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- Francis Galton
- The Red Sunsets, pp. 3-4
- G. A. N.; Alexander Winchell
- Plant Distribution in Lower California, p. 4
- Charles R. Orcutt
- Kames near Lansing, Mich, p. 4
- L. C. Wooster
- Longevity in a Fasting Spider, p. 4
- William Jones
- The Pedunculated Lateral-Line Organs of Gastrostomus, p. 5
- J. A. Ryder
Retrospect and Prospect, pp. 5-6
The Marine Laboratory of the Johns Hopkins University, pp. 7-10
- Henry L. Osborn
The Determination of the Ohm, pp. 10-11
Peculiarities of Weathering in the Pottsville Conglomerate, pp. 12-14
- Arthur Winslow
Electric Light Tests at the Louisville Exposition, pp. 14-15
- H. W. Eaton
The Late Mr. Darwin on Instinct, pp. 15-16
Dr. Grinewetzky's Crossing of Novaia zemlia, pp. 16-17
- Dr. Grinewetzky
Loss of Nitrogen from Arable Soils, pp. 17-19
- H. P. Armsby
The Life of Hamilton, pp. 19-23
- Life of Sir William Rowan Hamilton, Knt., LL.D., D.C.L., M.R.I.A., Andrews Professor of Astronomy in the University of Dublin, and Royal Astronomer of Ireland, etc.: Including Selections from His Poems, Correspondence, and Miscellaneous Writings
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- A. W. Butler
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- Chas W. Dabney, Jun.
- Radiant Heat, p. 32
- De Volson Wood
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- A. W.
- Italics for Scientific Names, pp. 32-33
- Byron D. Halsted
- The Skidor in the United States, p. 33
- E. R. Warren
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- Leonard Waldo
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- W. T.
- Synohronism of Geological Formations, pp. 33-34
- E. Nugent
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- Robert H. Thurston
The Red Skies, pp. 37-40
- W. Upton
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The Business of the Naturalist, pp. 44-46
The New Morphological Element of the Blood, pp. 46-48
- William H. Howell
The Comstock Lode, pp. 48-49
- Geology of the Comstock Lode and the Washoe District
- George F. Becker
Martin's Elementary Physiology, pp. 49-50
- The Human Body: An Elementary Text-Book of Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene
- H. Newell Martin
Packard's Briefer Zoölogy, p. 50
- Zoölogy
- A. S. Packard, jun.
Marie's History of the Sciences, pp. 50-51
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- M. Maximilien Marie
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- The Chemistry of the Secondary Batteries of Planté and Faure
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- M.
- Capitalization of Names of Formations, pp. 59-60
- G. K. Gilbert
- Remsen's "Theoretical Chemistry", p. 60
- Synchronism of Geological Formations, pp. 60-61
- Angelo Heilprin
- Free Cervical Ribs in the Human Subject, p. 61
- Elliott Coues
- A Possible Solution of the Standard Time Question, pp. 61-62
- F. H. King
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Whirlwinds, Cyclones, and Tornadoes. --VIII, pp. 63-66
The Intelligence of Batrachians, pp. 66-67
- Chas. C. Abbott
The Pons-Brooks Comet, pp. 67-69
- W. C. Winlock
The Ainos of Yezo, pp. 69-72
The Hot Blast in Making Iron, pp. 72-73
- R. H. Richards
Modern Physiological Laboratories: What They Are and Why They Are. --I, pp. 73-76
Berthelot's Explosive Materials, pp. 76-77
- Explosive Materials, A Series of Lectures
- M. P. E. Berthelot; Marcus Benjamin
- A Short Historical Sketch of Gunpowder
- Karl Braun; John P. Wisser
- A Bibliography of Works on Explosives; Reprinted from Van Nostrand's Magazine, No. 70
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- The Elements of Chemistry; For the Use of Schools, Academies and Colleges
- Edwin J. Houston
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- A Treatise on Hydromechanics. Part I., Hydrostatics
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A New Volcano Island in Alaska, pp. 89-93
- Wm. H. Dall
Whirlwinds, Cyclones, and Tornadoes.--IX, pp. 93-98
- W. M. Davis
The Critical State of Gases, pp. 98-99
- C. B. Penrose
Colored Skies after an Eruption of Cotopaxi, pp. 99-100
- Edward Whymper
Modern Physiological Laboratories: What They Are and Why They Are.--II, pp. 100-103
The Closing Report of Hayden's Survey, pp. 103-107
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- Sam Huston; Albert A. Wright
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- H. A. Huston
- Explorations in Guatemala, pp. 115-116
- Herman Bigalke
- Barn-Owls in Missouri, p. 116
- F. A. Sampson
A Peculiar Selachian, pp. 116-117
- S. Garman
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Red Skies in China Five Years Ago, pp. 121-122
- Arnold Hague
The Evolution of the Cephalopoda.-I, pp. 122-127
Scales of Coleoptera, pp. 127-128
Microbes, pp. 128-130
The Water-Pores of the Lamelli-Branch Foot, pp. 130-131
- H. L. Osborn
The Borderland of Science and Faith, pp. 131-133
- Walks in the Regions of Science and Faith: A Series of Essays
- Harvey Goodwin
- Natural Law in the Spiritual World
- Henry Drummond
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- Upperglow of the Skies in Relation to Halos and Coronas, pp. 143-144
- John LeConte
- Inheritance of Physical Injuries, p. 144
- Irving P. Bishop
- Pumice from Krakatoa, p. 144
- Jos. P. Iddings
The Evolution of the Cephalopoda.--II, pp. 145-149
- Alpheus Hyatt
The Motion of Waves of Cold in the United States, pp. 149-152
- H. A. Hazen
Tissandier's Electric Balloon.--I, pp. 152-155
- Tissandier
The Discovery of the Germ of Swine-Plague, pp. 155-158
- D. E. Salmon
Migration of Birds in England, pp. 158-159
Spang's Lightning Protection, p. 160
- A Practical Treatise on Lightning-Protection
- Henry W. Spang
Cohn's "Die Pflanze", pp. 160-161
- Die pflanze: Vorträge aus dem Gebiete der Botanik
- Ferdinand Cohn
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- Investigation of the Scientific and Economic Relations of the Sorghum-Sugar Industry; Being a Report Made in Response to a Request from Hon. George B. Loring, U. S. Commissioner of Agriculture
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Hann's Climatology, pp. 162-164
- Handbuch der Klimatologie
- Julius Hann
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- The Red Skies, p. 172
- G. J. Symons
- Aeolian Ripple-Marks, p. 172
- R. D. Salisbury
- Winchell's World-Life, p. 172
- Alexander Winchell
The Laboratory in Modern Science, pp. 172-174
Tests of Electric-Light Systems at the Cincinnati Exposition, pp. 174-186
Notes on the Volcanic Eruption of Mount St. Augustin, Alaska, Oct. 6, 1883, pp. 186-189
- George Davidson
The Cod-Hatching Experiments at Gloucester by the Fish Commission, pp. 189-191
- Ralph S. Tarr
Museums of Natural History in the United States, pp. 191-196
Tissandier's Electric Balloon. -- II, pp. 196-199
- Gaston Tissandier
A New and Strange Dinosaur, p. 199
The False Prophet of the Sudan, pp. 199-200
The Geographisches Jahrbuch, pp. 200-202
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Mascart's Electricity and Magnetism, pp. 202-203
- Leçons sur l'électricité et le Magnétisme
- E. Mascart; J. Joubert
- A Trealise on Electricity and Magnetism
- E. Atkinson
Larison's Tenting-School, pp. 203-204
- The Tenting-School: A Description of the Tours Taken and the Field-Work Done by the Class in Geography, in the Academy of Science and Art at Ringos, N.J., during the Year 1882
- C. W. Larison
Ethnological Psychology, p. 204
- Zur Naturwissenschaftlichen Behandlungsweise der Psychologie Durch und für die Völkerkunde
- A. Bastian
Stokes's Scientific Papers, pp. 204-205
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- B. W. Thomas
- Rare Vermont Birds, p. 216
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- S. E. Bishop
- The Philadelphia Biological Institute, p. 217
- T. W. Braidwood
- Cassiterite from King's Mountain, North Carolina, p. 217
- Charles W. Dabney jun.
- Behavior of Dolomedes tenebrosus, pp. 217-218
- Mary Treat
Arnold Guyot, pp. 218-220
The Alaska Military Reconnoissance of 1883, pp. 220-227
Floods in the Ohio, pp. 227-228
A Woman's Journey to the Karakorum Valley, pp. 228-229
The Artificial Production of Rain, pp. 229-230
Rotation of Jupiter, pp. 230-231
Red Skies a Century Ago, p. 231
- G. Karsten
Browne and Behnke's Voice, Song and Speech, pp. 231-232
- A Practical Guide for Singers and Speakers; From the Combined View of Vocal Surgeon and Voice-Trainer
- Lennox Browne; Emil Behnke
M'Alphine's Botanical Atlas, pp. 232-233
- The Botanical Atlas: A Guide to the Practical Study of Plants, Containing Representatives of the Leading forms of Plant-Life, with Explanatory Letterpress
- D. M'Alpine
Economic Entomology, pp. 233-234
- Injurious Insects of the Orchard, Vineyard, etc. Illustrated with over Seven Hundred and Fifty Woodcuts and Twenty-Five Pages of Classified Illustrations
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- Twelfth Report of the State Entomologist on the Noxious and Beneficial Insects of the State of Illinois
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- The Krakatoa Eruption, p. 244
- G. J. Symons
- Expulsion of Water from a Growing Leaf, p. 245
- Joseph F. James
- A Scientific Swindler, p. 245
- F. V. Hayden
An International Scientific Association, pp. 245-246
The Alaska Military Reconnoissance for 1883, pp. 246-252
- Fred'k Schwatka
Note on the Flora of the Upper Yukon, pp. 252-253
- Sereno Watson
The Intelligence of Snakes, pp. 253-256
- Charles C. Abbott
Presentation of the Rumford Medals to Professor Rowland, pp. 256-258
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- John Trowbridge
Biographies of Naturalists, pp. 261-262
- Heroes of Science: Botanists, Zoölogists, and Geologists
- P. Martin Duncan
Gordon's Electricity and Magnetism, p. 262
- A Physical Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism
- J. E. H. Gordon
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- The Weather: A Practical Guide to Its Changes, Showing Signal-Service System, and How to Foretell Local Weather
- S. S. Bassler
Art-Catalogue of the New-England Manufacturers' Institute, pp. 263-264
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- A Novel Magnetic Engine, pp. 274-275
- Chas. K. McGee
- Congenital Deafness in Animals, p. 275
- Swan M. Burnett
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- F. J. S.
- Deflective Effect of the Earth's Rotation, p. 275
- J. E. Hendricks
- A Carboniferous Genus of Sharks Still Living, pp. 275-276
- E. D. Cope
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- L.
- Annual Growth of the "Tree of Heaven", p. 276
- J. I. D. Hinds
Gouverneur Kemble Warren, pp. 276-279
- Henry L. Abbot
Appendages of the Trilobite, pp. 279-281
- Charles D. Walcott
The New Bogosloff Volcano in Bering Sea, pp. 282-286
- George Davidson
The Danish Expedition to East Greenland, pp. 286-287
Humidity and Chronometer Rates, p. 287
- David P. Todd
The Great Comet of 1882, p. 287
The Work of the Cambridge Archaeological Museum, pp. 287-288
Vortex Rings, p. 289
- A Treatise on the Motion of Vortex rings. An Essay to Which the Adams Prize was Adjudged in 1882, in the University of Cambridge
- J. J. Thomson
The Silk Industry in the United States, pp. 290-292
- Silk-Manufacture in the United States
- William C. Wyceoff
Scribner's Where Did Life Begin?, pp. 292-293
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- Manayunkia Speciosa, pp. 303-304
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- Stones Placed in Pine-Trees by Birds, p. 305
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- The Use of the Method of Limits in Mathematical Teaching, p. 305
- Truman Henry Safford
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- H. W. Blair
A Question of Exposure, pp. 306-308
- T. C. Mendenhall
Iron from North Carolina Mounds, pp. 308-310
- Cyrus Thomas
Pennsylvania Anthracite, pp. 310-312
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Improvements in Testing-Machines, pp. 312-320
- A. V. Abbott
New Method of Mounting Reflectors, pp. 320-321
- Simon Newcomb
After-Images, pp. 321-322
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Lakes of the Great Basin, pp. 322-323
- Israel C. Russell
The Definition of Mean Solar Time, pp. 323-324
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- C. S. Minot
Recent Work on Brachiopods, p. 325
- W. H. Dall
The American Institute of Mining-Engineers, p. 326
Geology of the Grand Cañon, pp. 327-331
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- Clarence E. Dutton
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- S. Garman; Theo. Gill
- Evidence of Unrecorded Tornadoes, pp. 346-347
- James Macfarlane
- Remains of a Prehistoric Tree, p. 347
- Harold B. Nye
- Congenital Deafness in Animals, p. 347
- Edward Allen Fay
- Muraenopsis, pp. 347-348
- S. Garman
Study at Home, pp. 348-350
The Biological Laboratory of the Johns Hopkins University, pp. 350-354
Some Peculiarities of Plant-Growth, pp. 354-356
- D. P. Penhallow
The Natal Observatory, pp. 356-358
Economy of Fuel in Iron-Manufacture, pp. 358-359
- R. H. Richards
The Flora of Labrador, p. 359
- Jos. F. James
The Hall Phenomenon in Liquids, p. 360
Janet's Theory of Morals, pp. 360-362
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- Paul Janet; Mary Chapman
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- Bacteria
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- E. O.
- Illusive Memory, p. 375
- Henry F. Osborn
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- G. K. Gilbert
- The "Batrachichthys", pp. 376-377
- John C. Branner
The Greely Search, pp. 377-380
The Great Vienna Telescope, pp. 380-384
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An Explanation of Hall's Phenomenon, pp. 386-387
- Edwin H. Hall
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- W.
- Electric Time-Signals, p. 401
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- Is Material Contact Possible?, p. 401
- W. B. T.
- High Tides in Geological History, p. 402
- J. S. Newberry
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- Botanicus
- How Do the Winds Blow within the Storm-Disk?, pp. 402-403
- W. M. Davis
- Undulations in Clay Deposits, p. 404
- H. H. D.
- "A Singular Optical Phenomenon", p. 404
- Joseph LeConte
- The Possible Origin of Some Osar, p. 404
- J. E. Todd
- Osteology of the Cormorant, p. 404
- Theo. Gill
George Engelmann, pp. 405-408
The Maxima and Minima Tide-Predicting Machine, pp. 408-410
Notes on the Lava-Flow of 1880-81 from Mauna Loa, pp. 410-413
- Geo. H. Barton
The State of Exploration in Africa, pp. 413-415
- W. H. Dall
Green Mountain Railway, Mount Desert Island, p. 415
- Charles E. Greene
Anthropological Papers in Petermann's mittheilungen for 1883, pp. 415-416
Spencer's Philosophy of the Unknowable, pp. 417-418
- An Examination of the Philosophy of the Unknowable, as Expounded by Herbert Spencer
- William W. Lacy
Geological Survey of Alabama, pp. 418-419
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- J. M. Rice; W. W. Johnson
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- Wm. C. Wyckoff
- Rainfall at Amherst, Mass, p. 431
- S. C. Snell
- Dr. Newberry's Work in the Colorado Cañon, p. 432
- The Occurrence of the Hessian Fly in North America before the Revolution, p. 432
- H. A. Hagen
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- L.
- Two Species of Tertiary Plants, pp. 433-434
- Jos. F. James
- Spool-Shaped Ornaments from Mounds, p. 434
- Cyrus Thomas
- Unio Forms a Byssus, p. 434
- Isaac Lea
- Illusive Memory, pp. 434-435
- C. L. F.
- The Reproduction of Clathrulina elegans, p. 435
- Sara Gwendolen Foulke
What is a Liberal Education?, pp. 435-436
- S. Newcomb
Eccentric Figures from Southern Mounds, pp. 436-438
- W. H. Holmes
Adaptability of the Prairies for Artificial Forestry, pp. 438-443
- C. A. White
The Application of Photography to the Production of Natural History Figures, pp. 443-444
- Simon H. Gage
The Colors of Natural Waters, pp. 445-446
- W. O. Crosby
The Geodetic Work of the Hayden and Wheeler Surveys, pp. 447-448
- Henry Gannett
The Deep-Sea Dredging Apparatus of the Talisman, pp. 448-455
The Use of Naphthaline as an Insecticide, pp. 455-456
- C. V. Riley
Recent Determinations of Stellar Parallax, pp. 456-457
- Simon Newcomb
Carnivorous Habits of the Muskrat, p. 457
- Ralph S. Tarr
Conditions of Growth of the Wheat-Rust, pp. 457-458
- Byron D. Halsted
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- W. A. Kellerman
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- Darwinism Stated by Darwin Himself. Characteristic Passages from the Writings of Charles Darwin
- Nathan Sheppard
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- Traité Élémentaire de Météorologie
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- W. M. Davis
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- J. W. Gore
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- J. Amory Jeffries; R. W. Shufeldt
- A Singular Optical Phenomenon, p. 475
- James Edward Oliver; F. J. S.
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- Henry L. Abbot
The U.S. Meteorological Station at Point Barrow, pp. 478-480
- P. H. Ray
On the State of the Interior of the Earth, pp. 480-482
- J. W. Powell
Inertia, pp. 482-483
- E. H. Hall
Localization in the Brain, pp. 484-485
- Henry H. Donaldson
The Winter of 1879-80 in Europe, pp. 485-486
- W. U.
Olivine Rocks of North Carolina, pp. 486-487
- M. E. Wadsworth
About Great Telescopes, pp. 487-488
Entomography of Hirmoneura, p. 488
- C. V. Riley
The Bone-Caves of Poland, pp. 489-490
- The Bone-Caves of Ojcow in Poland
- Ferd. Römer; John Edward Lee
Illinois Coal-Production, pp. 490-491
- Statistics of Coal-Production in Illinois, 1883: A Supplemental Report of the State Bureau of Labor Statistics
- John S. Lord
Carpenter's Energy in Nature, pp. 491-492
- Energy in Nature: Six Lectures, Upon the Forces of Nature and Their Mutual Relations
- W. L. Carpenter
Some State Agricultural Experiment-Stations, pp. 492-493
- Annual Report of the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment-Station for 1883
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- Francis H. Herrick
The April Session of the National Academy of Sciences, pp. 503-505
An Arctic Vessel and Her Equipment, pp. 505-511
- Frederick Schwatka
On the Fundamental Theory of Dynamic Geology, pp. 511-513
- J. W. Powell
Evolution of the Decapod Zoea, pp. 513-516
- H. W. Conn
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Unification of Time, pp. 517-518
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- Les Organismes Vivants de L'atmosphere
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- R. W. Shufeldt
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- Lester F. Ward
- The Greely Search, p. 533
- J. E. Nourse
Style in Scientific Writing, p. 534
Icebergs and Ice-Floes, pp. 535-538
- Frederick Schwatka
Notes on Hibernating Mammals, pp. 538-541
- C. C. Abbott
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Insects and Fermentation, pp. 545-546
- W. Trelease
The Variation of Temperature in Germany, p. 546
- F. W.
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- M. Pasteur. Histoire d'un savant, par un ignorant
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- Gaston Plante
The Chilian Languages, p. 550
- Chilidugu sive tractatus linguae Chilensis
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- C. V. Rigey
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- A. Woeikof
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- E. W. Claypole
- "A Curious Optical Phenomenon", p. 563
- James Edward Oliver
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- E. W. Claypole
The Scientific Method in Historical Study, pp. 564-565
Wintering in the Arctic, pp. 566-571
- Fred'k Schwatka
Bestowal of the Grand Honorary Walker Prize on Professor James Hall, pp. 571-572
The Cantilever-Bridge at Niagara Falls, pp. 572-574
- Chas. E. Greene
The Cholera Bacillus, pp. 574-576
The Exploring Voyage of the Challenger, pp. 576-580
Rain in Belgium, pp. 580-581
- La Pluie en Belgique
- A. Lancaster
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- Bulletin Astronomique, publie sous les Auspices de l'Observatoire de Paris
- M. F. Tisserand
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- S. H. Trowbridge
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- De Volson Wood
The Nautica Almanac Office, p. 588
Indian Implements of the North-West, pp. 589-590
- Franc E. Babbitt
The Cruise of the Albatross, from Curacoa to Aspinwall, in February and March, pp. 590-593
The Older Wind-Charts of the North Atlantic, pp. 593-597
- W. M. Davis
The Industrial Arts as Factors in Modern History, pp. 597-599
The Present Sun-Spot Maximum, p. 599
Guyot's View of Creation, pp. 599-601
- Creation; Or the Biblical Cosmogony in the Light of Modern Science
- Arnold Guyot
Tryon's Conchology, p. 601
- Structural and Systematic Conchology (etc.)
- George W. Tryon
Steam-Engine Indicators, pp. 601-602
- The Tabor Steam-Engine Indicator
- George H. Barrus
Recent Works on the Micro-Chemistry of Plants, pp. 602-603
- Vegetable Histology
- D. P. Penhallow
- Botanical Micro-Chemistry: An Introduction to the Study of Vegetable Histology
- V. A. Poulsen; William Trelease
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- Wilhelm Behrens
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- Geo. O. Williams
The Biological Institute at Philadelphia, pp. 617-618
The Enemies and Parasites of the Oyster, Past and Present, p. 618
- C. A. White
A Mound of the Kanawha Valley, p. 619
- Cyrus Thomas
The Ichthyological Peculiarities of the Bassalian Fauna, pp. 620-622
Smith Sound, and Its Exploration, pp. 622-623
The Deep-Sea Fishes Collected by the Talisman, pp. 623-628
Journey of Lessar to Seraks, pp. 628-629
Palms, p. 629
The Dearborn Observatory, pp. 629-630
- David P. Todd
A New Motor, pp. 630-631
- R. H. Thurston
Daniell's Principles of Physics, pp. 631-634
- A Text-Book of the Principles of Physics
- A. Daniell
Propagation of Tuberculosis, pp. 634-635
- The Influence of Heredity and Contagion on the Propagation of Tuberculosis, and the Prevention of Injurious Effects from Consumption of the Flesh and Milk of Tuberculous Animals
- A. Lydtin; G. Fleming; Van Hertsen
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- C. R. Orcutt
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- Wm. Woolsey Johnson
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- E. D. Cope
The Government, and Economic Entomology, pp. 646-647
Recent Geological Observations in the Canadian North-West Territory, pp. 647-648
- George M. Dawson
Five Brazilian Diamonds, pp. 649-650
- George F. Kunz
The Distribution of Comets with Reference to Solar Motion, pp. 650-651
- R. H. Tucker, Jun.
Volcanic Sand Which Fell at Unalashka, Alaska, Oct. 20, 1883, and Some Considerations concerning Its Composition, pp. 651-654
- J. S. Diller
Meteorological Charts of the North Atlantic, pp. 654-657
- W. M. Davis
Invertebrates of the Talisman Expedition, pp. 657-658
- W. H. Dall
The Relation of the Mound-Builders to the Historic Indians, pp. 658-659
Encke's Comet, and the Resisting Medium, p. 660
Thouar and Crevaux, pp. 660-661
- W. H. D.
Coues's Biogen, pp. 661-664
- Biogen: A Speculation on the Origin and Nature of Life
- Elliott Coues
- Review author[s]: Josiah Royce
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- H. W. Eaton
- Hibernating Mammals, p. 673
- Chas. C. Abbott
The Royal Society of Canada, pp. 673-676
The Middle Yukon. -- I, pp. 677-682
Development of Sipunculus nudus, pp. 682-684
- C. O. Whitman
The Meeting of the American Medical Association in Washington, pp. 684-685
How Egg-Cocoons Are Made by a Lycosa, pp. 685-686
CalderWood's Mind and Brain, pp. 686-689
- The Relations of Mind and Brain
- Henry Calderwood
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- Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture for the Year 1883
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- Second Geological Survey of Pennsylvania, A. A. First Report of Progress in the Anthracite Coal Region. The Geology of the Panther-Creek Basin, or Eastern End of the Southern Field
- Charles A. Ashburner
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- John LeConte
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- H. Carvill Lewis
- Professor Gill on Assumptions of Museum-Keepers, pp. 703-704
- G. Brown Goode
- A Singular Optical Phenomenon, p. 704
- J. Herschel
- Guyot's Creation, p. 704
President Eliot on a Liberal Education, pp. 704-705
- S. Newcomb
The Middle Yukon. -- II, pp. 706-711
- Fred'k Schwatka
Protection of Alpine Plants, pp. 712-713
The Deep-Sea Crustacea Dredged by the Talisman, pp. 713-716
The Woburn Rotation Experiments, pp. 716-719
- H. P. Armsby
The American Fish-Cultural Association, pp. 719-723
Meeting of Mechanical Engineers at Pittsburgh, pp. 723-725
Development of the Thyroid and Thymus Glands and the Tongue, pp. 725-726
- C. S. Minot
Researches on Astronomical Spectrum-Photography, pp. 726-727
- David P. Todd
The Geology of the Asturias and Galicia, pp. 727-729
- Recherches Sur Les Terrains Anciens des Asturies et de la Galice
- Charles Barrois
Lockwood's Electricity, pp. 729-730
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- Thomas D. Lockwood
A New Classification of the Mollusca, pp. 730-732
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- E. Ray Lankester
- Review author[s]: W. H. Dall
Aboriginal Literature of America, pp. 732-733
- Aboriginal American Authors and Their Productions, Especially Those in the Native Languages
- Daniel G. Brinton
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- D. G. Brinton
M'alpine's Zoölogical Atlas, pp. 733-734
- Zoölogical Atlas (Including Comparative Anatomy), with Practical Directions and Explanatory Text for the Use of Students
- D. M'Alpine
New Meteorological Journals, p. 734
- Meteorologische Zeitschrift. Herausgegeben von der Deutschen Meteorologischen Gesellschaft
- W. Köppen
- American Meteorological Journal
- M. W. Harrington
The Study of Heredity, pp. 734-735
- Life-History Album, Prepared by Direction of the Collegiate Investigation Committee of the British Medical Association
- Francis Galton
- Record of Family Faculties; Consisting of Tabular Forms and Directions for Entering Data, with an Explanatory Preface
- Francis Galton
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Comment and Criticism, pp. 745-747
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- Tarleton H. Bean
- A Bad Habit of the Fox-Squirrel (Sciurus niger, var. ludovicianus), pp. 747-748
- Wm. Trelease
- The Claims of Political Science, p. 748
- Lester F. Ward
- Some Indiana Glaciology, pp. 748-749
- John M. Coulter
- Osteology of Micropterus salmoides, p. 749
- R. W. Shufeldt
Jean-Baptiste-André Dumas, pp. 750-752
The Monk-Seal of the West Indies, Monachus tropicalis gray, pp. 752-753
- Henry W. Elliott
The Toepler-Holtz Machine, pp. 753-755
- H. W. Eaton
Geology and Mineralogy of Northern Canada, pp. 755-756
The Scientific Activity of the Russian Universities during the Last Twenty-Five Years, pp. 756-759
Recent Linguistic Researches, pp. 759-761
- A. S. Gatschet
Modern Rail-Making, pp. 761-762
- Arthur T. Woods
The Geological Relatives of Krakatoa and Its Late Eruption, pp. 762-765
- Topographische en Geologische Beschrijving van een Gedeelte van Sumatra's Westkust
- R. D. M. Verbeek
- Kort Verslag Over de Uitbarsting van Krakatau op 26, 27, en 28 Augustus
- R. D. M. Verbeek
Stokes's Lectures on Light, pp. 765-766
- Burnett Lectures on Light. First Course, on the Nature of Light
- George Gabriel Stokes
Nourse's American Exploration in the Ice-Zones, p. 766
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- J. E. Nourse
Intelligence from American Scientific Stations, pp. 766-768
- Jno. P. Finley
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Notes and News, pp. 769-772
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- J. E. Hendricks
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- C. O. Boutelle
The U. S. Census Office, pp. 778-779
Head Waters of the Atna or Copper River, p. 779
- Wm. H. Dall
The Etowah Mounds, pp. 779-785
- Cyrus Thomas
A Human Skull from the Loess of Podbaba, near Prague, pp. 785-786
Primitive Communities, pp. 786-789
- W. F. Allen
Technical Education in Europe, pp. 789-790
The Age of Steel, pp. 790-794
- The Creators of the Age of Steel (on Sir Henry Bessemer, Sir C. W. Siemens, Sir Joseph Whitworth, Sir John Brown, Mr. S. T. Thomas, and Mr. G. J. Snelus)
- W. T. Jeans
- Review author[s]: R. H. Thurston
The Guatemaltec Languages, pp. 794-795
- Zur Ethnographie Republik Guatemala
- Otto Stoll
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- D. G. Brinton
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Selected Illustrations from Contemporary Foreign Journals (2 pp.)
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- H. T. Eddy
- Temperature of the Spheroidal State, p. 5
- Louis Bell
- The Inventor of the Vertical Camera in Photography, p. 5
- Simon H. Gage
Charles Dolph Wurtz, pp. 6-8
Results of Dredgings in the Gulf-Stream Region by the U. S. Fish-Commission, pp. 8-10
- A. E. Verrill
Alphons Lavallée, p. 10
- C. S. S.
Burial-Masks of the Ancient Peruvians, pp. 10-11
- W. H. Holmes
Meeting of the Civil Engineers at Buffalo, pp. 11-13
Recent Observations on Explosive Agents, pp. 13-15
- Chas. E. Munroe
Notices of Ethnologic Publications, pp. 15-16
Mental Evolution in Animals, pp. 16-19
- Animal Intelligence
- George J. Romanes
- Mental Evolution in Animals
- George J. Romanes
Fiske's Electricity, pp. 19-20
- Electricity in Theory and Practice; Or, The Elements of Electrical Engineering
- B. A. Fiske
American Coaster's Nautical Almanac, pp. 20-21
- The American Coaster's Nautical Almanac for the Year 1884
Metallurgy of Primitive Nations, p. 21
- Die Metalle Bei Den Naturvölkern, Unit Berücksichtigung Prähistorischer Verhältnisse
- R. Andree
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Notes and News, pp. 25-30
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- Light
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Zoölogical Researches of the Scottish Fishery Board, p. 478
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Over-Pressure in Schools, pp. 497-498
New-England Orchids, pp. 498-499
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- Henry Baldwin
Indian Folk-Lore and Ethnology, pp. 499-500
- The Algonquin Legends of New England; or, Myths and Folk-Lore of the Micmac, Passamaquoddy, and Penobscot Tribes
- Charles G. Leland
- A Migration Legend of the Creek Indians, with a Linguistic, Historic, and Ethnographic Introduction
- Albert S. Gatschet
Recent Chemical Text-Books, pp. 500-502
- Traité Pratique d'analysed Chimiques et d'essais industriaels
- Raoul Jagnaux
- The Elements of Chemistry
- F.W. Charke
- Lessons in Chemistry
- W.H. Green
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- Hermann Kolbe
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Comment and Criticism, pp. 507-509
Letters to the Editor
- Psychical Research, pp. 509-511
- Simon Newcomb
- Change in the Color of the Eye, p. 511
- C. V. Riley
- Specimens Illustrating Lehmann's "Origin of the Crystalline Schists", p. 511
- Geo. H. Williams
- Bot-Flies in a Turtle, p. 511
- Frederick W. True
- On the Function of the Serrated Appendages of the Throat of Amia, p. 511
- R. Ramsay Wright
- Ergot Nectar, p. 512
- A. J. Cook
The "Old Stone Mill" at Newport, pp. 512-514
- C. S. Peirce
The "Hood" of the Hooded Seal, Cystophora cristata, pp. 514-516
- C. Hart Merriam
Measuring Earthquakes, pp. 516-518
- H. M. Paul
Excursion Map of the Vicinity of Baltimore, pp. 518-519
The New-York Agricultural Station, pp. 519-520
- Second Annual Report of the Board of Control of the New-York Agricultural Experiment-Station for the Year 1883, with the Reports of the Director and Officers
Minor Book Notices, p. 520
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Letters to the Editor
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- Theo Gill
- Hornblende Andesite from the New Bogosloff Volcano, p. 524
- Geo P. Merrill
- Edison's Three-Wire System of Distribution, pp. 524-525
- H. S. Carhart
Can Ghosts Be Investigated?, pp. 525-527
- Simon Newcomb
Some Implements of the Minnesota Ojibwas, pp. 527-529
- Franc E. Babbitt
The Sudan, pp. 530-531
Navigation of the Air, pp. 531-532
A New Law of Organic Evolution, pp. 532-534
- W. K. Brooks
Contemporary Socialism, pp. 534-535
- Contemporary Socialism
- John Rae
The Face of the Earth, pp. 535-536
- Das Antlilz der Erde
- E. Suess
A Popular Work on American Natural History, pp. 536-537
- Tenants of an Old Farm, Leaves from the Note-Book of a Naturalist
- Henry C. McCook
Notes and News, pp. 537-538
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Comment and Criticism, pp. 539-540
Letters to the Editor
- Verification of Predictions, p. 540
- Henry Farquhar
- The Microscope for Class-Room Demonstration, pp. 540-541
- W. G. Thompson
Quintino Sella, pp. 541-542
The Netschilluk Innuits, pp. 543-545
- Frederick Schwatka
How the Problems of American Anthropology Present Themselves to the English Mind, pp. 545-551
Exploration of the Kowak River, pp. 551-554
The Cholera Bacillus.--Koch's Reply to His Critics, pp. 554-555
- Koch
Science in Manchester, pp. 555-556
- A Centenary of Science in Manchester
- R. Angus Smith
Indian Sign-Language, pp. 556-557
- The Indian Sign-Language
- W. P. Clark
Caste in India in 1881, pp. 557-558
- Outlines of Punjáb Ethnography
- Denzil Charles Jelf Ibbetson
- Imperial Census of 1881
- Report of the Census of Bengal, 1881
- J. A. Bourdillon
Palmistry, pp. 558-559
- Handbook of Modern Palmistry
- V. de Metz
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Sun-Spots and the Earth, pp. 564-565
The Insects of the Year, pp. 565-568
Weather Forecasts, pp. 568-569
Earthquakes in the United States and Canada, p. 569
Temperature and Its Changes in the United States, pp. 569-570
The Coming of the Robin and Other Early Birds, pp. 571-572
Tornadoes, and How to Escape Them, pp. 572-573
Blooming-Times for Flowers, pp. 573-575
Important Agricultural Statistics, p. 575
A Few Pertinent Hints to Farmers, p. 576
[Illustrations]: Outline Map with Dials Showing Standard Railway Time (1 p.)
Chronological Cycles, 1885, p. 577
Fixed and Movable Festivals of the Church, 1885, p. 577
Morning and Evening Stars, 1885, p. 577
Seasons, 1885, p. 577
Tide Table, p. 577
Eclipses, 1885, p. 578
Symbols, p. 578
Sun-Time and Clock-Time, pp. 578-580
New Maps of the Heavens, p. 580
Rates of Domestic Postage, p. 580
Standard Time, p. 581
Standard Time-Table, p. 581
The Sun and the Planets, Their Comparative Dimensions, p. 582
Map of the Solar System, pp. 583-596
Errata: Notes and News, p. 604
Errata: Specialization in Scientific Study, p. 604
Errata: Lord Rayleigh, p. 604
Errata: Proceedings of the Section of Geography, p. 604
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