February 



Index 



xxxi 



Logarithmic Spiral, The Elliptic, C. E. Wright, 40; H. S. 



Russell, 214 

 Luminous Phenomenon, A Curious, S. R., 481 

 Magnetism, the Kinetic and Molecular Theories of, An 



Experimental Confirmation of, Dr. J. R. Ashworth, 10 

 Masaris, Origin of the Name of the Genus, E. W. Adair, 



574 : F. A. B., 574 

 Medical Education, Sir G. Archdall Reid, 769 ; Prof. 



W. J. Dakin, 845 ; J. S. Dunkerly, 846 ; J. T. Cunning- 

 ham, 846 

 Melbourne University Bill, The, Sir J. H. MacFarland, 39 

 Mersenne's Numbers, Prof. G. H. Hard}', 542 

 Mesoplodon Layardi, on the Tasmanian Coast, Occurrence 



of the Rare Whale, Prof. T. T. Flynn, 379 

 Metals, the Hardness of, A Curious Feature in, H. O'Neill 



and Dr. F. C. Thompson, 773 

 Metre, The Legal Equivalent of the, Sir R. T. Glazebrook, 



446 

 Miraculous Draught of Fishes, The, Prof. E. W. Gudger, 



572 ; T. R. R. S., 665 ; Sir Herbert Maxwell, 666 ; 



W. B. Drummond, 666 ; H. Harries, 666 

 Molecular, /Elotropy in, Prof. C. V. Raman, 11 ; Viscosity, 



F. M. Lidstone, 733 



Molecules in a Magnetic Field, Orientation of, M. Holmes, 



635 



Mollusca, Sex Change in, Prof. J. Bronte Gatenby, 544 

 Moon, Colour Observations of the, A. F. Warth, 605 

 Nature Volumes, An offer of, M. Gheury de Bray, 737 

 Nerve-Energy, On the Reality of, Prof. D. Fraser Harris, 



342, 666 ; Dr. E. D. Adrian, 447 

 Noctiluca as an Enemy of the Oyster, R. W. Dodgson, 343 

 Nomenclature, A Question of, F. H. Masters, 543 

 Oaks, Defoliation of, E. W. Swanton, 250 ; Sir Herbert 



Maxwell, 344 

 Occult Phenomena and After-images, Prof. E. N. da C. 



Andrade, 843 

 Opalescence Phenomena in Liquid Mixtures, Prof. C. V. 



Raman, 77 

 Optical : Definition and Resolving Power, J. Evershed, 1 79 ; 



Dispersion, A Quantum Theory of, Prof. C. G. Darwin, 



841 

 Ouramoeba, F. R. Rowley ; R. Kirkpatrick, 40 ; G. 



Lapage, 114 

 Oyster (0. edulis) : and Crepidula, The Phenomena and 



Conditions of Sex-change in the, Dr. J. H. Orton, 212 ; 



The Conditions of Sex-change in the, Dr. R. Sparck, 480 

 Patent, An Empire, E. W. Hulme, 633 ; E. E. Towler, 772 

 Periodicities, Dr. G. T. Walker, 511 ; Sir W. H. Beveridge, 



5ii 

 Perseid Meteors in July 1592, H. Beveridge, 667 

 Physics, The Dictionary of Applied, Sir R. T. Glazebrook, 



699 

 Pigeon Tick, The, L. H. Matthews and A. D. Hobson, 313 ; 



A. G. Lowndes, 380 

 Plants, Mosaic Disease in, K. M. Smith, 668 

 Polar and Non - polar Valency in Organic Compounds, 



W. E. Garner, 543 

 Polarisation of Diffused Light under the Sea, E. E. 



Brooks, 114 

 Potassium : Cyanide, The X-ray Structure of, P. A. Cooper, 



544 ; Vapour in the Associated Series, Absorption of, 



Prof. A. L. Narayana and D. Gunnaiya, 250 

 Radiolaria from Oozes, Extraction of, H. L. Thomas, 216 ; 



A. Earland, 216 

 Rat and its Repression, The, Earl of Denbigh, 278 

 Rate of Radioactive Disintegration by use of Penetrating 



Radiation, An Attempt to Influence the, Dr. G. Hevesy, 



216 

 Red Lithium Line, The Structure of the, Prof. T. R. 



Merton, 632 

 Relativity : and Physical Reality, Dr. A. A. Robb, 572 ; 



and the .(Ether, Sir Oliver Lodge, 446 ; Paradox, A, 



C. C. ; Prof. A. S. Eddington, 844 

 Kesearch and Razors, Prof. J. R. Partington, 415 

 Rickets, The Cause of, Sir W. M. Bayliss, 212 

 Rise of Temperature of Living Plant Tissue when infected 



by Parasitic Fungus, Dr. I. B. Pole Evans and Mary 



Pole Evans, 480 

 Roche's Limits for Satellites, Prof. J. Joly, 179 

 Rocks of the Earth's Crust, The Oldest Known, Prof. 



G. A. J. Cole, 39 



Rudbeckia and Aquilegia, Prof. T. D. A. Cockerell, 278 

 Russian Names, Transcription of, Major -Gen. Lord 



Edward Gleichen, 78, 635 ; C. A. Hoare, 279 ; J. G. F. 



Druce and A. Glazunov, 512 ; J. H. Reynolds, 635 

 Sand-flies, Pairing and Parthenogenesis in, A. D. Peacock, 



215 

 Science : and the Empire, Major A. G. Church, 876 ; 



The Influence of. Sir G. Greenhill, 78 ; Rev. A. L. 



Cortie, 180, 378 ; Sir Oliver Lodge, 277 

 Scientific and Industrial Pioneers, Eng.-Capt. E. C. Smith, 



846 

 Scorpions and their Venom, Major C. E. F. Mouat Biggs, 



250 

 Scottish People, The Stature of the, Sir Arthur Keith, 8 

 Selenium and some other Elements, The Isotopes of. 



Dr. F. W. Aston, 664 

 Smell in Birds, Sense of, C. B. Williams, 149 ; Prof. 



A. Meek, 279 

 Smoke of Cities, The, Prof. A. E. Boycott, 413 ; Prof. 



J. B. Cohen, 414 

 Soil-acidity, Experiments on the Theory of, Prof. J. N. 



Mukherjee, 732 

 Solenoids, Skin Effect in, G. Breit, 668 

 Sound : The Production of a Standard Source of, Capt. 



E. T. Paris, 378 ; of Explosions, Transmission of, 



Sir Napier Shaw, 415 

 Space-time Geodesies, Prof. H. T. H. Piaggio, 699 ; 



Dr. A. A. Robb, 809 

 Spectra : New, of Water Vapour, Air, and Hydrogen in 



the extreme Ultra-violet, J. J. Hopfield, 732 ; Some 



Significant Relations in the Quantum Theory of, 



S. Ray, 215 ; the Principle of Selection in, An exception 



to, S. Datta, 39 

 Spectrum of the Night Sky, Lord Rayleigh, 769 

 Sterility, Interspecific, Dr. W. Bateson, 76 ; Prof. R. R. 



Gates, 179, 447 ; Prof. J. P. Lotsy, 843 ; Dr. J. W. H. 



Harrison, 312 

 Surface Tension and Cell Division, H. G. Cannon, 181 

 Tables of the Incomplete Gamma-Function, Prof. Karl 



Pearson, 669 

 Time-Triangle and Time-Triad in Special Relativity, The, 



R. A. P. Rogers, 698 

 Tropical Medicine, Discoveries in, Sir Ronald Ross, 38 ; 



Lt.-Col. A. Alcock, 114 

 Values, A Coincidence in, L. M. Stewart, 279 

 Vegetable Rennet, R. Hedger Wallace, 543 

 Volcanic Shower in the N. Atlantic, Prof. G. A. J. Cole, 635 

 Wasp, An Ancient, Prof. T. D. A. Cockerell, 313 

 Water Snails and Liver Flukes, Dr. Monica Taylor, 701 ; 



R. Hedger Wallace, 845 

 Waterspouts, Dr. G. D. Hale Carpenter, 414 ; Dr. D. 



Brunt, 414 ; W. J. Fisher, 669 

 Wegener's Displacement Theory, P. Lake, 77 ; E. R. 



Roe-Thompson, 214 

 Weights and Measures for India, New, H. Richards, 734 ; 



C. A. Silberrad, 735 

 Winkle, The Freshwater, A. E. Hodge, 380 

 Winter Thunderstorms, Capt. C. J. P. Cave, 877 

 X-ray Reflection from Powdered Crystals, The Intensity 



of, Prof. W. L. Bragg and R. W. James, 148 ; Prof. 



A. H. Compton and N. L. Freeman, 38 

 Zinc, the Isotopes of, Separation of, A. C. Egerton, 773 



Corrosion: and Colloids, Dr. G. D. Bengough and J. M. 



Stuart, 651 ; Control of, by Deactivation of Water, 



F. N. Speller, 84 ; of Ferrous Metals, The, 878 ; A. 



Pickworth, 83 

 Cosmical Theory and Radioactivity, Prof. J. Joly, 112 

 Cotton ; Research in Egypt, 748 ; Spinning, W. Scott 



Taggart. Vol. ii. Sixth edition, 75 

 Coue, Lmile, The Man and his Work, H. MacNaughten, 376 

 Creek Indians, The, I. R. Swanton, 646 

 Cretaceous : and Tertiary Outliers of the West of England, 



The Petrography of the, Prof. P. G. H. Boswell, 62 ; 



Marine Transgression in the African Region, The, 



Dr. L. F. Spath, 291 

 Crime and Remedial Punishment, 692 

 Croesus, Coins of, Dr. L. Shear, 54 

 Crystal : Analysis, X-ray, Ten Years of, Dr. A. E. H. 



Tutton, 47 ; Structure of Beryllium and Beryllium 



