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Science, New Series, Vol. 92, No. 2399, Dec. 20, 1940


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Front Matter (3 pp.)
Recent General Trends in Mathematics, pp. 563-566
Aristotle D. Michal

Precious and Semi-Precious Jewels--Their Chemical and Beautifying Qualities, pp. 566-570
R. Norris Shreve


Obituary
Charles William Woodworth, pp. 570-572
E. O. Essig
Recent Deaths, p. 572


Scientific Events
The War and the British Fauna, p. 572
The Herbarium of the New York Botanical Garden, pp. 572-573
Fiftieth Anniversary of the Institute of Experimental Medicine in Leningrad, pp. 573-574
Conference in Honor of Leta S. Hollingworth, p. 574
The Josiah Willard Gibbs Lectures of the American Mathematical Society, pp. 574-575


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 575-577


Discussion
The Sleep of Canaries, pp. 577-578
Gustav Eckstein
Two Factors of Possible Importance in Relation to the Etiology and Treatment of Dental Caries and Other Dental Diseases, pp. 578-579
Robert M. Stephan
Significance of Disseminated Metallic Sulphides in Sedimentary Rocks, p. 579
F. M. Van Tuyl
Vitamin Study at the University of Texas, p. 579
Roger J. Williams
The Quinine Industry, pp. 579-580
Norman Taylor


Scientific Books
Regional Physiography, pp. 580-581
The Physiographic Provinces of North America
Wallace W. Atwood
Review author[s]: Ellis W. Shuler
Plant Physiology, p. 581
Plant Physiology
Bernard S. Meyer; Donald B. Anderson
Review author[s]: John W. Shive


Reports
Philanthropic Foundations, pp. 581-583
Frederick P. Keppel


Special Articles
The Quantum of Sensory Discrimination, pp. 583-585
S. S. Stevens; J. Volkmann
A New Estrogenic Substance Present in the Neutral Fraction of Human Pregnancy Urine, pp. 585-586
Ralph I. Dorfman
Concentration and Partial Purification of Equine Encephalomyelitis Vaccines, pp. 586-587
A. R. Taylor; D. Gordon Sharp; Dorothy Beard; H. Finkelstein; J. W. Beard


Scientific Apparatus and Laboratory Methods
An A-C Powered PH Set, pp. 587-588
Craig W. Goodwin


Science News, pp. 8-10

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