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Index 
[ Nature, 
October 24, 1912 
SUBJECT 
Abor Hills 365 
Acquired Characters and Stimuli, Sir E. Ray Lankester, 
K.C.B., F.R.S., 61, 167; Dr. G. Archdall Reid, 112 
Aérial Derby, 381 
Aérial Signalling, J. Means, 351 
Aérolite Fall near St. Albans, Supposed, G. E. Bullen, 
» 62 
Agvenaiitieal Society of Great Britain, History, 406; New 
Secretary, 508 
Aéronautics: Accident to Mr. Graham Gilmour, 16; 
Dirigibles and the Cagnola Prize, 39; Charts of the 
Atmosphere for Aéronauts and Aviators, A. L. Rotch 
and A. H. Palmer, 57; Centre of Pressure on Triangular 
Plane Gliders at Small Angles of Incidence, Prof. 
Herbert Chatley, 138; Naval and Military Aviation, 171; 
Aérial Flight : James Forrest Lecture, H. R. A. Mallock, 
F.R.S., 252; Anniversary of Langley’s First Successful 
Flight, 326; Apparatus called Tourne-Sol for observing 
Ground from an Aéroplane, M. Duchéne, 364; Report of 
the Advisory Committee, 543; “Holes in the Air,” 58S 
Aéroplanes: Study of the Surfaces of Aéroplanes with an 
Electric Carriage, C. Maurain and A. Toussaint, 53; the 
Starting Period in Aéroplane Motors, 105; Aéroplane 
Stability, 564 
Africa: on the Backwaters of the Nile, Rev. A. L. 
Kitching, Sir H. H. Johnston, G.C.M.G., K.C.B., 297; 
Animal Life in Africa, Major J. Stevenson-Hamilton, Sir 
H. H. Johnston, G.C.M.G., K.C.B., 297 
Agricultural Department for Ireland: Summer Courses of 
Instruction, 267 
Agricultural Development Fund : Grant of 25001. per annum 
for three years for Forestry, 171; Grants for Scientific 
Purposes, 568 
Agricultural Science: Recent Advances: Soil Fertility: 
Royal Institution Discourse, A. D. Hall, F.R.S., 648 
Agriculture: Experimental Error in Agricultural Investiga- 
tions, 97; Effects of Self-fertilisation on Maize, Dr, Shull, 
127; Beginnings in Agriculture, Albert R. Mann, 163; 
Kulturpflanzen und Haustiere in ihrem Uebergang aus 
Asien nach Griechenland und Italien sowie in das ubrige 
Europa, Victor Hehn, O. Schrader, and others, 164; 
Rural Education in Village Schools, R. J. J. Mackenzie, 
311; American Bulletins on Agricultural Subjects, 332; | 
Agriculture in Trinidad and Tobago, Mr. Gough, 484; 
Agricultural Education in the’ United States Schools, 
Prof. B. M. Davis, Prof. J. R. Ainsworth-Davis, 4809 ; 
Farmers of Forty Centuries (China and Japan), Dr. 
F. H. King, 500; West Indian Reports, 511; Journal of 
the Royal Agricultural Society, 568; Nutrition of Farm 
Animals, Messrs. Hart, McCollum, Steenbock, and 
Humphrey, Dr. Crowther, 618 
Air, Weight of a Litre of, at Geneva, P. A. Guye and 
others, 417 
Albumen: Precipitation by Potassium Iodomercurate, 626 
Alcohol: an Unsaturated Alcohol, H. Pariselle, 104; 
Sources whence Alcohol is obtained, J. H. Holland, 226 
Alcoholism in Adults, D. Heron, 563 
Algze, Clare Island, W. West, 641 - 
Algebra: Elements of the Theory of Algebraic Numbers, 
Prof. L. W. Reid, 164; Algebra for Beginners, C. 
Godfrey, M.V.O., and A. W. Siddons, 602; a School 
Algebra, H. S. Hall, 602 
Alloys: Effect of Vibration upon Structure, G. H. Gulliver, 
364; Use of Oxygen under Pressure for determining 
Carbon in Ferro-alloys, P. Mahler and E. Goutal, 443; 
Alloys of Platinum with Aluminium, M. Chouriguine, 547 
Aluminium, Modern Uses and Methods of Fusing, Dr. R. 
Seligman, 383 
America, Distribution and Origin of Life in, R. F. Scharff, 
523 
American Indians, C. M. Barreau, 483 
Americanists, Eighteenth International Congress of, 169; 
Dr. A. C. Haddon, F.R.S., 357 
Ammonia Flame, the, Alfred C. Egerton, 270; Hon. R. J. 
Strutt, F.R.S., 320 
INDEX. 
eo Nitrite: Vapour Density of, Prof. P. C. Ray, 
I 
Analysts, Remuneration of Public, J. W. Green, 34 
Anaphylaxy and Immunity, M. Arthus, 339 
Anatomy: die ausseren Formen des menschlichen K6rpers 
in ihrem allgemeinen Zustandekommen, Prof. E. Gaupp, 
Prof. G. Elliot Smith, F.R.S., 37 
Anatomy of Plants: Objects for Naked Eye Study, Dr. V. 
Arcichovskij, 382 
Ancient Monuments, Bill for Protection of, 247 
Anemones, Aged Sea, Dr. N. Annandale, 607 
Angiosperms, Prof. M. Mobius, Dr. F. Cavers, 497; Petri- 
factions of the Earliest European, Dr. Marie C. Stopes, 
258, 641 
Animal Intelligence, M. N. W., 192 
Animism: Body and Mind: a History and Defence of 
Animism, Wm. McDougall, 396 
Annuals, Hardy and Half-hardy, C. H. Curtis, Dr. F. 
Cavers, 497 
Antarctic: the Antarctic Campaign, Dr. Wm. S. Bruce, 
17; Norwegian Expedition’s Arrival at the South Pole, 
43; the Terra Nova, 116; the British Antarctic Expedi- 
tion, 141, 302, 561; Dr. Mawson’s Australian Expedition, 
196; Palwographical Relations, C. Hedley, 416; Fauna 
collected by the Scotia, 521; Glacial Problems of South 
Victoria Land, T. V. Hodgson, 644 
Anthropology: Skull of a Neanderthal Type in the Cam- 
bridge Fens, Prof. A. Keith, 138; Argentina, Tterras 
cocidas of Monte Hermoso, Col. A. A. Romero, 144; 
Biometrika, 144; Relation between Pigmentation and 
Disease, C. Saunders, 144; Relationship of Neanderthal 
Man and Pithecanthropus to Modern Man: Hunterian 
Lectures at the R.C.S., Prof. Arthur Keith, 155; 
l'Institut de Paléontologie Humaine, MM. Breuil and 
Obermaier, 172; Suggested Anthropological Survey of 
the British Isles, H. Peake, 173; Atavic Characters of 
Lumbar Vertebre of Neolithic Men from Vendrest, 
E. Hue and M. Baudouin, 209; Prehistoric Human 
Remains near Cuzco in Peru, 226; I. Bowman, G. F. 
Eaton, 584; Morphologie Médicale: Etude des quatre 
types humains, A. Chaillon and L. MacAuliffe, 237; 
Human Skeleton found under Chalky Boulder Clay near 
Ipswich, J. Reid Moir and A. Keith, 259; Natives of 
the Kharga Oasis in Libyan Desert, Dr. A. Hrdlicka, 
326; Aborigines of Formosa, R. Torii, 326; Ashanti 
Skull with defective Dentition, Dr. Duckworth, 430; 
Former Allemannian Race in Switzerland, 430; Remark- 
able Rock Carvings of a Male and Female in Dordogne, 
Dr. G. Lalanne, 483; Encephalus of the Fossil Man of 
La Quina, R. Anthony, 495; New American Quarterly 
“Current Anthropological Literature,” 510; Views and 
Reviews, Sir H. Johnston, G.C.M.G., K.C.B., 553; a 
Lost Tribe among the Eskimo, V. Stefansson, 644; 
Smithsonian Expeditions, 674 
Antler Growth in the Cervide, R. I. Pocock, 416 
Ants: Invasion of Brisbane by Pheidole megacephala, H. 
Tryon, 587 
Aphasia, K. Heilbronner, 374 
Apples: Bitter Pit in Apples, Prof. Ewart, 511 
Arabia, see Uz 
Archeology : 
America: Archeology of the Delaware Valley, E. Volk, 
30 
Asa Archeology and the Government in India, 38; 
Hittite History and Excavation at the Mound of 
Jerablus, D. G. Hogarth, 91; Prehistoric Fishing in 
Japan, K. Kishinouye, 144; Babylonian Tablet of 
Sargon, 538; Babylon, 586; Carchemish Excavations, 
563 
Britain: Distribution of Early Bronze Settlements in 
Britain, O. G. S. Crawford, 40; Megalithic Remains 
in Gloucestershire, A. L. Lewis, 91; Interpretation of 
the Origin of the Grave-mounds of New Grange and 
Gavr Inis, J. Dechelette, 172; Pottery Making without 
Wheel or regular Kiln, Rev. J. W. Hayes, 225; 
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