* Nature, 
October 7, 1915 
Index 
XXX1 


Finland, Hydrography in, Prof. R. Witting, 182 
| Fireball, the Brilliant, of Sunday, March 28, 
' Denning, 157 
Fire-extinguishers, Chemical, 565 
Firefall in South Africa, Great Detonating, 17 
me Tests with Glass, 506 
Fisher, Polk County, Minn., Meteorite, the, Prof. G. P. 
S Merrill, 437 
Fisheries, Geography of British, Prof. J. S. Gardiner, 72 
Fishes: a Bibliography of, Prof. Bashford Dean, 318; 
and the Amphibia, Relationship of, H. Day, 306; 
Eggs of, Temperature, etc., on the Development of, 
A. C. Johansen and A. Krogh, 435; Determination of 
the Age of, O. Winge, 526; of the Macquarie Islands, 
C. T. Regan, 528 
Fishery: Investigations in Bengal, etc., Report on, T. 
Southwell, 356; Research in India, 356 
Fisica, Manuale di, vol. ii., Acustica, Lemologia, Ottica, 
Prof. B. Dessau, 423 
Flax, Boom in, A. L. Clark, 239 
Fleas, British, Hon. N. C. Rothschild, 73; Blood-parasites 
and, Prof. E. A. Minchin and Dr. J. D. Thomson, 189 
Flexor Tendons of the Fingers, Grafting the, E. Delorme, 
W. F. 
722 
Flies: and Disease, Dr. W. G. Ridewood and Prof. H. 
the Destruction of, and the Disinfection of Corpses in 
the Battle-line, E. Roubaud, 493; in Relation to 
Disease: Blood-sucking Flies, Dr. E. Hindle, 338 (see 
also Fly Campaign) 
Flight, Circling, the Rigid Dynamics of, Prof. G. H. Bryan, 
360 
Flint: Implement Cultures, C. Dawson, 54; Implements, 
Discovery of, at Highfield, Southampton, 378 
Flints, Wrought, in Egypt, Prof. Flinders Petrie, 238 
Flora: of Aden, Prof. E. Blatter, 187; of Jamaica, W. 
Fawcett and Dr. A. B. Rendle, vol. iii., 368; of the 
South Indian Highlands, P. F. Fyson, 307 
Floral Rambles in Highways and Byways, Rev. Prof. G. 
Henslow, 531 
Flour, a Memorial on, 123 
Flowers and Trees in California, With the, C. F. Saunders, 
698 
Fluid, Resistance of a, H. Levy, 194 
Fly : Campaign, the, Prof. H. Maxwell Lefroy, 440; Peril, 
Fighting the, C. F. Plowman and W. F. Dearden, 699 ; 
Pest, the, 699; Question, Practical Advice on the, 680; 
the House, F. W. FitzSimons, 699 
Fly-food in Trout Streams, Increasing the Supply of, 514 
Fly River Expedition, Sir R. Clarke, 181 
Focometric Apparatus, Notes on, I. J. Cheshire, 15 
Food: in England and Wales, Committee on the Production 
or, 459; etc., of Invertebrate Animals at the Sea- 
bottom in Danish Waters, H. Blegvad, 526; Products, 
Prof. H. C. Sherman, 59; Supply, Science and, A. 
Graham Bell, 618; Values, Prof. W. A. Thompson, 651 
Forage Plants and their Culture, C. V. Piper, 421 
Foraminifera: Bionomics, etc., of the, E. Heron-Allen, 82 ; 
of the Kerimba Archipelago, E. Heron-Allen and A. 
Earland, 362; On Beauty, Design, and Purpose in the, 
E. Heron-Allen, 630 
Foreign: Membership of Scientific Societies, Prof. E. C. 
Pickering, 96; Philosophers, H. Richardson, 703 
Forest Valuation, Prof. H. H. Chapman, 555 
Forestry : Elements of, Prof. F. F. Moon and Prof. N. C. 
Brown, 29; Home, and the War, 176; and Natural 
Sciences, H. S. Graves, 44; and Trees, 555 
Form and Coloration in Plants and Animals, C. F. M. | 
Swynnerton, 250 
Formulas for Glass, Manufacture, 192 
Forthcoming Books of Science, 492, 628 
Fossil : Bacteria in Ancient Limestones, Dr. C. D. Walcott, 
270; Crinoidea in Illinois, F. Springer, 275; Dolphin 
from California, R. S. Lull, 355; Fishes, Study of, 
Dr. A. Smith Woodward, 54; Remains of Man, Guide 
to, Dr. A. Smith Woodward, 73 
Fossilised Human Skull and Associated Remains, W. G. 
Kemp, 297 
Four Dimensions, 282 
Fowls, Domestic, Reproductive Organs of, Dr. R. Pearl, 
159 


France, the Book of, edited by Winifred Stephens, Sir 
T. E. Thorpe, 667 
Fracture-lines, Influence of, J. J. Sederholm, 
Frankfurt University, Bequest to, 166 
Franklin Medal of the Franklin Institute awarded to Prof. 
H. K. Onnes and 7. A. Edison, 4o1 
French Magnanimity, G. D. Knox, 703 
Fresh-water Fishes of Africa in the British Museum 
(Natural History), Catalogue of the, vol. iii., Dr. G. A. 
Boulenger, 584 
Frogs, a Shower of, 378 
Fruit-flies, Natural Enemies of, Prof. F. Silvestri, 333 
Fruit-growing, the Principles of, L. H. Bailey, twentieth 
edition, 449 
Fucus, a New Species of, C. Sauvageau, 279 
Functional Activity, J. Barcroft and T. Kato, 25 
Functions Represented by the Expansions of the Inter- 
polation Theory, Prof. Whittaker, 529 
Furunculosis in Salmon, Prof. A. E. Mettam, 351 
Fustic Dye-stuff, 152 
220 
239: 
Galileo and the Principle of Similitude, Prof. D’Arcy W. 
Thompson, 426 
Galvanic Cell, a, A. Campbell Swinton, 25 
Maxwell Lefroy, 330; Destruction of, E. Roubaud, 389; | Ganglion, an Intracranial, G. E. Nicholls, 82 
Gannet, Breeding Range of the, J. S. Tulloch, 682 
Garnets, the, and Streaky Rocks of the English Lake 
District, J. F. N. Green, 501 
Gas: Gangrene, M. Weinberg, 83; Industry, the, and Ex- 
plosives, 674; Ions, the Nature of, Prof. E. M. 
Wellisch, 230 
Gases : Influence of, on the Emission of Electrons and Ions, 
Prof. O. W. Richardson, 445; Internal Pressure of, 
A. Leduc, 693; of Swamp Rice Soils, Harrison and 
Subramania, 16; of the Blood, Lectures on, Prof. T. G. 
Brodie, 362, 387 
Gauge Making, 457 (see also 646). 
Gauges, 646 
Gazette Astronomique, the, No. 1, 242 
Geikie, Sir Archibald, Proposed Bust of, 213 
Geitsi Gubib, an Old Volcano, A. W. Rogers, 389 
General Science, Elements of, Dr. O. W. Caldwell and 
W. L. Eikenberry, 391 
Genetic Studies of a Cavy Species Cross, 
Detlefsen, 159 
Geneva, the Physical and Natural History Society of, in 
1914, 600 
Geodesy : Indian, 439; of the British Isles, Col. Close, 93 
Geodetic Science, Sir T. H. Holdich, 93 
Geographical : Exercise Books, Macmillan’s, i., ii., iii., 315 
Text-books, 31 
Geography : as a Science, 504; Economic, an Atlas of, Dr. 
J. G. Bartholomew, with Introduction by Prof. L. W. 
Lyde, 476; of British Fisheries, Prof. J. Stanley Gar- 
diner, 634; Physical, P. Lake, 534; Physical, Principles 
of, G. C. Fry, 174; the Physical Basis of, Dr. A. 
Holmes, 534; the Pupils’ Class-book of, E. J. S. Lay, 
31; the Teaching of, B. C. Wallis, 504 
Geological: Model of the Assynt Mountains, Dr. B. N. 
Peach and Dr. J. Horne, 243; Survey, United States, 
Recent Work of the, 127; Time, Determining, H. ss 
Shelton, 83 
Geologists’ Association, Jay Excursions, 458 
Geology : in Relation to the Exact Sciences, A. Harker, 105 ; 
Mountain, L. Duparc and M. Tikanowitch, 188; 
of Caithness, the, C. B. Crampton and R. G. Car- 
ruthers, 243; of the Robson Peak District, British 
Columbia, Dr. C. D. Walcott, 275 
Geometrical: Determinants, Some, A. J. Rahilly, 
Optics, Elementary, A S. Ramsey, 257 
Geometry : Descriptive, for Students in Engineering Science 
and Architecture, Prof. H. F. Armstrong, 586; Ele- 
ments of, S. Barnard and J. M. Child, parts i—vi., 
62; of Building Construction: Second Year Course, 
F. E. Drury, 586; of Four Dimensions, Prof. H. 12% 
Manning, 282 
Germ-cell Cycle in Animals, the, Prof. R. W. Hegner, 117 
German: Colonies, Economic Resources of the, 352; Cul- 
ture, Edited by Prof. W. P. Paterson, 339; Mentality in 
History, C. Flammarion, 458; Science, Sir W. 
Prof. J. A. 
250; 
