This journal provides immediate access to some articles. Volume 4(12); December 1918 Astronomy The Absorption Spectrum of the Novae PMCID: PMC1091495 The Distances of Six Planetary Nebulae PMCID: PMC1091507 Chemistry Refractive Index and Solubilities of the Nitrates of Lead Isotopes PMCID: PMC1091503 The Purification by Sublimation and the Analysis of Gallium Chloride PMCID: PMC1091504 The Purification of Gallium by Electrolysis, and the Compressibility and Density of Gallium PMCID: PMC1091505 Genetics Sex and Sex Intergrades in Cladocera PMCID: PMC1091499 Mathematics On Jacobi's Extension of the Continued Fraction Algorithm PMCID: PMC1091496 A Character of Jordan Regions by Properties Having no Reference to Their Boundaries PMCID: PMC1091497 National Research Council Minutes of the Meeting of the Executive Board PMCID: PMC1091508 Paleontology The Phylogeny of the Acorn Barnacles PMCID: PMC1091501 Possible Derivation of the Lepadid Barnacles from the Phyllopods PMCID: PMC1091502 Physiology A Biometric Study of Human Basal Metabolism PMCID: PMC1091498 Zoology On the Method of Progression in Polyclads PMCID: PMC1091500 The Growth-Rate of Samoan Coral Reefs PMCID: PMC1091506 Journal Matter Original table of contents page Administrative content — journal masthead, notices, indexes, etc. | ||