Nature. 1 

 April =4, 191 3 J 



Index 



W. H. Dines, F.R.S., 309; Shaw and Dines 's Micro- 

 barograph, Dr. Yoshida, Prof. Fujiwhara, 340 ; Atmo- 

 spheric Electricity, Dr. G. C. Simpson, 411 ; Upper Air 

 Investigations : Belgium, Batavia, Ontario, 474 ; Air 

 Currents at a Height of 50 Miles indicated by a Bolide, 

 J. E. Clark, 480; Atmospheric Potential, Evan 

 M'Lennan, 647; Atmospheric Potential, Dr. C. Chree, 

 F.R.S., 673 ; Atmospheric Pollution, Investigation of, 

 651 ; Atmospheric Opacity in 1912, 6S3 



Atomic Dynamics : Prinzipien der Atomdynamik, Prof. J. 

 Stark, 100; Atomic Weight of Bromine, H. C. P. 

 Weber, 419 ; Atomic Constants and Properties of Sub- 

 stances, R. D. Kleeman, 663 



Aurora, Studies of, Carl Stormer, Dr. C. Chree, F.R.S., 38 



Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science, 56, 

 137. 416 



Australia: Burrinjuck Dam, 314; Leprosy in New South 

 Wales, Dr. A. Thompson, 366 ; Visit of the British 

 Association in 1914, 389 ; Native Flora of New South 

 Wales, R. H. Cambage, 481 ; University of West 

 Australia, 634 : Migrations between Australia and 

 America, H. Hallier, 660 



Aviation Exhibits at South Kensington, 602 



Bacillus suhtilis, Fermentation of Sugar by, M. Lemoigne, 



Bacon's Hole, Red Bands, 193, 256 



Bacteriology : Microbiology for Agricultural Student.s, Prof, 

 C. E. Marshall ; Microbes and Toxins, Dr. E. Burnet, 

 Dr. C. Broquet and Dr. W. M. Scott ; Bacteria as 

 Friends and Foes of the Dairv Farmer, W. Sadler, 

 all Prof. R. T. Hewlett, 188; Handbook of the 

 Technique of the Teat and Capillarv Glass Tube and 

 its Applications, Sir A. E. Wright, F.R.S., R. T. 

 Hewlett, 218; New Laboratories opened at King's 

 College, 289 ; Bacteriological Water-bottle, D. J. 

 Matthews, 350 ; Bacterial Theory of Soil Fertility, F. 

 Fletcher; Dr. E. J. Russell, 541; Antarctic Bacterio- 

 logy, Dr. J. H. H. Pirie, 573:' J- Bell, 573 



Balloons : Balloon Upper Air Investigations. 474 ; Protec- 

 tion from Lightning, Prof. Wiener, 525 ; Ascent of the 

 Italian "Albatross" on August 12, 1909, Dr. W. N. 

 Shaw, F.R.S., 673; Rate of Ascent of Pilot Balloons, 

 J. S. Dines, 716 



Baphinitone, Identity of, H. Ryan and Rev. R. Fitzgerald, 

 638 



Barisal Guns in Haiti. 681 



Barometer Manual for Seamen, 579 



Batrachia of the Malay Peninsula, G. A. Boulenger, 619 



Beaches, Minute Life on. Prof. Herdman, F.R.S., 371 



Bedford College for Women, 183 



Bedrock, 257 



Bees : Bee Disease, Isle of Wight, H. B. Fantham and 

 .•\nnie Porter, go ; the Humljle-Bee, F. W. L. Sladen, 

 252 ; Bees shown to the Children, Ellison Hawks, 358 ; 

 .Australian and Tasmanian Bees, T. D. A. Cockerell, 481 



Beit Memorial Fellowships Awards, 447 



Bending of Long Electric Waves round the Globe, Dr. 

 W. H. Eccles, 410: see also British Association 



Beri-beri and Polyneuritis, E. S. Edie and others, 140 



Biochemistry : Grundriss der Biochemie fiir Studierende und 

 Aerzte, Prof. Carl Oppenheimer, 331 ; Gentiopicrin in 

 S-wertia perennis, M. Bridel, 377 ; the Simple Carbo- 

 hydrates and the Glucosides, Dr. E. F. Armstrong, 

 510; Oxidations and Reductions in the Animal Body, 

 Dr. H. D. Dakin. 510: Glycogen in Liver of Rats with 

 Malignant Growths, W. Cramer and J. Lochhead, 716 



Biography : Request for Letters of the late Victoria Lady 

 Welby, 365 : Michael Heilprin and his Sons, G. Pollak, 

 408; Shinobu Hirota, Prof. J. Milne, F.R.S., 43/^; 

 Lord Lister ; Royal Institution Discourse, by Sir W. 

 Macewen, F.R.S., 499 ; Centenary of a Geologist, 

 E. W. Binney. F.R.S., J. Binney, 539 



Biology: Biological Nomenclature: Npw Term "Tectotype," 

 138 ; Microbiology, Prof. Marshall, Prof. Hewlett, i8g ; 

 Colours of Plasmodia of some Mycetozoa, K. Minakata, 

 220; Einfiihrung- in die Biologic, Prof. K. Kraepelin. 

 245 ; Photographs of Secondary Structure of Diatom 

 Valve, T. F. Smith, 258; Panama Canal Zone Survey, 

 313 : the Mechanistic Conception of Life, Dr. Jacques 

 Loeb, Prof. E. A. Schafer, F.R.S., 327; Richtlinien 



des Entwicklungs- und X'ererbungs-problems, Prof. A. 

 Greil, A. E. Crawley, 380 ; African Tardigrada, J. 

 Murray, 401 ; Elektrobiologie, Prof. J. Bernstein, 618 : 

 Induced Cell-reproduction in the Protozoa, Aubrey H. 

 Drew, 673 ; .Aristotle as Biologist, Prof. D'Arcy 

 Thompson, 680 ; Life-history of a New Species of 

 Olpidium, Dr. S. Kusano, 681 ; Biological Work in 

 India, 685 ; see also British Association 



Biology, Marine : Science of the Sea, Dr. G. H. Fowler 

 and others, 34; the Michael Sars in the Atlantic, Sir J. 

 Murray, K.C.B., F.R.S., Dr. J. Hjort, Dr. E. J. 

 Allen, 221 ; Liverpool M.B. Committee's Memoirs : 

 Buccinum (the Whelk), Dr. W. J. Dakin, 358; 

 Biologische und morphologische Untersuchungen uber 

 Wasser- und .Sumpfgewachse : die Uferflora, Prof. H. 

 GlQck, 359 ; Minute Life on our Sea-beaches, Prof. 

 Herdman, F'.R.S., 371 ; Plankton of Lough Neagh, 

 W. J. Dakin and Miss Latarche, 402 ; Scottish Antarctic 

 Expedition, C. T. Regan, Prof. E. Topsent, 507; 

 Biology of the Lake of Tiberias, Dr. N. Annandale, 

 508; Antarctic Expeditions (Voyages of the Scotia and 

 Discovery), Mr. and Mrs. Gipp, Dr. Rudmose Brown, 

 Dr. J. H. H. Pirie, J. Bell, Prof. MacBride, Prof. 

 Fritsch, 572-3 



Biomechanik und Biogenesis, Prof. M. Benedikt, 230 



Biplane versus Monoplane, 106 



Bird-migration, W. Eagle Clarke, 104 ; Migratory Birds of 

 Buffalo River, S. Africa, Rev. R. Godfrey, 173 ; 

 Laughing Gull, J. Thienemann, 173 ; Dartford Warbler 

 reported at Tuskar Light, Prof. C. J. Patten, 306; 

 Capture of Marked Birds, Dr. Van Oort, 475 



Bird Sanctuaries : Brean Down, i6g ; Marsh Island off 

 Louisiana Coast, 228 ; Brent Vallev, 440 



Birds : 



General: Structure of the Ciliary and Iris Muscles in 

 Birds, C. J. Bond, 71 ; Attacks of Birds upon Butter- 

 flies, Prof. E. B. Poulton, F.R.S., 71 ; Sailing Flight 

 of Birds, Prof. E. H. Hall, 161; F. W. Headley, 220; 

 Bird Notes. 173, 344, 475 ; Leitfaden zum Bestimmen 

 der Vogel Mittel-Europas, Prof. F. Dahl, A. E. 

 Crawley, 280 ; Michigan Bird-life, Prof. Barrows, 339 ; 

 a Hand-list of British Birds, E. Hartert, F. C. R. 

 Jourdain, N. F. Ticehurst, and H. F. Witherby, 358 

 Particular: Californian Valley Quail, H. C. Bryant, 112; 

 Furze-warbler, C. Ingram, 173 ; Eider Nests, H. W. 

 Robinson, 173 ; Eggs of Phasianus, P. jormosus, and 

 of a Cross, Mrs. Rose Haig Thomas, 350 ; Fulmar, 

 Mr. Harvie-Brown, 475 ; Spotted Bower-bird, S. W. 

 Jackson, 475 



Birds' Food : Contents of Crops of Australian Birds, Dr. 

 J. B. Cleland, 173 ; Birds as Destroyers of Grass- 

 hoppers and other Insects, 475 ; Pheasant, Food of, 

 P. H. Grimshaw, 475 ; Appeal for Correspondents, 625 



Birstall Statue to Priestley, 253 



Bismuth Extraction from Carbonaceous Ores, F. W. 

 Frerichs, igo 



Bison Increase, 33S ; Pictures of Bison, &c., by Albert 

 Durer, 492 



Bleaching and Dyeing of Vegetable Fibrous Materials, J. 

 Hiibner, 65 



Blind PrSwn of Galilee, Dr. N. Annandale, 251 



BIcod : Circulation and Hydrodynamics, Prof. S. Salaghi, 

 114; Chemical Composition of Blood and Ha;molysis, 

 .\. Mayer and G. Schaefer, 272 ; Estimation of Lipoids 

 in Blood Serum, L. Grimbert and M. Laudat, 351 ; 

 Influence of Resilience of the .Arterial Wall, S. R. 

 Wells and L. Hill. 662 ; New Method of Blood Fixa- 

 tion, H. G. Plimmer, 663 



Bloodstains : Precipitin Test, J. Muller, 523 



Boiler Economics. Prof. Nicholson, 92 



Bolide, see Meteor 



Bonaparte Fund of the Paris Academy of Sciences, 554 



Books: Forthcoming Books of Science, 141, 174; Teubner's 

 Cheap Series, ".Aus Natur und Geisteswelt," 287; 

 "People's Books," Messrs. Jack, 393, 658; "Books 

 that Count," W. F. Gray, 592 



Botany ; 



General: Notes from Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, 

 to; a Flower Sanctuary. F. H. Perrycoste, 71; Right 

 Hon. Sir E. Fry, F.R.S., 102; 162; S. African 

 Plant List, 91 ; Pollination of Hardv Fruits, C. H. 



