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The Geology of Government Explorations, pp. 1-15
- S. F. Emmons
Phases in Jamaican Natural History, pp. 15-17
- Robt. T. Hill
The International Meteorological and Hydrological Meetings, pp. 17-19
- A. Lawrence Rotch
A Proposed Bureau of Plant Registration, pp. 19-20
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- W. M. Davis
Current Notes on Anthropology, p. 22
- D. G. Brinton
Scientific Notes and News, pp. 22-25
University and Educational News, p. 25
Discussion and Correspondence
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- Edmund B. Wilson
- The Velocity of a Flight of Ducks Obtained by Triangulation, p. 26
- H. Helm Clayton
- A Test on Diversity of Opinion, p. 26
- Joseph Jastrow
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- R. Lydekker
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The Smithsonian Institution and the National Museum, pp. 37-42
The Geology of Government Explorations, pp. 42-51
- S. F. Emmons
Professor Eugen Baumann, pp. 51-53
- Lafayette B. Mendel
Alfred Tresca, p. 53
- R. H. T.
Current Notes on Anthropology, pp. 53-54
- D. G. Brinton
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Discussion and Correspondence
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- Compliment or Plagiarism?, p. 61
- Beman; Smith
- Volcanic Dust in Southwestern Nebraska and in South Dakota, pp. 61-62
- J. E. Todd
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A National Department of Science, pp. 73-81
- Chas W. Dabney
Geological Society of America: Ninth Annual Meeting, Washington, December 29-31, 1896, pp. 81-99
- J. F. Kemp
American Mathematical Society, pp. 99-100
- F. N. Cole
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Astronomical Notes, p. 102
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Chemistry in the United States, pp. 117-129
- F. W. Clarke
The American Physiological Society, pp. 129-139
- Frederic S. Lee
Electrification of Air by Röntgen Rays, pp. 139-141
- Kelvin; J. C. Beattie; M. Smoluchowski De Smolan
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- Washingtonian
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- Compliment or Plagiarism, p. 152
- George Bruce Halsted
- The Meteorological Conference at Paris. A Correction, pp. 152-153
- A. Lawrence Rotch
- The Study of Fear, p. 153
- Wesley Mills
- Glossophaga Truei, p. 153
- Harrison Allen
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- Edward Hart
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- ----------------, p. 156
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Cycle in the Life of the Individual (Ontogeny) and in the Evolution of its Own Group (Phylogeny), pp. 161-171
- Alpheus Hyatt
The Blackboard Treatment of Physical Vectors, pp. 171-175
- C. Barus
Zoological Notes, pp. 175-177
- T. S. Palmer; O. Widmann
Current Notes on Physiography, pp. 177-178
- W. M. Davis
Current Notes on Anthropology, pp. 178-179
- D. G. Brinton
Notes on Inorganic Chemistry, pp. 179-180
- J. L. H.
Astronomical Notes, pp. 180-181
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- G. K. Gilbert
- An Explanation of the So-Called Pseudo-Aurora, p. 186
- J. Paul Goode
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- Catalogue des bibliographies géologiques
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- The Principles and Practice of Teaching
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A National University, pp. 197-199
Science and Pseudo-Science in Medicine, pp. 199-206
- George M. Sternberg
The American Psychological Association, pp. 206-215
- Livingston Farrand
The American Folk-Lore Society, pp. 215-216
- Harlan I. Smith
Horatio Hale, pp. 216-217
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Emil Du Bois-Reymond, pp. 217-219
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Current Notes on Meteorology, pp. 219-220
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Current Notes on Anthropology, pp. 220-221
- D. G. Brinton
Notes on Inorganic Chemistry, pp. 221-222
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Astronomical Notes, p. 222
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Scientific Notes and News, pp. 222-225
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- The Law of Size-Weight Suggestion, p. 227
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Some Present Possibilities in the Analysis of Iron and Steel, pp. 241-251
- C. B. Dudley
Toronto Meeting of the British Association, pp. 251-252
- A. B. Macallum
Geology at the British Association, pp. 252-258
- W. W. Watts
Relations of Tarsius to the Lemurs and Apes, pp. 258-260
- Charles Earle
The Primary Segmentation of the Brain, pp. 260-261
- C. F. W. McClure
Charles E. Bendire, pp. 261-262
- C. Hart Merriam
Current Notes on Physiography, pp. 263-264
- W. M. Davis
Current Notes on Meteorology, pp. 264-265
- R. DeC. Ward
Current Notes on Anthropology, pp. 265-266
- D. G. Brinton
Notes on Inorganic Chemistry, pp. 266-267
- J. L. H.
Scientific Notes and News, pp. 267-274
University and Educational News, pp. 274-275
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- Beman; Smith
- Professor Jastrow's Test on Diversity of Opinion, pp. 275-277
- James H. Hyslop
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- ----------------, p. 280
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- ----------------, pp. 280-281
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- ----------------, p. 281
- A Manual of Quantitative Chemical Analysis, for the Use of Students
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Louis Agassiz, pp. 285-289
- William James
On the Effects of Disease and Senility as Illustrated in the Bones and Teeth of Mammals, pp. 289-294
- Harrison Allen
American Metrological Society, pp. 295-299
The Apprenticeship Question, pp. 299-300
- R. H. Thurston
Henry L. Whiting, pp. 300-302
- M.
Zoological Notes, p. 302
- C. Hart Merriam
Current Notes on Anthropology, pp. 302-303
- D. G. Brinton
Astronomical Notes, p. 303
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Scientific Notes and News, pp. 303-307
University and Educational News, pp. 307-308
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- Geo. H. Barton
- Color-Blindness and William Pole: A Study in Logic, pp. 310-311
- Christine Ladd Franklin
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- ----------------, pp. 314-315
- The Argentaurum Papers. No. 1. Some Remarks Concerning Gravitation
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Earth-Crust Movements and their Causes, pp. 321-330
- Joseph Le Conte
Notes on Certain Beliefs Concerning Will Power Among the Siouan Tribes, pp. 331-334
- Alice C. Fletcher
The Sand-Plains of Truro, Wellfleet, and Eastham, pp. 334-335
- Amadeus W. Grabau
A New Method of Driving an Induction Coil, pp. 335-336
- Chas. L. Norton; Ralph R. Lawrence
Current Notes on Physiography, pp. 336-337
- W. M. Davis
Current Notes on Meteorology, pp. 337-339
- R. DeC. Ward
Current Notes on Anthropology, p. 339
- D. G. Brinton
Scientific Notes and News, pp. 339-343
University and Educational News, p. 343
Discussion and Correspondence
- `The Argentaurum Papers.', pp. 343-344
- C. A. Young
- Former Extension of Greenland Glaciers, p. 344
- Ralph S. Tarr
- Compliment or Plagiarism, pp. 344-345
- George Bruce Halsted
- The National University: A Suggestion, pp. 345-347
- William Trelease
Scientific Literature
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- Die Spiele der Thiere
- Karl Groos
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- ----------------, pp. 352-353
- A Primer of the History of Mathematics
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- ----------------, pp. 353-355
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- Codice Messicano Vaticano, No. 3773
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Goode Memorial Meeting, pp. 365-369
- Cyrus Adler
George Brown Goode, pp. 369-372
- S. P. Langley
Goode As a Naturalist, pp. 373-378
- Henry Fairfield Osborn
The National University, pp. 378-384
- Chas. W. Dabney
The Coast and Geodetic Survey, pp. 384-388
- J.
The American Morphological Society
- The Individuality of the Cell, pp. 388-389
- Arnold Graf
- Origin of the Centrosomes in the Unfertilized Egg of Chætopterus [and] The Behavior of the Centrosomes during the Maturation and Fertilization of Chætopterus, p. 389
- A. D. Mead
- On the Origin of the Centers of the First Cleavage Spindle in Unio Complanata, pp. 389-390
- F. R. Lillie
- Centrosome and Middle-Piece in the Fertilization of the Egg, pp. 390-391
- E. B. Wilson
- Observations upon Fertilization in Gasteropods, p. 391
- H. E. Crampton
- The Maturation and Fertilization of the Eggs of Limax, p. 391
- E. F. Byrnes
- The Preservation of Cartilage and Other Tissues in a Dried Condition, p. 392
- W. Patten
Zoological Notes, pp. 392-393
- A. E. Verrill; Edgar A. Mearns
Current Notes on Anthropology, pp. 393-394
- D. G. Brinton
Notes on Inorganic Chemistry, pp. 394-395
- J. L. H.
Scientific Notes and News, pp. 395-399
University and Educational News, p. 399
Discussion and Correspondence
- `An Ambitious Paradoxer.', p. 400
- S. Newcomb
- Former Extension of Greenland Glaciers, pp. 400-401
- T. C. Chamberlin
- Two Extraordinary British Patents, p. 401
- H. Carrington Bolton
- Compliment or Plagiarism, pp. 401-402
- Arthur Lefevre
- Reduced Rates of Postage on Specimens of Natural History in the International Mails--An Appeal, pp. 402-403
- H. A. Pilsbry; Lewis Woolman; Philip P. Calvert
- The Lavoisier Monument, pp. 403-404
- Edgar F. Smith
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- Genius and Degeneration
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A Lecture by Regnault, pp. 409-411
- Wolcott Gibbs
Professor Fontaine and Dr. Newberry on the Age of the Potomac Formation, pp. 411-423
- Lester F. Ward
The American Morphological Society
- The Rôle of Water in Growth, p. 423
- C. B. Davenport
- The Structure and Function of the Midgut in Terrestrial Isopods, p. 423
- J. P. McMurrich
- The Result of the Suspension of Natural Selection as Illustrated by the Introduced English Sparrow, pp. 423-424
- H. C. Bumpus
- On the Plankton of Brackish Water, pp. 424-425
- G. W. Field
- Nocturnal Protective Coloration of Mammals, Birds, Fishes and Insects, pp. 425-426
- A. E. Verrill
- Nocturnal and Diurnal Changes in the Color of Certain Fishes, with Notes on Their Sleeping Habits, p. 427
- A. E. Verrill
- The Peripheral Nervous System of Nereis virens, pp. 427-428
- F. E. Langdon
- Epidermal Sense Organs in Certain Polychætes, p. 428
- A. E. Verrill
- The Eyes of Limax maximus, pp. 428-429
- A. P. Henchman
- The Optic Lobes of the Bee's Brain, pp. 429-430
- F. C. Kenyon
- The Earliest Differentiation in the Central Nervous System of Vertebrates, pp. 430-431
- A. Schaper
- The Visual Centers of Arthropods and Vertebrates, pp. 431-433
- W. Patton
- Life History and Sexual Relations of the Entoconchidæ, p. 433
- N. R. Harrington
- Budding in Clavilinidæ, pp. 433-434
- N. R. Harrington
- Notes on the Structure and Development of the Type of a New Family of So-Called Social Ascidians from the Coast of California, pp. 434-435
- W. E. Ritter
- Notes on Chelyosoma productum, Stimpson, p. 435
- F. W. Bancroft
- On the Plan of Development of a Myxinoid, pp. 435-436
- Bashford Dean
- Amphiuma and the Cæcilians, p. 436
- J. S. Kingsley
- Brachial and Lumbo-sacral Plexi in Necturus, p. 436
- F. C. Waite
Current Notes on Physiography, pp. 437-438
- W. M. Davis
Current Notes on Anthropology, pp. 438-439
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Notes on Inorganic Chemistry, pp. 439-440
- J. L. H.
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- Opportunities for Training in Physiology, pp. 446-447
- H. P. Bowditch
- Note on Natrix Grohamii B. & G., p. 447
- Frank C. Baker; Frank M. Woodruff
- Pseudo-Aurora Again, pp. 447-448
- H. A. Hazen
- Greenland Glaciers, p. 448
- Edward H. Williams
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- ----------------, p. 449
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The Fur-Seal Investigation of 1896, pp. 453-455
Proposed Explorations on the Coasts of the North Pacific Ocean, pp. 455-457
The New York State Science Teachers' Association, pp. 457-468
- Franklin W. Barrows
Current Notes on Meteorology, pp. 468-469
- R. De C. Ward
Current Notes on Anthropology, pp. 469-470
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- J. L. H.
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- The Florida Sea-Monster, p. 476
- A. E. Verrill
- The Florida Monster, p. 476
- F. A. Lucas
- Gibbers, pp. 476-477
- J. B. Woodworth
- International Congress of Mathematicians at Zurich in 1897, p. 477
- George Bruce Halsted
- A New Geographical Magazine, pp. 477-478
- Israel C. Russell
- Compliment or Plagiarism, pp. 478-479
- Beman; Smith
- Mexican Hieroglyphs, pp. 479-480
- J. D. McGuire; Zelia Nuttall
- The Play of Animals; The Fur Seal, p. 480
- F.A. Lucas
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The Forest Reservation Policy, pp. 489-493
- B. F. Fernow
Experiments Upon Metabolism in the Human Body, Under the Direction of the United States Department of Agriculture, pp. 493-496
An Induction-Coil Method for X-rays, pp. 496-498
- Charles L. Norton; Ralph R. Lawrence
New York State Science Teachers' Association, II, pp. 498-507
- Franklin W. Barrows
Current Notes on Physiography, pp. 507-508
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Current Notes on Anthropology, pp. 509-510
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- R.S. Tarr; T. C. Chamberlin
- History of Elementary Mathematics, pp. 516-517
- Florian Cajori
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The Relations of Science and the Scientific Citizen to the General Government, pp. 525-531
- J. R. Eastman
The New York State Science Teachers' Association, pp. 531-541
- Franklin W. Barrows
Migration of Bats on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, pp. 541-543
- Gerrit S. Miller
Zoological Notes, pp. 543-544
- F. A. Lucas
Current Notes on Anthropology, p. 545
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- Relations of Tarsius to the Lemurs and Apes, pp. 550-551
- A. A. W. Hubrecht
- The Journal of School Geography, pp. 551-553
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- The Drainage of the Saginaw Valley, p. 553
- Alfred C. Lane
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The War with the Microbes, pp. 561-570
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The Growth of Children, pp. 570-573
- Franz Boas
The Promise and Potency of Highpressure Steam, pp. 573-576
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The Origin of the Teeth of the Mammalia, pp. 576-577
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- A. K. Fisher
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Discussion and Correspondence
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- Archæological Discoveries Made in the Gravels at Trenton, p. 586
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- Burt G. Wilder
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Sylvester, pp. 597-604
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The Great Fault and Accompanying Sandstone Dikes of Ute Pass, Colorado, pp. 604-607
- W. O. Crosby
Exhibition in Science by the New York Academy of Sciences, pp. 607-610
- Richard E. Dodge
The Missouri Botanical Garden, pp. 610-611
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- H. F. O.
Current Notes on Meteorology, pp. 612-614
- R. DeC. Ward
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Organic Selection, pp. 634-636
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What is a Type in Natural History?, pp. 636-640
- Charles Schuchert
The Fauna of Central Borneo, pp. 640-643
- George R. Stetson
Semon on the Monotremes, pp. 643-644
- J. H. McG
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- F. P. Gulliver
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Current Notes on Meteorology, pp. 649-650
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- Charles Earle
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- C. A. M. Taber
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- Ch. Wardell Stiles
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The National Academy of Sciences, pp. 669-671
An Essay on the Classification of Insects, pp. 671-677
- John B. Smith
How May Museums Best Retard the Advance of Science?, pp. 677-683
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Internal Secretions Considered in Relation to Variation and Development, pp. 683-685
- Albert Mathews
A Layman's Views on Specific Nomenclature, pp. 685-688
- Theodore Roosevelt
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- D. G. Brinton
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Discussion and Correspondence
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- J. E. Todd
- A `Driftless' Ridge, p. 696
- O. H. Hershey
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- Anwendung der Quaternionen auf die Geometrie
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- The Outlines of Quaternions
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Edward D. Cope, pp. 705-717
- Henry F. Osborn
Psychology and Comparative Psychology, pp. 718-720
- Wesley Mills
Pareiasauria Seeley (Cotylosauria cope) from the Triassic of Germany, pp. 720-722
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Current Notes on Anthropology, pp. 724-725
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Notes on Inorganic Chemistry, pp. 725-726
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Former Extension of Cornell Glacier Near the Southern End of Melville Bay, pp. 748-753
- T. C. Chamberlin
Suggestions for a New Method of Discriminating between Species and Subspecies, pp. 753-758
- C. Hart Merriam
The National Academy of Sciences, pp. 758-760
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- F. W. Putnam
Congress of American Physicians and Surgeons, pp. 761-762
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Notes on Inorganic Chemistry, pp. 763-764
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- O. H. Hershey
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The Problems of Astronomy, pp. 777-785
- Simon Newcomb
The Recent Visit of Sir Archibald Geikie, pp. 785-787
- J. F. Kemp
Notes for a Comparison between the Tertiary Volcanic Succession in Northwestern Europe and in Western America, pp. 788-789
- W. F. Morsell
Some Phases of Weed Evolution, pp. 789-791
- F. A. Waugh
The Effect of the Density of the Surrounding Gas on the Discharge of Electrified Metals by X-Rays, pp. 791-795
- C. D. Child
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- W. M. Davis
Current Notes on Anthropology, pp. 797-798
- D. G. Brinton
Notes on Inorganic Chemistry, pp. 798-799
- J. L. H.
Scientific Notes and News, pp. 799-803
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Discussion and Correspondence
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- Poudré, p. 805
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- Earliest Published Note of the Late Chas. E. Bendire, p. 805
- C. H. M.
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Adaptation in Pathological Processes, pp. 813-832
- William H. Welch
The Naples Zoological Station, pp. 832-834
- S. E. Meek
Zoological Society of London, pp. 834-835
Current Notes on Anthropology, pp. 835-836
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- E. B. F.
Current Notes on Meteorology, pp. 837-838
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Discussion and Correspondence
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- Wm. H. Dall
- A Postscript on the Terminology of Types, pp. 843-844
- F. A. Bather
- `Organic Selection.', pp. 844-845
- Robert M. Pierce
- Euproctis Chrysorrhœa in Massachusetts, pp. 845-846
- Samuel Henshaw
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- Marine Fossils from the Coal Measures of Arkansas
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On Two Forms of Automatic Microtomes, pp. 857-866
- Charles Sedgwick Minot
XII. Deutscher Geographentag, Jena, 1897, pp. 866-868
- F. P. Gulliver
Status of Forest Reservation Policy, pp. 868-869
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Forest Policy for the Forested Lands of the United States, pp. 893-900
The American Physiological Society, pp. 900-912
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- Edward. S. Holden
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- John M. Macfarlane
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The Influence of Environment Upon the Biological Processes of the Various Members of the Colon Group of Bacilli: An Experimental Study, pp. 981-985
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The Virginia Colony of Helix Nemoralis, pp. 985-986
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- A Clamp for Fragile Glassware, p. 31
- Carl Barus
- Merrill's `Treatise on Rocks.', p. 32
- W J McGee
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The Physiology of Internal Secretions, pp. 37-49
- W. H. Howell
On the Relative Variation and Correlation in Civilized and Uncivilized Races, pp. 49-50
- Alice Lee; Karl Pearson
Migration of Things and of Memories, pp. 50-51
- O. T. Mason
Field Work of the United States Geological Survey, pp. 51-53
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- D. G. Brinton
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On the Theory of Organic Variation, pp. 73-85
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- George C. Whipple
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- E. M. Kindle
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The Vegetation of the Hot Springs of Yellowstone Park, pp. 145-157
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Rarefied and Condensed Air, pp. 157-163
- G. von Liebig
Notes on the Natural History of the Wilmington Region, pp. 163-164
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- D. G. Brinton
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- Correction Concerning Mr. Rhoads' Use of the Name Bassariscus Raptor (Baird), p. 174
- C. Hart Merriam
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The American Association for the Advancement of Science, pp. 181-184
The International Catalogue of Scientific Literature, pp. 184-201
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British Association, Toronto Meeting, pp. 201-204
- A. B. Macallum
De Volson Wood, pp. 204-206
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Current Notes on Physiography, pp. 206-207
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- D. G. Brinton
Notes on Inorganic Chemistry, pp. 208-209
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- The Term `Internal Secretions.', p. 215
- C. B. Davenport
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- Frederick Bedell
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Edward Drinker Cope, Naturalist--A Chapter in the History of Science, pp. 225-243
- Theo. Gill
Expert Testimony, pp. 243-248
- William P. Mason
Current Notes on Anthropology, pp. 248-249
- D. G. Brinton
Notes on Inorganic Chemistry, pp. 249-250
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Notes on Engineering, pp. 250-251
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- Joseph Le Conte
Scientific literature
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- Bibliography--A Study of Resources
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Alfred Marshall Mayer, pp. 261-269
- W. LeConte Stevens
Address of the President of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, pp. 269-283
American Association for Advancement of Science: Forty-Sixth Meeting, Detroit, August 7-13, 1897, pp. 283-285
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Current Notes on Physiography, pp. 285-287
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Current Notes on Anthropology, p. 287
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American Association for the Advancement of Science
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Eimer's Evolution of Butterflies, pp. 308-313
- M. Von Linden; Charles S. Minot
Progress of Professor Kitasato's Institute for Infectious Diseases at Tokio, pp. 313-315
- A. Nakagawa
Ninth Annual Meeting of the Association of Economic Entomologists Detroit, Mich., Aug. 12-13, 1897, pp. 315-316
- A. H Kirkland
Current Notes on Anthropology, pp. 316-317
- D. G. Brinton
Notes on Inorganic Chemistry, pp. 317-318
- J. L. H.
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The Toronto Meeting of the British Association, pp. 333-338
The American Association for the Advancement of Science
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- Carl Barus
The American Mathematical Society, pp. 356-357
- F. N. Cole
Current Notes on Physiography, pp. 357-359
- W. M. Davis
Current Notes on Anthropology, pp. 359-360
- D. G. Brinton
Notes on Inorganic Chemistry, pp. 360-361
- J. L. H.
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University and Educational News, p. 368
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- Amphibia or Batrachia, pp. 372-373
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- The Source of Metencephalon and other Latin Names for the Segments of the Brain, p. 373
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- Andrée's North Pole Balloon Voyage, pp. 373-374
- H. A. Hazen
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The Meetings of the American and British Associations for the Advancement of Science, pp. 377-380
International Amenities at Detroit and Toronto, pp. 380-382
- W J McGee
The Spread of Land Species by the Agency of Man; with Especial Reference to Insects, pp. 382-398
- L. O. Howard
Phylogeny and Taxonomy of the Angiosperms, pp. 398-401
- Charles E. Bessey
Botanical Society of America, pp. 401-402
- C. R. Barnes
The International Mathematical Congress, pp. 402-403
- George Bruce Halsted
Current Notes on Anthropology, pp. 403-404
- D. G. Brinton
Notes on Inorganic Chemistry, pp. 404-405
- J. L. H.
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- Frank W. Very
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The Science of Humanity, pp. 413-433
- W J McGee
The American Association for the Advancement of Science
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- Wm. H. Ashmead
Field Work of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, pp. 436-438
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Current Notes on Physiography, pp. 438-439
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Current Notes on Anthropology, pp. 439-440
- D. G. Brinton
Notes on Inorganic Chemistry, pp. 440-441
- J. L. H.
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- Theo. Gill
- Survival of the Art of Illuminating Manuscripts Among the Germans in Eastern Pennsylvania, pp. 447-448
- Henry C. Mercer
- Remarkable Hailstones, pp. 448-449
- Chas. H. Winston
- The Death of Victor Meyer, pp. 449-450
- H. C. Cooper
- The Anthropological Session at Toronto, p. 450
- E. W. Claypole
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- John Galbraith
Mathematics and Physics at the British Association, pp. 464-472
- Hugh L. Callendar
The Botany of the British Association, pp. 472-475
- D. P. P.
Marine Biological Laboratory, pp. 475-476
A New Laboratory Dish, pp. 476-478
- W. M. L. Coplin
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- J. L. H.
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- Edward S. Holden
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- William Ramsay
Address by the President Before the Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education, pp. 502-508
- Henry T. Eddy
Anthropology at the American Association for the Advancement of Science, pp. 508-513
- Anita Newcomb McGee
Columbia University Zoological Expedition of 1897, pp. 513-516
- Gary N. Calkins
Mimicry in Butterflies of the Genus Hypolimnas and its Bearing on Older and More Recent Theories of Mimicry, pp. 516-518
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- R. H. T.
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- R. DeC. Ward
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The Jesup Expedition to the North Pacific Coast, pp. 535-538
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- Geo F. Atkinson
Physiology at the British Association, pp. 550-553
- Frederic S. Lee
The Patagonian Expedition from Princeton University, pp. 553-554
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- `The Present Evolution of Man.', pp. 562-563
- T. D. A. Cockerell
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- A. C. Haddon
The Fur-Seal Investigation of 1897, pp. 568-569
- F. A. L.
A Botanical Excursion to Mexico, pp. 569-572
- John W. Harshberger
Botany at the American Association for the Advancement of Science, pp. 572-575
- Frederick C. Newcombe
Anthropology at the Toronto Meeting of the British Association, pp. 575-583
- A. F. Chamberlain
Organic Selection, pp. 583-587
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- E. B. F.
Notes on Inorganic Chemistry, p. 588
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- Robert T. Hill
- Literary Embryology, pp. 595-596
- Charles S. Minot
- The `Enchanted Mesa.', pp. 596-597
- Chas. F. Lummis
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Address of the President to the Physiological Section of the British Association, pp. 601-614
- Michael Foster
Chemistry at the British Association, pp. 614-616
- W. W. R.
Geography at the British Association, pp. 616-619
- Richard E. Dodge
Is the Denver Formation Lacustrine or Fluviatile?, pp. 619-621
- W. M. Davis
The Grant Sarcophagus, pp. 621-622
- Ferdinand G. Wiechmann
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- Charles E. Bessey
Notes on Inorganic Chemistry, pp. 623-624
- J. L. H.
Scientific Notes and News, pp. 624-631
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- The Boston Plans for a New York Botanical Garden, p. 632
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- Source of the Famous Thetford Limburgite, pp. 632-633
- C. H. Richardson
- More Dictionary Zoology, p. 633
- T. D. A. Cockerell
- Lantern Transparencies, p. 633
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- Dangers of Formalin, pp. 633-634
- Wm. H. Dall
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Special Explorations in the Implement-Bearing Deposits on the Lalor Farm, Trenton, N. J., pp. 637-645
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Professor Rudolph Heidenhain, pp. 645-648
- Lafayette B. Mendel
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- George W. Patterson
A New Method of Synchronizing Strata, pp. 655-656
- Charles R. Keyes
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- Note on `The Easternmost Volcanoes of the United States.', pp. 667-668
- Jules Marcou
- Glacial Striæ, p. 668
- Albert G. Rau
- The Alleged Extinction of Lines of Descent, pp. 668-669
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- John J. Stevenson
A New Investigation of Man's Antiquity at Trenton, pp. 675-682
- Henry C. Mercer; Arthur Hollick
Diversity of Languages, pp. 682-688
- Richard T. Colburn
Geology and Geography at the American Association for the Advancement of Science, pp. 688-691
- C. H. Smyth
Geological Society of America, pp. 691-692
- C. H. Smyth
Regeneration in Oligochaete Worms, pp. 692-693
The Survey of the Forest Reserves, pp. 694-695
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- D. G. Brinton
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- Charles E. Bessey
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- Thomas Dwight
- A Gasoline Launch for Field Work, pp. 703-704
- G. D. Harris
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Aspects of American Astronomy, pp. 709-721
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The Yerkes Observatory, pp. 721-724
- Edwin B. Frost
The Alumni Biological Expedition of New York University to the Bermudas, pp. 724-725
- Charles L. Bristol
New Diamond Find in the Transvaal, pp. 726-727
- George F. Becker
Current Notes on Physiography, pp. 727-728
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Current Notes on Anthropology, pp. 728-729
- D. G. Brinton
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- J. L. H.
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- F. C. Kenyon
- Professor Cattell's Review of `Sight.', pp. 737-740
- Joseph Le Conte; J. McKeen Cattell
- A Simple Method of Combining the Colors, p. 740
- F. W. McNair
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Mathematics and Astronomy at the American Association for the Advancement of Science, pp. 755-758
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Singular Stress-Strain Relations of India Rubber, pp. 758-760
- R. H. Thurston
Fifteenth Annual Report of the Committee on Indexing Chemical Literature, pp. 761-762
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- The British and American Associations, p. 775
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- ----------------, p. 777
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Results of the Bering Sea Conferences, pp. 781-784
The Psychology of the Personal Equation, pp. 784-788
- Truman Henry Safford
The Progress and Achievements of Hygiene, pp. 789-799
- George M. Kober
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- S. C. Prescott; W. Lyman Underwood
American Ornithologists' Union, pp. 802-803
- Jno. H. Sage
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Notes on Inorganic Chemistry, pp. 804-805
- J. L. H.
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- William Libbey
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American Society of Mechanical Engineers, pp. 821-822
President Gilman on the Relations of Science and Commerce, pp. 822-824
Primitive Man in the Delaware Valley, pp. 824-829
- W. H. Holmes
On some Important Sources of Error in the Plankton Method, pp. 829-832
- C. A. Kofoid
Southern Star-Clusters, pp. 832-834
- Edwin B. Frost
Current Notes on Physiography, pp. 834-835
- W. M. Davis
Current Notes on Anthropology, p. 836
- D. G. Brinton
Botanical Notes, pp. 836-838
- Charles E. Bessey
Notes on Inorganic Chemistry, pp. 838-839
- J. L. H.
Scientific Notes and News, pp. 839-845
University and Educational News, p. 846
Discussion and Correspondence
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- The Cairn on the Enchanted Mesa, p. 846
- F. W. Hodge
- A Possible Solution of the Sealing Problem, pp. 846-847
- P. C. H.
- Observations on the Physiography of Western Massachusetts, p. 847
- Roland B. Dixon; Charles D. Drew
Scientific Literature
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- J. Norman Lockyer
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- ----------------, p. 850
- Song Birds and Water Fowl
- H. E. Parkhurst
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- ----------------, p. 850
- Birdcraft, a Field Book of Two Hundred Song, Game, and Water Birds
- Mabel Osgood Wright
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- ----------------, pp. 850-851
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- H. Carrington Bolton
Science in Education, pp. 863-872
- S. W. Williston
Current Notes on Physiography, pp. 872-873
- W. M. Davis
Current Notes on Anthropology, pp. 873-874
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- J. L. H.
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- Samuel F. Clarke; Edw. G. Gardiner; J. Playfair McMurrich
Scientific Literature
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- Paul Ehrenreich
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- ----------------, pp. 883-884
- The Alternating-Current Circuit
- W. Perren Maycock
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- ----------------, p. 884
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- ----------------, p. 884
- Die Chemie im täglichen Leben
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Signalling Through Space Without Wires, pp. 889-896
Characters, Congenital and Acquired, pp. 896-902
- G. Archdall Reid
The Desirability and the Feasibility of the Acquisition of some Real and Accurate Knowledge of the Brain by Pre-Collegiate Scholars, pp. 902-908
- Burt G. Wilder
The Native Dahlias of Mexico, pp. 908-910
- John W. Harshberger
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- D. G. Brinton
Scientific Notes and News, pp. 912-916
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- F. A. L.
- A National Department of Health, p. 918
- C. H. Preston
Scientific Literature
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- Habit and Instinct
- C. Lloyd Morgan
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- ----------------, pp. 920-921
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- ----------------, pp. 921-922
- Wild Neighbors
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The Founders of Geology, pp. 925-933
- W. B. Clark
Characters, Congenital and Acquired, pp. 933-948
- G. Archdall Reid
Some Recent Observations on the Influence of the Thyroid Gland on Metabolism, pp. 948-950
- Yandell Henderson
The Enzymic Ferments in Plant Physiology, pp. 950-952
- Frank Albert Waugh
Current Notes on Anthropology, pp. 952-953
- D. G. Brinton
Scientific Notes and News, pp. 953-957
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- Theo. Gill
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- Elements of Plane and Spherical Trigonometry
- Edwin S. Crawley
- Numerical Problems in Plane Geometry
- J. G. Estill
- Plane and Solid Analytic Geometry
- Frederick H. Bailey; Frederick S. Woods
- A Handbook for Chemists of Beet-Sugar Houses and Seed-Culture Farms
- Guilford L. Spencer
- The History of Mankind
- Friedrich Ratzel
- Bau und Leben unserer Waldbäume
- M. Büsgen
- Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Septalnectarien
- J. Schniewind-Thies
- The Living Substance as Such, and as Organism
- Gwendolen Foulke Andrews
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- Wm. Migula
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Time Wasted, pp. 969-973
- M.
Gardiner Greene Hubbard, pp. 974-977
On the Origin and Age of the Relicbearing Sand at Trenton, N. J., pp. 977-981
- Rollin D. Salisbury
Sanarelli's Work Upon Yellow Fever, pp. 981-985
- Edwin O. Jordan
Ludwig Rütimeyer, p. 985
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Current Notes on Anthropology, pp. 987-988
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Scientific Notes and News, pp. 988-993
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- Lamarck and the `Perfecting Tendency.', pp. 995-997
- John Gardiner
- Memorial Meeting Commemorative of Allen and Horn, p. 997
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- ----------------, p. 1002
- An Outline of the Theory of Solutions, and its Results, for Chemists and Electricians
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- ----------------, pp. 1002-1003
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The Philosophy of Hyper-Space, pp. 1-7
- S. Newcomb
Report Upon some Preliminary Experiments with the Röntgen Rays on Plants, pp. 7-13
- G. F. Atkinson
Some Considerations Upon the Functions of Stomata, pp. 13-16
- Charles E. Bessey
Recent Progress in Agricultural Chemistry, pp. 16-21
- H. W. Wiley
The American Society of Naturalists, pp. 21-23
- H. C. Bumpus
Scientific Notes and News, pp. 23-27
University and Educational News, pp. 27-28
Discussion and Correspondence
- Water Surface Temperatures of Lake Titicaca, pp. 28-29
- R. DeC. Ward
- Zirkelite--A Question of Priority, p. 30
- M. E. Wadsworth
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- Catalogus Mammalium tam viventium quam fossilium
- E. L. Trouessart
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- ----------------, p. 33
- Guide to the Genera and Classification of the North American Orthoptera Found North of Mexico
- Samuel Hubbard Scudder
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- ----------------, pp. 33-34
- Les Ballons-Sondes de MM. Hermite et Besançon et les Ascensions Internationales
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- ----------------, pp. 34-36
- Volcanoes of North America
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