XXVI1 
Lndex 
Nature, 
October 24, 1912 
Guiana: Under the Roof of the Jungle, C. L. Bull, 396 
Gull, Differences in Lesser Black-backed, P. B. Lowe, 430 
Gypsy Lore Society, 197; Comparative Vocabulary of the 
Language of European Gypsies and Colloquial Hindu- 
stani, W. Kirkpatrick, 365 
Gyrostats : Gyrostatic Compass and Practical Applications 
of Gyrostats: Royal Institution Discourse, G. K. 
Elphinstone, 74; Walking and Climbing and Motor-spun 
Gyrostats, Dr. J. G. Gray, G. Burnside, 364 
Hair: Tierhaaratlas, Dr. Hans Friedenthal, Prof. G. Elliot 
Smith, F.R-.S., 419 
Hamburg Observatory, Prof. Schorr, 670 
Hay Infusion, Protozoan Fauna of, L. L. Woodruff, 430 
Health: Life and Health, Dr. C. E. Shelly and E. Sten- 
house, 397; Health Conference at Westminster, 429; 
Rural Hygiene, Prof. H. N. Ogden; the Fasting Cure, 
Upton Sinclair; Exercising in Bed, S. Bennett, all Prof. 
R. T. Hewlett, 527; see also Hygiene 
Heat : 
Text-books : Heat and Steam, Eng.-Lieut. S. G. Wheeler, 
R.N., 319; Heat and the Principles of Thermo- 
dynamics, Dr. C. H. Draper, 603; Junior Heat, Dr. J. 
Satterly, 603; Heat Engines, H. A. Garratt, 628; 
Modern Destructor Practice, W. F. Goodrich, 628; 
Barker on Heating: Theory and Practice of Heating 
and Ventilation, A. H. Barker, 628 
Special Papers: Variation of Specific Heat of Water 
investigated by the Continuous Mixture Method: 
Bakerian Lecture, Prof. H. L. Callendar, 24; New 
Thermo-electric Combustion Calorimeter, C. Féry, 104; 
Temperature Measurements up to 1750° C., Dr. A. L. 
Day, 334-5; Temperature of Sources of Light, H. 
Buisson and C. Fabry, 339; Specific Heat of Water 
from Regnault’s Experiments, C. E. Guillaume, 390; 
Specific Heat of Air at Constant Volume, Drs. Scheel 
and Heuse, 511; see also Pyrometry and Temperature 
Helium: Natural Gases rich in Helium, C. Moureu and 
A. Lepape, 573 
Heredity : 
Text-books: Heredity and Society, W. C. D. Whetham, 
F.R.S., and Catherine D. Whetham, 263; Heredity 
in Relation to Eugenics, C. B. Davenport, 263; 
Inheritance of Acquired Characters, E. Rignano, Prof. 
B. C. H. Harvey, 576 
Papers: Heredity, Dr. E. S. Goodrich, F.R-S., 6; 
Alleged Specific Instance of Transmission of Acquired 
Characters, Dr. T. Graham Brown, 23; Cross-breeding 
of two Races of the Moth Acidalia virgularia, W. B. 
Alexander, 23; Use of Pedigrees: Royal Institution 
Discourse, W. C. D. Whetham, F.R.S., 310; (1) Dis- 
continuity, (2) Mules’ Skulls: Harvey Lecture, Prof. 
H. F. Osborn, 382; Inheritance of Paternal Characters 
in Echinoid Hybrids, C. Shearer, W. De Morgan, 
H. M. Fuchs, 425; Heredity in Poultry and Maize, 
Dr. Pearl, 484; Inheritance of Colour in Pigeons, 510; 
Inheritance of Mental Characters, C. Burt, 614; see 
also Eugenics, Horse-breeding, Plant-breeding 
Hertzian Waves, Diffraction of, H. Poincaré, 131 
Himalaya, Stalks in the, E. P. Stebbing, 8r 
Hippopotamus, Pigmy, brought to Europe alive, 510; West 
African Pigmy Hippopotamus, Major Schomburgh, 641 
Hittite Art, 563 
Hook-worm, Life-history of the, Dr. A. Looss, 672 
Horse: Horse-breeding on Mendelian Lines, 66; Wild 
Horses in La Plata, 539; Light Horse Breeding, 569; 
the Horse and its Relatives, R. Lydelker, F.R.S., 627; 
Protection from Flies, 641 
Horticultural Exhibition, Royal International, 330; Horti- 
cultural Branch of Board of Agriculture, 403 
House-fly, Dangers, 483 
Hull Whaling Exhibition, 668 
Human Efficiency in Business, Increasing, Prof. W. D. 
Scott, 629 
Hurricanes, see Wind 
Hybrid Sea-urchins, Prof. MacBride, 450; Erratum, 511; 
Hybrids between Indian Humped and European Cattle, 
563 
Hydraulics, Treatise on, Prof. H. J. Hughes and A. T. 
Safford, 82 
Hydro-electric Practice, H. A. E. C. von Schon, 214 
Hydrography: Connection between Hydrographical 
Astronomical Phenomena, Prof. O. Pettersson, 
Danish Oceanographical Expedition, 511 
Hydrolysis of Salicin by Emulsion, MM. Bourquelot and 
Bridel, 383 
Hydromechanics: Tension of Composite Fluid Surfaces 
and Mechanical Stability of Films of Fluid, W. B. 
Hardy, 311; a Total Immersion Areometer without 
Capillary Correction, A. Berget, 339; Steady and Tur- 
bulent Motion in Gases, J. J. Dowling, 494; a Treatise 
on Hydromechanics, Dr. W. H. Besant, F.R.S., and 
A. S. Ramsey, 655 
Hydrostatics, Elements of, G. W. Parker, 603 
Hygiene: Rural Hygiene, Prof. H. N. Ogden, Prof. R. T. 
Hewlett, 527; the Science of Hygiene, W. C. C. Pakes, 
604; Text-book of Hygiene for Teachers, Dr. R. A. 
Lyster, 604; Experimental Domestic Science, R. H. 
Jones, 604; see also Health 
Hysteresis Loss as affected by Previous Magnetic History, 
Prof. E. Wilson, B. C. Clayton, and A. E. Power, 546; 
Dielectric Hysteresis at Low Frequencies, Prof. W. M. 
Thornton, 546 
and 
130; 
Ice: Concentric Joints in Ice, R. M. Deeley, 34; Zoobio- 
logical Significance of the Ice Age, F. Zschokke, 374 
Icebergs in N. Atlantic, 249; Method of Detection of Ice at 
Sea, Dr. M. Coplans, 295; Icebergs and their Location 
in Navigation: Royal Institution Discourse, Prof. 
Howard T. Barnes, F.R.S., 411; Drift Ice of the Great 
Newfoundland Bank and its Danger to Navigation, Otto 
Baschin, 428 
Ichneumonidz, a Revision of the, C. Morley, 627 
Illumination, see Lighting 
Imperial College of Science and Technology: Professor of 
Chemistry, 38; Report, 232 
Imperial Institute : Bulletin, 275 
India: Fisheries of Bengal, 20; Proposed Association for 
the Advancement of Science, 66; Agricultural Statistics 
(Blue-book), 91; Winter in India, H. H: H., 168; Winter 
in India: Correction, Dr. N. Annandale, 353; Agricul- 
tural Adviser, 274; Convocation of Calcutta University, 
284; Survey Records, 328; Malaria, Sir R. Ross, K.C.B., 
F.R.S., 505; Meeting of Senate of Calcutta University 
to consider Mr. Tarak Nath Palit’s gift and the founding 
of a University College of Science and Technology, 520; 
Omens and Superstitions of Southern India, E. Thurston, 
530; Series of Reproductions of Photographs of Indian 
Art, A. K. Coomaraswamy, 538; Handbook of Forest 
Resources of India, R. S. Pearson, 539; Report of Board 
of Scientific Advice, 615; Advance of the S.W. Monsoon 
in 1912, Prof. Abbe, 619; aus Indiens Dschungeln, O. 
Kauffmann, 627; Strepsiptera in India, E. E. Green, 
“the Reviewer,” 632 
Indol and Toxicity, E. Metchnikoff and E. Wollmann, 417 
Inheritance, see Heredity 
Insects : Insect Pests of the Chir Pine, E. P. Stebbing, 144; 
Insect Parasites on Trees, Right Hon. Sir H. Maxwell, 
Bart., F.R.S., 191; Luminous Organs, F. A. Macder- 
mott, 331; Study of Insects from an Economic Point of 
View, W. W. Froggatt, 391; Social Life in the Insect 
World, J. H. Fabre, B. Miall, gor; Report of Ento- 
mologist for Dominion of Canada, 484; Fig Moth, Dr. 
Chittenden, E. G. Smyth, 484; Injurious Insects and 
other Animals in Ireland, Prof. G. H. Carpenter, 494; 
Insect Pests in Canada, 539; Noxious White Worms of 
the Enchytroeid Group and Tubificids, Rev. H. Friend, 
563; Insects and Disease, W. E. Brittan, 616 
Institutes, see Societies 
Institution of Mechanical Engineers: Belfast Meeting, 589 
Insurance, National, A.S. Comyns Carr, W. H. S. Garnett, 
and J. H. Taylor, with preface by the Rt. Hon. D. Lloyd 
George, M.P., 133 ; 
Integrals: Introduction a la Théorie des Equations Inté- 
grales, Prof. T. Lalesco, 499: I|’Equation de Fredholm et 
ses Applications, Prof. H. B. Heywood and Prof. M. 
Fréchet, 499; Integral of a Function when the Parameter 
becomes Infinite, Dr. G. Giorgi, 642 
Iodine, Solid Solutions of, in Cyclic 
Bruni and M. Amadori, 486 
Hydrocarbons, G. 
