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- G. K. Gilbert
Some Fundamentals of Nomenclature, pp. 13-16
- Edw. L. Greene
Impressions of the Naples Zoölogical Station, pp. 16-18
- T. H. Morgan
Annual Meeting of the American Mathematical Society, pp. 18-19
- Thomas S. Fiske
Current Notes on Anthropology, pp. 19-20
- D. G. Brinton
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- Von H. Behrens
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- ----------------, pp. 25-26
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- The Structure and Life of Birds
- F. W. Headley
- The Beginnings of Writing
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Alaska as it was and is, 1865-1895, pp. 37-45
A Simplex Spectroscope, pp. 45-46
The Geological Society of America, pp. 46-57
- J. F. Kemp
American Morphological Society, pp. 57-61
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- W. M. Davis
Current Notes on Anthropology, pp. 62-63
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- L. H. Bailey
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- Molecules and the Molecular Theory of Matter
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The Association of American Anatomists
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- D. S. Lamb
- Our Contribution to Civilization and to Science--Presidential Address by Dr. Thomas Dwight, Harvard Medical School, pp. 75-77
- Report of the Committee on the Collection and Preservation of Anatomical Material, pp. 77-84
- J. Ewing Mears; J. D. Bryant; Thomas Dwight
- Anatomical Law of the State of Pennsylvania, Enacted June 13, 1883, pp. 84-86
Seventh Annual Meeting of the American Folk-Lore Society, pp. 86-87
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- Wm. H. Dall
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- A Laboratory Course in Experimental Physics
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- An Introduction to the Study of Zoölogy
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The American Physiological Society, pp. 109-119
- Frederic S. Lee
The Philadelphia Meeting of the American Psychological Association, pp. 119-124
- Edmund C. Sanford
Tenth Annual Meeting of the Iowa Academy of Sciences, pp. 124-126
- Herbert Osborn
California Science Association, pp. 126-127
- M. W. Haskell
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- W. M. Davis; F. P. G.
Current Notes on Anthropology, pp. 128-129
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- `Professors' Garner and Gates, p. 134
- J. McK. C.
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The Smithsonian Institution, pp. 145-147
Memorial Tribute to Professor Thomas H. Huxley, pp. 147-154
- Henry F. Osborn
On the Classification of Museums, pp. 154-161
- G. Brown Goode
The X-Rays, pp. 161-163
- Hugo Münsterberg
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- Elementary Physical Geography
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- A Complete Geography
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- ----------------, pp. 173-174
- The Religions of India
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- The Teaching of the Vedas; What Light Does it Throw on the Origin and Development of Religion?
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Memorial Addresses Before the Scientific Societies of Washington
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- J. W. Powell
- Pasteur, pp. 185-189
- Geo. M. Sternberg
- Helmholtz, pp. 189-195
- T. C. Mendenhall
Current Notes on Physiography, pp. 195-197
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- J. W. Harshberger
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- The Dispersal of Shells
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- Laboratory Manual of Inorganic Preparations
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- A Handbook of Industrial Organic Chemistry
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A Memorial Appreciation of Charles Valentine Riley, pp. 217-225
- G. Brown Goode
Scientific Materialism, pp. 225-227
- Ira Remsen
On a New Kind of Rays, pp. 227-231
- W. C. Röntgen
Röntgen Rays, pp. 231-235
- M. I. Pupin
Experiments on the X-Rays, pp. 235-236
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Experiments on the Röntgen X-Rays, pp. 236-237
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- The Age of the Philadelphia Brick Clay, pp. 242-243
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- Ancient Mexican Feather Work at the Columbian Historical Exposition at Madrid, 1892, p. 243
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- Zoölogy of the Voyage of H. M. S. Challenger: Part I., XXXIII. Report on Spirula
- T. H. Huxley; P. Pelseneer
- Hunting in Many Lands--The Book of the Boone and Crocket Club
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Huxley and his Work, pp. 253-263
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Certitudes and Illusions, pp. 263-271
- J. W. Powell
Notes on the Density and Temperature of the Waters of the Gulf of Mexico and Gulf Stream, pp. 271-274
- A. Lindenkohl
An Optical Illusion, pp. 274-275
- Chr. Ladd Franklin
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Current Notes on Anthropology, pp. 277-278
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- Does the Private Collector Make the Best Museum Administrator?, p. 289
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American Society of Naturalists
- Report of the Fourteenth Annual Meeting of the American Society of Naturalists, Philadelphia, December 26-27, 1895, pp. 297-299
- H. C. Bumpus
- The Formulation of the Natural Sciences, pp. 299-305
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- Cyclones and Anti-Cyclones, p. 325
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- The Herschels and Modern Astronomy
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Remarks on the Progress of Celestial Mechanics Since the Middle of the Century, pp. 333-341
- G. W. Hill
Admission of American Students to the French Universities, pp. 341-346
- Henry W. Cattell
Current Problems in Plant Morphology, pp. 346-349
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Current Notes on Anthropology, pp. 349-350
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- Josiah Royce
- Prof. C. Lloyd Morgan on Instinct, pp. 355-356
- Wesley Mills
- The Chance of Observing the Total Solar Eclipse in Norway, pp. 356-357
- A. Lawrence Rotch
- The Röntgen Rays, p. 357
- Ralph R. Lawrence
- Röntgen Rays Present in Sunlight, pp. 357-358
- Charles S. Dolley
- Röntgen Rays from the Electric Arc, pp. 358-359
- W. S. Franklin
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- ----------------, pp. 368-369
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- Die Chemie der Zuckerarten
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A Lecture Upon Acetylene, pp. 377-392
- J. M. Crafts
Notes on the Cerrillos Coal Field, pp. 392-394
- John J. Stevenson
The Röntgen Phenomena, pp. 394-396
- Arthur W. Goodspeed
Current Notes on Physiography, pp. 396-397
- W. M. Davis
Current Notes on Anthropology, pp. 397-398
- D. G. Brinton
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- Byron D. Halsted
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- Sereno E. Bishop
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- Ralph R. Lawrence
- The Instinct of Pecking, pp. 409-410
- F. A. Lucas
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- Recherches pour servir a l'histoire des Insectes fossilesdes temps primaires, précédées d'une étude sur la nervation des ailes des Insectes
- Revision of the Shrews of the American Genera Blarina and Notiosorex
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- Synopsis of the American Shrews of the Genus Sorex
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- Indianische Sagen von der nordpacifischen Küste Amerikas
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Vivisection, pp. 421-426
Certitudes and Illusions: An Illusion Concerning Rest, pp. 426-433
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- Instinct, pp. 441-442
- Wesley Mills
- Peculiar Abrasion of Tree Trunks, pp. 442-443
- Percy M. Van Epps
- The Puma, or Mountain Lion, p. 443
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- Logic and the Retinal Image, pp. 443-444
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Proposed Legislation in Regard to the Metric System, pp. 457-463
On the Reflection of the Röntgen Rays from Platinum, pp. 463-465
- Ogden N. Rood
Further Experiments with X-Rays, pp. 465-467
- Edwin B. Frost
The Reception of Foreign Students in French Universities and Schools, pp. 467-470
- G. Brown Goode
The Essence of Number, pp. 470-471
- George Bruce Halsted
Robert Edward Earll, pp. 471-472
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- Alfred M. Mayer
- Color Vision and Light, pp. 478-480
- W. Le Conte Stevens
- The Philadelphia Brick Clays, Et Al., pp. 480-481
- Rollin D. Salisbury
- Primitive Habitations in Ohio, pp. 481-482
- Warren K. Moorehead
- Questions Regarding Habits and Instinct, p. 482
- G. Stanley Hall; R. R. Gurley
- Newly Hatched Chickens Instinctively Drink, p. 482
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- ----------------, p. 484
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- ----------------, pp. 485-486
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Expedition to Seriland, pp. 493-505
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Note on the Permanence of the Rutherfurd Photographic Measures, pp. 505-507
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Annual Reception and Exhibition of the New York Academy of Sciences, pp. 507-509
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- M.
- Principles of Marine Zoögeography, pp. 514-516
- Theo. Gill.
- Röntgen Ray Experiments, pp. 516-517
- Dayton C. Miller
- The Inverted Image on the Retina, p. 517
- C. L. F.
- Necessary and Sufficient Tests of Truth, pp. 517-518
- M. M.
- The Temperature of the Earth's Crust, pp. 518-519
- Ellen Hayes
- The Prerogatives of a State Geologist, pp. 519-525
- Erasmus Haworth
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- A Review of the Weasels of Eastern North America
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- ----------------, pp. 525-526
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The National Academy of Sciences and the Colleges of the United States, pp. 537-538
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Diffusive Reflection of Röntgen Rays, pp. 538-544
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A Method of Determining the Relative Transparency of Substances to the Röntgen Rays, p. 544
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An Apparatus for the Study of Sound Intensities, pp. 544-546
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How Nature Regulates the Rains, pp. 546-552
- R. L. Fulton
Current Notes on Anthropology, pp. 552-553
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- Instinct, p. 563
- J. C. Hartzell
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- ----------------, p. 566
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- ----------------, pp. 567-568
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Museum Methods: The Exhibition of Fossil Vertebrates, pp. 573-575
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Museum Methods: On the Arrangement of Great Paleontological Collections, pp. 576-579
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The Flow of the Connecticut River, pp. 579-582
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American Amber-Producing Tree, pp. 582-584
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Zoölogical Nomenclature-A Proposal, pp. 584-586
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Discussion and Correspondence
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- J. W. Powell
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- Instinct, pp. 597-598
- Wesley Mills
- Footgear, p. 598
- O. T. Mason
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- ----------------, pp. 600-602
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Relations of Geologic Science to Education, pp. 609-617
Some Values of Stellar Parallax by the Method of Meridian Transits, pp. 617-620
- A. S. Flint
Ozarkian Epoch--A Suggestion, pp. 620-622
- Oscar H. Hershey
Organic Markings in Lake Superior Iron Ores, pp. 622-623
- W. S. Gresley
Food of the Barn Owl (Strix Pratincola), pp. 623-624
- A. K. Fisher
Current Notes on Anthropology, pp. 624-625
Psychological Notes, pp. 625-626
- C. L. F.; J. McK. C.
Scientific Notes and News, pp. 626-631
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Discussion and Correspondence
- Certitudes and Illusions, p. 631
- M.
- Is there More than One Kind of Knowledge?, pp. 631-634
- W. K. Brooks
- The Retinal Image Once More, p. 634
- W. K. Brooks
- On the Disappearance of Sham Biology from America, p. 634
- Conway MacMillan
- The Prerogatives of a State Geologist, p. 635
- Charles R. Keyes
- Coin Distortions by Röntgen Rays, p. 635
- Florian Cajori; William Strieby
Scientific Literature
- The Eruptive Sequence, pp. 635-638
- Die Eruptivgesteine des Kristianiagebietes II. Die Eruptionsfolge der triadischen Eruptivgesteine bei Predazzo in Südtyrol
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- Electric Wiring
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Front Matter (1 p.)
Annual Meeting of the National Academy of Sciences, pp. 645-647
Geologic Atlas of the United States, pp. 647-653
International Cloud Observations, pp. 653-656
- Frank H. Bigelow
Notes on Native Sulphur in Texas, pp. 657-659
- Eugene A. Smith
Current Notes on Physiography, pp. 659-661
- W. M. Davis
Current Notes in Meteorology, pp. 661-663
- R. DeC. Ward
Current Notes on Anthropology, pp. 663-664
- D. G. Brinton
Scientific Notes and News, pp. 664-667
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Discussion and Correspondence
- The Material and the Efficient Causes of Evolution, pp. 668-669
- J. McKeen Cattell
- Instinct, p. 669
- J. Mark Baldwin
- Studies in the Moral Development of Children, pp. 669-671
- J. F. Morse
Scientific Literature
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The Dedication of the New Site of Columbia University, pp. 681-685
Psychological Notes Upon Sleight-Of-Hand Experts, pp. 685-689
- Joseph Jastrow
The Influence of Carbon Dioxide on the Protoplasm of Living Plant Cells, pp. 689-691
- D. T. MacDougal
Notes on Certain Undescribed Clay Occurrences in Missouri, pp. 691-693
- Geo. E. Ladd
Note on a Breathing Gas Well, pp. 693-694
- Harold W. Fairbanks
Source of X-Rays, pp. 694-696
- A. A. Michelson; S. W. Stratton
Current Studies in Experimental Geology, pp. 696-698
- T. A. Jaggar
Notes Upon Agriculture and Horticulture, pp. 698-699
- Byron D. Halsted
Current Notes on Anthropology, pp. 699-700
- D. G. Brinton
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Discussion and Correspondence
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- Alfred M. Mayer
- Pseudo-Science in Meteorology, pp. 706-708
- B. E. Fernow
- Zoölogy and Biology, p. 708
- W. K. Brooks
- The Use of the Tow-Net for Collecting Pelagic Organisms, pp. 708-709
- Wm. E. Ritter
Scientific Literature
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- ----------------, pp. 711-712
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Some Problems About to Confront Astronomers of the Twentieth Century, pp. 717-726
- J. K. Rees
A New Form of Radiation, pp. 726-729
- W. K. Röntgen
Behavior of Sugar Towards Röntgen Rays, pp. 729-730
- Ferdinand G. Wiechmann
The X-Rays in Medicine and Surgery, pp. 730-731
- Chas L. Norton
Current Notes on Physiography, pp. 731-733
Current Notes on Anthropology, pp. 733-734
- D. G. Brinton
Scientific Notes and News, pp. 734-738
University and Educational News, pp. 738-739
Discussion and Correspondence
- Principles of Marine Zoögeography, pp. 739-741
- Arnold E. Ortmann
- `The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought.', pp. 741-742
- Franz Boas
- The Discussion of Instinct, pp. 742-743
- C. Lloyd Morgan
- The Subject of Consciousness, p. 743
- Johannes Rehmke
- The Prerogatives of a State Geologist, p. 743
- Erasmus Haworth
- A Correction, p. 743
- T. A. Jaggar
- The Absolute and the Relative, pp. 743-745
- J. W. Powell
Scientific Literature
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- Life, Letters and Works of Louis Agassiz
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- ----------------, pp. 747-748
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Front Matter (1 p.)
A Successful Trial of the Aerodrome, pp. 753-754
- S. P. Langley; Alexander Graham Bell
The Development of Exogenous Structure in the Paleozoic Lycopods--A Summary of the Researches of Williamson and Renault, pp. 754-759
- David White
The Embankments of the River Po, pp. 759-761
- Frank D. Adams
Measuring Hallucinations, pp. 762-763
- E. W. Scripture
Life Habits of Phrynosoma, pp. 763-765
Lord Kelvin on the Metric System, pp. 765-766
Notes on Agriculture and Horticulture, p. 767
- Byron D. Halsted
Current Notes on Anthropology, pp. 767-768
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- R. DeC. Ward
Scientific Notes and News, pp. 770-776
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Discussion and Correspondence
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- Thomas Dwight
- `Progress in American Ornithology. 1886-95.', pp. 777-779
- J. A. Allen
- `What is Truth?', p. 779
- W. K. Brooks
- Three Subcutaneous Glandular Areas of Blarina Brevicauda, pp. 779-780
- Elliott Coues
- Instinct, pp. 780-781
- Wesley Mills
- Notes on Perception of Distance, pp. 781-782
- Hiram M. Stanley
- The Mammoth Bed at Morea, Pa, pp. 782-783
- Edward H. Williams
- A Meteor, p. 783
- Thos L. Casey
- X-Ray Photography by Means of the Camera, p. 783
- Francis E. Nipher
- The Rotating Cathode, p. 783
- Francis E. Nipher
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- ----------------, p. 785
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The Ape-Man from the Tertiary of Java, pp. 789-793
- O.C. Marsh
The Metric System, pp. 793-796
- W. Le Conte Stevens
Two Erosion Epochs--Another Suggestion, pp. 796-799
- W J McGee
Current Notes on Physiography, pp. 799-801
- W. M. Davis
Current Notes on Meteorology, pp. 801-802
- R. DeC. Ward
Scientific Notes and News, pp. 802-806
University and Educational News, p. 807
Discussion and Correspondence
- A Review of Bigelow's Papers on Meteorology and Solar Physics, pp. 807-811
- W. S. Franklin
- Dr. Brinton on Keane's `Ethnology.', pp. 811-813
- A. H. Keane; D. G. Brinton
- To Prevent the Growth of Beard, p. 813
- L. O. Howard
- The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought, pp. 813-814
- Alex. F. Chamberlain
- `That Great Law of Logic.', pp. 814-815
- J. McKeen Cattell
Scientific Literature
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- A Text-book of Gas Manufacture for Students
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- Review author[s]: Frank H. Thorp
- ----------------, pp. 815-816
- Repetitorium der Chemie
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On the Untechnical Terminology of the Sex-Relation in Plants, pp. 825-827
- L. H. Bailey
On the Diffusion of Metals, pp. 827-829
On the Detection of Glacial Striæ in Reflected Light, p. 830
- F. C. Schrader
Occurrence of Uintaite in Utah, pp. 830-832
- George H. Eldridge
Ruins of Quiriguá, pp. 832-833
- John R. Chandler
Current Notes on Anthropology, pp. 833-834
- D. G. Brinton
Notes Upon Agriculture and Horticulture, pp. 834-836
- Byron D. Halsted
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Discussion and Correspondence
- `Progress in American Ornithology, 1886-95.', pp. 841-843
- R. W. Shufeldt; J. A. Allen
- `The Polar Hares of Eastern North America.'--An Answer to Dr. C. H. Merriam's Criticisms, pp. 843-845
- Samuel N. Rhoads
- American Polar Hares: A Reply to Mr. Rhoads, p. 845
- C. H. M.
- The Subject of Consciousness, pp. 845-847
- J. W. Powell
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- Text-book of Comparative Anatomy
- Arnold Lang
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- ----------------, pp. 849-850
- Die Bronzezeit in Oberbayern
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- ----------------, p. 850
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Weismann on Germinal Selection, pp. 853-857
- E. G. Conklin
The Smeeth Separating Apparatus, pp. 857-858
- J. S. Diller
Current Notes on Physiography, pp. 858-860
- W. M. Davis
Current Notes on Meteorology, pp. 860-861
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Current Notes on Anthropology, p. 861
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- M.
- Variations of Glaciers, p. 867
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- Life Habits of Phrynosoma, pp. 867-868
- R. W. Shufeldt
- Bows and Arrows of Central Brazil, pp. 868-869
- O. T. Mason
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- Fossil Plants of the Wealden, pp. 869-878
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- A. C. Seward
- A Summary Description of the Geology of Pennsylvania
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- Neudrucke von Schriften und Karten über Meteorologie und Erdmagnetismus
- G. Hellmann
- No. 5. Die Bauern-Praktik
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- George Hadley
- Facsimiledrucke, mit Einleitungen
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Address of the President Before the Society for Psychical Research, pp. 881-888
- William James
The Form of the Head as Influenced by Growth, pp. 888-889
- W. Z. Ripley
Is the Pumpkin an American Plant, pp. 889-891
- J. W. Harshberger
Award and Presentation of the Rumford Premium, pp. 891-893
The American Association for the Advancement of Science, pp. 893-895
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- D. G. Brinton
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- C. Lloyd Morgan
- A Suggested Experiment on Heredity, pp. 900-901
- Hiram M. Stanley
- Darkening of the Cathode in a Crookes Tube, p. 901
- Florian Cajori; William Strieby
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- ----------------, pp. 902-903
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- ----------------, pp. 903-904
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- ----------------, pp. 904-905
- Hypnotism, Mesmerism and the New Witchcraft
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Fishes, Living and Fossil, pp. 909-917
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Food of the European Rook (Corvus Frugilegus), pp. 918-919
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An Investigation with Röntgen Rays, on Germinating Plants, pp. 919-920
- H. J. Webber
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- W. M. Davis
Current Notes on Meteorology, p. 922
- R. De C. Ward
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- Charles R. Barnes
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- ----------------, pp. 931-932
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- ----------------, p. 932
- Our Native Birds of Song and Beauty
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- ----------------, p. 932
- Die Haustiere und ihre Bezeihungen zur Wirtschaft des Menschen. Eine geographische studie
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- ----------------, pp. 932-933
- The Gypsy Moth
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Legislation Relating to Standards, pp. 1-8
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Note on the Devonian Palæospondylus, pp. 10-11
- Theo. Gill
The Culture Given by Science, pp. 12-13
- George Bruce Halsted
Convention of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, pp. 13-16
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- D. G. Brinton
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- Byron D. Halsted
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- T. S. Palmer
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- ----------------, pp. 24-25
- Catalogue of Fossil Fishes of the British Museum
- Arthur Smith Woodward
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- ----------------, pp. 25-26
- The Cyprinodonts
- S. Garman
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- A Dictionary of Chemical Solubilities, Inorganic
- Arthur Messinger Comey
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Physiology in the Schools, pp. 29-33
- Simon Henry Gage
Discussion of Prof. Gage's Paper on Physiology in the Schools, pp. 33-34
- Burt G. Wilder
Geological Atlas of the United States, pp. 34-40
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- W. F. Morsell
The New York State Veterinary College, pp. 41-42
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- R. DeC. Ward
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- D. G. Brinton
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- Franz Boas
- Biology, Zoology and Botany, pp. 51-52
- Y.
- An Uncommon After-Image, p. 52
- Hiram M. Stanley
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- A. B. Baker
- Rochefort on the Caribbeans, p. 52
- O. T. Mason
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A Central Wisconsin Baselevel, pp. 57-59
- C. R. Van Hise
Decimal Numeration in the United States, pp. 59-62
- E. E. Slosson
The Use of the Hair Hygrometer, pp. 62-65
- C. C. Trowbridge
Instruction in Natural History at the Jardin Des Plantes, Paris, pp. 65-67
- Charles Earle
Current Notes on Anthropology, pp. 67-68
- D. G. Brinton
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- Frank H. Bigelow
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- A Hand-book to the Order Lepidoptera. Part I. Butterflies
- W. F. Kirby
- The University Geological Survey of Kansas
- Erasmus Haworth
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The Advancement of Medicine by Research, pp. 85-101
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The Decorative Art of the Indians of the North Pacific Coast, pp. 101-103
- Franz Boas
Recent Hydrographic Examinations in the Appalachian Area, pp. 103-106
- Cyrus C. Babb
An Astronomical Cipher Code, pp. 106-107
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- W. M. Davis
Current Notes on Anthropology, pp. 108-109
- D. G. Brinton
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- An Inherited Blunder, pp. 115-116
- J. Paul Goode
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- The Palpi of Butterflies, pp. 116-118
- Ueber die Palpen der Rhopaloceren. Ein Beitrag zur Erkenntnis des verwandtschaftlichen Beziehungen unter der Tagfaltern
- Enzio Reuter
- A Dictionary of the Names of Minerals including their History and Etymology
- Albert Huntington Chester
- Laboratory Experiments in General Chemistry
- Charles R. Sanger
- Experiments in General Chemistry and Notes on Qualitative Analysis
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Science and Culture, pp. 121-124
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The Humanistic Element in Science, pp. 124-130
- Henry S. Carhart
The Teaching of Beginning Chemistry, pp. 130-135
- Paul C. Freer
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- F. H. Storer
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Science in America, pp. 205-207
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Instinct and Education in Birds, pp. 213-217
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Past and Present Tendencies in Engineering Education, pp. 255-261
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An Ozark Soil, pp. 261-263
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Ontogenic and Phylogenic Variation, pp. 786-789
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- O. C. Marsh
Volcanic Ash in Southwestern Nebraska, pp. 816-817
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The Modern Version of the Law of Supply and Demand, pp. 817-820
- R. H. Thurston
In Memoriam: John Gregory Bourke, pp. 820-822
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The Botanical Seminar of the University of Nebraska, pp. 822-825
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- Ernest Merritt
The North American Origin of the Edentates, pp. 865-866
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The New Psychological Laboratory at Leipzig, pp. 867-868
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American Ornithologists' Union, pp. 868-870
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Notes on Inorganic Chemistry, pp. 870-871
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- The Position of the Companion of Sirius, p. 877
- R. G. Aitken
- Compliment or Plagiarism, pp. 877-878
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- The Date of Publication Again, pp. 878-879
- E. D. Cope
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- Seth C. Chandler
The Influence of Light on the Discharge of Electrified Bodies. II, pp. 890-900
- Ernest Merritt
The Limitations of the Comparative Method of Anthropology, pp. 901-908
- Franz Boas
Princeton in the Nation's Service, pp. 908-910
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Current Notes on Anthropology, pp. 912-913
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Notes on Inorganic Chemistry, pp. 913-914
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Scientific Notes and News, pp. 914-917
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- A Question of Classification, pp. 918-922
- Robt. T. Hill
- Proffessor Wilson's Address at the Princeton Sesquicentennial Celebration, pp. 922-923
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Science in College Entrance Examinations, pp. 929-931
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Tapirs Past and Present, pp. 934-935
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On the Occurrence of Trochosphæra Solstitialis in the Illinois River, pp. 935-936
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