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Volume 139 Number 3524 pp815-856


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News

The National Food Supply p815

doi:10.1038/139815a0



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Book Reviews

The Quaternary Ice Age p817

doi:10.1038/139817a0


Kant's Metaphysic of Experience p818

doi:10.1038/139818a0


An Introduction to Comparative Biochemistry p819

doi:10.1038/139819a0


Handbuch der Klimatologie (2) Band 2, Teil J  p820

doi:10.1038/139820a0


Textbook of Quantitative Inorganic Analysis p821

doi:10.1038/139821a0


Laboratory Manual for Chemical and Bacterial Analysis of Water and Sewage p822

doi:10.1038/139822a0


Die Tsetsefliegen p822

doi:10.1038/139822b0


Forest Insects p822

doi:10.1038/139822c0


Méthode des caractéristiques pour I'intégration des équations aux dérivées partielles linéaires hyperboliques p822

doi:10.1038/139822d0



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News

Water-Power in the United States p823

doi:10.1038/139823a0


Medical Research in 1936 p825

doi:10.1038/139825a0



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Obituaries

Prof. W. M. Wheeler p827

doi:10.1038/139827a0


Prof. L. Mangin p828

doi:10.1038/139828a0


[Obituary Notices] p829

doi:10.1038/139829a0



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News

Royal Society: New Fellows p829

doi:10.1038/139829b0


Coronation Honours p829

doi:10.1038/139829c0


Prof. W. L. Bragg, O.B.E., F.R.S p830

doi:10.1038/139830a0


Prof. A. O. Rankine, O.B.E., F.R.S p830

doi:10.1038/139830b0


Awards in Anthropology p831

doi:10.1038/139831a0


Wool Research in Australia p831

doi:10.1038/139831b0


Arms for the British Association p831

doi:10.1038/139831c0


University of Sheffield and Sir Robert Hadfield p831

doi:10.1038/139831d0


Decorative Lighting for the Coronation p832

doi:10.1038/139832a0


The German Airship Disaster p832

doi:10.1038/139832b0


The Electrical Industry of the World p832

doi:10.1038/139832c0


Present State of British Bird Ringing p833

doi:10.1038/139833a0


The National Institute of Agricultural Botany p833

doi:10.1038/139833b0


“The Hero” p833

doi:10.1038/139833c0


Russian Railway Transport p833

doi:10.1038/139833d0


Research in Tropical Medicine p834

doi:10.1038/139834a0


Royal Geographical Society Awards p834

doi:10.1038/139834b0


Institution of Electrical Engineers Premium Awards p834

doi:10.1038/139834c0


Radio Communication Conference at Bucharest p834

doi:10.1038/139834d0


Magnetic Disturbances and Auroras p835

doi:10.1038/139835a0


Comets p835

doi:10.1038/139835b0


Announcements p835

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Miscellany

Erratum p835

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Letters to Editor

Rate of ‘Organification’ of Phosphorus in Animal Tissues p836

C. ARTOM,  G. SARZANA,  C. PERRIER,  M. SANTANGELO & E. SEGRÈ

doi:10.1038/139836a0


Reflection of Atmospherics at an Ionised Layer p837

T. H. LABY,  F. G. NICHOLLS,  A. F. B. NICKSON & H. C. WEBSTER

doi:10.1038/139837a0


Resonance in the Interaction of Radio Waves p838

V. A. BAILEY

doi:10.1038/139838a0


Cosmic Rays and the Magnetic Moment of the Sun p839

M. S. VALLARTA

doi:10.1038/139839a0


Molecules in Interstellar Space? p840

M. N. SAHA

doi:10.1038/139840a0


A Possible Function of the Osphradium in the Gastropoda p840

G. C. E. B. HULBERT & C. M. YONGE

doi:10.1038/139840b0


Lunar Periodicity in Homo sapiens L p841

DONALD L. GUNN,  PENELOPE M. JENKIN & ALISTAIR L. GUNN

doi:10.1038/139841a0


Action of Radium Rays on the Growth of Cells in Vitro p841

L. HALBERSTÄDTER & L. DOLJANSKI

doi:10.1038/139841b0


Radioactivity induced by Fast Neutrons according to the (n, 2n) Reaction p842

F. A. HEYN

doi:10.1038/139842a0


Absorption Spectra, Optical Activity and Isotopic Exchange p842

C. H. JOHNSON & N. H. POYNTON

doi:10.1038/139842b0


Combined Ascorbic Acid in Plant Tissues p843

B. C. GUHA & J. C. PAL

doi:10.1038/139843a0


Magnetic and Electrical Dimensions p844

G. W. O. HOWE

doi:10.1038/139844a0


Magnetic and Electrical Dimensions p844

CECIL L. FORTESCUE

doi:10.1038/139844b0


Statistics of Birth-rate Problems p845

A. M. CARR-SAUNDERS

doi:10.1038/139845a0



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News

Points from Foregoing Letters p845

doi:10.1038/139845b0


Research Items p846

doi:10.1038/139846a0


Mellon Institute of Industrial Research p849

doi:10.1038/139849a0


Kew's Contribution to Empire Botany p850

doi:10.1038/139850a0


Calculating Machines in Scientific Computing p851

doi:10.1038/139851a0


Hybrid Vigour in Plants p852

doi:10.1038/139852a0


Science News a Century Ago p853

doi:10.1038/139853a0


University Events p854

doi:10.1038/139854a0


Societies and Academies p854

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Forthcoming Events p856

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Appointments Vacant p856

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Official Publications Received p856

doi:10.1038/139856c0