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NA TURE 



[November i i, 1922 



Official Publications Received. 



Journal of f lie ' ■ ■! h --'i 

 Vol. \1. Art. 3 : Okologi 

 Japan. Von ffarufusa K 



Foils from the I ppei 

 Alatajiro Vokoyama. I'l 

 Art. 2 : On some Ja pi 



Science, imperial University of Tokyo. 



Ciitersuehimgi ii tier Sehwininiinseln in 

 0. Pp.57. 1.50 yen. Vol. 44, Art. 1 : 



sa,hh i Ka/.usa and Shirnosa. By 



ii viii 17 plates. 920 yen. Vol.44, 



shwater Triclads : with a Note on the 



in their Distribution in Europe and Japan. By Tokio 

 Kaburaki. Pp. 71 + 1 plate. 230 yen. (Tokio: Imperial I'ni- 

 Maruzen < !o., Ltd.) 



Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series 



in. In. in,: l' i tl„ ■ Eel. By Dr. Jobs. Schmidt. 



Pp. 179-211.- (Lond - . ii ,m on an I Sons, Ltd.) 



Aetes de la Sneirte 1 1 eh i-tn|iie di - -i ii-nces Naturelles. mi Session 

 aninielle du 29 amit an 1" septemhre 192ii a Neuchatel. 1™ Partie. 

 Pp. 266+55. (Aarau : 11. R. Saiierliuider it cie.) 



Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, Vol. 46, 

 Art. 10 : The Locomotor Apparatus of certain Primitive and Mammal- 

 liki Reptiles. By Alfred Sherwood Romer. Pp. 517-606 +plates 

 27-41',. (New Fork: American Musi urn ol Natural History I 



1 , null, uli,, us from the Jefferson l'li\-n,il I ,ib..ratory, from the 

 Cruft High-Tension III,, 1 1 i,;,l I.alioratorv, and from Colleagues and 

 Former students, dedicated to Professor Edwin Herbert Hall, for the 

 Veae 1921. Vol. 15 (unpaged). (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard 

 University Press.) 



The lii.iitniioii of civil Engineers. Engineering Abstracts prepared 

 from the Current Periodical Literature of Engineering and Applied 

 s, ii-iiee, published outside the I'nited Kingdom. New Series, No. 13, 

 by W. F. Spear. Pp. 176. (London : Institution 



ii I 



Kepuliliea Argentina. Ministeriu de Agriculture de la Nacifin : 

 Oficina .Metcorologica Nacional. La Maxima de la radiation solar en 

 Enero y Ecliren, de 1920. y el estado del tiempo mundial. Por H. H. 

 Clayton y Guillenno Hoxniark. Pp. is. (Buenos Aires.) 



Rapport annuel sur l'etat de l'Observatoire de Paris pour l'annee 

 1921. Par M. Ii. Baillaud. Pp. 35. (Paris : Inipr. Nationals. ) 



Canada, Department of Mines : Mines Branch. No. 549: Report 

 on structural Materials along tin- St Lawrence nicer, between Prescott, 

 Ont., and Lachine, Que. Bv Joseph Keele and L. Heber Cole. Pp. 

 119 + 30 plates + 3 maps. (Ottawa.) 



Nedboriakttagelser i Norge utgitt av det Norske Meteorologiske 

 Institute Argang 27, 1921. Pp. xiii - ; 79 + 47 + 2 maps. (Kristiania: 

 H. Aschehoug and Co.) 6.00 kr. 



Jahrbuch des Norwegischen Meteorologischen Institute fiir 1921. 

 Pp. xi + 174. (Kristiania: Grondahl and Son.) 



Field Museum of Natural History. Publication 210. Zoological 

 Series, Vol. 12, No. 3 : Game Birds from North-western Venezuela, 

 By W. H. Osgood and B. Conover. Pp. 17-48. (Chicago.) 



Annual Conference of the Universities of Great. Britain and Ireland, 

 1922 Aluiik-eil Iteport of Proceedings. Pp. 32. (London: Uni- 

 versities Bureau of the British Empire.) Is. 



Ne.llioriaL'ttaL'elser i Norge utgit av det. Norske Meteorologiske 

 Institnt. Miililelvarilier, Maksima og Minima. Pp. xvi+xi + 83 + 

 12 plates +2 maps. (Kristiania: H. Aschehoug and Co.) 6.00 kr. 



State of Illinois. Department of Registration and Education : 

 Division of the Natural History Survey. Bulletin, Vol. 13, Art. 14 : 



I'on.t lii^e, t, iii Illinois. I. : II i, Sulitamih i >• -lit hi phi 1 1 i I Hptei a . 



Family Agromyzida>). By J. R. Malloch. Pp. 345-362. Bulletin, 

 Vol. 13. Art, 15 : The Small Bottom and Shore Fauna of the .Middle 

 and Lower Illinois River and its Connecting Lakes, Chillicothe to 

 Grafton ; its Valuation ; its Sources of Food Supply : and its Relation 

 to the Fishery. By R, E. Richardson. Pp. 363-522. Bulletin. Vol. 

 13. Vrt. HI : An Ecological Survevnf the Prairie Vegetation of Illinois. 

 By H. c. Sampson. Pp. 523-578 r plates 4S-77. Bulletin, Vol. 14, 

 Art. 1 : The Orchard Birds of an Illinois Summer. By S. A. Forbes 

 and A. 0. Gross. Pp. 8+6 plates. Bulletin, Vol. 14, Art. 2: Dis- 

 tribution nt the Fresh-water Sponges of North America. Bv F. Smith 

 Pp. 9-22. (Urbana, 111.) 



Republica Argentina. Ministcrio de Agriculture de la Naci6n : 

 Oficina Metcorologica Nacional. Las Condicioncs fisicas del Atlantieo 

 Sur entre et Rio de La Plata y las Islas Orcadas del Sur durante el 

 verano. Por R. C. Mossman. Pp. 26. (Buenos Aires.) 



I Diversity of London: University College. Calendar, Session 

 1922 192.;. Pp. Ixviii-i 410! lxix-.lxxxviii. (London: Taylor and 

 Francis.) 



Annuaire dc l'AcadSmie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des 

 Beaux-Arts de Belgiquc. 1922, 88« annexe. Pp. 124+209 + plates. 

 (Bruxelles : M. Lamert.in ; M. Hay./.) 



Ministry ot Agriculture, Egypt. Cotton Research Board. Second 

 Annual Report, 1921. Pp. xvi + 203. (Cairo: Government Publica- 

 tions Office.) 15 P.T. 



Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. Vol. 45, 

 III.: The Predaceous Enemies of Ant,. By J. Bequaert. Pp. 271- 

 331. Vol. .):,. IV. : Ants in their Diverse Relations to the Plant World 

 i ; i -' Bequaert Pp 333-583. Vol. 45, V. : The Anatomy of certain 

 Plant, Horn the Belgian long.., with Special Reference to Myrmeco- 

 phytism. By I. W. Bailey. Pp. 585-621. Vol. 45, VI. : Notes on a 



Collection of West Urican Mum philes. Bv \V. .M. Mann. Pp. 



623-030. Vol. 45. VII. : Keys to the Genera and Subgenera of Ants. 

 Bj W. M. Wheeler Pp 631-710 Vol. 15, vill. : A Synonymii 

 Listofthe Ints of the Ethiopian Region. Bj W.M.Wheeler. IX.: 

 A Synonymi. Li,t .,i the \nt, ol the .Malagasy Region. By AV. M. 

 Wh.cler. Pp. 711-1055. (New York.) 



\imiial Ibpoit ol the Department of Agriculture for 

 the Year ended 3l,t I -mbcr 1921. Pp. 43. (Kingston, Jamaica.) 



Studies ,-n the Cyclostomatous Bryozoa Bj F. Canu and R. S. 



Bassler. (No. 2113: Br the Proceedings of the United state. 



National Museum, Vol. 61, Sri 22.) Pp. 160+28 plates. (AVashing- 

 ton: Government Printing Office.) 



Diary of Societies. 



MONDAY, November 13. 



ROYAL SOCIETY of Arts, at 8. — J. Slater: The strand and the 

 Adelphi in Ancient Times. 



Ent, , Mm, i,,.i, vi. society of London, at 8. 



SURVEYORS' Institution, at 8. — J. M. Clark: Presidential opening 

 Address. 



Royal Geographical society (at .Eolian Hall), at s.30. — Com- 

 mander F. Wild : The Work of " The Quest," 

 TUESDAY, November 14. 



Royal Horticultural society, at 3. — Dr. H. Wager: The Colours 

 ... I lowers and Fruits (Masters Memorial Lecture). 



INSTITUTION OF PETROLEUM Till HNIJI.I JOISTS I ".oval Society ol \ll-l. 



at 5. 



INSTITUTE OF MARINE ENGINEERS, INC.. at 6.30.- -J. Steinhcil : The 

 Evolution of the Nobel Diesel Engine (Bail I.i. 



QUEKETT MICROSCOPICAL CLUB, at 7.30.— Dr. R, J. Ludfonl : The 

 Cytology of Growth. 



ILLUMINATING ENGINEERING SOCIETY (at Royal Society of Arts), 

 at 8. Repi'lt- on Progress during tile A'acation and Developments 

 in Lamps and Lighting Appliances. 



Boy u. Bin mu. i: ii'iin SOCIETY of Great Britain, at 7. -J. c. 

 Kiiigilon : Experiments on the Tensile strength of Gelatine ami 

 G. Lit mi -h III lii-i ii-, ion of the I; culls as bearing on I be Structure 

 of Gelatine with a Note on the Evolution of Heat by Gelatine 

 when expanding in Wat, -r. K. < D.Hickman: Rapid Sulphiding 

 ,,I Broinld, p. mi- loiinig with lia„-s instead nt Liquids ; together 

 with a Demonstration of the Methods employed. D. Northall- 

 Liurie : Photomicrographs in Colour mounted to exhibit changing 

 Dints. 



WEDNESDAY, November 15. 



Royal Microscopioai Society, at 8. — C. Beck : Glare and pi ling 



in Microscope Illumination.— Dr. C. Singer: The First Mechanical 

 Microtome. -Riot. G. s. Thapar: The Occurrence and Significance 

 of a Third Contractile Vacuole in Paramecium caudatum. — Prof. 

 B. L. Bhatia . Tin- signitioance of Extra Contractile Vacuoles in 

 Paramt > tud ■' mm 



Rov.ii. SOCIETY 01 Arts, at 8. — Dr. S. Smith: The Action of the 

 Heater in Paper Making, with Special Reference to the Theory of 

 the Fibre Board and it. Application to Old and New Problems of 

 Beater Design. 



THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16. 



Royal Society, at 4.30. — Probable Papers. — Prof. A. S. Eddington, 

 The Propagatii.n of Gravitational Waves.— Dr. .1. H. Jeans: The 

 Theory of the Scattering of a and Rays. — Prof. A. P. Chattock 

 and L. F. Bate- : The Richardson Gyro-magnetic Effect. — P. M. S. 

 Blaekett : The Vnalysis of o Ray Photographs. — J. H. Jones: 

 lb, Kinetic Energy of Electrons emitted from a hot Tungsten 

 Filament.- Dr. W. Wilson: The Quantum Theory and Electro- 

 magnetic Phenomena. — S. Alarsh and A. E. Evans : Measurements 

 of Electrode Potential. Drop with Direct Current, and Alternating 

 Current Electrolysis. 



Linnean Society, at 5. 



Royal Aeronautical Society (at Royal Society of Arts), at 5.30. — 

 R. McKinnon Wood: The Co-relation of Model and Full-Scale 

 Work. 



i mi l, mi |, v Sue 1 1 n l at Royal Sanitary Institute), al c, A IP Arc > 

 Chapman : The Measurement of the Intelligence of School Children 

 in Massachusetts. C.S.A. 



Institution of Electrical Engineers, at 6. — The late Dr. G. Kapp : 

 The Improvement of Power Factor (read by Prof. M. Walker). 



i in un ii. SOCIETY, at 8 (and Informal Meeting). 



Camera Club, at 8.15. — T. H. B. Scott : Lourdes. 

 FRIDAY, November 17. 



Royal Society of Arts (Indian Section), at 4.30. — J. W. Meares : 

 The Development of Water Power in India. 

 | Institution of .Mechanical Engineers, at 6. — Adjourned discussion 

 on paper by Sir Aim cut L. Raven : Electric Locomotives. 



Junior Institltidn m I:\..i\i i us. at 7.30. — Annual General Meeting. 



Royal Photographii Society of Great Britain, at 8. — N. E. 

 Luboshez : Definition and Diffusion of Image. 



PUBLIC LECTURES. 



SA TUKDA r, November 11. 



HiiKNIM.lN MUSEUM (Forest Hill), at 3.30. — Dr. W. A. I'lliniiligton : 



I'be Natural History of Crabs. 



MONDA Y, November 13. 

 City or London Y.M.C.A. (180 Aldersgate street), at 6. — sir Bruce 



Bruce-Porter : How to Keep Well. 



TUESDAY, November 14. 

 School of Oriental Studies, at 5.- -Dr. T. o. Bailey : The Sansis, 



or Thieves of India : Their Language. History, and Customs. 

 i;,,i ii. Sanitary Djstiti ii, at 5 15 .Mis, v. l> Muncaster: Some 



Hygienic Aspect, ot V land Fool Preparation. (1) The Hygiene 



of Raw Food (Chadwi.k Lecture). 

 i.i i ham ioiiioi, at C--W. II. Wagstalf : G ictry. sue, e,. hug 



Lectures on November 15, 16, and 17. 



THURSDAY. November 16. 

 University college, at 2.30. — Miss Margaret A. Murray: Recent. 



Excavations in Malta. 

 KING'S COLLEGE, at .".3d. — M. Beza : The stur\ of C land Psyche 



in Rumanian Folklore. 



FRIDAY, November 17. 

 Bedford College for Women, at 5.30.— Miss K. AL Westawayj 



Plutarch : His Life and Writings. 



x.l iritDAY, November 18. 

 Horniman Museum (Forest Hill), at 3.30. — A. D. Howell Smith: 

 '1'cxtiles and their History. 



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