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Comment and Criticism, pp. 1-3


Letters to the Editor
Mr.Francis Galton's Proposed "Family Registers", p. 3
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
Robert Perceval Graves

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Notes and News, pp. 27-28

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Comment and Criticism, pp. 29-30


Letters to the Editor
Sense of Direction, p. 31
Milton L. Comstock
Barn-Owls in Southern Ohio, p. 31
A. W. Butler
Phosphates in North Carolina, pp. 31-32
Chas W. Dabney, Jun.
Radiant Heat, p. 32
De Volson Wood
Limits of Tertiary in Alabama, p. 32
A. W.
Italics for Scientific Names, pp. 32-33
Byron D. Halsted
The Skidor in the United States, p. 33
E. R. Warren
Standard Thermometers, p. 33
Leonard Waldo
Romalea Microptera, p. 33
W. T.
Synohronism of Geological Formations, pp. 33-34
E. Nugent


Sir Charles William Siemens, pp. 34-36
Robert H. Thurston

The Red Skies, pp. 37-40
W. Upton

Whirlwinds, Cyclones, and Tornadoes.-VII, pp. 40-44
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
Histoire des Sciences Mathématiques et Physiques
M. Maximilien Marie

Secondary Batteries, p. 51
The Chemistry of the Secondary Batteries of Planté and Faure
J. H. Gladstone; Alfred Tribe

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Comment and Criticism, pp. 57-59


Letters to the Editor
Chemical Geology, p. 59
W. O. Crosby
Osteology of the Cormorant, p. 59
J. Amory Jeffries
Electric Time-Signals, p. 59
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


The Duty on Imported Scientific Text-Books, pp. 62-63
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

Houston's Elements of Chemistry, p. 78
The Elements of Chemistry; For the Use of Schools, Academies and Colleges
Edwin J. Houston

Besant's Hydromechanics, p. 78
A Treatise on Hydromechanics. Part I., Hydrostatics
W. H. Besant

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Notes and News, pp. 82-84

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Comment and Criticism, pp. 85-86


Letters to the Editor
Naval Officers and the Coast-Survey, pp. 86-87
Edward P. Lull
Italics for Scientific Names, pp. 87-88
J. A. Allen
Eating Horns, p. 88
S. Garman
Radiant Heat, p. 88
Geo. Fras. Fitzgerald; H. T. Eddy


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
Twelfth Annual Report of the U. S. Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories: A Report of Progress of the Exploration in Wyoming and Idaho for the Year 1878

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Notes and News, pp. 110-112

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Comment and Criticism, pp. 113-114


Letters to the Editor
Earthquake Waves at San Francisco, p. 114
C. O. Boutelle
Influence of Winds on Tree-Growth, p. 114
H. Rivett-Carnac
Some Curious Natural Snowballs, pp. 114-115
Sam Huston; Albert A. Wright
Halos round the Moon, p. 115
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

The Russian Meteorological Service, pp. 117-121
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

Bacteria, and the Germ-Theory of Disease, pp. 133-135
On the Relations of Micro-Organisms to Disease. The Cartwright Lectures, 1883
William T. Belfield
Bacteria, and the Germ-Theory of Disease
H. Gradle

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Notes and News, pp. 138-140

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Comment and Criticism, pp. 141-142


Letters to the Editor
Tropical Cyclones, pp. 142-143
A. Woeikof; W. M. Davis
Osteology of the Cormorant, p. 143
R. W. Shufeldt
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

Report on Sorghum-Sugar, pp. 161-162
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
Committee of the National Academy of Sciences

Hann's Climatology, pp. 162-164
Handbuch der Klimatologie
Julius Hann

Recent Proceedings of Scientific Societies, pp. 164-166
Intelligence from American Scientific Stations, pp. 166-168
Notes and News, p. 168

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Comment and Criticism, pp. 169-170


Letters to the Editor
Deafness in White Cats, p. 171
Alexander Graham Bell
Radiant Heat, pp. 171-172
H. T. Eddy
The Greely Relief Expedition, p. 172
Tilitoianiac
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
Geographisches Jahrbuch. Vol. IX., 1882

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
Mathematical and Physical Papers
George Gabriel Stokes

Intelligence from American Scientific Stations, pp. 205-207
Recent Proceedings of Scientific Societies, pp. 207-209
Notes and News, pp. 209-212

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Comment and Criticism, pp. 213-215


Letters to the Editor
Macrospores in the Rocks about Chicago, pp. 215-216
B. W. Thomas
Rare Vermont Birds, p. 216
Francis H. Herrick
The Red Skies in the Pacific, pp. 216-217
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
Matthew Cooke
Twelfth Report of the State Entomologist on the Noxious and Beneficial Insects of the State of Illinois
S. A. Forbes
First Annual Report on the Injurious and other Insects of the State of New York
J. A. Lintner

Intelligence from American Scientific Stations, pp. 234-235
Recent Proceedings of Scientific Societies, pp. 235-238
Notes and News, pp. 238-240

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Comment and Criticism, pp. 241-242


Letters to the Editor
A Clock for Sending Out Electric Signals Once an Hour or Oftener, p. 243
H. W. Pennock
Deafness in White Cats, and Statistics of Deafness and Epilepsy in America, pp. 243-244
Benj Miller
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
Progress of Electrical Science during 1883, pp. 258-261
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

Bassler's Weather, pp. 262-263
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
Catalogue of the Art Department of the New-England Manufacturers' and Mechanics' Institute

Yarrow's Check-List of American Reptiles, p. 264
Check-List of North-American Reptilia and Batrachia; With Catalogue of Specimens in U. S. National Museum
H. C. Yarrow

Intelligence from American Scientific Stations, pp. 265-266
Recent Proceedings of Scientific Societies, pp. 266-268
Notes and News, p. 268

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Comment and Criticism, pp. 271-273


Letters to the Editor
Arrow-Points at Evanston, Ill, pp. 273-274
W. A. Phillips
Illusive Memory, p. 274
Henry F. Osborn
Ripple-Marks in Limestone, p. 274
L. C. Wooster
A Novel Magnetic Engine, pp. 274-275
Chas. K. McGee
Congenital Deafness in Animals, p. 275
Swan M. Burnett
A Singular Optical Phenomenon, p. 275
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
Artificial Production of Rain, p. 276
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
Where Did Life Begin? A Brief Inquiry as to the Probable Place of Beginning and the Natural Courses of Migration Therefrom of the Flora and Fauna of the Earth
G. Hilton Scribner

Intelligence from American Scientific Stations, pp. 293-294
Recent Proceedings of Scientific Societies, pp. 294-296
Notes and News, pp. 296-298

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Comment and Criticism, pp. 299-302


Letters to the Editor
Red Sunsets and Precipitation, p. 302
W. H. Howard
Does Unio Spin a Byssus?, p. 302
E. P. Larkin
Retrograde Metamorphosis of a Strawberry-Flower, p. 302
Byron D. Halsted
The Reproduction of Clathrulina elegans, p. 303
Alfred C. Stokes
Formation of Anchor-Ice, p. 303
J. G. J.
Manayunkia Speciosa, pp. 303-304
Sara Gwendolen Foulke
Appearance of the Cyclore Cloud at Rochester, Minn., 1883, p. 304
W. H. Holmes
Stones Placed in Pine-Trees by Birds, p. 305
C. R. Orcutt
How a Spider Sometimes Lifts Heavy Objects to Its Nest, p. 305
E. P. Larkin
The Use of the Method of Limits in Mathematical Teaching, p. 305
Truman Henry Safford


The International Bureau of Weights and Measures, pp. 305-306
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
Charles A. Ashburner

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
Josiah Royce

Lakes of the Great Basin, pp. 322-323
Israel C. Russell

The Definition of Mean Solar Time, pp. 323-324
Morphology of the Pelvis and Leg, pp. 324-325
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
Tertiary History of the Grand Cañon District
Clarence E. Dutton

The Bacillus of Beriberi, pp. 331-332
Etiologia e Genesis do Beriberi
J. B. de Lacerda

Biological Theories of an Artist, p. 332
Morphology. Estimates of Intelligence. Vital Chemistry
Frank I. Scott

The Illinois Geological Report, pp. 332-333
Geological Survey of Illinois
A. H. Worthen

Intelligence from American Scientific Stations, pp. 333-334
Recent Proceedings of Scientific Societies, pp. 334-337
Notes and News, pp. 337-342

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Comment and Criticism, pp. 343-345


Letters to the Editor
"Illusive Memory", p. 345
W. B. T.
"The Oldest Living Type of Vertebrata," Chlamydoselachus, pp. 345-346
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
The Theory of Morals
Paul Janet; Mary Chapman
Review author[s]: Francis G. Peabody

Bacteria, pp. 362-364
Bacteria
Antoine Magnin; George M. Sternberg

Scientific Linguistics, pp. 364-365
Internationale Zeitschrift für Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft
Herausgegeben von F. Techmer

Intelligence from American Scientific Stations, pp. 365-366
Recent Proceedings of Scientific Societies, pp. 366-368
Notes and News, pp. 368-370

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Comment and Criticism, pp. 371-373


Letters to the Editor
Law Connecting Physical Constants, p. 373
Harold Whiting
Relics in Ventura County, Cal, pp. 373-374
The Spirifers of the Upper Devonian, pp. 374-375
Henry S. Williams
The Use of the Method of Limits in Mathematical Teaching, p. 375
De Volson Wood
Ropes of Ice, p. 375
E. O.
Illusive Memory, p. 375
Henry F. Osborn
Ripple-Marks, pp. 375-376
G. K. Gilbert
The "Batrachichthys", pp. 376-377
John C. Branner


The Greely Search, pp. 377-380
The Great Vienna Telescope, pp. 380-384
The American Awards of the Geological Society of London, pp. 384-385
The Difficulty of Preventing the Ohio Floods, pp. 385-386
An Explanation of Hall's Phenomenon, pp. 386-387
Edwin H. Hall

The Crevaux Expedition, pp. 387-388
A New Theory of Heredity, pp. 388-390
The Law of Heredity: A Study of the Cause of Variation, and the Origin of Living Organisms
W. K. Brooks

Watts's Manual of Chemistry, pp. 390-391
A Manual of Chemistry, Physical and Inorganic
Henry Watts

Intelligence from American Scientific Stations, pp. 391-394
Recent Proceedings of Scientific Societies, pp. 394-396
Notes and News, pp. 396-398

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Comment and Criticism, pp. 399-400


Letters to the Editor
The Great Comet of September, 1882, p. 401
H. A. Howe
Atmospheric Wave from Krakatoa, p. 401
W.
Electric Time-Signals, p. 401
H. S. Carhart
Is Material Contact Possible?, p. 401
W. B. T.
High Tides in Geological History, p. 402
J. S. Newberry
The Flora of Labrador, p. 402
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
Geological Survey of Alabama. Report for the Years 1881 and 1882, Embracing an Account of the Agricultural Features of the State
Eugene Allen Smith

Late Electrical Books, pp. 419-421
Absolute Measurements in Electricity and Magnetism
Andrew Gray
Notes on Electricity and Magnetism
J. B. Murdock

Intelligence from American Scientific Stations, pp. 421-422
Recent Proceedings of Scientific Societies, pp. 423-424
Notes and News, pp. 424-426

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Letters to the Editor
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Theo Gill
The "Unit of Time" Controversy, p. 430
H. M. Paul
The Use of the Method of Limits in Mathematical Teaching, pp. 430-431
J. M. Rice; W. W. Johnson
Silk-Culture in the Colonies, p. 431
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
A Spider's Device in Lifting, pp. 432-433
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

The Codex Cortesianus, pp. 458-460
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Review author[s]: Cyrus Thomas

Kellerman's Botany, p. 460
The Elements of Botany, Embracing Organography, Histology, Vegetable Physiology, Systematic Botany, and Economic Botany. Arranged for School Use or for Independent Study
W. A. Kellerman

The Society of Microscopists, pp. 460-461
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Darwinism, pp. 461-462
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Nathan Sheppard
Charles Darwin und Siene Lehre. Aphorismen Gesammelt aus Darwin's Eigenen Werke und Den Werken Seiner Vorgänger Zeitgenossen

Houzeau and Lancaster's Meteoreology, p. 462
Traité Élémentaire de Météorologie
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Intelligence from American Scientific Stations, p. 463
Recent Proceedings of Scientific Societies, pp. 463-464
Notes and News, pp. 464-470

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Letters to the Editor
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Wm. Woolsey Johnson
Paleozoic High Tides, pp. 473-474
W. M. Davis
Transmission of Long or Inaudible Sound-Waves, p. 474
Tornado in Western North Carolina, p. 474
J. W. Gore
Osteology of the Cormorant, pp. 474-475
J. Amory Jeffries; R. W. Shufeldt
A Singular Optical Phenomenon, p. 475
James Edward Oliver; F. J. S.


Andrew Atkinson Humphreys, pp. 476-477
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
Fourth Annual Report of the New Jersey State Agricultural Experiment-Station for the Year 1883

Intelligence from American Scientific Stations, pp. 493-494
Recent Proceedings of Scientific Societies, pp. 494-495
Notes and News, pp. 495-498

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Letters to the Editor
"A Singular Optical Phenomenon", pp. 501-502
C. S. Hastings
Rhythmic Variation, p. 503
E. Lewis Sturtevant
Rare Vermont Birds, p. 503
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

The Explosions on the Underground Railways of London, pp. 516-517
Unification of Time, pp. 517-518
The Organisms of the Air, pp. 518-521
Les Organismes Vivants de L'atmosphere
M. P. Miguel

Minor Book Notices, pp. 521-522
Intelligence from American Scientific Stations, pp. 522-523
Recent Proceedings of Scientific Societies, pp. 523-524
Notes and News, pp. 524-528

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Letters to the Editor
Atmospheric Waves from Krakatoa, pp. 531-532
Edmund B. Weston; H. M. Paul
Osteology of the Large-Mouthed Black Bass (Micropterus Salmoides), p. 532
R. W. Shufeldt
Caulinites and Zamiostrobus, pp. 532-533
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

Another Ancient Human Skeleton from Mentone, France, pp. 541-542
New Jurassic Dinosaurs, pp. 542-544
The Astronomical Labors of Mr. Common, pp. 544-545
Insects and Fermentation, pp. 545-546
W. Trelease

The Variation of Temperature in Germany, p. 546
F. W.

Louis Pasteur, pp. 546-549
M. Pasteur. Histoire d'un savant, par un ignorant

Plante's Researches, pp. 549-550
Recherches sur l'electricite, de 1859 a 1879
Gaston Plante

The Chilian Languages, p. 550
Chilidugu sive tractatus linguae Chilensis
Bernardi Havestadt

The Iron and Steel Institute, pp. 550-551
The Journal of the Iron and Steel Institute

Intelligence from American Scientific Stations, pp. 551-552
Recent Proceedings of Scientific Societies, pp. 552-555
Notes and News, pp. 555-556

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Letters to the Editor
Inertia, pp. 559-562
S. T. Moreland; W.; C. S. Hastings; T. C. Mendenhall; A. P. Gage; E. H. Hall
Silk-Culture in the Colonies, pp. 562-563
C. V. Rigey
Thermometer Exposure, p. 563
A. Woeikof
Dalmanites in the Lower Carboniferous Rocks, p. 563
E. W. Claypole
"A Curious Optical Phenomenon", p. 563
James Edward Oliver
A Half-Starved Pig, p. 564
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

A New Astronomical Journal, pp. 581-582
Bulletin Astronomique, publie sous les Auspices de l'Observatoire de Paris
M. F. Tisserand

Intelligence from American Scientific Stations, p. 582
Recent Proceedings of Scientific Societies, p. 583
Notes and News, p. 584

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Comment and Criticism, pp. 585-586


Letters to the Editor
Radiant Heat, p. 586
Geo. Fras. Fitzgerald
Another Yellow Day, p. 586
Winthrop E. Stone
Cretaceous Phosphates in Alabama, pp. 586-587
Eugene A. Smith
A Blind Fish from the Missouri River, p. 587
S. H. Trowbridge
The Use of the Method of Rates in Mathematical Teaching, pp. 587-588
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
Hilfsbuch Zur Ausfuhrung Mikroskopischer Untersuchungen im Botanischen Laboratorium
Wilhelm Behrens

Intelligence from American Scientific Stations, pp. 603-605
Recent Proceedings of Scientific Societies, pp. 605-607
Notes and News, pp. 607-612

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Comment and Criticism, pp. 613-614


Letters to the Editor
The Faults of South-Western Virginia, pp. 614-615
G. H. Squier
Assumptions of Museum-Keepers, p. 615
Hibernating Mammals, p. 616
C. Hart Merriam
Experiments with Reflections, pp. 616-617
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

Intelligence from American Scientific Stations, p. 636
Recent Proceedings of Scientific Societies, pp. 636-637
Notes and News, pp. 637-642

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Comment and Criticism, pp. 643-644


Letters to the Editor
The Cranial Ribs of Micropterus, p. 644
J. Playfair McMurrich
A Singular Optical Phenomenon, p. 644
Joseph LeConte
Popular Names of California Flowers, pp. 644-645
C. R. Orcutt
The Use of the Method of Rates in Mathematical Teaching, p. 645
Wm. Woolsey Johnson
Pleuracanthus and Didymodus, pp. 645-646
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

Report of the Observatory at Herény, Hungary, p. 664
Publikationen des Astrophysikalischen Observatoriums zu Herény in Ungarn
Eugen von Gothard

Intelligence from American Scientific Stations, pp. 665-666
Recent Proceedings of Scientific Societies, pp. 666-667
Notes and News, pp. 667-670

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Comment and Criticism, pp. 671-672


Letters to the Editor
A Colt and Its Mother's Blanket, p. 672
F. L. Harvey
The Invention of the Vertical Camera in Photography, pp. 672-673
G. Brown Goode
A Tailed Child, p. 673
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

The Government Agricultural Report, pp. 689-690
Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture for the Year 1883

The Panther-Creek Coal-Basin, pp. 690-691
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

Minor Book Notices, pp. 691-692
Intelligence from American Scientific Stations, pp. 692-693
Recent Proceedings of Scientific Societies, pp. 693-696
Notes and News, pp. 696-698

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Comment and Criticism, pp. 699-700


Letters to the Editor
Professor Tait on the Reality of Force, pp. 700-701
Henry Farquhar
North-Eastern and North-Western Indian Implements, p. 701
Charles C. Abbott
Atmospheric Waves from Krakatoa, pp. 701-702
John LeConte
A Near View of Erakatoa in Eruption, pp. 702-703
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
Electricity, Magnetism, and Electric Telegraphy: A Practical Guide and Handbook of General Information for Electrical Students, Operators, and Inspectors
Thomas D. Lockwood

A New Classification of the Mollusca, pp. 730-732
Encyclopaedia Britannic 9th ed., vol. XVI., pp. 632-697. Article, Mollusca
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
The Güegüence: A Comedy Ballet in the Nahuatl-Spanish Dialect of Nicaragua
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

Intelligence from American Scientific Stations, pp. 735-736
Recent Proceedings of Scientific Societies, pp. 736-739
Notes and News, pp. 739-744

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Comment and Criticism, pp. 745-747


Letters to the Editor
The Deep-Sea Fish, Malacosteus, p. 747
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
American Exploration in the Ice-Zones (etc.), Prepared Chiefly from Official Sources
J. E. Nourse

Intelligence from American Scientific Stations, pp. 766-768
Jno. P. Finley

Recent Proceedings of Scientific Societies, pp. 768-769
Notes and News, pp. 769-772

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Comment and Criticism, pp. 773-775


Letters to the Editor
Gyration of a Vibrating Pendulum, pp. 775-776
J. E. Hendricks
Water-Waves from Krakatoa, p. 777
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
A Grammar of the Cakchiquel Language of Guatemala
D. G. Brinton

Intelligence from American Scientific Stations, pp. 795-796
Recent Proceedings of Scientific Societies, pp. 796-797
Notes and News, pp. 797-802
Selected Illustrations from Contemporary Foreign Journals (2 pp.)

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Comment and Criticism, pp. 1-3


Letters to the Editor
Radiant Heat, pp. 3-5
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
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Simon Flexner
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Franc E. Babbitt
What's in a Name?, pp. 33-34
W. S. Kennedy
A Muskrat with a Round Tail, p. 34
Frederick W. True
Fish-Remains in the North-American Silurian Rocks, p. 34
E. W. Claypole
Babirussa Tusks from an Indian Grave in British Columbia, p. 34
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Specialization in Scientific Study, pp. 35-36
Hibernation of the Lower Vertebrates, pp. 36-39
Charles C. Abbott

Tait's Heat, p. 39
Heat
P. G. Tait

Merriman's Method of Least Squares, pp. 39-40
A Text-Book on the Method of Least Squares
Mansfield Merriman

The Society for Psychical Research, pp. 40-43
Proceedings of the Society for Psychical Research. Vol. I. (Containing Parts I.-IV.)

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John A. Ryder
A Remarkable New Type of Mollusks, pp. 50-51
Wm. H. Dall
Time without Instruments, p. 51
A. H. Buchanan
Rotation Experiments on Germinating Plants, pp. 51-52
Chas. S. Slichter
Perforations in Wool Fibre, p. 52
Jos. M. Wade
The Evolution of Petals, p. 52
Clarence M. Weed
Metallic Circuits in Cables, pp. 52-53
D. H. K.
Too Big to Swallow, p. 53
P. J. Farnsworth
The Gyration of a Vibrating Pendulum, p. 53
W. Ferrel


Higher Education and the Masses, p. 53
The American Initiative in Methods of Deep-Sea Dredging, pp. 54-57
Richard Rathbun

Special Manures for Particular Crops, pp. 57-59
H. P. Armsby

Koch's Work upon Tuberculosis, and the Present Condition of the Question, pp. 59-61
Koch

The Greenwich Observatory, pp. 61-62
The United-States Geological Survey, pp. 62-71
Annual Reports of the United-States Geological Survey to the Secretary of the Interior, II., III.
J. W. Powell

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Eugene A. Smith
Swarming Insects, p. 79
Edward Abbott


The Organization of an International Scientific Association, pp. 80-81
Charles S. Minot

The Implements of the Igloo, pp. 81-85
Frederick Schwatka; Lieut. U. S. Army

Coues's Key to North-American Birds, pp. 86-87
Key to North-American Birds. Containing a Concise Account of Every Species of Living and Fossil Bird at Present Known, from the Continent North of the Mexican and United-States Boundary, Inclusive of Greenland
Elliott Coues

Wiedemann's Electricity, pp. 87-88
Die lehre von der Elektricität
Gustav Wiedemann
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The Long-Continued "Bad Seeing", pp. 94-95
William C. Winlock


An Ideal University from an English Point of View, pp. 95-97
Thunder-Storms, pp. 97-99
John Trowbridge

The Formation of Cañons and Precipices, pp. 99-101
James Macfarlane

The Equatorial Coudé, pp. 101-102
H. M. Paul

The Echinoderms Dredged by the Talisman, pp. 102-105
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M. E. Wadsworth
Swarming Insects, pp. 111-112
Edward T. Nelson
Man and the Mastodon, p. 112
F. W. Putnam


The Madison Educational Convention, pp. 112-114
A Burrowing Spider, pp. 114-116
Alfred C. Stokes

The Exploring Voyage of the Challenger, pp. 116-118
G. Brown Goode

The Census Report of 1880, pp. 119-120
Geology of the Susquehanna River Region, pp. 120-121
Second Geological Survey of Pennsylvania: Report of Progress G 7 . The Geology of the Susquehanna River Region in the Six Counties of Wyoming, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Columbia, Montour, and Northumberland
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Letter to the Editor
Tornado Predictions, pp. 126-127
G.


The National Conference of Electricians, p. 127
The Harvard Physiological Laboratory, pp. 128-135
Krakatoa, pp. 135-136
H. M. Paul

Overwork in German Schools, pp. 136-137
A Proposed New Departure in Hygrometry, pp. 137-138
H. M. Paul

Indian Languages of South America, p. 138
The New Bogosloff Volcano, pp. 138-139
Notes and News, pp. 139-140
Selected Illustrations from Contemporary Foreign Journals (2 pp.)

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E. Ray Lankester; W. H. Dall
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Leonard Waldo


Epidemic Cholera and Infectious Diseases, pp. 144-145
American Appliances for Deep-Sea Investigation.--The Dredges, pp. 146-151
Richard Rathbun

The Origin of the Ohio Mounds, pp. 151-152
The Mounds of the Mississippi Valley Historically Considered
Lucien Carr

Sidgwick on Fallacies, pp. 152-154
Fallacies: A View of Logic from the Practical Side
Alfred Sidgwick

Recent Proceedings of Scientific Societies, pp. 154-155
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Chas. S. Plumb
The Meng-Leng, p. 159
Adele M. Fielde
Indian Languages in South America, p. 159
D. G. Brinton
Fish-Remains in the North-American Silurian Rocks, pp. 159-160
W. S. Symonds
Depth of the Glacial Submergence on the Upper Mississippi, p. 160
G. H. Squier


The Visit of the British Association, pp. 160-161
Lord Rayleigh, pp. 161-163
Atmospheric Electricity, pp. 164-165
John Trowbridge

Irrigation in the Upper Missouri and Yellow Stone Valleys, pp. 166-168
Lester F. Ward

Lawsuits against Grubs and Grasshoppers, pp. 168-171
H. A. Hagen

The Lower Forms of Life Dredged by the Talisman, pp. 171-172
Korean Curios, pp. 172-173
George F. Kunz

The History of American Institutions, pp. 173-176
Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science
Herbert B. Adams

The Exploring Voyage of the Challenger, pp. 176-179
G. Brown Goode


British Association for the Advancement of Science
Recent Progress in Physics, pp. 179-184
Lord Rayleigh


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J. Peter Lesley, pp. 190-192


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Pending Problems of Astronomy, pp. 192-203


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Some Distinctive Features of the British Association, pp. 203-204
Steps towards Kinetic Theory of Matter, pp. 204-206
Progress of Chemistry since 1848, pp. 206-208
The Correlation of Geological Formations, pp. 208-209
The Physiology of Deep-Sea Life, pp. 209-211
Recent Geographical Discovery, pp. 211-214
The General Statistics of the British Empire, pp. 214-215
On the Relation of Mechanical Science to other Sciences, pp. 215-216
Some American Aspects of Anthropology, pp. 217-219


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P. Herbert Carpenter
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P. Herbert Carpenter
Points on Lightning-Rods, p. 223
A. B. Porter
Photographs of the Interior of a Coal-Mine, pp. 223-224
F. W. True


Electrical Testing Establishments, pp. 224-225
American Appliances for Deep-Sea Investigation.--Trawls and Tangles, pp. 225-229


American Association for the Advancement of Science
The Philadelphia Meeting, pp. 229-230
College Mathematics, pp. 230-232
What Is Electricity?, pp. 232-234
Chemical Affinity, pp. 234-236
The Mission of Science, pp. 236-238
The Crystalline Rocks of the North-West, pp. 238-240
Catagenesis; Or, Creation by Retrograde Metamorphosis of Energy, pp. 240-243
Microscopic Science, p. 244
Man in the Tertiaries, pp. 244-246
Scientific Methol and Scientific Knowledge in Common Affairs, pp. 246-248


British Association for the Advancement of Science
Proceedings of the Mathematical and Physical Science Section, pp. 248-254
Proceedings of the Section of Chemical Science, pp. 254-257
Proceedings of the Section of Geology, pp. 257-260
Proceedings of the Section of Biology, pp. 260-262


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Alexander Agassiz
Fish Remains in North-American Silurian Rocks, p. 270
E. W. Claypole
Korean Curios, pp. 270-271
Edward S. Morse


A Comparative Study of the Associations, pp. 271-272
The Carson-City Ichnolites, pp. 273-276
W. P. Blake

The Virulence of Cultivated Anthrax Virus, pp. 276-277
Experimental Studies on the Artificial Attenuation of the Infectious Properties of the Bacillus of Anthrax by means of Cultivation
R. Koch; Dr. Gaffky; Dr. Loeffler
Mittheilungen aus dem Kaiscrlichen Qesundheits-Amte. Zweiter band. Berlin, 1884

Eissler's Modern High Explosives, p. 278
The Modern High Explosives, Nitroglycerine and Dynamite: Their Manufacture, Their Use, and Their Application to Mining and Military Engineering
Manuel Eissler

The Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station, p. 279
Second Annual Report of the Ohio Agricultural Experiment-Station, for 1883


British Association for the Advancement of Science
Proceedings of the Section of Geography, pp. 279-283
Proceedings of the Section of Economic Science and Statistics, pp. 283-287
Proceedings of the Section of Mechanical Science, pp. 287-291


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Proceedings of the Section of Mathematics and Astronomy, pp. 291-296
Proceedings of the Section of Physics, pp. 296-298


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E. T. Nelson
The Steep Slopes of the Western Loess, p. 302
E. W. Hilgard
An Open Polar Sea, pp. 302-303
P. H. Ray
Discrediting American Science, pp. 303-305
D. E. Salmon


The Work of Octave Hallauer, pp. 306-308
Robert H. Thurston

The Synoptical Flora of North America, pp. 308-310
The Languages of Africa, pp. 310-311
A Sketch of the Modern Languages of Africa; Accompanied by a Language-Map
Robert Needham Cust
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Minor Book Notices, pp. 311-312
Association of Official Agricultural Chemists of the United States, p. 312
The American Historical Association, pp. 312-313
Notes on the Electrical Conference, pp. 313-316


British Association for the Advancement of Science
Proceedings of the Section of Anthropology, pp. 316-320


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Proceedings of the Section of Chemistry, pp. 320-322
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Theo. Gill
A Fasting Pig, p. 335


A Wider Use for the Libraries of Scientific Societies, pp. 335-336
The Color-Sense in Fishes, pp. 336-339
Charles C. Abbott


American Association for the Advancement of Science
Proceedings of the Section of Biology, pp. 339-342
Proceedings of the Section of Histology and Microscopy, pp. 342-343
Proceedings of the Section of Anthropology, pp. 343-346
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E. H. Hall
Iroquois Pronouns, p. 351
Erminnie A. Smith
Classification of Mollusca, p. 351
W. H. Dall
The Primitive Conocoryphean, p. 351
Alpheus Hyatt
Book-Postage in the United States, pp. 351-352
A. Melville Bell
Systematic Earthquake Observation, p. 352
Edward C. Pickering
Abnormal Form of Trillium grandiflorum, p. 352
Henry Baldwin


George Bentham, pp. 352-353
A. G.

Education at the International Health Exhibition, London, pp. 353-356
William Lant Carpenter

Railway-Signals at the Electrical Exhibition, pp. 356-357
The Committee Reports of the American Association, pp. 357-358
The Botanical Club of the American Association, pp. 358-359
Psychical Research in America, p. 359
The Hotel Des Neuchatelois, and What Became of It, p. 360
The Inhabitants of the Punjab, pp. 360-362
Outlines of Punjáab Ethnography: Being Extracts from the Punjáb Census of 1881, Treating of Religion, Language, and Caste
Denzil Charles Jelf Ibbetson

Geological and Natural-History Survey of Canada, pp. 362-363
Reports of Progress for 1880-82
Alfred R. C. Selwyn

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Joseph T. Meehan
The Delaware Estuary, p. 368
J. A. Sullivan
American Pearls, p. 368
George F. Kunz
A Wider Use for Scientific Libraries, p. 368
W. Z. Bennett
Systematic Earthquake Observation, p. 368
C. G. Rockwood, jun.
The Prime Meridian, pp. 368-369
Horace Andrews


Psychical Research in America, pp. 369-370
The International Polar Stations, pp. 370-372
Psychic Force, pp. 372-374
S. Newcomb

Radiant Matter in an Edison Lamp, p. 374
H. M. Paul

The American Ornithologists' Union, pp. 374-376
The Meridian Conference, pp. 376-378
Semitic Notes, p. 378
D. G. Lyon

Turner's Samoa, pp. 378-380
Somoa a Hundred Years Ago, and long before, Together with Notes on the Cults and Customs of Twenty-Three Other Islands in the Pacific
George Turner

The Home Rambles of an American Naturalist, p. 380
A Naturalist's Rambles about Home
C. C. Abbott

The Life of Ellen Watson, pp. 380-381
A Record of Ellen Watson
Anna Buckland

Notes and News, pp. 381-382
Supplement: The Discussion on Storage-Batteries before the Electrical Conference in Philadelphia, pp. 383-394

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American Geological Railway-Guide, p. 396
James Macfarlane
A Wider Use of Scientific Libraries, p. 396
Edward Burgess
Eye-Pieces of the Meridian Circle at Washburn Observatory, p. 396
Edward S. Holden


The October Meeting of the National Academy of Sciences, pp. 396-397
Death an Individuality, pp. 398-400
C. S. Minot

American Appliances for Deep-Sea Investigation, pp. 400-404
Richard Rathbun

Kafiristan, pp. 404-405
The Changes Which Fermentation Produces in Milk, pp. 405-406
The Meridian Conference, p. 406
Cotterill's Applied Mechanics, pp. 406-407
Applied Mechanics: An Elementary General Introduction to the Theory of Structures and Machines
James H. Cotterill

Scientific Butter-Making, pp. 407-408
A Manual for Scientific Butter-Making
W. H. Lynch

Man's Future, p. 408
The Destiny of Man, Viewed in the Light of His Origin
John Fiske

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Iroquois Grammar, pp. 412-413
Points on Lightning-Rods, p. 413
John LeConte
A Wider Use for Scientific Libraries, p. 413
B. Pickman Mann
A Possible Danger to Mariners, p. 413
L. S. F.


The Work of the Meridian Conference, pp. 414-415
North-Atlantic Currents, pp. 415-418
A. B. Johnson

Drumlins, pp. 418-420
W. M. Davis

How Far a Light May Be Seen under water, p. 421
The Meridian Conference, p. 421
The Resources of the United States, pp. 421-423
The Aborigines of Chile, p. 423
Los Aboríjenes De Chile
Jose Toribio Medina

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The Recognition, by Marine Animals, of the Hour of the Day, p. 429
W. K. Brooks
The Star-Nosed Mole Amphibious, p. 429
C. Hart Merriam


Sir William Thomson, pp. 430-432
The New Volcano of the Bering Sea, pp. 432-434
Canal Routes between the Atlantic and the Pacific, pp. 434-436
Gardiner G. Hubbard

Certain Principles of Primitive Law, pp. 436-437
J. W. Powell

Sir William Thomson's Baltimore Lectures, pp. 437-438
William Thomson

North-African Archeology, p. 438
The Limitations of Submarine Telegraphy, pp. 438-440
The American Public Health Association, pp. 440-442
Euclid as a Text-Book of Geometry, p. 442
A. Ziwet

Shaft-Sinking by Freezing, p. 443
Chas. E. Greene

American Oriental Society, pp. 443-444
Tait's Light, p. 444
Light
P. G. Tait

The Mammals of the Adirondacks, pp. 445-446
The Mammals of the Adirondack Region, North-Eastern New York
Clinton Hart Merriam

The Mosses of North America, pp. 446-447
Manual of the Mosses of North America
Leo Lesquereux; Thomas P. James
Review author[s]: S. W.

Geology of South-Eastern Pennsylvania, pp. 447-448
Thèses Présentées à la Faculté des Sciences de Lille Université de France Pour Obtenir le grade de docteur ès-sciences naturelles
Par Persifor Frazer

Notes and News, pp. 448-450

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Change in the Color of the Eye, p. 452
Theodore F. McCurdy
The Eggs of Ornithorhynchus, pp. 452-453
Theo Gill
Sun-Spots, p. 453
David P. Todd
The Numerical Measure of the Success of Predictions, pp. 453-454
C. S. Peirce
Measurement of the Speed of Photographic Drop-Shutters, p. 454
W. H. Pickering


The Importance of Chemistry in Biology and Medicine, pp. 454-456
The Navigation of the Nile, pp. 456-457
Chas P. Stone

A Mussulman Propaganda, pp. 457-459
W. H. Dall

The Ruby-Hill Mines, Eureka, Nev, pp. 459-460
Two Large Sun-Spots, pp. 460-461
New Volume of the Tenth Census, pp. 461-463
Minor Book Notices, pp. 463-464
Notes and News, pp. 464-466

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Letters to the Editor
The Stone Age in Prehistoric Archeology, p. 469
Henry W. Haynes
Forgotten Conclusions of Science, p. 469
P. J. Farnsworth
The Lamprey as a Builder, pp. 469-470
John M. Batchelder
A Viviparous Pumpkin, p. 470
E. T. Nelson
American Pearls, p. 470
R. N. Roark


Ferdinand Von Hochstetter, pp. 470-471
Marriage Law in Savagery, pp. 471-473
J. W. Powell

A Scientific Study of Lawn-Tennis, pp. 473-474
C. L. Dana

Late News from the North-West, pp. 474-475
The Flora of the High Alps, pp. 475-476
The Danish International Polar Station, p. 476
Edison's Three-Wire System of Distribution, pp. 477-478
H. M. Paul

Zoölogical Researches of the Scottish Fishery Board, p. 478
Pseudo-Science, pp. 478-479
The True Theory of the Sun
Thomas Bassnett

The Value of Sorghum, pp. 479-480
Sorghum: Its Culture and Manufacture Economically Considered as a Source of Sugar, Syrup, and Fodder
Peter Collier

Notes and News, pp. 480-482

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Letters to the Editor
The Oldest Living Type of Vertebrates, p. 484
S. Garman
Water of Crystallization, pp. 484-485
Wm. L. Dudley
An Open Polar Sea, pp. 485-486
A. Woeikof
Rhyssa not Lignivorous, p. 486
C. V. Riley
Sky-Glows, p. 486
N. T. Lupton
Iroquois Grammar, p. 486
Erminnie A. Smith


The Agassiz Association, pp. 487-488
The 'Pororoca,' or Bore, of the Amazon, pp. 488-492
John C. Branner

History of Almanacs, pp. 492-496
Exploration of Putnam River, Alaska, p. 496
The Bird-Collection of the U.S. National Museum, pp. 496-497
Robert Ridgway

Over-Pressure in Schools, pp. 497-498
New-England Orchids, pp. 498-499
The Orchids of New England: A Popular Monograph
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
A Short Text-Book of Inorganic Chemistry
Hermann Kolbe

Notes and News, pp. 502-506

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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
Notes and News, pp. 520-522

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Letters to the Editor
The Oldest Living Type of Vertebrates, p. 524
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

Notes and News, pp. 559-562

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A Christmas Greeting, p. 563
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
Errata: Proceedings of the Section of Economic Science and Statistics, p. 604
Errata: Comment and Criticism, p. 604
Errata: Notes and News, p. 604
Errata: Supplement: The Discussion on Storage-Batteries before the Electrical Conference in Philadelphia, p. 604
Errata: Comment and Criticism, p. 604
Errata: Comment and Criticism, p. 604
Errata: Water of Crystallization, p. 604
Errata: Over-Pressure in Schools, p. 604

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