blood Re- 

 actions in 1 en bro spinal Fever, Dr. T. Houston, Dr. T. 

 Rankin: Plague Precautions and Ra( Destruction, Dr. 

 Williams; Viability oi B. typhosus in Water, Dr. J. 

 Wilson, Dr. C. Dickson; Prevention .if Typhoid, Dr. 

 King-Kerr ; Municipal Hospitals and Open-air Treat- 



ment ; State Endowment of Motherhood, Dr. Eric 

 Pritchard ; National Health Week, A. J. Martin, 161 



Scales from Thermobia domestica (Packard), Structure of, 

 Mr. Strachan, 67 



School Attendance Bill : Resolution of Association of 

 Technical Institutions, 58; School Planning at Home and 

 Abroad, William H. Webb, no 



Science: Books of Science, Forthcoming, 461, 537; 

 Examinations and Grouped Course Certificates, Board of 

 Education's, J. Wilson, 131 ; Industry, Applications of 

 Science to : Presidential Address to Society of Chemical 

 Industry, Walter F. Reid, 9,4 ; de la Melhode dans les 

 Sciences, B. Baillaud and others, no; Science Museum, 

 Notes on the History of, II., Sir Norman Lockyer, 

 K.C.B., F.R.S., 11, 79; Appointment of Dr. F. Grant 

 Ogilvie, C.B., as Director, 333; Probleme der Wissen- 

 schaft, Federigo Enriques, Kurt Grelling, 512; Turin 

 International Exhibition, Science Section of the, 530 



Sciences, Exact : die logischen Grundlagen der exacten 

 Wissenschaften, Prof. Paul Natorp, 512 



Scientific : Centres, No. XVI., Prof. Weismann's Zoological 

 Institute at Freiburg-im-Breisgau, 182 ; Misappropriation 

 of Popular Terms : British Association Address, Prof. 

 J. W. Gregory, F.R.S., 532 ; Dr. Sidney F. Harmer, 

 F.R.S., 549; Papers, vol. iv. : Periodic Orbits and 

 Miscellaneous Papers, Sir George Howard Darwin, 

 K.C.B., F.R.S., 477; Research, Promotion by the 

 Development Commissioners, 118; Work in India, 220; 

 Writing, Cultivation of Lucidity in : Address at St. 

 George's Hospital, Dr. H. A. Miers, F.R.S., 465 



Sea Urchins, Rearing of, Prof. J. Stanley Gardiner, 

 F.R.S., no; Prof. E. W. MacBride, 180 



Seals : the Fur-seal Question, 46 ; Agreement for Suspen- 

 sion of Pelagic Sealing for Fifteen Years, 123 



Seiches in Lakes of Japan, S. Nakamura, K. Honda, 19 



Seismograph Installation at Nuneaton Tunnel Colliery, 301 



Seismology : British Association Papers : Report of B.A. 

 Committee on Seismological Investigations, Prof. J. 

 Milne; Periodogram of Earthquake Frequency from 

 Seven to Twenty Years, Prof. H. H. Turner, F.R.S. ; 

 Solar Cycle, Jamaica Rainfall, and Earthquake Cycles, 

 Maxwell Hall, 498; le Case nelle Regioni Sismiche e la 

 Scienza delle Construzioni, A. Montel, 74; Earthquake 

 in California and Nevada on July 2, 53 ; Earthquake in 

 Hungary, July 9, 53 : Earthquake House at Comrie, 

 C. Carus-Wilson, 415: Earthquake Studies, Dr. F. 

 Omori, Prof. J. Milne, F.R.S., 221; Earthquakes and 

 Luminous Phenomena, Prof. J. Milne, F.R.S. , 16; Inter- 

 national Association of Seismology, Manchester Meeting, 

 Address by Prof. Schuster, F.R.S., 12S; Problems in 

 Seismology, 194 



Sewage, Employment of, in Agriculture, A. Miintz, E. 

 Laine\ 34 



Sex Determination, the Law of, and its Practical Applica- 

 tion, Mrs. Laura A. Calhoun, 100 



Sex Determination in Animals, S. Kowalewsky, 457 



Sex Prediction of Infants : Japanese Method, E. S. Mawe, 



335 

 Sheep. Aboriginal Races and Little-known Breeds of 



Domestic, H. W. Elwes, 535 

 Ships : the Design and Construction of Ships, Prof. J. H. 



Biles, 240 ; Cold Storage, Heating, and Ventilating on 



Board Ship, Sydney F. Walker, R.N., 447; sec also 



Naval Architecture 

 Sleeping Sickness : Agreement between Britain and Gcr- 

 ■ many, 380 ; a Further Commission, 525 

 Snake Bites, Calmette's Serum introduced in Austrian 



Army, 389 

 Society and Academy Meetings: 



Asiatic Society of Bengal, 170, 340, 474 



British Psychological Society, 33 



Geological Society, 33 



Gottingen Royal Society of Sciences, 408, 474 



Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, 575 



Linnean Society of New South Wales, 204, 507 



Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society, 542 



Mineralogical Society, 32 



Paris Academy ol s ences, 33, 68, 101, 135, 169, 238, 

 271, 306, 340. 408. 442. 473. 5°7. 575 



Royal Dublin S :ty, 101 



Royal Irish Academy, 33 



