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Index 



t Nature, 

 April 24, 1913 



Russo-Japanese War, 1904-05, Col. Charles Ross, D.S.O. 



Saccammina sphaerica and Psamtnosphaera fusca, E. 



Heron-Allen and A. Earland, 350, 401, 447 

 Sahara, Proposed Flooding of, 58 

 Sailing Flight of Birds, Prof. Edwin H. Hall, 161 ; F. W. 



Headley, 220 

 St. Paul's Cathedral Damaged, Sir F. Fox, 524 

 Salmon Scale Results. Miss P. C. Esdaile, 533 

 Salt and Sugar, Antiseptic Action of, L. Lindet, 273 

 Salts, Absorption of Light by Inorganic, A. R. Brown, 63S 

 Sanitary Engineering, Modern, G. Thomson, 484 

 Sanitary Science: Chadwick Trust Public Lectures, 611 

 Saturn, J. Camus, 495 

 Schumann Rays, L. and E. Bloch, 325 

 Science: Forthcoming Books, 141, 174; Science French 



Course, C. W. P. Moffatt, 190; Le Chatelier's 



Theorem, Prof. W. D. Bancroft, 231 ; Address to 



Philosophical Institute of Canterbury, N.Z., Dr. L. 



Cockayne, F.R.S.. 282 ; the March of Science, 361 ; 



Catalogue of Serials in certain South African Institu- 

 tions, 434 ; Importance of Autograph Documents, 506 ; 



Science Museum Advisory Committee, 521 ; Science 



from an Easy Chair, Sir Ray Lankester, K.C.B., 



F.R.S., 53S ; Science Teaching in Public Schools : 



Address, Sir A. Geikie, K.C.B., Pres.R.S., 555; 



Science at Recent Educational Conferences, G. F. 



Daniell, 582, 603 ; Jahrbuch der Naturwissenschaften, 



1911-12, 643 : .Science and the Human Mind, W. C. D. 



Whetham, F.R.S., and Catherine D. Whetham, 695 ; 



Science Exhibition at Surbiton, 707 

 Scientific Method : its Philosophy and its Practice, F. W. 



Westaway, 277 

 Scientific Worthies : Prof. Jules Henri Poincar^, 



For.Mem.R.S., 3t;3 

 Scintillation, C. Gallissot, 429 

 Scottish Meteorological Society, A. Watt, 289 

 Scottish Universities and Treasury Interference, 400, 478 

 Sea, Science of the, Dr. G. H. Fowler and others, 34 

 Sea of Japan, Circular Currents in. Dr. Wada, 550 

 Sea-serpent or Monster, Hon. A. Wilmot, 469 

 Seals: Pribilow Fur-seal, 113; the Northern Elephant Seal, 



C. H. Townsend, 164 ; Anatomy of the Weddell Seal, 



Prof. D. Hepburn, 454 : Central Nervous System of 



the same, Dr. H. A. Haig, 454 

 Searchlights for the Mercantile Marine, Dr. H. Wilde, 



F.R.S., 471 

 Seed Germination of Dicotyledons, J. Adams, 506 

 Seismography : Fall of House near Rome registered. Prof. 



G. Cora, 548 ; see also Earthquakes 

 Seismological Observatory of Rocco di Papa, 59 

 Selangor, Plant Collection from, H. N. Ridley, 351 

 Selenium, Sensitiveness of Selenium to Light of Different 



Colours, A. H. Pfund, 136 

 Self-fertilisation in Fresh-water Snail, 58 

 Sewage : Main Drainage of Towns, F. Noel Taylor, 133 ; 

 Sewage Purification by Fish, Prof. Hofer, 549 

 Sex : Experimental Analysis of Sex, Geoffrey Smith. 230 ; 



Ueber die krankhaften Erbanlagen des Mannes, F. 



Lenz, 360 

 Shells from Malav Peninsula and Siam Dr. C. C. Hoss^us, 



28s 

 Ships : New Rules for Life-saving Appliances, 93 ; Wake 



and Suction at back of Ships, M. Poincet, 351 ; Suction 



between Passing Vessels, Prof. Gibson and Mr. 



Thompson, 498 

 Shrimp, New Primitive, E. L. Bouvier, 376 

 Siberia: U.S. Zoological Expedition to Altai Mts., 470; 



Siberian Immigration, Major-Gen. Greely, 492 

 Sight Tests, 92 

 Signs and Symbols of Primordial Man and the Ancient 



Egyptians, Dr. A. Churchward, Rev. J. Griffith, 406 

 Silical-cyanide, Synthesis of a, Dr. J. E. Reynolds, 401 

 Silicon, Organic Derivatives of. Prof. Kipping, 494 

 Silk. Eri or Endi, H. Maxwell-Lefroy and C. G. Ghosh, 686 

 Skins. Puering, Bating, and Drenching of, J. T. Wood, 130 

 Sleeping Sickness in the Katanga, F. O. Stohr, 337 ; 



" Research Defence " Society Pamphlet, Dr. F. M. 



Sandwith, 338 



Smoke Abatement, 651 



Smoking and Football Men, Dr. F. J. Pack, 285 

 Snakes, Feeding Habits of, R. L. Ditmars, 656 

 Snowfall of the United States, C. F. Brooks, 585 

 Soci<5t(5 Helvitique des Sciences naturelles, 223 

 Societies : 



Asiatic Society of Bengal, 63, 213, 481, 508, 665 



Cambridge Philosophical Society, 257, 376, 402, 480, 663 



Challenger Society, 350 



Geological Society, 350, 427, 453, 636, 663, 716 



Gdttingen Royal Society of Sciences, 213, 243 



Institute of Metals, 199 



Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, 298, 402, 585 



Linnean Society, 350, 452, 455, 481, 505, 637, 690 



Linnean Society of New South Wales, 98, 213, 665 



Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society, 243, 398, 



402, 481, 506, 533, 5S6, 663, 690 

 Mathematical Society, 351, 453, 561, 690 

 Mineralogical Society, 375, 612 



Paris Academy of Sciences, 30, 97, 127, 156, 183, 213, 

 272, 298. 324. 351. 37&. 428, 507, 561, 586, 613, 638, 

 664. 690, 717 

 Physical Society, 298, 375, 453, 637, 716 

 Royal Anthropological Institute, 324 

 ,, Astronomical Society, 454, 561 

 ,, Dublin Society, 454, 506 

 ,, Geographical Society, 341, 493, 548, 576 

 ,, Institution, 499 

 ,, Irish Academy, 402, 638 

 ,, Meteorological Society, 376, 480, 585, 716 

 ,, Microscopical Society, 401, 480 

 ,, Society, 243, 349, 400, 479, 612, 635, 662, 689, 716; 



Council, 312; Anniversary, 387 

 ,, Society of Arts, 399 

 ,, Society of Edinburgh, 257, 428, 4.1^4, 506, 638, 664, 



717 

 ,, Society of South Africa, 127, 228, 403 

 Society of Chemical Industry, New York Meeting, 57 

 Society for Promotion of Nature Reserves, 467 

 Zoological Society. 350, 376, 453, 690 

 Sociology : Modern Problems, Sir O. Lodge, F.R.S., 248 

 Soda, Egyptian, A. Lucas, 527 



Soil Fertility : Soil Conditions and Plant Growth, Dr. E. J. 

 Russell, 215; Recent Publications on Soil Fertility, 

 473 ; Phosphorus in Land near Cities, Messrs. Hughes 

 and Aladjem, 473 ; Bacterial Theory of .Soil Fertility, 

 F. Fletcher; Dr. E. J. Russell. 541 ; Crops and 

 Methods for Soil Improvement, Alva Agee, 589 ; Soil 

 Fertility, Dr. R. Greig Smith, 665 

 Solar : Errors of Computed Times of Solar Eclipse Pheno- 

 mena, Dr. A. M. W. Downing, F.R.S., Dr. W. J. S. 

 Lockyer, 162 ; Utilisation of Radiant Solar Energy, 

 Prof. G. Ciamician, Prof. Morgan, 194; International 

 Union for Solar Research, 311; Solar Physics 

 Observatory at Cambridge, 374 ; see also Sun 

 Solubility and Electro-affinity, F. Calzolari, 140 

 Solutions : Theories of Solutions, Svante Arrhenius, 60, 

 245 ; Conductivity of Aqueous Solutions : Summary, 

 Prof. H. C. Jones, 393 ; Theory of Solutions, Prof. A. 

 Findlay. 497 ; Electrical Conductivity and Fluidity of 

 Strong Solutions, W. S. Tucker, 637 

 Sonnblick Meteorological Observatory, 197 

 Soufri^re Eruption : Revival of Agriculture in Devastated 



.Area, W. N. Sands, 474 

 Sound : Upper Partials of a Tuning-fork, F. H. Parker, 



361 ; Maintenance of Vibrations, C. V. Raman, 367 

 South African Association of Analytical Chemists, 228 ; 

 South African Geology. Prof. E. H. L. Schwarz, 590; 

 South African University Bill, 611 

 South America : Observations and Impressions, James 



Bryce, 615 

 South Pole : Captain .Amundsen's Journey : Lecture at 

 Royal Geographical Society, 341 ; the South Pole, R. 

 Amundsen, "a. G. Chater, Dr. H. R. Mill, 515 

 Spark-gaps immersed in Running Liquids, Dr. Eccles and 



A. J. Makower, 498 

 Spectra : Lines in the Arc Spectra of Elements, F. Stanley, 

 2ig; Composition of Spectral Lines with Echelon, 259; 

 Constitution of Mercury Lines, Prof. H. Nagaoka and 

 T. Takamine, 298 ; Spectrum of Magnetic Rotation of 

 Bromine, G. Ribaud, 325 ; Spectra of Fluorescent 



