Index 



[■ Nature, 

 VPctobtr 23, 1913 



Suffolk Valleys, Age, P. G. H. Boswell, 390; Suffolk Red 

 Crag, 



Sugars: Chemistry of the Sugars, Prof. E. Fischer, 148; 

 Dale Sugar in Bengal, 432 



Sulphurous Acid and Water, E. Jungfieisch, 416 



Sun: Radiation Constant, 121 j Radiation, Messrs. Abbott, 

 Fowle, and Aldrich, 381; Radium in the Chromo- 

 sphere? J. Evershed, 171; Solar Union at Bonn, 196; 

 Solar Rotation in 191 1, J. S. Plaskett and R. E. 

 De Lury. 196; Physik der Gestirne, Prof. J. B. 

 Messerschmitt, 212; Diameters, L. P. S. Chevalier, 

 S.J., 225; Solar Physics in New Zealand, 248-9; 

 Position nf Axis. Dr. Dyson, E. W. Maunder, 415: 

 Solar Observatory for New Zealand, 460; General 

 Magnetic Field of the Sun, Prof. G. E. Hale, 503 ; 

 Circulation in the Solar Atmosphere, Prof. Slocum, 

 592 ; Mount Wilson Solar Observatory, 619 ; Origin of 

 Solar Electricity, Drs. Harker and Kaye, 673 



Sun, Eclipses of the: Eclipse of April 16-17, 1 9 12 , 35°; 

 Solar Eclipse, April, 19 1 1 : Log of H.M.S. Encounter, 

 H. Wilson. 306: Eclipse of August 30, 1905, Prof. R. 

 Schorr, 514 



Sun-spots and Prominences: Sun-spot Periods, Prof. 

 Brillouin, 40 ; Types of Prominences associated with 

 Spuis. Mrs. Evershed, 180, 381 ; Frequency of 

 Prominences on East and West Limbs, J. Evershed, 

 281; Kodaikanal : Solar Prominences in 1912, 407; 

 Sun-spots and Terrestrial Magnetism, Dr. C. Chree, 

 495 



Superannuation Scheme for University Teachers, 21 



Surface Tension of Soap Films, Dr. 6. F. C. Searle, 415 



Surviving : Guide Scientifique du Geographe-Explorateur, 

 P. C. de Beauregard, 56 ; Survey of India, 143 



Swan, Fossil, Dr. Shufeldt, 643 



Swiss Scientific Association, 514 



Synthetic Biology, Prof. S. Leduc, 270 



Syphilis : Debate at International Medical Congress, Dr. 

 C. W. Saleeby, 608; Address by Prof. Paul Ehrlich, 

 620 



Tables: Tidi Tables, 95; New Steam Tables, Prof. 

 C. A. M. Smith and A. G. Warren, 105 ; Error in 

 Smithsonian Phvsical Tables, C. T. Wh'itmell, 320; 

 C. D. Walcott, 478 



Tadpoles, Mountain Stream, in Natal, J. Hewitt, 35 



Tarn and the Lake, the, C. J. Holmes, 555 



Teaching of Mathematics, D. B. Mair, 95 



Technical Education : Technical School Organisation and 

 Teaching, C. Hamilton, 109 ; Technical Education, 

 Prof. R. A. Gregory, 173 ; in India, Lieut. -Col. Atkin- 

 son and T. S. Dawson, 227 ; wq ; in Transvaal, 233 ; 

 London Evening Work, R. Blair, A. E. Briscoe, J. 

 Wilson, 2S1 ; Association of Teachers in Technical 

 Institutions. 305 : the Reichsanstalt, Prof. Scheel, 

 E. S. Hodgson, 665 



Technology : Iron Enamelling and Tinning. J. Griinwald, 

 Dr. H. II. Hodgson. 82 ; Metalwork and Enamelling. 

 H. Marvon, E. A. Smith, 210: Dictionary of Techno 

 logical Chemistry, Sir E. Thorpe and " others, Dr. 

 Mellor, 6, 604 



Teeth: Teeth of Prehistoric Man. Prof. A. Keith, 484; 

 Manufacture of Artificial Teeth, R. D. Pedlev 

 "47 



relegraphy : Methods of Magnifying Feeble Signalling 

 Currents, S. G. Brown, qS 



Telescope, Gain of Definition on moving a, M. E. J. 

 Gheurv, so, 162; (,. YV. Butler, 137: R. S. Capon, 

 A. J. Lotkn, 189; Prof. E. E. Barnard, 215 



Temperate Latitudes, Dr. Defant, E. Gold, 174 



Temperature of Sea, Influence of Icebergs on, Prof. J. 

 Aitken, F.R.S., 10; Temperature Regulator, E. 

 Esclangon, 416 



Terramara Settlements, Dr. Munro, 368 



Terrestrial Distribution of Radio-elements, 582 ; Terrestrial 

 Magnetic Activity, Prof. Bidlingmaier, 617 



Testing at Manchester, 212 



Therapy • Extra Pharmacopoeia, Drs. Martindale and 

 Westcott, 204 ; Typhoid and Vaccination, Prof. 



Ravenel, 380 ; Modern Views of Electro-therapeutics, 



478 ; Chemio-therapy, Prof. Paul Ehrlich, 620 

 Thermochemistry and Thermodynamics, Prof. O. Sackur, 



474 

 1 hermometers, Exposure of, for Air Temperature, Prof. G. 



Hellmann, 361 

 Thunderstorms in Egypt, 672 

 Thunderweapon, the, Dr. C. Blinkenberg, 473 

 Tiberias Lake, 129 ; Dr. N. Annandale and S. W. Kemp, 



550; Water of, Dr. Christie, 103 

 Ticks, Prof. Nuttall, 312 

 Tides : Tide Tables, 95 ; Power from Tidal Waters, C. A. 



Battiscombe, 230, 667 ; Tidal Observatory at Dunbar, 



403 

 Time Signals, Wireless, Dr. P. Corret, S ; Dr. Lockyer, 



33 ; Comm. Ferried, 612 

 Tinned Biscuits damaged by Insects, 641 

 Tinning, J. Griinwald, H. H. Hodgson, 82 

 Titanium Spectrum, Variations, A. S. King, 200 

 Tobacco in Nyasaland, 672 

 Toon Wood, R. S. Pearson, 278 

 Torpedo ocellata, Respiration, G. R. Mines, 75 

 Towing Tests at Washington, 303 

 Trachoma Virus, C. Nicolle, 207 

 Tramcars, Petrol-driven, 380 



Transmission of Acquired Characters, R. Semon, 131 

 Transvaal Trades School, W. J. Elorne, 233 

 Travel : From Pole to Pole, Sven Hedin, 158 ; Highways 



and Byways in Somerset, E. Hutton, Nelly Erichsen, 



158 ; Travels of Ellen Cornish, Dr. Vaughan Cornish, 



37 2 



Trees, G. C. Nuttall, H. E. Corke, Dr. F. Cavers, 344 



Trias, British, 92 



Tropics: Wet-bulb Thermometer and Tropical Colonisation, 

 Prof. J. W. Gregory, F.R.S., 70; Proposed Tropical 

 University, U. H. Kirkham, 189: J. B. F., 242; 

 Anophelinse, Major Christophers, I. M.S., 354; Aus- 

 tralian Institute of Tropical Medicine, 670 



Trunk Muscles, Prof. P. Eisler, 317 



Trvpanosomes : Sir D. Bruce and others, 180; 326; and 

 Tsetse-flies, 193 ; Trypanosome Enquiry Committee, 



5"4 

 I sitse-lliis. Bird-destruction and, Sir H. H. Johnston, 



G.C.M.G., K.C.B., 220 

 Tuberculosis : Mortality of the Phthisical, W. P. Elderton, 



64; New Regulations, iiq; Infection, Dr. R. R. 



Armstrong, 142 ; Committee's Report, 191 ; Effect of 



Tuberculin, W. P. Elderton and S. J. Perry, 251 ; 



Avian Tuberculosis, 277 : New Medium for Culture of 



Tubercle Bacillus, A. Besredka, 365 

 Tumours : Bradshaw Lecture, C. M. Moullin, 84 

 Turacin, Sir A. H. Church, 414 

 Turbines: Air Pumps on Warships, D. B. Morison, 67; 



Mechanical Gearing for reducing Speed between 



Turbine and Propeller, Sir C. A. Parsons, 67 ; the 



Alsatian, 144: Steam Turbines, H. T. Herr, 170; 



the Gas Turbine, H. Holzwarth, A. P. Chalkley, 



23° 

 Twinkling of Stars, J. L. Herrick, 92 ; Dr. F. W. Edridge- 



Green, 189 

 Typhoid and Vaccination, Prof. M. P. Ravenel, 386; 



Typhoid Bacillus and Water, Dr. Houston, 484 



Ultra-violet Rays : Ultra-violet Synthesis of Carbon Oxy- 

 cyanide, MM. Berthelot and Gaudechon, 417; Action 

 on Solutions of Hydrogen Peroxide, V. Henri, 349 ; 

 Reactions between Gases under Influence of, MM. 

 Berthelot and Gaudechon, 549 ; Absorption, MM. 

 Massol and Faucon, 627, 680 ; MM. Bielecki and 

 Henri, 653 



United Stares : Physiography, Prof. I. Bowman, J. W. 

 Mackay, 70 ; Naval Observatory, 225 ; National 

 Academy of Sciences Celebration, 272 ; Commerce, 617 



Units of Pressure in Vacuum Work, Dr. P. E. Shaw, 59 ; 

 W. H. Keesom, 161 



Universities: Superannuation Scheme, 21; University 

 Education in London : Report of Commission, 180, 

 215; Proposed University in the Tropics, U. H. 



