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Volume Information (8 pp.)
Front Matter (1 p.)
Edward Orton, Educator, pp. 1-6
Thomas C. Mendenhall

Edward Orton, Geologist, pp. 6-11
G. K. Gilbert

Address of the President Before the American Society of Naturalists, pp. 11-17
W. G. Farlow

Inhibiting Action of Oxidase Upon Diastase, pp. 17-19
Albert F. Woods

The Mexican Hall of the American Museum of Natural History, pp. 19-21
F. W. Putnam

Correspondence Relating to Collections of Vertebrate Fossils Made by the Late Professor O. C. Marsh, pp. 21-24
Chas. D. Walcott; S. P. Langley


Scientific Books
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On the Building and Ornamental Stones of Wisconsin
E. R. Buckley
Review author[s]: George P. Merrill
----------------, pp. 25-27
Untersuchungen über die Vermehrung der Laubmoose durch Brutorgane und Stecklinge
Carl Correns
Review author[s]: Francis E. Lloyd; E. G. Britton
----------------, pp. 27-28
The Physical Nature of the Child and How to Study It
Stuart H. Rowe
Review author[s]: Wm. H. Burnham
South American Languages, pp. 28-29
Der Sprachstoff der brasilianischen Grammatik des Luis Figueira nach der Ausgabe von 1687. Von Julius Platzmann
Der Sprachstoff der Guaranischen Grammatik des Antonio Ruiz übersetzt und hier und da erläutert von Julius Platzmann
Chilidúgu. Lachrymæ salutares opera Bernardi Havestadt. Editionem novam immutatam curavit Dr. Julius Platzmann
Los Indios Matacos y su lengua por Juan Pelleschi, eon introduccion por S. S. Lafone Quevedo
Review author[s]: Albert S. Gatschet


Societies and Academies, pp. 29-33


Discussion and Correspondence
Dr. Wilson's Reply to His Critics, p. 33
Thomas Wilson


Notes on Inorganic Chemistry, pp. 33-34
J. L. H.

Current Notes on Physiography, pp. 34-35
W. M. Davis

Zoological Notes, pp. 35-36
F. A. L.

The Malaria Expedition to West Africa, pp. 36-37
Navy Report on Wireless Telegraphy, pp. 37-38
Scientific Notes and News, pp. 38-40
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Front Matter (3 pp.)
The Century's Progress in Applied Mathematics, pp. 41-51
R. S. Woodward

The Position That Universities Should Take in Regard to Investigation, pp. 51-66
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American Mathematical Society, pp. 66-67
F. N. Cole


Scientific Books
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Everyday Butterflies
Samuel Hubbard Scudder
Review author[s]: W. J. Holland
----------------, pp. 68-70
Practical Exercises in Elementary Meteorology
Review author[s]: M. S. W. Jefferson
----------------, p. 70
Bacteria
George Newman
Review author[s]: E. O. J.
----------------, pp. 70-71
A Treatise on Crystallography
W. J. Lewis
Review author[s]: C. Palache


Societies and Academies, p. 72


Discussion and Correspondence
Observations with the Meridian Circle, pp. 72-73
Geo. A. Hill
Note on the Foregoing Letter by Professor Hill, p. 73
James E. Keeler
Dark Lightning, pp. 73-74
R. W. Wood
Science in the Daily Press, p. 74
E. H. Lindley; Wm. L. Bryan
`Newspaper Science.', p. 74
Amateur


Botanical Notes, pp. 74-75
Charles E. Bessey

The Conferring of University Degrees by the Smithsonian Institution, pp. 75-76
The University of Nebraska, p. 76
Recent Additions to the American Museum, p. 77
Scientific Notes and News, pp. 77-80
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Front Matter (1 p.)
The Century's Progress in Applied Mathematics, pp. 81-92
R. S. Woodward

Cruise of the Albatross, pp. 92-98
A. Agassiz

The Twelfth Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America, pp. 98-106
J. F. Kemp


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Frontinus and the Water Supply of the City of Rome
Clemens Herschel
Review author[s]: Mansfield Merriman
----------------, p. 108
Gleanings from Nature
W. S. Blatchley
Review author[s]: S. H. S.
Liverpool Marine Biological Committee's Memoirs, pp. 108-109
Review author[s]: Wm. E. Ritter
General, p. 109


Scientific Journals and Articles, pp. 109-110
Societies and Academies, pp. 110-112


Discussion and Correspondence
Homologies of the Wing Veins of Hymenoptera, pp. 112-113
Charles Robertson


Notes on Inorganic Chemistry, pp. 113-114
J. L. H.

Current Notes on Meteorology, pp. 114-115
R. DeC. Ward

Recent Zoopaleontology, pp. 115-116
H. F. O.

Agricultural Experiment Stations, pp. 116-117
Scientific Notes and News, pp. 117-119
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Front Matter (2 pp.)
The International Association of Scientific Societies, pp. 121-125
Blue Fox Trapping on the Pribilof Islands, pp. 125-128
F. A. Lucas

The Deep Well at Wilmington, N. C., pp. 128-130
J. A. Holmes

Granites of the Sierra Costa Mountains in California, pp. 130-132
Oscar H. Hershey

American Psychological Association, pp. 132-135
Livingston Farrand

Meetings at Columbus, Ohio, and New Haven, Conn., of Section H, Anthropology, of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, pp. 136-139
E. W. Scripture

Twelfth Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America, Washington, Dec. 27-30th, pp. 140-146
J. F. Kemp; A. S. Eakle


Scientific Books
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Electro-Physiology
W. Biedermann
Review author[s]: G. N. I. S.
----------------, pp. 148-149
Text-Book of the Embryology of the Invertebrates
E. Korschelt; K. Heider
Review author[s]: William Morton Wheeler
----------------, pp. 149-150
Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission
George M. Bowers
Review author[s]: H. C. Bumpus


Scientific Journals and Articles, p. 151
Societies and Academies, pp. 151-153


Discussion and Correspondence
Prevention of Hail, p. 153
E. W. Hilgard
Electrical Anæsthesia, p. 153
E. W. Scripture


Notes on Inorganic Chemistry, p. 154
J. L. H.

Current Notes on Physiography, pp. 154-156
W. M. Davis

Notes on Terrestrial Magnetism, pp. 156-157
Scientific Notes and News, pp. 157-160
University and Educational News, p. 160

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Front Matter (2 pp.)
Elliott Coues, pp. 161-163
J. A. Allen

The New Department of Vertebrate Paleontology of the Carnegie Museum, pp. 163-166
J. L. Wortman

An International Plan for the Future Study of the Variation of Latitude, pp. 166-167
Geo. A. Hill


The American Morphological Society
The Homologies of the Ear Bones, p. 167
J. S. Kingsley
The Formina of the Scapula, p. 167
J. S. Kingsley
On the Development and Morphology of the Actual Skeleton of Vertebrates, p. 168
Charles S. Minot
The Arrangement of the Mammary Glands in Litters of Unborn Pigs, p. 168
G. H. Parker; C. Bullard
In Abnormal Carapace in the Sculptured Tortise, p. 168
G. H. Parker
The Trigemino-Facial Ganglionic Complex of Gadus and Amiurus, pp. 168-169
C. Judson Herrick
The Teleost Gastrula and its Modifications, p. 169
F. B. Sumner
On the Embryology and Phylogeny of of Chimæra, pp. 169-170
Bashford Dean
On the Occurrence of Amphioxus at Bermuda, pp. 170-171
C. L. Bristol; F. W. Carpenter
Notes on the Anatomy of Acmæa testudinalis, Müller, p. 171
M. A. Wilcox
Locomotion in Solenomya and its Relatives, pp. 171-172
G. A. Drew
The Ciliary Mechanism in the Branchial Chamber of the Pelecypoda, pp. 172-173
J. L. Kellogg
Observations upon the Development of Phascolosoma, pp. 173-174
J. L. Kellogg
Notes on the Structure of Alma nilotica, a Gilled earthworm from Egypt, p. 174
P. M. Rea
On the Life of Autolytus Cornutus and Alternate Generation in Annelids, pp. 174-175
P. C. Mensch
Metamerism of the Leech, p. 175
W. L. Castle
The Development of the Pigment and Color Pattern in Coleptrea, pp. 175-177
W. L. Tower
Notes on Mammalian Embryology, p. 177
Charles S. Minot
On the Spermatogenesis of Peripatus, p. 177
Thos H. Montgomery Jr.
Palæmonetes and Salinity; An Experimental Study in Evolution, pp. 177-178
Roswell H. Johnson; Robert W. Hall
Variations and Regeneration and Synopta inhaerens, p. 178
The Effect of Strychnine on the Unfertilized Eggs of the Sea-Urchin, pp. 178-180
T.H. Morgan
Reissner's Fibre in the Canalis Centralis of Vertebrates, pp. 180-181
Porter Edward Sargent


Scientific Books
----------------, pp. 181-186
Leitfaden der Kartenentwurfslehre für Studierende der Erdkunde und deren Lehrer bearbeitet von Prof. Dr. Karl Zöppritz in zweiter neubearbeiteter und erweiterter Auflage herausgegeben von Dr. Alois Blundau
Review author[s]: A. Lindenkohl
----------------, pp. 186-187
The Evolution of General Ideas
Th. Ribot
Review author[s]: Joseph Jastrow


Scientific Journals and Articles, p. 187
Societies and Academies, pp. 187-191


Discussion and Correspondence
Buckley on the Building and Ornamental Stones of Wisconsin, pp. 191-192
C. R. Van Hise
Hydrostatic vs. Lithopiestic Theory of Gas Well Pressure, pp. 192-193
Arthur M. Miller
Hearing in Ants, p. 194
Maynard M. Metcalf


Notes on Inorganic Chemistry, pp. 194-195
J. L. H.

Cambridge University, p. 195
Graduate Study and the Smithsonian Institution, pp. 195-196
The Missouri Botanical Garden, pp. 196-197
Scientific Notes and News, pp. 197-200
University and Educational News, p. 200

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Front Matter (3 pp.)
On the Absorption of Condensation-Producing Atmospheric Dust by Solid Nuclei and Surfaces, and on the Diffusion Velocity of Supposedly Non-Ionized Dust Particles, pp. 201-206
Carl Barus

Recent Outlooks Upon Music, pp. 206-215
Charles K. Wead

The Effect of the Mexican Earth-Quake of January 19, at Mount Hamilton, California, pp. 215-218
R. H. Tucker; J. E. K.

The Chicago Section of the American Mathematical Society, p. 218
Thomas F. Holgate

Cordilleran Section of the Geological Society of America, pp. 219-222
Andrew C. Lawson

Professor Henry Allen Hazen, pp. 222-223
C. A.


Scientific Books
----------------, pp. 223-224
Annual Report of the Bureau of Steam Engineering of the Navy Department; 1899
Review author[s]: R. H. T.
----------------, pp. 225-226
Bacteriology Applied to the Canning and Preserving of Food Products
Edward W. Duckwall


Scientific Journals and Articles, p. 227
Societies and Academies, pp. 227-231


Discussion and Correspondence
False Bibliographic Indications, pp. 231-232
F. A. Bather
Fossil-Hunting in Wyoming, pp. 233-234
Elmer S. Riggs


Current Notes on Physiography, pp. 234-235
W. M. Davis

Current Notes on Meteorology, pp. 235-236
R. DeC. Ward

Wagner Free Institute of Science, pp. 236-237
Scientific Notes and News, pp. 237-240
University and Educational News, p. 240

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Front Matter (2 pp.)
The Van't Hoff Celebration, pp. 241-246
Harry C. Jones

The Meeting of Naturalists at Chicago, pp. 246-253
C. B. Davenport

Some of the Problems of Limnology, pp. 253-255
E. A. Birge

A Preliminary Account of Some of the Results of the Plankton Work of the Illinois Biological Station, pp. 255-258
C. A. Kofoid

Malaria and Tuberculosis, pp. 258-260


Scientific Books
----------------, pp. 260-263
Social Laws. An Outline of Sociology
G. Tarde
Review author[s]: Lester F. Ward
----------------, pp. 263-266
Die Conchylien der patagonischen Formation. Von H. von Ihering. Mit 2 Tafeln. Neuen Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Palæontologie
Review author[s]: J. B. Hatcher
----------------, pp. 266-268
Geological Survey of Canada
George Mercer Dawson
Review author[s]: H. M. Ami
----------------, p. 268
North American Slime Moulds
T. H. MacBride
Review author[s]: George F. Atkinson


Societies and Academies, pp. 269-270


Discussion and Correspondence
Do the Reactions of the Lower Animals Against Injury Indicate Pain Sensations?, pp. 270-272
George V. N. Dearborn
Plant Material for Laboratory Use in the Schools, pp. 272-273
Geo. F. Atkinson


Do Fishes Remember?, pp. 273-274
Edward Thorndike

The German Consular Service, p. 274
Education in the United States, pp. 274-275
Education Administration in the State of New York, pp. 275-276
Indian University for Research, p. 276
Scientific Notes and News, pp. 276-280
University and Educational News, p. 280

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Front Matter (3 pp.)
Are Further Experiments Needed for Determining the Atomic Weight of Oxygen?, pp. 281-288
Edward W. Morley

Cruise of the Albatross, pp. 288-292
A. Agassiz

The Occurrence of Aptosochromatism in Passerina Cyanea, pp. 292-299
F. J. Birtwell

The Society for Plant Morphology and Physiology, pp. 299-309
W. F. Ganong


Scientific Books
----------------, pp. 309-310
Insects, Their Structure and Life
George H. Carpenter
Review author[s]: Vernon L. Kellogg
----------------, p. 310
The Strength of Materials
J. A. Ewing
Review author[s]: M. M.
General, p. 310


Scientific Journals and Articles, p. 311
Societies and Academies, pp. 311-314
Current Notes on Physiography, pp. 314-315
W. M. Davis

Current Notes on Meteorology, pp. 315-316
R. DeC. Ward

Theodore Poesche, p. 316
O. T. M.

Scientific Notes and News, pp. 316-320
University and Educational News, p. 320

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Front Matter (2 pp.)
Psychology and Social Practice, pp. 321-333
John Dewey

The Marine Biological Laboratory, pp. 333-343
E. G. Conklin

Report on the Initial Work of the State Geological Survey of Nebraska, pp. 343-344
Erwin Hinckley Barbour


Scientific Books
----------------, pp. 344-346
Text-Book of Vertebrate Zoology
J. S. Kingsley
Review author[s]: Jacob Reighard
----------------, pp. 346-347
Water-Supply Engineering: The Designing, Construction and Maintenance of Water-Supply Systems, Both City and Irrigation
A. Prescott Folwell
The Filtration of Public Water-Supplies
Allen Hazen
Review author[s]: Mansfield Merriman
----------------, pp. 347-348
California Mines and Minerals
Edward H. Benjamin
Review author[s]: R. H. T.


Societies and Academies, pp. 348-352
Notes on Physics, pp. 352-353
W. S. F.

Engineering Notes, pp. 353-354
R. H. T.

Botanical Notes, pp. 354-356
Charles E. Bessey

Scientific Notes and News, pp. 356-359
University and Educational News, pp. 359-360

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Front Matter (2 pp.)
Professor Thomas Egleston, pp. 361-364
Alfred J. Moses

The Seventieth Birthday of Carl Von Kupffer.-His Life and Works, pp. 364-369
Bashford Dean

Recent Progress in Geodesy, pp. 369-374
John Fillmore Hayford

The Plankton of Fresh Water Lakes, pp. 374-389
C. Dwight Marsh


Scientific Books
----------------, pp. 389-390
The Cambridge Natural History
David Sharp
Review author[s]: J. H. Comstock
----------------, pp. 390-391
Traité de Zoologie Concrète
Yves Delage; Edgard Hérouard
Review author[s]: Gary N. Calkins
----------------, pp. 391-392
A Memoir on the Palæzoic Reticulate Sponges Constituting the Family Dictyospongidæ
James Hall
Review author[s]: Charles Schuchert


Scientific Journals and Articles, pp. 392-393
Societies and Academies, pp. 393-396


Discussion and Correspondence
Marginal Tabs for Logarithm Tables, p. 396
S. W. Holman


Notes on Physics, pp. 396-397
F. C. C.

Zoological Notes, p. 397
F. A. L.

The Assay Commission, pp. 397-398
Scientific Notes and News, pp. 398-399
University and Educational News, p. 400

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Front Matter (1 p.)
Daniel Garrison Brinton, pp. 401-402
The Facilities Afforded by the Office of Standard Weights and Measures for the Verification of Electrical Standards and Electrical Measuring Apparatus, pp. 403-410
Frank A. Wolff

The Establishment of a National University, pp. 410-414
Association of American Anatomists, pp. 414-421
D. S. Lamb


Scientific Books
----------------, pp. 421-423
Kongl. Svenska Vetenskaps-Akadamiens Handlingar
Chr. Aurivillius
Review author[s]: W. J. Holland
----------------, pp. 423-424
Zoological Results
Arthur Willey
Review author[s]: G. H. Parker
----------------, pp. 424-426
Minnesota Plant Life
Conway MacMillan
Review author[s]: Charles E. Bessey


Scientific Journals and Articles, p. 426
Societies and Academies, pp. 426-430


Discussion and Correspondence
Infinitesimals, pp. 430-433
C. S. Peirce


Current Notes on Physiography, pp. 433-435
W. M. Davis

Zoological Notes, p. 435
H. C. B.

Comfort and Productivity, pp. 435-436
R. H. Thurston

Scientific Notes and News, pp. 436-440
University and Educational News, p. 440

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Front Matter (2 pp.)
Third Annual Pure Food and Drug Congress, pp. 441-443
The Accuracy of the Experimental Methods of the Chemist, pp. 443-449
Friedrich Emich

Correspondence of C. S. Rafinesque and Professor Wm. Wagner, pp. 449-451
Thomas L. Montgomery

Some Observations Concerning Species and Subspecies, pp. 451-455
Barton W. Evermann

Breathing Oxygen, p. 455
William B. Schober

The Society of American Bacteriologists, pp. 455-463
H. W. Conn


Scientific Books
----------------, pp. 463-464
Psychology and Life
Hugo Munsterberg
Review author[s]: George M. Stratton
----------------, pp. 464-466
The Races of Man
J. Deniker
Review author[s]: O. T. Mason
----------------, p. 466
Malay Magic
Walter William Skeat
Review author[s]: O. T. Mason
----------------, pp. 466-467
Plant Structures
John M. Coulter
Review author[s]: Charles E. Bessey
----------------, pp. 467-468
Observations Made at the Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory, Massachusetts, U. S. A., in the Years 1897 and 1898
A. Lawrence Rotch
Review author[s]: R. DeC. Ward


Societies and Academies, pp. 468-470
Anti-Plague Inoculation, pp. 470-471
Spirit-Lore of the Micronesians, pp. 471-472
A. S. G.

Applied Thermodynamics, pp. 472-473
R. H. Thurston

A Neglected Department, p. 473
R. H. Thurston

Museum of the State of New York, pp. 473-474
Current Notes on Meteorology, pp. 474-475
R. DeC. Ward

Scientific Notes and News, pp. 475-478
University and Educational News, pp. 478-480

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Front Matter (1 p.)
Educational Values, pp. 481-487
W. Le Conte Stevens

Pictures Produced on Photographic Plates in the Dark, pp. 487-492
William James Russell

Degeneration in the Eyes of the Cold-Blooded Vertebrates of the North American Caves, pp. 492-503
Carl H. Eigenmann


Scientific Books
----------------, pp. 503-505
The Ore Deposits of the United States and Canada
James Furman Kemp
Review author[s]: S. F. Emmons
----------------, pp. 505-506
The Nature and Work of Plants
Daniel Trembly MacDougal
Review author[s]: Charles E. Bessey
----------------, p. 506
De praktische toepassing van Stoomschuif- en Schaarbewegingen bij Stationaire, Locomobiel-, Locomotief- en Scheeps-machines door C. Steuerwald; Mit eene voorede van H. A. Ravenek
W. S. Auchincloss
Review author[s]: R. H. T.
----------------, pp. 506-507
Mesure des température élevées
H. Le Chatelier; O. Boudouard
Review author[s]: C. Barus


Societies and Academies, pp. 507-510


Discussion and Correspondence
`Floating Sand.' `Floating Stones.', pp. 510-512
Frederic W. Simonds
Sea-Birds A Sanitary Necessity, pp. 512-513


Notes on Electrical Engineering, pp. 513-515
W. S. F.

Current Notes on Physiography, pp. 515-516
W. M. Davis

Notes on Inorganic Chemistry, pp. 516-517
J. L. H.

Scientific Notes and News, pp. 517-520
University and Educational News, p. 520

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Front Matter (2 pp.)
The Prevalent Diseases in the Philippines, pp. 521-528
Simon Flexner; Lewellys F. Barker

A Popular Account of Some New Fields of Thought in Mathematics, pp. 528-535
G. A. Miller

The Mechanics of Slow Motions, pp. 535-536
Chas. S. Slichter

Maryland's Highway Report, pp. 536-540
J. A. Holmes

Work and Expenditures of the Agricultural Experiment Stations for the Year Ending June 30, 1899, pp. 540-546


Scientific Books
----------------, pp. 546-547
The Diuturnal Theory of the Earth
Myra Andrews; Ernest G. Stevens
Review author[s]: T. C. M.
----------------, pp. 547-549
Elements of the Differential Calculus
James McMahon
Review author[s]: C. J. Keyser
----------------, p. 549
G. V. de Lapouge: V Aryen: Son rôle Social
Review author[s]: Cablos C. Closson


Scientific Journals and Articles, pp. 549-550
Societies and Academies, pp. 550-554


Discussion and Correspondence
Electrical Units and the International Congress, p. 554
T. C. M.
Necturus Maculosus Rafinesque in the Lower Delaware River, p. 555
Henry W. Fowler
Lampreys in Captivity, p. 555
Albert M. Reese


Notes on Physics, pp. 555-556
W. S. F.

Scientific Notes and News, pp. 556-560
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Front Matter (1 p.)
The Geological and Faunal Relations of Europe and America During the Tertiary Period and the Theory of the Successive Invasions of an African Fauna, pp. 561-574
Henry Fairfield Osborn

Cruise of the Albatross, pp. 574-578
A. Agassiz

The Present State of Progress of the New Reduction of Piazzi's Star Observations, pp. 578-580
Herman S. Davis


Scientific Books
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Scientific Papers
John William Strutt
Review author[s]: Carl Barus
----------------, pp. 585-586
System der Bakterien
W. Migula
Review author[s]: Edwin O. Jordan


Scientific Journals and Articles, pp. 586-587
Societies and Academies, pp. 587-588


Discussion and Correspondence
`New-Darwinism.', pp. 588-589
F. W. Hutton
`The Eskimo of Smith Sound', p. 589
O. T. Mason
A Chronological Index, pp. 589-590
C. L. F.
The International Congress of Mechanics, p. 590
R. H. Thurston


Notes on Physics, pp. 590-591
W. S. F.

Current Notes on Physiography, pp. 591-592
W. M. Davis

Current Notes on Meteorology, pp. 592-593
R. DeC. Ward

Patents and the Industries, pp. 593-594
R. H. Thurston

Brinton Memorial Chair in the University of Pennsylvania, pp. 594-595
Scientific Notes and News, pp. 595-600
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Front Matter (1 p.)
The Atomic Theory from the Chemical Standpoint, pp. 601-608
H. N. Stokes

Some Objections to the Atomic Theory, pp. 608-612
Frank K. Cameron

On Artificial Parthenogenesis in Sea Urchins, pp. 612-614
Jacques Loeb

A Curious Phase of Inter-Stream Erosion in Southern Oregon, pp. 614-615
Oscar H. Hershey

The Sixty-Seventh Annual Report of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, pp. 616-620
E. D. P.


Scientific Books
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Clark University, 1889-1899. Decennial Celebration
Review author[s]: C. S. Peirce
----------------, p. 622
Analysis of White Paints
George H. Ellis
Review author[s]: Jas. Lewis Howe
----------------, pp. 622-623
The Refraction of the Eye, Including a Complete Treatise on Ophthalmometry
Edward Davis
Review author[s]: C. A. O.


Scientific Journals and Articles, pp. 623-624
Societies and Academies, pp. 624-627


Discussion and Correspondence
The Plumages and Moults of the Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea), pp. 627-630
Jonathan Dwight
Indian Pictographs on the Dakota Sandstone, pp. 630-631
Charles Newton Gould
Systematic Arrangement of Ore Deposits on a Geological Basis, pp. 631-632
Charles R. Keyes


Notes on Inorganic Chemistry, pp. 632-633
J. L. H.

Tobacco, Tobacco-Pipes and Smoking, pp. 633-634
A. S. G.

Scientific Notes and News, pp. 634-639
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Front Matter (3 pp.)
Liquid Hydrogen, pp. 641-651
James Dewar

Some Recent Contributions to Terrestrial Magnetism, pp. 651-655
L. A. Bauer

Exotic Mollusca in California, pp. 655-659
Robert E. C. Stearns


Scientific Books
Manual and Mechanical Productivity, pp. 659-662
Outlines of the Comparative Physiology and Morphology of Animals
Joseph Le Conte
Review author[s]: R. H. Thurston; J. S. Kingsley


Scientific Journals and Articles, p. 663
Societies and Academies, pp. 663-667


Discussion and Correspondence
Request for Co-Operation in Work on the Coming Solar Eclipse, Etc, pp. 667-668
R. W. Wood
A Statement Regarding the Situation at the University of Cincinnati, pp. 669-670
Thomas French
Information Wanted, pp. 670-671
George V. N. Dearborn
Note on the Pigments of the Coccid Chionaspis Furfura, Fitch, p. 671
T. D. A. Cockerell


Current Notes on Physiography, pp. 671-672
W. M. Davis

Botanical Notes, pp. 672-674
Charles E. Bessey

The Laboratory of the U. S. Fish Commission at Beaufort, N. C., p. 674
H. V. Wilson

Professor Dewar on Solid Hydrogen, pp. 674-675
X-Rays and Photographic Plates, pp. 675-676
Scientific Notes and News, pp. 676-680
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Front Matter (2 pp.)
The Medical School of the Future, pp. 681-696
H. P. Bowditch

National Standardizing Bureau, pp. 696-701
A New Enzyme of General Occurrence in Organisms, pp. 701-702
Oscar Loew

The Recent Annual Reception and Exhibition of the New York Academy of Sciences, pp. 702-704
J. F. Kemp


Scientific Books
----------------, pp. 704-705
The International Geography
Hugh Robert Mill
Review author[s]: Richard E. Dodge
----------------, pp. 705-710
A Manual of Psychology
G. F. Stout
Review author[s]: I. Madison Bentley
----------------, pp. 710-711
Matières odorantes artificielles
Georges-F. Jaubert
Review author[s]: Marston Taylor Bogert


Societies and Academies, pp. 711-712


Discussion and Correspondence
The Official Spelling of Porto Rico, pp. 712-713
Rob't T. Hill
Linguistic Families in Mexico, p. 713
O. T. Mason
Hemianopsia in Migraine, pp. 713-714
J. Mark Baldwin
The Development of Photographic Plates in the Light, p. 714
Francis E. Nipher


The Topographic Survey of Ohio, pp. 714-715
Albert A. Wright

The Archæological Report of Ontario, p. 715
Harlan I. Smith

Experiment Station Exhibit at the Paris Exposition, pp. 715-716
Scientific Notes and News, pp. 716-719
University and Educational News, pp. 719-720

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Front Matter (2 pp.)
Report of the Watson Trustees on the Award of the Watson Medal to David Gill, pp. 721-726
S. Newcomb

Experience Notes Upon Plot Experiments, pp. 726-732
Byron D. Halsted

Modern Problems in Acoustics, pp. 732-735
Charles K. Wead

Opportunities for Biological Study in Paris and the Requirements for the New Doctorate, pp. 736-740
Frederick C. Newcombe

The Senses of Primitive Man, pp. 740-742
Oliver Payson Hubbard, pp. 742-743
J. J. Stevenson; Alex. A. Julien


Scientific Books
----------------, pp. 743-745
The World and the Individual
Josiah Royce
Review author[s]: R. M. Wenley
----------------, pp. 745-746
A Preliminary Report on the Geology of Louisiana
Gilbert D. Harris; A.C. Veatch
Review author[s]: W. H. Dall
----------------, pp. 746-747
The Physiological Rôle of Mineral Nutrients
Oscar Loew
Review author[s]: D. T. MacDougal
----------------, p. 747
Science Sketches: Chemistry its Evolution and Achievements
Ferdinand G. Wiechmann
Review author[s]: W. A. Noyes


Scientific Journals and Articles, pp. 747-749
Societies and Academies, pp. 749-752


Discussion and Correspondence
Physical Observations During the Total Solar Eclipse, pp. 752-753
A. Lawrence Rotch
The University of Cincinnati, p. 753
Thomas French
'00 or 1900, p. 753
E. L. Mark


Current Notes on Physiography, pp. 753-754
W. M. Davis

The Making of a Museum, pp. 755-756
F. A. L.

Scientific Notes and News, pp. 756-760
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Front Matter (1 p.)
The Approachng Total Eclipse of the Sun, pp. 761-763
The Principles of Sciosophy, pp. 763-772
David Starr Jordan

The Sociological Status of the Physician, pp. 772-782
Clarence John Blake

Aluminium-Magnesium Alloys, pp. 783-785
R. H. Thurston


Scientific Books
----------------, p. 785
La constitution du monde
Madame Clémence Royer
Review author[s]: F. R. M.
----------------, pp. 785-786
The Chemistry of Soils and Fertilizers
Harry Snyder
Review author[s]: G. S. Fraps
----------------, p. 786
A Short History of the Progress of Scientific Chemistry in Our Own Times
William A. Tilden
Review author[s]: W. A. Noyes
----------------, pp. 786-787
Outlines of Industrial Chemistry
Frank Hall Thorp
Review author[s]: W. A. Noyes
General, p. 787


Scientific Journals and Articles, pp. 787-788
Societies and Academies, pp. 788-789
Notes on Physics, pp. 789-790
W. S. F.

Current Notes on Physiography, pp. 790-791
W. M. Davis

Antiquities of Alabama, pp. 791-792
Harlan I. Smith

A New Paleolithic Station, pp. 792-793
George Grant MacCurdy

Certain Laws of Variation, pp. 793-794
Scientific Notes and News, pp. 794-800
University and Educational News, p. 800

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Front Matter (1 p.)
Should Latin and Greek be Required for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts, pp. 801-807
John J. Stevenson

The Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, pp. 807-816
L. P. Gratacap

The Vertebral Formula in Diplodocus, Marsh, pp. 816-818
W. J. Holland

Unveiling of the Huxley Memorial, pp. 818-821


Scientific Books
----------------, pp. 821-822
A Manual of Zoology
T. Jeffrey Parker; William A. Haswell
Review author[s]: E. B. W.
----------------, pp. 822-823
A First Book of Organic Evolution
D. Kerfoot Shute
Review author[s]: Frank R. Lillie
----------------, p. 823
Produits aromatiques artificiels et naturels
Georges F. Jaubert
Review author[s]: Marston Taylor Bogert
----------------, p. 823
The Compendious Manual of Qualitative Chemical Analysis
C. W. Eliot; F. H. Storer
Review author[s]: E. Renouf
----------------, pp. 823-824
Victor von Richter's Organic Chemistry or Chemistry of the Carbon Compounds
R. Anschütz
Review author[s]: Edward Renouf
----------------, p. 824
Optical Activity and Chemical Composition
H. Landolt
Review author[s]: W. R. Orndorff


Scientific Journals and Articles, p. 824
Societies and Academies, pp. 824-829


Discussion and Correspondence
A National Library and Museum of the History of Chemistry and Cognate Arts and Sciences, pp. 829-831
Fred. Hoffmann
Cedar Collars of the North Pacific Coast Indians, p. 831
O. T. Mason
Highhole Courtship Again, p. 832
Hiram M. Stanley
A Correction, p. 832
E. L. Mark
The Graphophone as an Auxiliary Astronomical Instrument. A Suggestion, p. 832
W. E.


Notes on Physics, pp. 832-833
W. S. F.

Applied Science in Municipal Work, pp. 833-834
R. H. Thurston

`Arrowpoints, Spearheads and Knives of Prehistoric Times.', p. 834
Harlan I. Smith

Dietary Studies of University Boat Crews, pp. 834-835
Lake Laboratory of the Ohio State University, pp. 835-836
Scientific Notes and News, pp. 836-840
University and Educational News, p. 840

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Front Matter (2 pp.)
The Language of Hawaii, pp. 841-850
Erasmus Darwin Preston

Sandstone Disintegration Through the Formation of Interstitial Gypsum, pp. 850-851
George P. Merrill

The Nature of the Smile and Laugh, pp. 851-856
George V. N. Dearborn

Report on the Work of the Morrill Geological Expeditions of the University of Nebraska, pp. 856-858
Carrie Adeline Barbour


Scientific Books
----------------, pp. 858-860
The Cyclopedia of American Horticulture
L. H. Bailey; Wilhelm Miller
Review author[s]: Wm Trelease
----------------, p. 860
La nature tropicale
J. Constantin
Review author[s]: D. T. MacDougal
----------------, pp. 860-861
Fossil Flora of the Lower Coal Measures of Missouri
David White
Review author[s]: Arthur Hollick
----------------, p. 861
Analyse microchimique et spectroscopique
M. E. Pozzi-Escot
Review author[s]: E. M. Chamot
----------------, p. 862
Qualitative Analysis for Secondary Schools
Cyrus W. Irish
Review author[s]: Theodore Whittelsey
----------------, pp. 862-864
The Psychology of Religion
Edwin Diller Starbuck
Review author[s]: George A. Coe


Scientific Journals and Articles, pp. 864-865
Societies and Academies, pp. 865-868


Discussion and Correspondence
Humanizing the Birds, pp. 868-869
F. A. Lucas


Notes on Inorganic Chemistry, pp. 869-870
J. L. H.

Current Notes on Physiography, pp. 870-871
W. M. Davis

Current Notes on Meteorology, pp. 871-872
R. DeC. Ward

The Congresses of the Paris Exposition, pp. 872-874
Anti-Vivisection Legislation, pp. 874-875
James McMillan

A National Repository for Science and Art, pp. 875-876
Scientific Notes and News, pp. 876-880
University and Educational News, p. 880

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Front Matter (2 pp.)
Variation and Some Phenomena Connected with Reproduction and Sex, pp. 881-894
Adam Sedgwick

The Language of Hawaii, pp. 894-898
E. D. Preston

Coal Floras of the Mississippi Valley, pp. 898-900
Charles R. Keyes

On the Zoo-Geographical Relations of Africa, pp. 900-901


Scientific Books
----------------, pp. 902-904
The Theory of Electrolytic Dissociation and Some of its Applications
Harry C. Jones
Review author[s]: Jas. Lewis Howe
----------------, pp. 904-905
An Introduction to Physical Chemistry
James Walker
Review author[s]: Arthur A. Noyes
----------------, pp. 906-907
Essai sur la classification des sciences
Edmond Goblot
Review author[s]: E. A. S.
General, pp. 907-908


Societies and Academies, pp. 908-909


Discussion and Correspondence
Reply to Professor Kingsley's Criticism, pp. 909-911
Joseph Le Conte
Glacial Erosion in the White Mountain Notches, pp. 911-912
Philip Emerson
Floating Sand and Stones, pp. 912-913
E. O. Hovey
Diurnal Range of Temperatures, p. 913
E. D. Preston
Eogæa and Antarctica, p. 913
Theo Gill


Notes on Physics, pp. 913-914
W. S. F.

Note on a New Abyssal Limpet, p. 914
Wm. H. Dall

The Planet Eros, pp. 914-915
The Cambridge Exploring Expedition to the Siamese-Malay States, pp. 915-916
Scientific Notes and News, pp. 916-919
University and Educational News, pp. 919-920

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Front Matter (3 pp.)
The Appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for 1901, pp. 921-923
Variation and Some Phenomena Connected with Reproduction and Sex, pp. 923-930
Adam Sedgwick

The Proteids of Living Matter, pp. 930-935
Oscar Loew

The New York Botanical Garden, pp. 935-945
D. T. MacDougal


Scientific Books
----------------, pp. 945-947
The Unknown
Camille Flammarion
Review author[s]: Joseph Jastrow
----------------, pp. 947-948
Histoire des mathématiques
Jacques Boyer
Review author[s]: Florian Cajori
----------------, p. 948
Elementary Chemistry. For High Schools and Academies
A. L. Arey
Review author[s]: J. E. G.
----------------, p. 948
Laboratory Exercises with Outlines for the Study of Chemistry, to Accompany Any Elementary Text
H. H. Nicholson; S. Avery
Review author[s]: J. E. G.
----------------, pp. 948-949
School Chemistry
Chas Baskerville
Review author[s]: J. E. G.
----------------, p. 949
The Living Organism
Alfred Earl
Review author[s]: C. B. Davenport
Suter's Hand-Book of Optics for Students of Ophthalmology, p. 949
Review author[s]: Frank P. Whitman


Scientific Journals and Articles, p. 950
Societies and Academies, pp. 950-952


Discussion and Correspondence
The Study of Greek and Latin Vs. Modern Languages, pp. 953-954
E. W. Hilgard
Phosphorescence in Deep-Sea Animals, p. 954
C. L. Franklin


Current Notes on Meteorology, pp. 954-956
R. DeC. Ward

Current Notes on Physiography, pp. 956-957
W. M. Davis

Scientific Notes and News, pp. 957-959
University and Educational News, p. 960

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Front Matter (1 p.)
The New York Meeting of the American Association, pp. 961-963
Progress of the New York Zoological Park, pp. 963-965
Henry F. Osborn

Sigma XI, at the American Association for the Advancement of Science, pp. 965-966
The Biological Sciences and the People, pp. 966-972
Jacob Reighard

The Steam-Turbine, pp. 972-973
R. H. Thurston

The Moringuoid Eels in American Waters, pp. 973-974
Theo Gill; H. M. Smith

A Preliminary Account of the Solar Eclipse of May 28, 1900, As Observed by the Smithsonian Expedition, pp. 974-980
S. P. Langley


Scientific Books
----------------, pp. 980-984
Text-Book of Paleontology
Karl A. Von Zittel
Review author[s]: F. A. Bather
----------------, pp. 984-988
The Meyer's Kinetic Theory of Gases
Oskar Emil Meyer
Review author[s]: Edwin H. Hall
----------------, pp. 988-989
The Digestibility of American Feeding Stuffs
Whitman H. Jordan; Frank H. Hall
Review author[s]: E. W. Allen


Societies and Academies, pp. 989-990


Discussion and Correspondence
Prehistoric Remains in Japan, pp. 990-991
G. Frederick Wright
Seals in the Amazon Drainage, p. 991
James A. G. Rehn
The International Congresses of Meteorology and Aëronautics at Paris, p. 991
A. Lawrence Rotch
The Name of the Cochineal, pp. 991-992
T. D. A. Cockerell
A Truck for Minerals, p. 992
Eugene A. Smith
The Eclipse of May 28th, pp. 992-993
Mary W. Whitney


Notes on Inorganic Chemistry, pp. 993-994
J. L. H.

Notes on Physics, pp. 994-995
W. S. F.

Weather Conditions in New York City at the End of June, p. 996
Reorganization in the Geological Survey, p. 996
Scientific Notes and News, pp. 997-999
University and Educational News, pp. 999-1000

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Front Matter (3 pp.)


The American Association for the Advancement of science
Rhythms and Geologic Time, pp. 1001-1012
G. K.Gilbert
The Eighth Group of the Periodic System and Some of its Problems, pp. 1012-1020
Jas. Lewis Howe


The Royal Society of Canada, pp. 1020-1024
H. M. Ami


Scientific Books
----------------, pp. 1024-1026
The Logical Bases of Education
J. Welton
Review author[s]: Paul H. Hanus
----------------, pp. 1026-1027
The Theory and Practice of Interpolation
Herbert S. Rice
Review author[s]: C. L. Doolittle


Discussion and Correspondence
The Misuse of Technical Terms, pp. 1028-1030
D. W. Hering
Correction, p. 1030
Jacques Loeb


Notes on Electrical Engineering, p. 1030
W. S. F.

Notes on Engineering, pp. 1031-1032
R. H. Thurston

Current Notes on Physiography, pp. 1032-1033
W. M. Davis

The Study of Electrical Pressure, pp. 1033-1034
The New York State College of Forestry, pp. 1034-1035
The Forthcoming Meeting of the British Association, pp. 1035-1036
Scientific Notes and News, pp. 1036-1039
University and Educational News, pp. 1039-1040

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Volume Information (8 pp.)
Front Matter (2 pp.)


The American Association for the Advancement of Science
The New York Meeting, pp. 1-4
Proceedings of the Association, pp. 4-9
Charles Baskerville
Address of Welcome, pp. 9-12
Address of the President, pp. 12-15
On the Teaching of Astronomy in the United States, pp. 15-20
The Eighth Group of the Periodic System and Some of Its Problems, pp. 20-34
Jas. Lewis Howe


Scientific Books
----------------, pp. 34-35
The Elements of Physics for Use in High Schools
Henry Crew
Review author[s]: W. Le Conte Stevens


Societies and Academies, pp. 36-37
Current Notes on Meteorology, pp. 37-38
R. DeC. Ward

Scientific Notes and Notes, pp. 38-40
University and Educational News, p. 40

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Front Matter (1 p.)


The American Association for the Advancement of Science
On Kathode Rays and Some Related Phenomena, pp. 41-48
Ernest Merritt
Some Twentieth Century Problems, pp. 48-62
William Trelease


The Structure and Signification of Certain Botanical Terms, pp. 62-64
Charles A. White

Lymphosporidium truttæ, Nov. Gen., Nov. Spec. The Cause of a Recent Brook Trout Epidemic, pp. 64-65
Gary N. Calkins

Embryology of Lepas, pp. 65-66
Maurice A. Bigelow

Ernst Hartig, pp. 66-67
R. H. Thurston


Scientific Books
----------------, pp. 67-69
The Grammar of Science
Karl Pearson
Review author[s]: Joseph Jastrow
----------------, pp. 69-71
The Microscopy of Drinking Water
George Chandler Whipple
Review author[s]: Charles A. Kofoid
----------------, p. 71
Analyse Chimique Qualitative
M. E. Pozzi-Escot
Review author[s]: Edward Renouf


Discussion and Correspondence
Deformed Sterna in the Domesticated Fowl, p. 71
F. A. Lucas
Remarks on the Loess in North China, pp. 71-73
Fred. B. Wright
Power of the Eye, p. 73
Hiram M. Stanley


Current Notes on Physiography, pp. 73-74
W. M. Davis

Botanical Notes, pp. 74-76
Charles E. Bessey

The Recent Solar Eclipse, pp. 76-77
The Third International Conference on a Catalogue of Scientific Literature, pp. 77-78
Scientific Notes and News, pp. 78-79
University and Educational News, pp. 79-80

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Front Matter (2 pp.)


The American Association for the Advancement of Science
Pre-Cambrian Sediments in the Adirondacks, pp. 81-98
J. F. Kemp
On Kathode Rays and Some Related Phenomena, pp. 98-104
Ernest Merritt
Mathematics and Astronomy at the American Association, pp. 104-106
Wendell M. Strong
Physics at the American Association, pp. 106-109
R. A. Fessenden


Scientific Books
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The Cell in Development and Inheritance
Edmund B. Wilson
Review author[s]: Edwin G. Conklin
----------------, pp. 110-111
North American Forests and Forestry
Ernest Bruncken
Review author[s]: Charles E. Bessey
----------------, p. 111
Catalogue of the Flora of Montana and the Yellowstone National Park
per Axel Rydberg
Review author[s]: Charles E. Bessey
----------------, pp. 111-113
The Agricultural Experiment Stations in the United States
A. C. True; V. A. Clark
Review author[s]: E. W. Allen


Discussion and Correspondence
The International Catalogue of Scientific Literature, p. 113
Henry F. Osborn
The Callosities Upon Horses' Legs, pp. 113-114
Lawrence Irwell
Transmissibility of Acquired Characters, p. 114
C. G. S.


Current Notes on Meteorology, p. 114
R. DeC. Ward

Notes on Oceanography, pp. 114-116
Reginald A. Daly

A New Star in Aquila, p. 116
E. C. Pickering

The Establishment of a Bureau of Chemistry, p. 116
Scientific Notes and News, pp. 116-120
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Front Matter (3 pp.)
The Astronomical and Astrophysical Society of America, pp. 121-129
George C. Comstock

American Mathematical Society, pp. 129-131
F. N. Cole

The Relation of Biology to Physiography, pp. 131-133
C. W. Hayes; M. R. Campbell

On the Evidence of the Unionidæ Regarding the Former Courses of the Tennessee and Other Southern Rivers, pp. 133-136
Chas. T. Simpson

Education at the Paris Exposition, pp. 136-137
Henry L. Taylor

Eighteenth Annual Report of the Committee on Indexing Chemical Literature, pp. 138-139
H. Carrington Bolton; F. W. Clarke; A. R. Leeds; A. B. Prescott; Alfred Tuckerman; H. W. Wiley


Scientific Books
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A Text-Book of Physics
W. Watson
Review author[s]: W. F. Magie
Ornithology, pp. 140-141
Review author[s]: A. K. F.


Societies and Academies, pp. 142-143


Discussion and Correspondence
Epitropism, Apotropism and the Tropaxis, pp. 143-146
Charles A. White
Initiation of New Elements in Fossil Faunas, p. 146
Charles R. Keyes
Rapid Changes in the Structure of the Corona, pp. 146-147
H. Helm Clayton


Notes on Inorganic Chemistry, pp. 147-148
J. L. H.

Notes on Oceanography, pp. 148-149
Reginald A. Daly

Zoological Notes, p. 150
F. A. Lucas

Botanical Notes, pp. 150-152
Charles E. Bessey

Activity in Magnetic Work, pp. 152-153
Jenner Institute of Preventive Medicine, pp. 153-154
The British National Physical Laboratory, pp. 154-155
Protection and Importation of Birds, pp. 155-156
Monument to Professor Baird, p. 156
Scientific Notes and News, pp. 157-160
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Front Matter (3 pp.)
The Last Quarter--A Reminiscence and an Outlook, pp. 161-170
Lucien M. Underwood

Artificial Parthenogenesis in Annelids (Chætopterus), p. 170
Jacques Loeb

The Astronomical and Astrophysical Society of America, pp. 171-191
Geo. C. Comstock


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Curing and Fermentation of Cigar Leaf Tobacco
Oscar Loew
Physiological Studies of Connecticut Leaf Tobacco
Oscar Loew
Review author[s]: H. N. Stokes
----------------, p. 192
The Birds of Eastern North America
Charles B. Cory
Review author[s]: W. H. Osgood


Discussion and Correspondence
Kite vs. Balloon, p. 193
A. Lawrence Rotch
Callosities on Horses' Legs, p. 194
W J McGee


Notes on Inorganic Chemistry, pp. 194-195
J. L. H.

Medical Exhibits at Paris, pp. 195-196
Sigma XI, The American Association and the Geological Society of America, pp. 196-197
Scientific Notes and News, pp. 197-200
University and Educational News, p. 200

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Front Matter (3 pp.)
Certain Recent Attempts to Test the Nebular Hypothesis, pp. 201-208
T. C. Chamberlin; F. R. Moulton

The Illusory Dust Drift. A Curious Optical Phenomenon, pp. 208-211
A. H. Pierce

Rafinesque's Western Minerva, or American Annals of Knowledge and Literature, pp. 211-215
Wm. J. Fox

The International Catalogue of Scientific Literature, pp. 215-222
The American Microscopical Society, pp. 222-223
Henry B. Ward


Scientific Books
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The Birds of Celebes and Neighbouring Islands
A. B. Meyer; L. W. Wiglesworth
Review author[s]: J. A. Allen
----------------, pp. 225-226
A Monograph of Christmas Island
Review author[s]: Wm. H. Dall
The Humanities in Horticulture, p. 226
Review author[s]: W. T.


Societies and Academies, pp. 228-230


Discussion and Correspondence
Hermaphroditism among the Docoglossa, pp. 230-231
M. A. Willcox


Some Recent Reports of Foreign Museums, pp. 231-232
F. A. L.

Recent Progress in the Examination of Foods and Drugs, pp. 232-234
Henry Kraemer

The President's Address before the Society of Chemical Industry, pp. 234-235
The Jesup North Pacific Expedition, pp. 235-236
Scientific Notes and News, pp. 236-240
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Front Matter (2 pp.)
Work of the U. S. Geological Survey, 1899-1900, pp. 241-246
Bailey Willis

Second Report of the Committee of the German Chemical Society on Atomic Weights, pp. 246-247
J. L. H.

The Fossil Shells of the Los Angeles Tunnel Clays, pp. 247-250
Rob't E. C. Stearns

The Royal College of Surgeons, pp. 250-254
The Development of Surgery, pp. 254-263
William MacCormac

Chemistry at the New York Meeting of the American Association, pp. 263-265
Arthur A. Noyes

Anthropology at the New York Meeting of the American Association, pp. 265-269
Frank Russell


Scientific Books
----------------, p. 269
Etude sur la grêle. Défense des recoltes par le tir du canon
V. Vermorel
Review author[s]: E. W. Hilgard
----------------, pp. 269-270
A Brief Guide to the Commoner Butterflies of the Northern United States and Canada
Samuel Hubbard Scudder
Review author[s]: W. J. Holland


Discussion and Correspondence
International Catalogue of Scientific Literature, pp. 270-271
Richard Rathbun
The Buffalo Exposition, pp. 271-272
A. L. Benedict


Notes on Inorganic Chemistry, pp. 272-273
J. L. H.

The International Association of Academies, pp. 273-274
Defective Vision of Board School Children, pp. 274-275
Protection of Wild Animals in Africa, pp. 275-276
Scientific Notes and News, pp. 276-279
University and Educational News, pp. 279-280

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Front Matter (3 pp.)
The Mission of Science in Education, pp. 281-293
John M. Coulter

The Zeeman Effect, pp. 293-297
Herbert M. Reese

European Apple Tree Canker in America, pp. 297-299
W. Paddock

Zoology at the American Association, pp. 299-311
C. H. Eigenmann


Scientific Books
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An Introduction to the Study of the Comparative Anatomy of Animals
Gilbert C. Bourne
Review author[s]: J. S. Kingsley
Professor Mosso's Lectures at the Clark University Decennial, pp. 312-313
Review author[s]: George V. N. Dearborn


Discussion and Correspondence
Three Forgotten Names for Birds, p. 314
William J. Fox


Notes on Inorganic Chemistry, pp. 314-315
J. L. H.

The University of Birmingham, pp. 315-316
R. H. Thurston

The Prevention of Hail Storms, p. 316
British Congress on Tuberculosis, pp. 316-317
Scientific Notes and News, pp. 317-320
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Front Matter (3 pp.)
Doctorates Conferred by American Universities, pp. 321-325
Inertia and Gravitation, pp. 325-328
Reginald A. Fessenden

The Work of the Society for Agricultural Education, pp. 328-334
W. J. Beal

The British Association, pp. 334-340
Variation among Hydromedusæ, pp. 340-342
Charles W. Hargitt

Lateral Line Organs in Eunice Auriculata n. sp., pp. 342-343
Aaron L. Treadwell


Scientific Books
----------------, pp. 343-344
An Outline of the Theory of Thermodynamics
Edgar Buckingham
Review author[s]: J. E. Trevor
----------------, pp. 344-345
Microörganisms and Fermentation
Alfred Jorgensen
Review author[s]: H. W. C.


Discussion and Correspondence
Eminent American Men of Science, p. 346
Henry Montgomery


International Commission on Atomic Weights, pp. 346-347
J. L. H.

Plant Embryo-Sacs, p. 347
K. M. Wiegand

Scientific Notes and News, pp. 347-352
University and Educational News, p. 352

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Front Matter (3 pp.)
James Edward Keeler, pp. 353-357
George E. Hale

Address of the President before the British Association for the Advancement of Science, pp. 357-368
William Turner

Experiments of J. J. Thomson on the Structure of the Atom, pp. 368-370
Charles A. Perkins

Investigations at Cold Spring Harbor, pp. 371-373
C. B. Davenport


Scientific Books
----------------, pp. 373-375
Tarr and McMurry's Geographies
Ralph S. Tarr; Frank M. McMurry
Review author[s]: Mark S. W. Jefferson
----------------, p. 375
Wireless Telegraphy and Hertzian Waves
S. R. Bottone
Review author[s]: F. L. T.


Discussion and Correspondence
The Copyright of University Lectures, p. 376
R. M. Wenley
The International Psychical Institute, p. 376
William James


The French Association for the Advancement of Science, pp. 376-377
The Electrical Effects of Light upon Green Leaves, pp. 377-378
Science Research Scholarships, pp. 378-379
Scientific Notes and News, pp. 379-384
University and Educational News, p. 384

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Front Matter (3 pp.)
Address of the President before the British Association for the Advancement of Science, pp. 385-396
William Turner

Original Investigations by Engineering Schools a Duty to the Public and to the Profession, pp. 397-400
A. Marston

The Development of the Conger Eel, pp. 401-402
Carl H. Eigenmann

Heat-Engine Diagrams, p. 402
R. H. Thurston

Herman Andreas Loos, p. 403
Milton C. Whitaker


Scientific Books
----------------, pp. 403-404
Photometrical Measurements
Wilbur M. Stine
Review author[s]: Frank P. Whitman
Liverpool Marine Biological Committee's Memoirs, pp. 404-405
Review author[s]: Wm. E. Ritter


Discussion and Correspondence
Note on the Siluro-Devonic Boundary, pp. 406-408
John M. Clarke
The Problem of Color, pp. 408-410
C. Ladd Franklin
A Large Crystal of Spodumene, p. 410
Henry Montgomery


Units at the International Electrical Congress, pp. 410-412
The Proposed National Standards Bureau, p. 412
Scientific Notes and News, pp. 413-416
University and Educational News, p. 416

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Front Matter (2 pp.)
Address of the President of the Mathematical and Physical Section of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, pp. 417-436
Joseph Larmor

Inland Biological Laboratories, pp. 436-438
The Colorado Potato Beetle, pp. 438-440
W. L. Tower

The Eighth International Geological Congress at Paris, pp. 440-442
H. F. O.


Scientific Books
----------------, pp. 442-443
Introduction to Zoology
Charles Benedict Davenport; Gertrude Crotty Davenport
Review author[s]: Maurice A. Bigelow
----------------, pp. 443-444
Oysters and Disease
W. A. Herdman; Rubert Boyce
Review author[s]: H. F. Moore
----------------, p. 444
Anatomie et physiologie végétale
Er. Belzung
Review author[s]: D. T. MacDougal
----------------, pp. 444-445
Report of Competitive Tests of Street Car Brakes
Review author[s]: R. H. Thurston
----------------, pp. 445-446
Lehrbuch der Photochromie von Wilhelm Zenker; neu herausgegeben
B. Schwalbe
Review author[s]: R. W. Wood


Societies and Academies, pp. 446-447


Discussion and Correspondence
Mr. Tesla and the Universe--Human Energy and How to Increase It--His Philosophizing Questioned, pp. 447-451


Botanical Notes, pp. 451-452
Charles E. Bessey

The Coal Fields of China, p. 452
Scientific Notes and News, pp. 453-456
University and Educational News, p. 456

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Front Matter (1 p.)
The International Catalogue, pp. 457-459
M. Foster

Address of the President of the Botanical Section of the British Association, pp. 459-475
S. H. Vines

The Method of Types in Botanical Nomenclature, pp. 475-481
O. F. Cook


Scientific Books
----------------, pp. 481-484
Memoirs
Scientific Papers
Peter Guthrie Tait
Papers on Mechanical and Physical Subjects
Osborne Reynolds
Review author[s]: R. S. W.
----------------, p. 484
Kleiner Leitfaden der praktischen Physik
F. Kohlrausch
Review author[s]: W. Hallock
----------------, pp. 485-487
Education in the United States
Nicholas Murray Butler
Review author[s]: Paul H. Hanus
----------------, p. 487
Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum
George F. Hampson
Review author[s]: Harrison G. Dyar


Discussion and Correspondence
The Psychology of Pity, pp. 487-488
Hiram M. Stanley
The Kieffer Pear and the San José Scale, pp. 488-489
T. D. A. Cockerell


Notes on Physics, p. 489
W. S. F.

Notes on Inorganic Chemistry, pp. 489-490
J. L. H.

Academei dei Lincei of Rome, pp. 490-491
The Importation of Living Animals, p. 491
Street Cars in Glasgow, pp. 491-492
Scientific Notes and News, pp. 492-496
University and Educational News, p. 496

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Front Matter (3 pp.)
The Nobel Prizes for Scientific Discoveries, pp. 497-502
Address of the President of the Anthropological Section of the British Association, pp. 502-516
John Rhys

Camphor Secreted by an Animal (Polyzonium), pp. 516-521
O. F. Cook

Progress in Meteorological Kite Flying, pp. 521-523
S. P. Fergusson


Scientific Books
The Publications of the Volta Bureau, pp. 523-529
The Helen Keller Souvenir
A. Graham Bell; Annie M. Sullivan
Marriages of the Deaf in America
Edward Allen Fay
Exploitation technique des forêts. Exploitation commerciale des forêts
M. H. Vanutberghe
Technic of Mechanical Drafting
C. W. Reinhardt
Review author[s]: W. K. Brooks; B. E. Fernow; F. N. Willson


Notes on Inorganic Chemistry, pp. 530-531
J. L. H.

Experimental Stations in Hawaii and Porto Rico, pp. 531-532
Scientific Notes and News, pp. 532-536
University and Educational News, p. 536

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Front Matter (3 pp.)
The Revival of Organic Chemistry, pp. 537-556
H. N. Stokes

The Waikuru, Seri and Yuma Languages, pp. 556-558
A. S. Gatschet

On the Inflection of the Angle of the Jaw in the Marsupialia, pp. 558-559
B. Arthur Bensley

Oklahoma Geological Survey, pp. 559-560
Charles Newton Gould

Mosquitoes of the United States, pp. 560-562
M. V. Slingerland


Scientific Books
----------------, pp. 562-563
The Norwegian North Polar Expedition, 1893-1896. Scientific Results
Fridtjof Nansen
Review author[s]: W. H. Dall
----------------, pp. 563-564
Biological Lectures from the Marine Biological Laboratory of Woods Holl
Review author[s]: C. B. Davenport
----------------, pp. 564-565
A Manual of Elementary Practical Physics
Julius Hortvet
Review author[s]: W. Hallock
----------------, pp. 565-566
An Inquiry into the Conditions Relating to the Water Supply of the City of New York
The Merchants' Association of New York
Review author[s]: R. H. Thurston
General, pp. 566-567


Discussion and Correspondence
An Eminent American Man of Science, p. 568
Theo. Gill


Notes on Inorganic Chemistry, p. 569
J. L. H.

Museum and Zoological Notes, pp. 569-570
F. A. L.

Botanical Notes, pp. 570-571
Charles E. Bessey

The American Public Health Association, pp. 571-572
Scientific Notes and News, pp. 572-576
University and Educational News, p. 576

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Front Matter (3 pp.)
Proceedings of the Section of Botany at the New York Meeting of the American Association, pp. 577-586
D. T. MacDougal

The Faith of Science, pp. 586-589
George Stuart Fullerton

Address of the Chairman of the Department of Astronomy of the British Association, pp. 590-604
A. A. Common

The Fourth International Congress of Psychology, pp. 605-606
R. S. Woodworth


Scientific Books
----------------, pp. 606-608
Éléments de paléobotanique
R. Zeiller
Review author[s]: D. P. Penhallow
----------------, pp. 608-610
La spéléologie, ou science des cavernes
E. A. Martel
Review author[s]: Horace C. Hovey
----------------, pp. 610-611
The Criminal: His Personnel and Environment. A Scientific Study
August Drähms
Review author[s]: Havelock Ellis


Societies and Academies, pp. 612-613
Notes on Physics, pp. 613-614
W. S. F.

Scientific Notes and News, pp. 614-616
University and Educational News, p. 616

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Front Matter (3 pp.)
The Interferences Observed on Viewing One Coarse Grating through Another, and on the Projection of One Piece of Wire Gauze by a Parallel Piece, pp. 617-627
Carl Barus

The Crossley Reflector of the Lick Observatory, pp. 627-632
C. D. Perrine

Address of the President of the Chemical Section of the British Association, pp. 632-645
W. H. Perkin


Scientific Books
----------------, pp. 645-646
La face de la terre
Edouard Suess
Review author[s]: J. B. Woodworth
----------------, pp. 646-647
Mesures électrique; essais laboratoire
E. Vigneron; P. Letheule
Resistance électrique et fluidité
Gouré de Villemonteé
Review author[s]: W. S. Franklin


Societies and Academies, p. 648


Discussion and Correspondence
Arithmetical Note, pp. 648-649
C. A. Scott
Camphor Secreted by an Animal, p. 649
Nathan Banks
A Correction, p. 649
J. W. Freley


Botanical Notes, pp. 649-651
Charles E. Bessey

New York Botanical Garden, p. 651
Scientific Notes and News, pp. 652-656
University and Educational News, p. 656

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Front Matter (1 p.)
The Relation of Educated Men to the State, pp. 657-666
H. S. Pritchett

Engineering Education in the United States at the End of the Century, pp. 666-674
Ira O. Baker

Progress in Irrigation Investigations, pp. 674-676
W. H. Beal

Remeasurement of the Peruvian Arc, pp. 676-677
I. W.

Sixth Annual Meeting of the Botanical Society of America, pp. 677-678
Geo. F. Atkinson


Scientific Books
Publications of the Earthquake Investigation Committee--in Foreign Languages, Numbers 3 and 4 Tokyo--1900, pp. 678-684
Rapports présenté au Congrès International de Mécanique appliquée; Exposition Universelle de 1900
Ch. Dunod
The Antarctic Regions
Karl Fricker
Physiology for the Laboratory
Bertha Millard Brown
A Syllabus of Elementary Physiology with References and Laboratory Exercises
Ulysses O. Cox
Physiology, Illustrated by Experiment
Buel P. Colton
Review author[s]: T. C. Mendenhall; R. H. Thurston; William Libbey; Frederic S. Lee
Folk-Lore in Borneo, p. 684
Review author[s]: A. C. F.


Discussion and Correspondence
Newspaper Science, pp. 684-685
T. C. M.
The Date of Publication of Brewster's American Edition of the Edinburgh Encyclopædia, pp. 685-686
Witmer Stone
The Spencer-Tolles Fund of the American Microscopical Society, p. 686


Societies and Academies, pp. 686-688
Notes on Oceanography, pp. 688-689
Reginald A. Daly

American Electricians in London, pp. 689-690
R. H. Thurston

Wireless Telegraphy, pp. 690-691
Species of Mosquitoes Collected for the British Museum, pp. 691-692
Yellow Fever and Mosquitoes, pp. 692-693
Scientific Notes and News, pp. 693-695
University and Educational News, pp. 695-696

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Front Matter (3 pp.)
The Imperial Physico-Technical Institution in Charlottenburg, pp. 697-708
Henry S. Carhart


Plant Geography of North America
The Physiographic Ecology of Northern Michigan, pp. 708-709
Henry C. Cowles
The Relations of the North American Flora to that of South America, pp. 709-716
William L. Bray


Names of Animals Published by Osbeck in 1765, pp. 716-718
William J. Fox

The Carnegie Museum Paleontological Expeditions of 1900, pp. 718-720
J. B. Hatcher

Opening of the Anthropological Collections in the American Museum of Natural History, pp. 720-722


Scientific Books
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Grundlinien der anorganischen Chemie
W. Ostwald
Review author[s]: Wilder D. Bancroft
----------------, pp. 724-726
Twelfth Annual Report on the Railways of the United States
Review author[s]: R. H. Thurston
----------------, p. 726
A Book of Whales
F. E. Beddard
Review author[s]: H. C. Bumpus
General, pp. 726-727


Societies and Academies, pp. 728-730


Discussion and Correspondence
The Earliest Use of the Names Sauria and Batrachia, p. 730
Theo. Gill


Notes on Inorganic Chemistry, p. 731
J. L. H.

Current Notes on Meteorology, pp. 731-732
R. DeC. Ward

An Explosion of Scientific Interest, pp. 732-733
R. H. Thurston

Scientific Notes and News, pp. 733-736
University and Educational News, p. 736

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Front Matter (3 pp.)
The Administration of Government Scientific Work, pp. 737-739
A Determination of the Nature and Velocity of Gravitation, pp. 740-745
Reginald A. Fessenden

Address of the President of the Section of Geology of the British Association, pp. 745-756
W. J. Sollas

The Geological and Paleontological Collections in the American Museum of Natural History, pp. 757-760
Edmund Otis Hovey


Scientific Books
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Evolution by Atrophy in Biology and Sociology
Jean Demoor; Jean Massart; Emile Vandervelde
Review author[s]: C. H. Eigenmann
----------------, p. 761
Sounding the Ocean of Air
A. Lawrence Rotch
Review author[s]: R. DeC. Ward
----------------, pp. 761-762
Free-Hand Perspective
Victor T. Wilson
Review author[s]: R. H. Thurston
----------------, pp. 762-763
Our New Prosperity
Ray Stannard Baker
Review author[s]: R. H. Thurston
General, p. 763
Review author[s]: J. B. W.


Societies and Academies, pp. 764-765


Discussion and Correspondence
On the Superintendency and Organization of the Coast Survey, pp. 765-766
Observer


Notes on Inorganic Chemistry, pp. 766-767
J. L. H.

Recent Zoo-Paleontology, pp. 767-769
Henry F. Osborn

Section of Horticulture and Botany of the Association of Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations, p. 770
The Annual Congress of the German Anthropological Society, pp. 770-771
Scientific Notes and News, pp. 771-776
University and Educational News, p. 776

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Front Matter (3 pp.)
German Scientific Apparatus, pp. 777-785
J. K. Rees

The First Species Named As the Type of the Genus, pp. 785-787
David Starr Jordan

Address of the President of the Section of Geology of the British Association, pp. 787-796
W. J. Sollas

The International Congresses of Meteorology and Aeronautics at Paris, pp. 796-799
A. Lawrence Rotch


Scientific Books
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Die Elemente der Entwickelungslehre des Menschen und der Wirbelthiere
Oscar Hertwig
Review author[s]: C. S. Minot
----------------, pp. 800-802
Studies of American Fungi: Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.
George Francis Atkinson
Review author[s]: Geo. F. Atkinson
----------------, pp. 802-803
Engine Tests
George S. Barrus
Review author[s]: R. H. Thurston
----------------, p. 803
Experimental Chemistry
Lyman C. Newell
Review author[s]: J. E. G.
----------------, p. 803
The Arithmetic of Chemistry
John Waddell
Review author[s]: J. E. G.
----------------, pp. 803-804
Die Chemie im täglichen Leben
Lassar-Cohn
Review author[s]: E. Renouf
Anthropological Publications of the American Museum of Natural History, New York, in 1900, pp. 804-806
Review author[s]: O. T. Mason


Societies and Academies, pp. 807-808


Discussion and Correspondence
The Relation of the North American Flora to That of South America, pp. 808-809
Wm. H. Dall


Paleontological Notes, pp. 809-810
F. A. Lucas

Forestry in the Philippines, pp. 810-811
B. E. F.

Professor Ross and Leland Stanford, Jr. University, p. 811
The Telephonograph, pp. 812-813
Scientific Notes and News, pp. 813-816
University and Educational News, p. 816

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Front Matter (4 pp.)
The Association of American Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations, pp. 817-822
A. C. True

Recent Work on Mollusks, pp. 822-825
Wm. H. Dall

Richter and the Periodic System, pp. 825-828
F. P. Venable

Vertebral Formula of Diplodocus (Marsh), pp. 828-830
J. B. Hatcher

Plant Geography of North America, pp. 830-842
Thos. H. Kearney


Scientific Books
----------------, pp. 842-846
Gauss and the Non-Euclidean Geometry
Carl Friedrich Gauss Werke
Review author[s]: George Bruce Halsted


Societies and Academies, pp. 848-850


Discussion and Correspondence
A Disclaimer, p. 850
J. Mark Baldwin; W. P. Carr; E. W. Scripture; J. W. Slaughter; Alfred Reginald Allen; Gabriel Campbell; Arthur MacDonald; James H. Leuba; Robert M. Yerkes; Clark Wissler; Ernest Carroll Moore; Edward H. Eldridge; William Romaine Newbold


Current Notes on Meteorology, pp. 850-852
R. Dec. Ward

Botanical Notes, pp. 852-853
Charles E. Bessey

Scientific Notes and News, pp. 854-855
University and Educational News, pp. 855-856

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Front Matter (4 pp.)
The History of the Neotropical Region, pp. 857-864
H. Von Ihering

A History of the Development of the Quantitative Study of Variation, pp. 864-870
Chas. B. Davenport

Plant Geography of North America, pp. 870-873
P. A. Rydberg

A Tertiary Coral Reef near Bainbridge, Georgia, pp. 873-875
T. Wayland Vaughan

Peach Yellows: A Cause Suggested, pp. 875-881
O. F. Cook


Scientific Books
----------------, pp. 881-882
Leçons de chimie physique
J. H. Van't Hoff
Review author[s]: H. C. J.
----------------, p. 882
Determination of Radicles in Carbon Compounds
H. Meyer
Review author[s]: W. R. Orndorff


Societies and Academies, pp. 884-887


Discussion and Correspondence
The Electrical Theory of Gravitation, pp. 887-890
W. S. Franklin
The Homing Instinct of a Turtle, p. 890
C. L. Bristol


Botanical Notes, pp. 890-891
Charles E. Bessey

Practical Results Obtained from the Study of Earthquakes, pp. 891-892
John Milne

Scientific Notes and News, pp. 892-896
University and Educational News, p. 896

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Front Matter (1 p.)
Annual Report of the Secretary of Agriculture for 1900, pp. 897-906
Standard Methods of Water Analysis, pp. 906-915
Sunspots and Rainfall, pp. 915-918
The Ulke Collection of Coleoptera, pp. 918-920
L. O. Howard


Scientific Books
----------------, p. 920
American Hydroids, Part I, The Plumularidæ
C. C. Nutting
Review author[s]: T. D. A. Cockerell
----------------, p. 921
The Oil Chemist's Handbook
Erastus Hopkins
Review author[s]: W. A. N.
----------------, p. 921
The Calculations of Analytical Chemistry
E. H. Miller
Review author[s]: J. E. G.


Scientific Journals and Articles, pp. 921-923
Societies and Academies, pp. 923-929


Discussion and Correspondence
Von Ihering's Archiplata-Archelemis Theory, pp. 929-930
A. E. Ortmann
The Longest Aërial Voyage, p. 930
A. Lawrence Rotch
`The Criminal, His Personnel and Environment.', pp. 930-931
August Drähms; Havelock Ellis


Notes on Inorganic Chemistry, pp. 931-932
J. L. H.

Jesse William Lazear, pp. 932-933
Scientific Notes and News, pp. 933-936
University and Educational News, p. 936

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Front Matter (2 pp.)
The Mammalian Fauna of the Santa Cruz Beds of Patagonia, pp. 937-940
W. B. Scott

Is There Any Distinction between Sexual Reproduction and Asexual Reproduction, pp. 940-946
Winterton C. Curtis

Study of the Correlation of the Human Skull, pp. 946-949
American Ornithologists' Union, pp. 949-951
John H. Sage

The Welsbach Light, pp. 951-956
University Registration Statistics, pp. 956-957
Geo. B. Germann


Scientific Books
----------------, pp. 958-961
One Thousand American Fungi; How to Select and Cook the Edible; How to Distinguish and Avoid the Poisonous
Charles McIlvaine
A Treatise on Zoology
E. Ray Lankester
Review author[s]: J. P. McM
----------------, pp. 961-963
Contributions a l'étude des hyménoptères entomophages
L. G. Seurat
Review author[s]: L. O. Howard
----------------, pp. 963-964
The Structure and Life-History of the Harlequin Fly (Chironomus)
L. C. Miall; A. R. Hammond
Review author[s]: L. O. Howard
----------------, pp. 964-965
Transactions of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Review author[s]: R. H. Thurston


Societies and Academies, pp. 965-966
The Royal Society, pp. 966-967
The Hartman Anthropological and Archeological Collection, pp. 967-968
The Growth of Cities, pp. 968-969
Scientific Notes and News, pp. 969-976
University and Educational News, p. 976

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Front Matter (2 pp.)
Progress in Forestry under State Control, pp. 977-989
V. M. Spalding

Geology and Geography at the American Association, pp. 989-996
J. A. Holmes

The New Chemical Laboratory of the University of Kansas, pp. 997-1001
E. H. S. Bailey


Scientific Books
----------------, pp. 1001-1003
A Treatise on the Theory of Screws
Robert Stawell Ball
Review author[s]: Carl Barus
Topographic Atlas of the United States, pp. 1003-1004
Review author[s]: Israel C. Russell


Societies and Academies, pp. 1005-1009


Discussion and Correspondence
A Gasoline Launch for Field Work, pp. 1009-1010
Gilbert D. Harris


Current Notes on Meteorology, pp. 1010-1011
R. DeC. Ward

Yellow Fever and Mosquitoes, pp. 1011-1012
Uninsulated Conductors and Scientific Instruments, p. 1012
Scientific Notes and News, pp. 1012-1015
University and Educational News, p. 1016

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