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Science, New Series, Vol. 60, No. 1557, Oct. 31, 1924


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Front Matter (4 pp.)
Preliminary Measurement of the Velocity of Light, pp. 391-392
A. A. Michelson

A New Type of Electric Discharge: The Streamer Discharge, pp. 392-394
Irving Langmuir; C. G. Found; A. F. Dittmer

The Racial Origin of Almshouse Paupers in the United States, pp. 394-397
Raymond Pearl

Romeyn Beck Hough--1857-1924, pp. 397-398
William Trelease


Scientific Events
The International Geographical Congress, p. 398
Exhibition of the American Association at Washington, pp. 398-399
Burton E. Livingston
Meeting of the American Statistical Association, p. 399
Louis I. Dublin
Munsell Research Assistantships in Colorimetry at the National Bureau of Standards, p. 400
National Research Fellowships in the Medical Sciences, p. 400


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 400-404
University and Educational Notes, pp. 404-405


Discussion and Correspondence
Alkaline Reaction of the Cotton Plant, p. 405
Frederick B. Power; Victor K. Chesnut
Radioactivity of Ripe Tomatoes, pp. 405-406
C. F. Langworthy
The Metric System, pp. 406-407
Kenneth Hartley; Howard Richards


Quotations
Scientific Research, pp. 407-408


Scientific Books
----------------, pp. 408-409
The Physiology of Photosynthesis
Jagadis Chunder Bose
Review author[s]: H. A. Spoehr


Laboratory Apparatus and Methods
Instantaneous Photomicrography of the Skin Capillaries in the Living Human Body, pp. 409-410
Charles Sheard


Special Articles
The Circulatory System of the Brine Shrimp, pp. 411-412
Chas. W. Greene
The Reproductive Cycle of the Characeae, pp. 412-413
Albert H. Tuttle


The Plasticity Symposium at Lafayette College, pp. 413-414
The Illuminating Engineering Society, p. 414
Science News, pp. x+xii+xiv

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