XXVIII 
Index 
Nature, 
Octoter 7, 1915 


Mercury Ripples showing Interference, S. G. Starling, 508 | Cotton : 
Aberetens in the Sea, Prof. A. Meek, 231 
Miller, Hugh, A Canadian Memorial to, Sir A. Geikie, 479 
Mobilisation of Science, The, Sir T. K. Rose, 450 
Molecules in Interstellar Space, The Density of, Dr. L. V. 
King, 7o1 
Moustier Implements and Human Bones in Suffolk, J. Reid 
Moir, 674 
Musical Sand in China, J. Offord, 65 
Musical Sands, Early References to, C. Carus-Wilson, 90 
Napoleon and the University of Pavia, Prof. D. Fraser 
Harris, 538 
National Organisation of Scientific Effort, 
315 
Nitroglycerin, Non-Poisonous Character of, Dr. 
Martindale, 591; The Reviewer, 591- 
C&dema in Frogs, Functional, M. Back, K. M. Cogan, 
A. E. Towers, 25 
Okapi, Supposed Horn-Sheaths of an, Sir E. Ray Lankester, 
64; Dr. C. Christy, 342 
Okapi, The, Dr. C. Christy, 506 
Opossum, Early Figures of the, Dr. C. R. 
Osmotics, Earl of Berkeley, 317 
Osmotics, A Neglected Correction in, Earl of Berkeley, 34 
Paleolithic Man in South Africa, F. W. Fitzsimons, 615 ; 
Prof. A. Keith, 616 
Periodic Motion, Similitude in, Prof. H. Chatley, 288 
Periscope Mirrors, Use of Celluloid in, E. M. Langley, 703 
Physical Units, The Names of, Dr. C. E. Guillaume, 427; 
Dr. J. A. Harker, 427; A. Campbell, 451; Dr. Norman 
R. Campbell, 480 
“Pinacoid” in Crystallography, The Use of the Term, Prof. 
iG. AY J. Cole} 3x8 
Radicles and Elements, 
Buchner, 701 
Radius Curvature of Spherical Surfaces, A Simple Direct 
Method for the, Prof. W. C. Baker, 288 
Remora, Early Figures of the, Dr. C. R. Eastman, 344 
Resonance of Sodium Vapour in a Magnetic Field, Prof. 
the Hon. R. J. Strutt, 33 
Respirators, Testing, W. P. Dreaper, 507 
Sealing of Electrical Conductors through 
F. F. S. Bryson, 370 
Scientific Research, Training for, 
425, 452 
Similitude, The Principle of, Prof. D’Arcy W. Thompson, 
202; Lord Rayleigh, 202, 644; Galileo and, Prof. D'Arcy 
W. Thompson, 426; Dr. D. Riabouchinsky, 591; J. L., 
644 
Spectra of Gases, The Continuous, E. P. Lewis, 394 
Spectra of Hydrogen and Helium, The, Dr. N. Bohr, 6; 
Prof. J. W. Nicholson, 33; T. R. Merton, 65 
Spectrum, A Continuous, in the Ultra-Violet, 
Barnes, 451 
Spectrum, A Further Extension of the, Prof. T. Lyman, 343 
Sunset Colours, Experiment on, F. W. Jordan, 590 
Surface Tension and Ferment Action, Dr. E. F. Armstrong 
and Prof. H. E. Armstrong, 425; Dr. W. Cramer, 561; 
Dr. H. T. Brown, 616 
Thermionic Current, The, Prof. A. S. Eve, 174 
Tsetse-Fly, A New, from Zululand, E. C. Chubb, 538 
Tyrosine, Use of, in Promoting Organic Growth, Dr. H. 
Charlton Bastian, 537 
Ultra-Violet Excitation of the D Line of Sodium, Prof. the 
Hon. R. J. Strutt, 285, 370 
University Appointments in War Time, Prof. P. F. Frank- 
land, 428 
Upper Assam, “The History of, Upper Burmah, and North- 
Eastern Frontier,” Lt.-Col. H. H. Godwin-Austen, 673 
Variation, Origin of a Mathematical Symbol for, Prof. F. 
Cajori, 562 
Volunteers for Scientific Work, E. Heron-Allen, 428 
Wasp, A Mistaken, W. A. Gunn, 345 
X-Ray Fluorescence and the Quantum Theory, Prof. C. G. 
hey weiss, 
Win JEL 
Eastman, 89 
The Analogy between, Prof. E. H. 
Glass, On the, 
Dr. T. S. Patterson, 
Protea: 
Barkla, 7 
Zoological Nomenclature, The Rules of, Dr. F. A. Bather, 
118 
Corrosion, Causes of, A. Philip, 158 
Corundum: its Occurrence, Distribution, Exploitation, and 
Uses, A. E. Barlow, 688; the Natural History of, 688 

as a High Explosive, B. Blount, 591; Crops, the 
World’s, Prof. J. A. Todd, 697; for German Ammuni- 
tion, Sir W. Ramsay, 432; Germany and Austria and, 
152; Production, Books on, 697; Raw, the Develop- 
ment and Properties of, Wek: Balls, ‘697 ; the Use 
of, for the Production of Explosives, 481; W. Lawrence 
Balls, the Writer of the Article, 535 
Cow, an Abnormal, Dr. R. Pearl and F. M. Surface, 626 
“Cracking” of Oils and its Commercial Use, 231 
Cranes, Floating, at Panama, 16 
Craniology of the People of Scotland, Sir W. 
Creodont Carnivora, Dr. Matthew, 276 
Croonian Lectures, Sir D. Bruce to Deliver, 327 
Crossing two Hemipterous Species, Misses Kk. 
E. C. Strobell, 471 
Turner, 665 
Foot and 
Crystallised Calcium Lheobrominate, L. Rousseau, 140 
Crystallography, an Amateur’s Introduction to (from 
Morphological Observations), Sir W. P. _ Beale, 
614; Classification of Systems of, Dr. C. Viola, 571; 
Mathematical, 614 
Crystals, Accumulation of, N. L. Bowen, 216 
Culex hortensis, Occurrence of, at Logie, Elgin, F. W. 
Edwards, 403 { 
Culture and Metaphysics, A. E. Crawley, 339 
“Culture”: Oil of Vitriol as an Agent of, 69; Origin of, 
E. Best, 14 
Cyanogen Compounds, the Chemistry of, and their Manu- 
facture and Estimation, H. E. Williams, 116 
Cycadeoidea, New Types of Stem-anatomy in, Dr.-Marie C. 
Stopes, 111 
Cyprus, Vegetation of, Studies on the, J. Holmboe, 254 
Dairy Farms, Inspection of, 490 
Dakshindar, a Godling of the Sunderbuns, B. C. Batabyal, 
529 
Dalhousie University, Halifax, N.S., Gift to, 528 
Dalton Diagrams, the, Dr. A. Harden, Prof. W. W. H. 
Gee, Dr. H. F. Coward, 335 
Danish Oceanographical Expeditions, 1908-10, No. 3, 598 
Dark Marking on the Sky, a Singular, Prof. E. E. 
Barnard, 637 
Darling Downs Skull, Prof. G. Elliot Smith, 26 
Dartmouth College, Bequest to, by W. N. Hunt, 414 
Darwin, Emma: a Century of Family Letters, 1792-1896, 
Edited by Henrietta Litchfield, 503 ; and her Circle, 503 
Darwin’s Theory of Coral Reefs, Prof. W. M. Davis, 442 
Dasahra Festival, W. Crooke, 238 
Daylight Fireball, the, of July 5, W. F. Denning, 550 
Deafness resulting from War Wounds, M. Marage, 694 
Death, Cause of, Produced by the Bursting of High- 
Explosive Shells, R. Arnoux, 515 
DEATHS 
Adams (Dr. W. Grylls), 180, 211 
Allen (Second-Lieut. P. H. C.), 379 
Amagat (Emile-Hilaire), 41 
Arnaud (Prof. A.), 597 
Atkinson (Capt. W. E. G.), 708 
Bage (Capt. E), 679 
Bailey (F. Manson), 709 
Balleine (Capt. C. F.), 543 
Barnaby (Sir N.), 433 
Beringer (J. J), ce 15 
Bessey (Prof. E.); 43 
Bion (H. S.), aie 567 
Bullen (Frank T.), 12 
Carnt (E. C.), 679 
Chaillou (Dr.), 488 
Chambers (G. F.), 380 
Church (Sir A. H.), 377, 399 
Clouston (Sir T.), 212 
Coffin (Rev. Dr. S. J.), 122 
Colson (C.), 488 
Cooper (Prof. F. C.), 4o1 
Crofton (Dr. M. W.), 327, 377 
Darwin (Erasmus), 269 
Dickins (F. V.), 679, 708 
Dobie (Dr. W. M.), 71 
Donaldson (Sir James), 41 
Downie (Major A. M.), 650 
