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Science, New Series, Vol. 92, No. 2397, Dec. 6, 1940


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Front Matter (5 pp.)
Mineral Nutrients in Relation to Flower Development, pp. 517-520
W. F. Loehwing

Petroleum and National Defense, pp. 520-522
Gustav Egloff


Scientific Events
University College, London, p. 522
Damage to Scientific Institutions in London, pp. 522-523
Emergency Courses to Train Engineers and Technicians, p. 523
The Hospital of the Medical College of Virginia, pp. 523-524
The Meeting of Mathematicians at Baton Rouge, p. 524
Award of the Medals of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, p. 524


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 525-527


Discussion
Dental Research at the National Bureau of Standards, pp. 527-528
Geo. C. Paffenbarger
Control of Prickly Pear in Australia, pp. 528-529
Francis Ramaley
The Dens and Behavior of the Desert Tortoise, p. 529
A. M. Woodbury; Ross Hardy
Electric Fences that Repel Deer, pp. 529-530
J. G. Burr
J. Peter Lesley and Joseph Lesley, p. 530
Lawrence Whitcomb


Quotations
The British Scientific Advisory Committee, pp. 530-531
The Future of Polish Science, p. 531


Scientific Books
Recent Publications of the British Museum (Natural History), pp. 531-533
Review author[s]: T. D. A. Cockerell
Aquatic Plants, p. 533
A Manual of Aquatic Plants
Norman C. Fassett
Review author[s]: Robert B. Wylie


Reports
The Cotton Root-Rot Tour and Conference of 1940, pp. 533-534
Walter N. Ezekiel


Special Articles
A Quantitative, Absolute Method for the Estimation of Complement (Alexin), pp. 534-535
Michael Heidelberger
The Therapeutic Effectiveness of a Practically Nontoxic New Compound (Calcium Aurothiomalate) in Experimental, Proliferative, Chronic Arthritis of Mice, pp. 535-536
Albert B. Sabin; Joel Warren
Phosphate Acceptors in "Respiratory Phosphorylation" in Muscle Tissue, pp. 536-537
W. A. Belitzer; K. S. Golovskaya


Scientific Apparatus and Laboratory Methods
A Simple Method for Recording Electrocorticograms in Animals without Opening the Skull, pp. 537-538
Hudson Hoagland
An Inexpensive Mouse Cage, p. 538
E. Wilbur Cook


Science News, pp. 10+12+14

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