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Volume Information (8 pp.)
Front Matter (4 pp.)


The American Association for the Advancement of Science
The Discovery of Tertiary Man, pp. 1-7
Henry Fairfield Osborn


Obituary
Karl Von Den Steinen, pp. 7-8
Franz Boas
Recent Deaths, pp. 8-9


Scientific Events
Site for a New Observatory at the University of Michigan, p. 9
The International Congress of Soil Science, pp. 9-10
The Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science, p. 10
Popular Science Monthly Prize Award, pp. 10-11


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 11-14
University and Educational Notes, p. 14


Discussion
Superfluous Publications, pp. 14-15
Paul D. Foote
Flagellum Division in Paranema globiferum, p. 15
Clyde T. Reed
A New Guinea Eel-Fair, p. 16
Albert W. Herre


Scientific Apparatus and Laboratory Methods
More about Lactophenol, p. 16
W. H. Davis


Special Articles
A Nematode Parasite of the Japanese Beetle (Popillia japonica newm.), pp. 16-17
R. W. Glaser; Henry Fox
Reversal of the Stimulating Action of Hydrostatic Pressure on Striated Muscle, pp. 17-18
McKeen Cattell; Dayton J. Edwards


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The American Association for the Advancement of Science
Permanent Elements in the Flux of Present-Day Physics, pp. 19-23
P. W. Bridgman


The Mutual Influence of Organic Compounds in the Animal Body, pp. 23-25
F. Knoop

Scientific Names, pp. 26-28
James G. Needham


Scientific Events
Engineers in American Life, p. 28
Dental Council on Materia Medica and Therapeutics, pp. 28-29
Gold Medals of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, pp. 29-30
Presentation to Professor Novy, p. 30
The George Herbert Jones Chemical Laboratory of the University of Chicago, pp. 30-31


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 31-34


Discussion
Some Limitations of the Experimental Method in Biology, pp. 34-36
Edward C. Jeffrey
Adsorption and Emulsion Formation, pp. 36-37
P. G. Nutting
Excystation of Coccidial Oocysts in Vivo, p. 37
Justin Andrews
Investigations of Applications of Iodine, pp. 37-38
Lawrence W. Bass
What is the Best System of Presenting Bibliographies?, pp. 38-39
M. C. Merrill


Scientific Books
----------------, pp. 39-41
The Platinum Deposits and Mines of South Africa
Percy A. Wagner
Review author[s]: George F. Kunz


Scientific Apparatus and Laboratory Methods
An Electric Kymograph, pp. 41-43
W. T. Porter; C. E. Roy; A. Vianey


Special Articles
A Possible Relation between Natural (Earth) Radiation and Gene Mutations, pp. 43-44
Frank Blair Hanson; Florence Heys
The Effect of Varying the Duration of X-Ray Treatment upon the Frequency of Mutation, pp. 44-46
C. P. Oliver
Ovarian Changes during Pregnancy in the Rat, p. 46
Olive Swezy; Herbert M. Evans


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The American Association for the Advancement of Science
Problems of the Glacialist, pp. 47-57
Frank Leverett
A New Science, pp. 57-60
R. L. Sackett


Obituary
Dexter Dwight Mayne, pp. 60-61
W. P. K.
Recent Deaths, p. 61
G. F. McEwen; T. G. Thompson; E. G. Moberg


Scientific Events
Museum and Laboratory for the Study of Indian Life, pp. 61-62
Storrow Fellowships in Geology and Geography, pp. 62-63
Ecological Monographs, p. 63
W. C. Allee
Canadian Phytopathological Society, p. 63
Officers of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, pp. 63-64


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 64-67


Discussion
The Micrometric Muddle, pp. 67-68
N. Ernest Dorsey
The Effectiveness of a Plant Quarantine, pp. 68-69
G. F. Ferris
The Distribution of Pauropus, p. 69
William A. Hilton
An Unbound Text and Note Book, pp. 69-70
M. G. Mellon
Pedology or Chthonology?, p. 70
William A. Hamor


Scientific Books
----------------, pp. 70-71
Icones Farlowianae, Illustrations of the Larger Fungi of Eastern North America
William Gibson Farlow
Review author[s]: C. H. Kauffman


Scientific Apparatus and Laboratory Methods
The Effect of Ultra-Violet in Producing Fusion of Eggs of Chaetopterus, p. 72
E. E. Just
A Simple Method for Experimental Parthenogenesis, p. 72
E. E. Just
The Amount of Osmic Acid in Fixing Solutions Necessary to Blacken Fat, pp. 72-73
E. E. Just


Special Articles
Variation in the Percentage of Protein in the Grain of a Single Wheat Plant, pp. 73-74
W. F. Gericke
Glutathione in Plant Tissues, pp. 74-76
Virginia B. White
On the Recovery Following Lesions in the Cerebral Cortex, p. 76
F. H. Pike; M. N. Chappell


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Front Matter (4 pp.)


The American Association for the Advancement of Science
Medical and Other Sciences, pp. 77-81
A. J. Goldforb
Some Observations from Liming Investigations, pp. 81-84
C. A. Mooers


A Developing View-Point in Oceanography, pp. 84-89
Henry B. Bigelow


Obituary
William A. Orton, pp. 89-91
W. W. Gilbert


Scientific Events
Sinanthropus Pekinensis, p. 91
Canadian National Research Laboratories, pp. 91-92
The American Standards Association, p. 92
International Critical Tables, pp. 92-93
Recent Appointments at the Mellon Institute, p. 93
The Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters, pp. 93-94
Presentation of the John Fritz Medal, p. 94


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 94-97


Discussion
Overhead Sounds of the Yellow-Stone Lake Region, pp. 97-99
Edwin Linton
The Normality of the Maturation Divisions in the Male of Drosophila Melanogaster, p. 99
Bessie B. League
Sand-Storm Electricity, pp. 99-100
E. F. George
Absent-Mindedness as a Factor in Professional Ethics, pp. 100-101
C. W. Stiles


Scientific Apparatus and Laboratory Methods
A Modified Form of Non-Absorbing Valve for Porous-Cup Atmometers, pp. 101-103
J. D. Wilson
The Use of N-Butyl Alcohol in Dehydrating Woody Tissue for Paraffin Embedding, pp. 103-104
Conway Zirkle


Special Articles
Geological Events in the History of the Indio Hills and the Salton Basin, Southern California, pp. 104-106
John P. Buwalda; W. Layton Stanton
Sex Glands and Adaptive Ability, pp. 106-108
Loh Seng Tsai
Transmission and Diffraction of Light by Normal Serum as a Function of the Temperature, p. 108
P. Lecomte Du Noüy


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Front Matter (4 pp.)


The American Association for the Advancement of Science
Mathematics before the Greeks, pp. 109-121
R. C. Archibald


Obituary
Edward Drake Roe, Jr., p. 121
Alan D. Campbell
Memorials, pp. 121-122
Recent Deaths, p. 122


Scientific Events
Commissions of the International Geological Congress, pp. 122-123
The Great Smoky Mountain National Park, pp. 123-124
International Expedition to the Bahamas under the Auspices of Princeton University, p. 124
British Honors, pp. 124-125


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 125-129


Discussion
The Central Asiatic Expedition, pp. 129-130
Sin Pingch'ang
The National Institute of Psychology, pp. 130-131
Knight Dunlap
The Bright Meteor of January 3, 1930, pp. 131-132
Dean B. McLaughlin
Synchronous Flashing of Fireflies, p. 132
R. H. Merrill
Busuanga Herre, New Genus, p. 132
Albert W. Herre


Scientific Books
----------------, pp. 132-133
The Problem of Krakatoa as Seen by a Botanist
C. A. Backer
Review author[s]: Robert F. Griggs
----------------, pp. 133-134
Die Biologie der Moore
O. Harnisch
Review author[s]: C. Juday
----------------, p. 134
Icones plantarum sinicarum
H. H. Hu; W. Y. Chun
Review author[s]: E. D. Merrill


Scientific Apparatus and Laboratory Methods
Chart Illustrating the History of Biochemistry and Physiology, p. 134
Joseph Needham
Fixing Thin Blood Smears for Staining with Iron Hemotoxylin and with Giemsa's Stain, pp. 134-135
Chas. W. Rees


Special Articles
A New Basis for Fertilizer Experiments, pp. 135-136
W. J. Spillman
The Effect of Unilateral Section of the Midbrain upon Costal Movements of Respiration, p. 136
Helen C. Coombs


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Science News, pp. liv+lvi+lviii
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Front Matter (4 pp.)


The American Association for the Advancement of Science
The Germinal Background of Somatic Modifications, pp. 169-176
M. F. Guyer


The National Arboretum, pp. 176-178
Frederick V. Coville


Obituary
Julius Buel Weems, p. 178
W. C. J.
August Tobler, pp. 178-179
T. W. V.
Kamakichi Kishinouye, p. 179
T. W. V.
Recent Deaths, p. 179


Scientific Events
Agriculture in the British Empire, pp. 179-180
Carnegie-Australian-Harvard Expedition to Northwestern Australia, p. 180
The George Willis Pack Forestry Foundation of the University of Michigan, pp. 180-181
Gifts to the School of Forestry of Yale University, pp. 181-182
The Chilean Nitrate of Soda Nitrogen Research Award, p. 182
R. W. Thatcher; C. B. Williams; W. P. Kelley; R. I. Throckmorton; R. Bradfield; S. A. Waksman


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 182-186


Discussion
Bacterium granulosis and Trachoma, pp. 186-187
E. B. Tilden; J. R. Tyler
The Passenger Pigeon, p. 187
Philip Hadley
Severe Hail Injury to Trees and Shrubs, pp. 187-188
Gilbert L. Stout
Man-Made Earthquakes, pp. 188-189
E. H. Sellards
In Aid of American Medical Biography, p. 189
F. H. Garrison


Scientific Books
----------------, pp. 189-191
Outlines of Biochemistry
Ross Aiken Gortner
Review author[s]: William Seifriz


Reports
The Cancer Research Fund of the University of Pennsylvania, pp. 191-192


Scientific Apparatus and Laboratory Methods
A Diet for Stock Rats, pp. 192-193
L. A. Maynard
An Improved Calomel Electrode Vessel, p. 193
Samuel E. Hill


Special Articles
Oceanographic Investigations in the Inshore Waters of the Gulf of Maine, pp. 194-195
H. R. Seiwell
The Relation of the Oxygen Tension in the External Respiratory Medium to the Oxygen Consumption of Fishes, pp. 195-196
Ancel B. Keys


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Front Matter (4 pp.)


The American Association for the Advancement of Science
Inheritance in a Hepatic, pp. 197-204
Charles E. Allen
The Organic World and the Causal Principle, pp. 204-208
Howard C. Warren


Scientific Events
The World Production of Gold, pp. 208-209
The Annual Exhibition of the British Physical and Optical Societies, pp. 209-210
The Forest Survey, pp. 210-211
Radio Talks on Science in the Kitchen, p. 211
Annual Report of the Yale School of Medicine, pp. 211-212


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 212-214


Discussion
Ether Structure, pp. 214-215
Albert P. Carman
Auditory Nerve Impulses, p. 215
Ernest Glen Wever; Charles W. Bray
Scientific Names, pp. 215-218
E. Porter Felt; T. D. A. Cockerell; Edward L. Troxell
Soil Science, p. 218
W. W. Weir; A. M. Peter
Press Notice of the Des Moines Meeting in Iowa, p. 218
Austin H. Clark


Reports
Awards of the American Society of Plant Physiologists, pp. 218-220
S. V. Eaton; H. R. Kraybill


Scientific Apparatus and Laboratory Methods
The Colorimetric Determination of Soil Reaction, p. 220
C. J. Schollenberger
A Method for Determining Hardiness in Plants, pp. 220-221
S. T. Dexter
A Source of Diastase, p. 221
Chas. H. Otis


Special Articles
Nitrogen Fixation by Blue-Green Algae, pp. 221-223
F. E. Allison; H. J. Morris
Saline Drinking Water, pp. 223-224
V. G. Heller; C. H. Larwood


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Front Matter (4 pp.)


The American Association for the Advancement of Science
The Motions of the B Stars, pp. 225-230
J. S. Plaskett


Organic Evolution, pp. 230-233
Aleš Hrdlička


Obituary
Memorial to Professor Edward S. Morse, pp. 233-234
F. S. Kershaw
Recent Deaths, p. 234


Scientific Events
The University of California Eclipse Expedition, p. 235
Buildings of the Yale School of Medicine, pp. 235-236
Tribute to the Work of Mr. C. Davies Sherborn, p. 236
A. Wetmore; W. H. White
National Research Fellowships in the Biological Sciences, pp. 236-237
Frank R. Lillie
The International Anatomical Congress, p. 237


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 237-240


Discussion
The Future of Taxonomy, pp. 240-241
T. D. A. Cockerell
Recent Criticisms concerning Meiosis in Drosophila Melanogaster, pp. 241-243
Alfred F. Huettner
The "Fertilization" Membrane of Echinid Ova, p. 243
E. E. Just
Pedology or Soil Science, pp. 243-244
P. E. Brown


Quotations
Medical Education in America, p. 244


Scientific Apparatus and Laboratory Methods
An Innovation in Scale Control, pp. 244-245
E. A. McGregor
Cultivation of Bacterium tularense, pp. 245-246
Frederick W. Shaw


Special Articles
The Effects of Infra-Red, Visible and Ultra-Violet Irradiation on Changes in Electrical Potentials and Currents in Plants, pp. 246-248
Charles Sheard; A. Frances Johnson
The Manganese Content of the Mississippi River Water at Fairport, Iowa, p. 248
A. H. Wiebe


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Front Matter (4 pp.)


The American Association for the Advancement of Science
The Relation of Anthropology to Indian and Immigrant Affairs, pp. 249-253
Fay-Cooper Cole


The Gray Herbarium Card Index, pp. 253-256
B. L. Robinson; Lesley C. Wilcox


Obituary
John Robert Benton, p. 256
Recent Deaths, p. 257
Memorials, p. 257


Scientific Events
Agriculture in England, pp. 257-258
The Charles Lathrop Pack Fellowships in Forestry, p. 258
Appropriations for Grants-In-Aid by the National Research Council, pp. 258-259
Vernon Kellogg
The Atlanta Meeting of the American Chemical Society, pp. 259-260


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 260-262


Discussion
The Etiology of the Disease Psittacosis, pp. 262-263
Charles Krumwiede; Mary McGrath; Carolyn Oldenbusch
Bacterium granulosis and Trachoma of an Urban White Population, p. 263
Peter K. Olitsky; Joseph R. Tyler
Accumulation of Gas in Closed Collodion Sacs Immersed in Flowing Tap Water, pp. 263-264
P. L. K. Gross; Louis S. Kassel
History of the Discovery of Periodic Reversal of Heart-Beat in Insects, pp. 264-265
John H. Gerould
The Chemical Constitution of Pectinatella, p. 265
Withrow Morse


Reports
The Teaching of Hydrobiology and Aquiculture in American Universities, pp. 265-266
James G. Needham


Scientific Apparatus and Laboratory Methods
A Microcinematographic Apparatus for the Owner of a 16-mm Motion Picture Camera, pp. 266-267
Heinz Rosenberger


Special Articles
"Auximones" and the Stimulation of Lemna by Organic Matter, pp. 268-269
Norman Ashwell Clark
Occurrence of Germanium and Arsenic in Meteorites, pp. 269-270
Jacob Papish; Zaida M. Hanford


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Front Matter (4 pp.)
Science and Life, pp. 271-275
Graham Lusk

The Relationship between Science and Engineering, pp. 276-277
Gano Dunn

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, pp. 277-278
Henry B. Bigelow


Scientific Events
The Degree of Chemical Engineer at Cornell University, pp. 278-279
Gift of the Guggenheim Foundation to the Georgia School of Technology, p. 279
Grants by the Committee of the National Research Council on the Effects of Radiation upon Living Organisms, p. 280
C. E. Allen
The Postponement to 1931 of Aeroarctic's First Expedition, pp. 280-281
Jno. A. Fleming


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 281-285


Discussion
The Proportions of the Great Pyramid of Gizeh, p. 285
Gordon S. Fulcher
The New Madrid Earthquake--An Unpublished Contemporaneous Account, pp. 285-286
Wm. Allen Pusey
Biological Nomenclature, pp. 286-287
Junius Henderson
A Natural Cat Mummy, pp. 287-288
Bradford Willard
Mouse Opossum Stowaways on Bananas, p. 288
Walter C. Kraatz


Special Correspondence
A Biological Survey of Lake Erie, pp. 288-289
Paul R. Burkholder


Scientific Apparatus and Laboratory Methods
Displaying and Filing Microscopic Preparations, pp. 289-290
A. T. Rasmussen; Carol A. Fisher
A Tangent Meter for Graphical Differentiation, pp. 290-291
Oscar W. Richards; Percy M. Roope


Special Articles
The Germination of Seeds, Growth of Plants and Development of Chlorophyll as Influenced by Selective Solar Irradiation, pp. 291-293
Charles Sheard; George M. Higgins; William I. Foster
Some Practical Results of an X-Ray Analysis of Cotton Fibers, pp. 293-294
George L. Clark; Lucy W. Pickett; Wanda K. Farr


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Front Matter (4 pp.)


The American Association for the Advancement of Science
The Scientific Versus the Philosophic Approach to the Novel Problem, pp. 295-302
Truman L. Kelley
Contributions to Phytopharmacology or the Applications of Plant Physiology to Medical Problems, pp. 302-306
David I. Macht


Obituary
Frederick Slate, p. 307
Elmer E. Hall
Christine Ladd-Franklin, p. 307
R. S. Woodworth
Recent Deaths, pp. 307-308


Scientific Events
The Fauna of the British Empire, p. 308
A Century of Progress in Chemistry, pp. 308-309
The Geological Society of America, p. 309
In Honor of Dr. Welch, pp. 309-310
The Ninth Planet, p. 310


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 310-314


Discussion
The Eclipse of April 28, pp. 314-315
Ernest W. Brown
Was Magendie the First Student of Vitamins?, p. 315
C. M. McCay
Drosophila Once More, pp. 315-317
E. C. Jeffrey
Scientific Names in Zoology, pp. 317-319
Carl L. Hubbs
Sea-Level Change near New York, p. 319
Alfred C. Lane; William Fitch Cheney
Astronomy in South Africa, pp. 319-320
H. Spencer Jones


Scientific Apparatus and Laboratory Methods
Shaking Machine for Analytical Work, p. 320
Alexis L. Romanoff
An Application of Streak and Hardness Used in Clay Grading, pp. 320-321
W. D. Keller


Special Articles
An Aqueous Extract of the Suprarenal Cortex Which Maintains the Life of Bilaterally Adrenalectomized Cats, pp. 321-322
W. W. Swingle; J. J. Pfiffner
The Pre-Oligocene Stratigraphy of Porto Rico, pp. 322-323
Howard A. Meyerhoff
The Proper Taxonomic Classification of Certain Pythiacious Organisms, pp. 323-324
C. P. Sideris


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Front Matter (4 pp.)
Honor Societies, pp. 325-331
E. P. Lyon


Obituary
Richard Mills Pearce, Junior, pp. 331-332
Simon Flexner


Scientific Events
An African Mammal Hall for the Museum of the California Academy of Sciences, p. 332
The Second Bermuda Oceanographic Expedition, p. 333
The Medal Awards of the American Geographical Society, pp. 333-334
Celebration of Fifty Years of Engineering Progress by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, pp. 334-335


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 335-340


Discussion
Enveloping Membranes of Echinoderm Ova, p. 340
Robert Chambers
The Electron and Radiation, pp. 340-341
R. D. Kleeman
Note on Haemoglobin, p. 341
A. Bruce Macallum; R. C. Bradley
A Fossil Mammal with Unborn Twins, pp. 341-342
Cleophas C. O'Harra
Babylonian Mathematics, p. 342
R. C. Archibald
Useful Great Toes, p. 342
W. W. Keen


Scientific Books
----------------, pp. 342-343
Revision of the American Chipmunks
Arthur H. Howell
Review author[s]: T. D. A. Cockerell


Scientific Apparatus and Laboratory Methods
A Simple Spot-Plate Test for Nitrate Nitrogen in Soil and Other Extracts, pp. 343-344
M. Francis Morgan
The Capnometer, an Instrument for the Measurement of Air Pollution, pp. 344-345
H. B. Meller


Special Articles
A Theory of the Ring Method for the Determination of Surface Tension, pp. 345-346
B. B. Freud; H. Z. Freud
Prolonged Effect on Digitalis Purpurea of Exposure under Ultra-Violet-Transmitting Glass, p. 346
Adelia McCrea


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Front Matter (4 pp.)
Theoretical Mechanics in Engineering Schools, pp. 347-350
William Hovgaard

Plant Quarantine, pp. 350-353
E. O. Essig


Obituary
Recent Deaths, p. 353
Memorials, pp. 353-354


Scientific Events
The Centenary of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, p. 354
Reforestation in New York State, pp. 354-355
The Pearl-Oyster Resources of the Hawaiian Islands, p. 355
The Field Columbian Museum, p. 356
The Tucson Meeting of the Southwestern Division of the American Association, pp. 356-357


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 357-361


Discussion
Our Contemporary Research ``Aces'', pp. 361-362
W. H. Manwaring
σ, pp. 362-363
Edwin G. Boring
Pedography, p. 363
Guy-Harold Smith
Overhead, pp. 363-364
T. D. A. Cockerell


Quotations
The New Planet, pp. 364-365


Scientific Apparatus and Laboratory Methods
A Convenient Method of Reducing Desiccation in Slant Cultures, pp. 365-366
C. E. Burnside
A Method for Detecting Acid-Fast Bacteria in the Soil, p. 366
Carl A. Frey


Special Articles
Susceptibility of White Mice to the Virus of Yellow Fever, p. 367
Max Theiler
An Interpretation of Mass Conjugation in Paramecium, pp. 367-369
A. Willey; C. Lhérisson
Is There a Neuromotor Apparatus in Diplodinium Ecaudatum?, pp. 369-370
Chas. W. Rees


Books Received, p. 370
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Front Matter (4 pp.)
Emergent Evolution and Hybridism, pp. 371-375
Robert K. Nabours

Bibliochresis: The Pilot of Research, pp. 375-378
William A. Hamor; Lawrence W. Bass


Obituary
Stephen Alfred Forbes--A Tribute, pp. 378-381
Henry B. Ward


Scientific Events
The University Film Foundation of Harvard University, p. 381
The U. S. Public Health Service, pp. 381-382
Chemistry at the Summer Quarter of the Ohio State University, p. 382
Engineering Pageant, p. 382


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 383-386


Discussion
A Sacrifice to Pele, p. 386
G. R. Wieland
Branching Habits of the Hevea Rubber Tree, pp. 386-387
O. F. Cook
What is Control?, p. 388
C. W. Woodworth
Oestrus Following the Removal of One Ovary, pp. 388-389
Frederick E. Emery
A New Record of Castoroides ohioensis from Illinois, p. 389
Frank Collins Baker
Professional Ethics and the Artist, pp. 389-390
Justus F. Mueller


Special Correspondence
Statement in regard to Professor Einstein's Publications, pp. 390-391
W. F. G. Swann
Conference at Chichen Itza, pp. 391-392
A. V. Kidder


Scientific Apparatus and Laboratory Methods
Laboratory and Teaching Devices Made from Plaster of Paris, pp. 392-393
Alvah R. McLaughlin
Eliminating Opaquing by Alternating Black and White Backgrounds While Making a Photograph, pp. 393-394
Frank P. McWhorter


Special Articles
Components of Air in Relation to Animal Life, pp. 394-396
J. Willard Hershey
Some Constituents of Derris and "Cube" Roots Other Than Rotenone, p. 396
E. P. Clark


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Front Matter (4 pp.)


American Association for the Advancement of Science
Professors' Salaries, pp. 397-401
William A. Noyes
Adequate Salaries for College and University Teachers, pp. 401-407
Edward A. Filene
Discussion, pp. 408-409
Walter P. Taylor


Obituary
Recent Deaths, p. 409
Memorials, pp. 409-410


Scientific Events
Gift of Crystal to the Smithsonian Institution as a Memorial to Worcester Reed Warner, p. 410
Fellowships in Chemistry at the Johns Hopkins University, pp. 410-411
Summer Meeting of the Botanical Society of America, p. 411
Rodney H. True
Celebration in Honor of Dr. Welch, pp. 411-412


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 412-415


Discussion
Cosmical Matter and Stellar Evolution, pp. 415-417
C. D. Perrine
Psittacosis Epidemics and Pleomorphic Protoplasm, pp. 417-418
Elsie Murray
Artificial Bacilli, pp. 418-419
Chas. B. Lipman
Action of Bacteria and Enzymes on Carbohydrates and Their Bearing on Plant Synthesis, p. 419
Harold Hibbert


Special Correspondence
The Montana Tick Parasite Expedition to Africa, pp. 419-420
R. A. Cooley


Quotations
Dr. Welch's "Apotheosis", pp. 420-421


Scientific Apparatus and Laboratory Methods
Heat Transmission through Blankets, pp. 421-422
M. F. Weinrich


Special Articles
The Effect of Colloidal Silica on the Absorption of Phosphoric Acid by Plants, pp. 422-423
Walter Thomas
Segregation (?) in Phoma terrestris, p. 424
H. N. Hansen


Books Received, p. 424
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Front Matter (4 pp.)
International Cooperation in Geographical Work, pp. 425-429
William Bowie


Obituary
Arthur McQuiston Miller Memorial Services, p. 429
Memorials, p. 429
Recent Deaths, pp. 429-430


Scientific Events
A Chemistry House in London, p. 430
A Scientific Advisory Board for the Westinghouse Research Laboratories, pp. 430-431
The Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of the Illinois State Geological Survey, p. 431
The American Philosophical Society, pp. 431-432


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 432-436


Discussion
The Future of Taxonomy, pp. 436-438
Clarence E. Mickel
Pressure Potential in a Fluid, p. 438
W. H. Pielemeier
Conglomerite, a New Rock Term, p. 438
Bradford Willard
Banana Stowaways Again, pp. 438-439
Robert K. Enders
When Believing is Seeing--An Optical Illusion, p. 439
Ruth Fuller Stevens


Reports
The Western Cooperative Oil Spray Project (1929), pp. 440-441
R. H. Robinson; D. F. Fisher; Anthony Spuler


Scientific Apparatus and Laboratory Methods
Sedimentation Tube for Mechanical Analyses, pp. 441-442
Parker D. Trask
Stock Cultures of Ameba, p. 442
H. W. Chalkley


Special Articles
The Chemical Control of Splenic Contraction, pp. 442-444
J. M. D. Olmsted; S. F. Cook
The Chemical Nature of Cypridina Luciferin, p. 444
Sakyo Kanda


Books Received, p. 444
Science News, pp. x+xii+xiv

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Front Matter (4 pp.)
How State Academies of Science May Encourage Scientific Endeavor among High-School Students, pp. 445-449
Louis A. Astell

The Production of Fever in Man by Short Radio Waves, pp. 450-452
Charles M. Carpenter; Albert B. Page


Scientific Events
The Zoological Society of London, pp. 452-453
Assignment of Patent Rights to the St. Louis University School of Medicine, p. 453
The Placement Service of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, pp. 453-454
Radio Talks, p. 454
Austin H. Clark
The Josiah Macy Junior Foundation, pp. 454-455


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 455-458


Discussion
A Plea for Sanity in Nomenclature, pp. 458-459
H. A. Gleason
Test of the Wegener Hypothesis by means of Geodetic Data in India, pp. 459-460
William Bowie
Antagonism between Zoopharmacology and Phytopharmacology, p. 460
Edwin H. Shaw
Teredolithus, a New Collective Group Name, pp. 460-461
Paul Bartsch
Discovery of Phosphorus Fixing Compound in the Soil, p. 461
A. H. Meyer
The Banana in Early Books: Fruit Or Stem?, pp. 461-462
Philip R. White
The Color-Blindness of Indians, p. 462
T. R. Garth
The Presidency of the British Association, p. 462
A. F. Hunter


Scientific Books
----------------, pp. 462-463
Methodik der wissenschaftlichen Biologie
Tibor Peterfi
Review author[s]: Charles A. Kofoid


Scientific Apparatus and Laboratory Methods
An Electromagnetic Pump, pp. 463-464
Heinz Rosenberger
A Method of Securing Marine Invertebrates, pp. 464-465
Thomas Hume Bissonnette


Special Articles
Determination of Polymerization of Some Polymer Formaldehydes by X-Ray Methods, pp. 465-466
Emil Ott
Turning of the Sperm in the Acridian Follicle, p. 466
W. J. Baumgartner


Books Received, p. 466
Science News, pp. x+xii+xiv

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Front Matter (4 pp.)


The American Association for the Advancement of Science
The Application of Engineering to the Agricultural Industry, pp. 467-470
Henry Giese
The Government Mapping Program in a Map-Minded Age, pp. 471-474
J. S. Dodds


Obituary
James Arthur Harris, pp. 474-475
C. B. Davenport
Recent Deaths, p. 475
Memorials, pp. 475-476


Scientific Events
Exhibit of Weights and Measures at the South Kensington Museum, p. 476
The Proposed Medical Center in Brooklyn, pp. 476-477
The Summer Meeting of the Southern Division of the American Phytopathological Society, p. 477
Award of the Medal of the American Institute of Chemists to Mr. Eastman, pp. 477-478


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 478-481


Discussion
Renewal of the American Museum Explorations in the Gobi Desert, pp. 481-482
Henry Fairfield Osborn
Australopithecus Not a Chimpanzee, pp. 482-483
Alfred S. Romer
Striated Cobbles from Teay Valley, West Virginia, p. 483
Julian J. Petty
The Nativity of the Pumpkins, pp. 483-484
A. T. Erwin
Starlings in Oklahoma, p. 484
H. D. Chase


Scientific Books
----------------, pp. 484-485
Operational Circuit Analysis
Vannevar Bush
Review author[s]: Lynde P. Wheeler
----------------, pp. 485-486
The Economics of Forestry
W. E. Hiley
Review author[s]: J. Burtt Davy


Scientific Apparatus and Laboratory Methods
Fruit and Vegetable Pigments as Indicators, pp. 486-487
O. B. Pratt; H. O. Swartout
The Spotting Method of Weed Eradication, pp. 487-488
E. P. Deatrick


Special Articles
Capacity of Condensers in Series, pp. 488-489
Horace S. Uhler
Further Observations on Adrenalectomized Cats Treated with an Aqueous Extract of the Suprarenal Cortex, pp. 489-490
W. W. Swingle; J. J. Pfiffner
Certain Biological Effects of High Frequency Fields, p. 490
G. Murray McKinley; Donald R. Charles


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Science News, pp. x+xii+xiv

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Front Matter (4 pp.)
The Reputed Conflict between the Laboratories and Clinical Medicine, pp. 491-497
C. F. Hoover


Obituary
The Scientific Work of Etienne S. Bieler, pp. 497-498
L. V. King
Henry Chapman Mercer, pp. 498-499
Albert Moyer


Scientific Events
The Kew Botanical Gardens, p. 499
Summer School for Teachers of Engineering, pp. 499-500
Award of the Daniel Guggenheim Medal for Aeronautics, p. 500
A. D. F.
The Retirement of the President of the University of California, pp. 500-501
Awards of the Franklin Institute, p. 501


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 501-505


Discussion
The National Forest Reservation Commission and Forest Research Reserves, pp. 505-506
R. D. Forbes
Sand-Storm Electricity, p. 506
Albert B. Reagan
"Sour Sap" in Trees of the Genus Prunus, pp. 506-507
M. C. Goldsworthy; Ralph E. Smith
Silver Or Gold, p. 507
Maurice H. Bigelow


Reports
The American Museum of Natural History, pp. 507-508
G. N. P.


Scientific Apparatus and Laboratory Methods
High Frequency Equipment for Biological Experimentation, pp. 508-510
John G. McKinley; G. Murray McKinley
Reducing Moisture Evaporation from Petri Dish Cultures, pp. 510-511
E. E. Hubert; T. H. Harris


Special Articles
The Displacement of Toxin from Neutralized Toxin-Antitoxin Mixtures by "Toxoid" Or Anatoxin, pp. 511-512
Michael Heidelberger; Forrest E. Kendall
A New Law of Satellite Distances, pp. 512-513
J. B. Penniston


The National Academy of Sciences, pp. 513-518
Books Received, p. 518
Science News, pp. x+xii+xiv

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Front Matter (4 pp.)
The Universe as a Whole, pp. 519-527
A. S. Eve


Obituary
William Henry Nichols, p. 528
Arthur E. Hill
J. Arthur Harris, pp. 528-529
Royal N. Chapman; Ross Aiken Gortner; Richard E. Scammon; Frank K. Walter; C. Otto Rosendahl
Recent Deaths, p. 529
Memorials, p. 529


Scientific Events
The American Engineering Council and Aviation, p. 530
State Appropriations for Cornell University, pp. 530-531
The University of Mexico and Dr. Holland, p. 531
Honors Conferred by the Franklin Institute, pp. 531-532


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 533-536


Discussion
The Tau Effect--An Example of Psychological Relativity, pp. 536-537
Harry Helson
On the Age of the New Albany Shale, p. 537
T. E. Savage
Fireflies Flashing in Unison, pp. 537-538
Carl A. Richmond
Pressure in a Fluid, p. 538
H. H. Marvin
Laws of Orbital Motion, p. 538
A. F. Dufton


Special Correspondence
Barro Colorado Island Biological Station, pp. 538-539
Vernon Kellogg


Scientific Apparatus and Laboratory Methods
An Electrical Recording Manometer, pp. 539-540
Richard H. Fitch; Arthur L. Tatum
Plant Juice Clarification for Nitrate Nitrogen Determinations, p. 540
H. H. Hill


Special Articles
The Isolation of Nitrosomonas and Nitrobacter by the Single Cell Technique, pp. 541-542
D. H. Nelson
The Boron Content of Oranges, pp. 542-543
Carl S. Scofield; L. V. Wilcox


The National Academy of Sciences. II, pp. 543-546
Books Received, p. 546
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Front Matter (4 pp.)


The Franklin Institute
The Meaning of the Crystal, pp. 547-550
William Henry Bragg
A Momentous Hour at Panama, pp. 550-552
John Frank Stevens


Scientific Events
Tropical Diseases Exhibit at Antwerp, pp. 552-553
The German Association of Scientific Men and Physicians, p. 553
A Government Game Reservation, p. 553
The Coal Research Laboratory of the Carnegie Institute of Technology, pp. 553-554
The Advisory Board of the Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, pp. 554-555


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 555-559


Discussion
The "Gibbs Phenomenon"--A Misnomer, p. 559
Tomlinson Fort
The Problem of Saline Drinking Waters, pp. 559-560
Ira S. Allison
A Survey of the Phytoplankton at Erie, Pennsylvania, pp. 560-561
O. E. Jennings
The Vitality of Buried Seeds, p. 561
E. Brown


Special Correspondence
Research at the Mellon Institute during 1929-30, pp. 561-562
Lawrence W. Bass


Quotations
A New Health Institute, pp. 562-563


Scientific Apparatus and Laboratory Methods
An Improved Design for a Simple Laboratory Plant-Drier, pp. 563-564
L. R. Tehon


Special Articles
Direct Transmission of Human Trachoma to the Monkey, p. 564
Peter K. Olitsky; Joseph R. Tyler
Association and Constitution, pp. 564-565
Eugene C. Bingham; Holmes J. Fornwalt


The National Academy of Sciences. III, pp. 566-568
Books Received, p. 568
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Front Matter (3 pp.)
The Symmetry of Time in Physics, pp. 569-577
Gilbert N. Lewis


Obituary
Shosaburo Watasé, pp. 577-578
F. R. Lillie; Shigeo Yamanouchi
Recent Deaths, p. 579


Scientific Events
The Conversaziones of the Royal Society, p. 579
Research Building of the Mellon Institute, pp. 579-580
Symposium on the Kidney in Health and Disease, p. 580
The Pacific Division of the American Association, pp. 580-581


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 581-585


Discussion
How Old is the Pleistocene?, pp. 585-586
James A. B. Scherer
The Future of Taxonomy, p. 586
T. D. A. Cockerell
Inactivity of Chicory, p. 586
Chapman Reynolds
Can a Catfish Count?, pp. 586-587
Ida Mellen


Scientific Apparatus and Laboratory Methods
Recording Cerebral Action Currents, p. 587
S. H. Bartley; E. B. Newman
A Convenient Aid in Balancing Centrifuge Tubes, p. 587
H. W. Estill


The American Association for the Advancement of Science
The Regular Spring Meeting of the Executive Committee, pp. 588-589
Burton E. Livingston


Special Articles
The Structure of Glutathione, pp. 589-590
Ben H. Nicolet
Transmission Changes in Ultra-Violet Glasses during High Temperature Exposure to Light, p. 590
C. C. Nitchie; F. C. Schmutz


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Front Matter (4 pp.)


The Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Installation Address, pp. 591-593
Samuel W. Stratton
Inaugural Address, pp. 593-596
Karl T. Compton


Obituary
Ernst Clement Angst, p. 596
Paul B. Sears; R. E. Jeffs; Adriance S. Foster; R. H. Moore
Recent Deaths, p. 597
Memorials, p. 597


Scientific Events
The Proposed Subtropical National Park in Florida, p. 597
Expedition to Greenland of the University of Michigan, pp. 597-598
The Pan-American Agricultural Conference, p. 598
The Summer Meeting of the American Physical Society, pp. 598-599
Establishment of the Institute for Advanced Study, p. 599


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 599-603


Discussion
Race Mixture and Physical Disharmonies, pp. 603-606
W. E. Castle
The Plant Quarantines Once More, pp. 606-607
G. F. Ferris
Hair Growth and Pregnancy, p. 607
Helen L. Dawson
Symbiotic Mites Used to Separate Species of a Genus of Bees, pp. 607-608
Norma LeVeque


Professor Einstein's Address at the University of Nottingham, pp. 608-610
The Iowa Academy of Science, pp. 610-613
Joseph C. Gilman


Scientific Apparatus and Laboratory Methods
An Apparatus for the Preparation of Small Organisms, pp. 613-614
Paul L. Radir


Special Articles
The Experimental Transmission of Yellow Fever by Mosquitoes, pp. 614-615
Cornelius B. Philip
On the Chemical Ecology of Lake Tanganika, p. 616
G. Evelyn Hutchinson


Books Received, p. 616
Science News, pp. x+xii+xiv

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Front Matter (3 pp.)
Progress of Medicine during the past Twenty-Five Years as Exemplified by the Harvey Society Lectures, pp. 617-627
Rufus Cole

The Harvey Society, pp. 627-629
Graham Lusk


Scientific Events
National Monuments in Arizona, p. 629
The Dudley Herbarium, p. 629
National Research Fellowships in the Biological Sciences, pp. 629-630
Frank R. Lillie
The Annual Meeting of the Royal Society of Canada, pp. 630-631
British Honors, p. 631


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 631-635


Discussion
The International Catalogue of Scientific Literature Again, pp. 635-637
Ernest Cushing Richardson
What is Control?, pp. 637-638
C. L. Metcalf; Raymond L. Taylor
The Second Capture of the Whale Shark, Rhineodon typus, near Havana Harbor, Cuba, pp. 639-640
E. W. Gudger; W. H. Hoffmann


Quotations
Remarks on the History of Cosmic Radiation, pp. 640-641
Robert A. Millikan


Scientific Apparatus and Laboratory Methods
An Apparatus for Handling Paraffin Ribbons, p. 641
Thomas J. Harrold


Special Articles
The Metabolism of the Local Excitatory Process and of the Propagated Disturbance in Nervous Tissues, pp. 641-643
Hans Winterstein
The Occurrence of a Pellagrous-Like Syndrome in Chicks, p. 643
L. C. Norris; A. T. Ringrose
The Effects of X-Radiation on Cotton, p. 644
J. W. McKay; T. H. Goodspeed


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Science News, pp. x+xii

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Front Matter (4 pp.)
The Origin of Man from a Brachiating Anthropoid Stock, pp. 645-650
William K. Gregory

The Wave Properties of Electrons, pp. 651-654
C. J. Davisson

In Honor of Dr. Welch, pp. 654-656


Scientific Events
The Election of Statesmen as Fellows of the Royal Society, pp. 656-657
The Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines, p. 657
The University of Michigan Expedition to the San Carlos Mountains, pp. 657-658
Plans for the New Biological Laboratory at Harvard University, p. 658


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 658-661


Discussion
The Question of the Central Bodies, pp. 661-662
Edmund B. Wilson
Credit Or Responsibility in Scientific Publication, pp. 662-663
W. D. Matthew
Genetics, pp. 663-664
T. D. A. Cockerell
Malformed Leg Bones in Young Chickens, p. 664
Loyal F. Payne


Quotations
Elmer A. Sperry, p. 664


Scientific Books
----------------, p. 665
Lehrbuch der Protozoenkunde, eine Darstellung der Naturgeschichte der Protozoen mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der parasitischen und pathogenen Formen. Begründet von Franz Doflein, neubearbeitet von Eduard Reichenow
Review author[s]: Charles A. Kofoid
----------------, pp. 665-666
Der Hochgebirgssee der Alpen
Otto Pesta
Review author[s]: Chancey Juday
----------------, p. 666
Antarctic Adventure and Research
Griffith Taylor


Scientific Apparatus and Laboratory Methods
An Improved Color Standard for the Colorimetric Determination of Chlorophyll, pp. 666-667
Howard B. Sprague; Lindsay B. Troxler
A Storage Tube for Plasma and Embryo Juice, pp. 667-668
C. E. Tharaldsen; L. J. Boyd; D. Anchel


Special Articles
Vitamin B2, p. 668
P. A. Levene
The Behavior of Winter Wheat in Artificial Environments, pp. 668-670
H. H. McKinney; W. J. Sando
The Cytology of Cilia Formation in the Swarm-Spores of Myxomycetes, p. 670
F. B. Cotner


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Science News, pp. x+xii+xiv

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Volume Information (8 pp.)
Front Matter (4 pp.)
Paleontology Versus Genetics, pp. 1-3
Henry Fairfield Osborn

Dual Nature of Physiography, pp. 3-5
Waldo S. Glock


Obituary
Jesse Walter Fewkes, pp. 5-7
John R. Swanton
Recent Deaths, p. 7
Memorials, p. 7


Scientific Events
National Hydraulic Laboratory, pp. 7-8
Weather Forecasts for Airways, p. 8
Appointments at the Rockefeller Institute, pp. 8-9
The Department of Physics of Harvard University, p. 9
Honorary Degrees from the University of New Hampshire, pp. 9-10


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 10-12


Discussion
On the Alleged Effect of Polarized Light on Films of Starch, p. 13
A. E. Navez
Increased Accuracy in the Determination of Carbonates in Soil, pp. 13-14
C. J. Schollenberger
The Behavior of Sudan III When Fed with Carbohydrate, p. 14
Edith H. MacArthur
Anthocyanin as an Indicator, p. 14
Benjamin Harrow


Scientific Books
----------------, p. 15
The Epidemiology and Control of Malaria in Palestine
Israel J. Kligler
Review author[s]: L. O. Howard


Scientific Apparatus and Laboratory Methods
Electrodynamic Recorder, pp. 15-16
Lyman S. Judson; P. E. Griffith
A Simple Aqueous Electrode, pp. 16-17
Christian Paul Heinlein


Special Articles
The Myogram of the Isolated Skeletal Muscle Cell, pp. 17-18
Dugald E. S. Brown; Ferdinand J. M. Sichel
The Myocardium in Yellow Fever, p. 18
Wray Lloyd


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Front Matter (4 pp.)
The Contributions of Count Rumford and Michael Faraday to the Modern Museum of Science, pp. 19-23
William Bragg

Biochemical Relativity, pp. 23-27
W. H. Manwaring

A New Method of Deep Sea Observation at First Hand, pp. 27-28
Henry Fairfield Osborn


Scientific Events
The Scientific Laboratories and University Assistants in Italy, p. 29
Expedition of the Dana, pp. 29-30
The Solar Eclipse Expedition of the U. S. Naval Observatory, p. 30
The Life Sciences Building of the University of California, pp. 30-31
Honorary Degrees from Yale University, p. 31


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 31-35


Discussion
Sea-Level Change near New York, pp. 35-37
Douglas Johnson
On Genus and Species Making, pp. 37-39
Frank Collins Baker
Egyptian Mathematics, p. 39
R. C. Archibald
Chomatology, Soil Science, p. 40
C. P. Sideris


Special Correspondence
Notes from the National Museum of Canada, pp. 40-41


Quotations
The Detroit Session of the American Medical Association, p. 41


Societies and Meetings
The History of Science Society Meeting in Durham, North Carolina, pp. 41-42
Frederick E. Brasch; Joseph Mayer


Scientific Apparatus and Laboratory Methods
A Microscope-Centrifuge, pp. 42-44
E. Newton Harvey; Alfred L. Loomis


Special Articles
Observations on the Growth of Children, pp. 44-48
Franz Boas


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Front Matter (4 pp.)
Promotion of Medicine and Pharmacy, pp. 49-58
Reid Hunt


Obituary
Ralph Hamilton Curtiss, pp. 58-60
J. H. Moore


Scientific Events
The United States Bureau of Fisheries, pp. 60-61
Award of the Storrow Fellowships, p. 61
David White
Awards of the American Society of Civil Engineers, pp. 61-62
At the University of Mississippi, p. 62


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 63-65


Discussion
International Cooperation in Geomorphology, p. 66
Kirk Bryan
The Paragould Meteor and Meteorites, pp. 66-68
C. C. Wylie
Occurrence of Mammoth and Giant Bison in Glacial Moraines in the High Mountains of Colorado, p. 68
Harold J. Cook
Zoopharmacology Versus Phytopharmacology, pp. 68-69
David I. Macht
The First English Popularizer of Science, p. 69
Albert M. Reese


Quotations
Medical Patents, pp. 69-71


Societies and Meetings
The North Carolina Academy of Science, p. 71
H. R. Totten


Scientific Apparatus and Laboratory Methods
A Belt Paper Kymograph with a Three Speed Gear Shift, pp. 71-73
Alvah R. McLaughlin


Special Articles
Surface Tension by the Ring Method, pp. 73-75
William D. Harkins; Hubert F. Jordan
The Revival of Comatose Adrenalectomized Cats with an Extract of the Suprarenal Cortex, pp. 75-76
W. W. Swingle; J. J. Pfiffner
The Hormone of the Adrenal Cortex, p. 76
Frank A. Hartman; Katherine A. Brownell


Books Received, p. 76
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Front Matter (4 pp.)
The Origin, Growth and Significance of the Mental Hygiene Movement, pp. 77-81
William A. White

Periodicals for Electrical Engineers, pp. 81-84
J. K. McNeely; C. D. Crosno


Scientific Events
The Rayleigh Collection at the South Kensington Museum, p. 84
The New Scientific Laboratories at the University of Chicago, pp. 84-85
Summer Meeting of the Botanical Society of America, p. 85
Rodney H. True
First Awards of the Pack Forest Education Board, pp. 85-86
Appointments in the U. S. Geological Survey, p. 86


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 86-89


Discussion
The Magnetic Poles of the Earth and the Birth of the Moon, p. 89
Oliver Justin Lee
Effect of Water on Triboelectric Luminescence with Mercury in Glass, pp. 89-90
Thomas S. Logan; Roger K. Taylor
Gas Discharge Wave-Length List in the Extreme Ultra-Violet, p. 90
Janet M. MacInnes; Joseph C. Boyce
More about a Uniform Bibliographic System, pp. 90-91
J. L. St. John
Attack by a Screech-Owl, p. 91
W. W. Chapman
Marmosa as a Stowaway Again, p. 91
G. E. Potter


Quotations
The Peking Skull, p. 92
G. Elliot Smith


Scientific Books
----------------, pp. 92-95
Titanotheres of Ancient Wyoming, Dakota and Nebraska
Henry Fairfield Osborn
Review author[s]: Alfred S. Romer


Scientific Apparatus and Laboratory Methods
A Simple Method for the Germination of Oospores of Sclerospora graminicola, p. 95
Makoto Hiura
A Practical Flagella and Capsule Stain for Bacteria, pp. 95-96
Harry D. Bailey


Special Articles
An Attempt to Produce Mutations by the Use of Electricity, pp. 96-97
W. R. Horlacher
The Fecundity of the Oyster, pp. 97-98
Paul S. Galtsoff
The Oil Absorption of Shell Eggs, p. 98
T. L. Swenson; H. H. Mottern


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Front Matter (4 pp.)
The Development of Views regarding the Nature of Chemical Forces, pp. 99-107
Kasimir Fajans


Scientific Events
Historic Apparatus, pp. 107-108
British Air Route to the Arctic Regions, pp. 108-109
A Primary Standard of Light, p. 109
Reforestation during 1929, p. 109
Yale University and the Bernice P. Bishop Museum, pp. 109-110
Further Academic Dismissals in Mississippi, p. 110


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 110-113


Discussion
Conifer Inflorescence, pp. 113-115
G. R. Wieland
The Spectra of Gases Lighted with Strong Electrical Discharges, p. 115
E. O. Hulburt
Scientific Minute Men in Anthropology and Archeology, pp. 115-116
Watson Davis
Two Unusual Flocks of Swans, p. 116
Nell A. Rogers
Curiosities of Scientific Names, pp. 116-117
John C. Gifford


Special Correspondence
The Advancement of Geology through Cooperative Research, pp. 117-118
W. Taylor Thom; Richard M. Field


Scientific Books
----------------, pp. 118-119
Mathematical and Physical Papers
Joseph Larmor
Review author[s]: Leigh Page
----------------, pp. 119-120
A Chemical Dictionary
Ingo W. D. Hackh
Review author[s]: W. A. Noyes
----------------, p. 120
The Oedogoniaceae
L. H. Tiffany
Review author[s]: Wm. Randolph Taylor


Scientific Apparatus and Laboratory Methods
A Manifold Desiccating Apparatus for Determining the Dry Weight of Small Samples of Wool, pp. 120-122
Julius E. Nordby
The Preparation of Permanent Slides of the Rhizopod Arcella, p. 122
C. Dale Beers


Special Articles
Actino-Uranium and the Ratio of Actinium to Uranium in Minerals, pp. 122-125
Alois F. Kovarik
On the Mechanism of Biological Oxidation and the Function of the Suprarenal Gland, pp. 125-126
Albert Szent-Györgyi


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Front Matter (2 pp.)
Glozel, a Mystery, pp. 127-131
David Riesman

Preparation of Scientific Articles, pp. 131-134
W. M. Davis


Obituary
Recent Deaths, pp. 134-135
Memorials, p. 135


Scientific Events
Science Service Radio Talks, pp. 135-136
Plans of the Scripps Institution for Cooperation with Eastern Agencies, p. 136
The Fourth Greenland Expedition of the University of Michigan, pp. 136-137
The International Conference of Agricultural Economists, p. 137
The British Medical Association, pp. 137-138


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 138-140


Discussion
The Relation between a Neglected Class of Facts and the Universal Law of Organic Evolution, p. 141
W. H. Longley
There is No Control, pp. 141-142
C. W. Woodworth
Black Walnut Canker, p. 142
C. R. Orton
Dutch Elm Disease in Ohio, pp. 142-143
Curtis May
The Phototropy of Ultra-Violet-Transmitting Glasses, p. 143
Lyman Chalkley
The Rate of Work Done by a Ricksha-Coolie, p. 143
Alvan L. Davis


Special Correspondence
Field Work of the National Museum of Canada, 1930, p. 144
W. H. Collins


Quotations
The Winnipeg Program of the British Medical Association, p. 145


Scientific Apparatus and Laboratory Methods
The Iowa Piano Camera, pp. 146-147
Joseph Tiffin; Carl E. Seashore
A New Mechanical Disintegrator, p. 147
E. W. Schultz; F. D. Banham
A Method of Titrating Proteolytic Enzymes, pp. 147-148
Frederick L. Gates


Special Articles
The Production of Homozygotes through Induced Parthenogenesis, pp. 148-149
E. M. East
The Production of Bacteria-Free Amoebic Abscesses in the Liver of Cats and Observations on the Amoebae in Various Media with and without Bacteria, pp. 149-151
L. R. Cleveland; Elizabeth P. Sanders
The Specific Action of a Bacterial Enzyme on Pneumococci of Type III, pp. 151-152
Oswald T. Avery; Rene Dubos


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Front Matter (4 pp.)
The Commerce of Chemistry, pp. 153-157
J. N. Taylor


Obituary
George Neil Stewart, Physiologist: April 18, 1860, to May 28, 1930, pp. 157-162
Torald Sollmann


Scientific Events
The Department of Animal Genetics at the University of Edinburgh, pp. 162-163
The Giannini Foundation for Agricultural Economics at the University of California, p. 163
State Lands and Wild Life of Wisconsin, pp. 163-164
The Fifth International Botanical Congress, pp. 164-165
The British Association for the Advancement of Science, p. 165


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 165-168


Discussion
Early Definitions of the Mathematical Term Abstract Group, pp. 168-169
G. A. Miller
Selenite Fragments Or Crystals as Criteria of Wind Action, pp. 169-170
Walter H. Schoewe; Kirk Bryan
Are Planets Rare?, p. 170
Jermain G. Porter
Viability in Eggs of Aedes Campestris Dyar and Knab (Culicidae), p. 170
G. Allen Mail
The Mitosis Found in Hydra, p. 170
Carl H. McConnell


Scientific Books
----------------, p. 171
Four Centuries of Medical History in Canada, and a Sketch of the Medical History of Newfoundland
John J. Heagerty
Review author[s]: F. H. Garrison


Societies and Meetings
The Illinois Academy of Science, p. 172
F. M. Fryxell


Scientific Apparatus and Laboratory Methods
A Rapid Method for Staining Sections of the Spinal Cord and Brain-Stem, pp. 172-173
Henry McE. Knower
Celluloid Cases for Microscopes, Microtomes and Beam-Balance Cases, pp. 173-174
F. A. Varrelman
Development of a Permanent Blue Color for Colorimetric Phosphorus Determination, p. 174
A. H. Meyer


Special Articles
An Effect of Short Electric Waves on Diphtheria Toxin Independent of the Heat Factor, pp. 174-175
Ralph R. Mellon; Waclaw T. Szymanowski; Robert Alan Hicks
Results of Total and Partial Adrenalectomy and Adrenal Transplantation in the Albino Rat, pp. 175-176
Richard I. Pencharz; J. M. D. Olmsted; George Giragossintz
The Metabolism of the Brucella Group in Synthetic Media, p. 176
C. E. ZoBell; K. F. Meyer


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Front Matter (4 pp.)


The American Association for the Advancement of Science
The Origin of Land Plants, pp. 177-187
Douglas H. Campbell


Obituary
Recent Deaths, pp. 187-188
Memorials, p. 188


Scientific Events
The Faraday Centenary, pp. 188-189
Explorations in Africa, p. 189
The Fourth World Poultry Congress, pp. 189-190
Honorary Degrees Conferred by Lehigh University, pp. 190-191


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 191-193


Discussion
Relative Length of Pleistocene Glacial and Interglacial Stages, pp. 193-195
Frank Leverett
The Oxygen Consumption of Nerve during Activity, pp. 195-196
R. W. Gerard
Setigerous Cysts in the Earthworm, pp. 196-197
C. P. Phoebus
Auto-Transplanted Gastric Pouch Functioning for Five Years, p. 197
A. C. Ivy


Scientific Books
----------------, pp. 197-198
Astronomy
R. H. Baker
Review author[s]: Dirk Brouwer


Reports
The Lübeck Disaster, pp. 198-199


Scientific Apparatus and Laboratory Methods
Intra Vitam Technique for the Study of the Living Cells of Insects, pp. 199-201
W. J. Baumgartner; M. Anthony Payne
A Rapid Positive Control Method of Handling Small Quantities of Liquids, pp. 201-202
E. L. Harrington


Special Articles
Excessive Tax on Soil Fertility by Crop Production on Poor Land, pp. 202-203
W. F. Gericke
Comparative Racial Differences in Color-Blindness, pp. 203-204
Forrest Clements


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Front Matter (4 pp.)
Science and History: A Short Contribution to Philosophy, pp. 205-208
E. C. Andrews

Some Scientific Instrument Makers of the Eighteenth Century, pp. 208-213
Robert S. Whipple


Scientific Events
The International Veterinary Congress, p. 213
Introduction into the United States of Plants Resistant to Disease, pp. 213-214
The National Institute of Health, pp. 214-215
The Cincinnati Meeting of the American Chemical Society, p. 215


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 215-219


Discussion
Are Planets Rare?, p. 219
Arthur H. Compton
Curiosities of Scientific Names, p. 219
G. M. Allen; T. Barbour
Priority in Family, Order and Higher Group Names, pp. 219-220
Horace Elmer Wood
The Origin of Symphoricarpus, p. 220
J. Burtt Davy
Entropy and Organization, pp. 220-222
David L. Watson


Special Correspondence
Research Work of the Michigan College of Mining and Technology, p. 222
A Correspondent


Scientific Apparatus and Laboratory Methods
Analysis of Vowels, p. 223
I. C. Young; R. H. Stetson
An Electromagnetic Pump, pp. 223-224
Robert Livingston


Special Articles
On the Critical Temperature of Serum: Depolarization Factor and Hydration of Serum Molecules, pp. 224-225
P. Lecomte Du Noüy
Electromagnetic Radiation and the Properties of the Electron, pp. 225-226
R. D. Kleeman
Interpretations of the Curve of Normal Growth, p. 226
Frederick A. Davidson


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Front Matter (4 pp.)


British Association for the Advancement of Science
Size and Form in Plants, pp. 227-233
F. O. Bower


Malpighi as Anatomist, pp. 234-238
A. W. Meyer


Scientific Events
Unveiling of Tablet to Sir William and Sir Joseph Hooker, pp. 238-239
C. Stuart Gager
International Society of Experimental Phonetics, p. 239
The International Horticultural Congress, pp. 239-240
Scientific and Technical Societies, p. 240
Celebration by the Missouri Botanical Garden, pp. 240-241


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 241-243


Discussion
Chemical Activation of Quartz Surfaces, pp. 243-244
P. G. Nutting
A Celestial Searchlight, p. 244
Charles F. Brooks
A Surface Tension Effect, pp. 244-245
Wm. M. Grosvenor
College Training for the Fisheries, pp. 245-247
Lewis Radcliffe
Support of the Zoological Record, p. 247
W. L. McAtee


Quotations
A Great Astronomer, pp. 248-249


Scientific Apparatus and Laboratory Methods
An Improved Method for the Study of Nutritional Anemia in the White Rat, pp. 249-251
W. B. Nevens; D. D. Shaw
Some New Methods and Combinations in Plant Microtechnique, pp. 251-252
Ansel F. Hemenway


Special Articles
Data on a Protein-Antibody System, pp. 252-253
Michael Heidelberger; Forrest E. Kendall
The Amount of Circulating Precipitin Following the Injection of a Soluble Antigen, p. 253
Michael Heidelberger; Forrest E. Kendall
Correlation of Antillean Fossil Floras, pp. 253-254
Carlotta J. Maury


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Front Matter (4 pp.)


The American Association for the Advancement of Science
The Fourteenth Annual Meeting of the Pacific Division, pp. 255-265
J. Murray Luck


Obituary
Recent Deaths, p. 266
Memorials, p. 266


Scientific Events
The Beit Memorial Fellowships, pp. 266-267
The Museum of the City of New York, pp. 267-268
The New Wall Map of the United States, pp. 268-269
The Conference of Agricultural States of Eastern Europe, p. 269


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 269-272


Discussion
Nomenclature and Me, pp. 272-273
Arthur Paul Jacot
A Note on the Life History of the Large American Fluke, Fasciola magna (Bassi), pp. 273-274
D. F. Sinitsin


Scientific Books
----------------, pp. 274-275
Plant Hybridization before Mendel
H. F. Roberts
Review author[s]: Robert K. Nabours


Scientific Apparatus and Laboratory Methods
A Simple Method for Staining Spirochetes, p. 275
Minnie B. K. Harris
Arcuate Mountains Produced by Modification of Stone's Structure Machine, pp. 275-276
R. H. Mitchell; Allan Stone


Special Articles
The Relation of Total Nitrogen to Regeneration in the Willow, pp. 276-277
P. A. Davies
Effect of Freezing and Thawing on the Extractability of the Alleged Chicken Sarcoma Agent, pp. 277-278
Waro Nakahara; Hidetake Yaoi


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Front Matter (4 pp.)


British Association for the Advancement of Science
The Taxonomic Outlook in Zoology, pp. 279-284
W. T. Calman


The Usefulness of Psychology, pp. 284-287
J. McKeen Cattell


Obituary
Florian Cajori, pp. 287-288
David Eugene Smith
Recent Deaths, p. 288
Memorials, p. 288


Scientific Events
The Harvard School of Geography, pp. 288-289
Fall Meeting of the American Electrochemical Society, pp. 289-290
The American Public Health Association, p. 290
Fifth International Congress on Aeronautics, pp. 290-291
Geologic Survey of Georgia, p. 291


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 291-294


Discussion
The Need for and the Proposal of a New Genetic Term, pp. 294-295
A. H. Hersh
The Determination of Carbonates in Soil, p. 295
Herbert A. Lunt
Musical Pitch and the Physicists, pp. 295-296
William Braid White
Physiology of Rare Gases, pp. 296-297
Edward Fidlar


Scientific Books
----------------, pp. 297-298
Manual of Meteorology, Vol. III. The Physical Processes of Weather
Napier Shaw
Review author[s]: Alexander McAdie


Scientific Apparatus and Laboratory Methods
The Rate of Growth of Stalactites, pp. 298-299
William Drumm Johnston
Black Paper for Camera Lucida Drawings, p. 299
Paul R. Cutright


Special Articles
Geographical Index Numbers, pp. 300-301
Fred A. Carlson
Overwintering of the Fire Blight Pathogen, Bacillus amylovorus, within the Beehive, pp. 301-302
H. R. Rosen


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Front Matter (4 pp.)
The Ether Concept in Modern Physics, pp. 303-310
L. B. Spinney


Obituary
Harvey Washington Wiley, pp. 311-312
W. D. Bigelow


Scientific Events
The Sixteenth International Geological Congress, pp. 312-313
Harvard Forest Fund, p. 313
Woman's College at Duke University, pp. 313-314
Mining and Metallurgical Advisory Boards, p. 314
The International Institute of Agriculture, pp. 314-315


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 315-318


Discussion
Euphany, p. 318
C. E. Seashore
Nomenclature, pp. 318-319
Z. P. Metcalf
Admiral Walker's Appreciation of the Work of Colonel Gorgas, pp. 319-320
Frances Pickering Thomas


Scientific Books
----------------, pp. 320-321
Die Phylogenie der Pflanzen
Walter Zimmerman
Review author[s]: E. C. Jeffrey


Scientific Apparatus and Laboratory Methods
A Method for Making a Bibliography, pp. 321-322
A. C. Tester
Test Papers for Detecting Magnesium, p. 322
Irwin Stone


Special Articles
Living Micro-Organisms in the Air of the Arid Southwest, pp. 322-323
J. G. Brown
The Relation of the Thyroid and Pituitary Glands to Moulting in Triturus viridescens, pp. 323-324
A. Elizabeth Adams; Leah Richards; Alberta Kuder


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Front Matter (4 pp.)
Specialization in Science, pp. 325-326
Francis Ramaley

Ecological Aspects of the Transition from Old Forests to New, pp. 327-332
Thornton T. Munger


Obituary
Recent Deaths, p. 332
Memorials, p. 332


Scientific Events
The Whipsnade Zoological Garden, p. 333
The National Arboretum, pp. 333-334
The First Transcontinental Fruit Transportation Laboratory, p. 334
Course in the Radiological Diagnosis of Cancer, pp. 334-335
International Highway Engineers' Tours, p. 335


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 336-340


Discussion
History of Science Source Material in College Libraries, pp. 340-341
E. H. Johnson
Are Batholites Up-Bulges of Sial?, p. 341
Alfred C. Lane
Another Capture on the New Jersey Coast of the Basking Shark, Cetorhinus maximus, pp. 341-343
E. W. Gudger
Observations of Lightning, p. 344
Hamilton Craigie
Cocos and Valency, p. 344
Henry Leffmann


Scientific Books
----------------, pp. 344-345
Die Paläobotanischen Untersuchungsmethoden
Richard Kräusel
Review author[s]: E. C. Jeffrey


Scientific Apparatus and Laboratory Methods
An Individual Jacobsen Germinator, pp. 345-346
Henry I. Baldwin
Detection of Fungus Mycelium in Mildewed Cotton Fabrics, pp. 346-347
M. W. Jennison


Special Articles
Changing the Chirp-Rate of the Snowy Tree Cricket Oecanthus niveus with Air Currents, pp. 347-349
H. A. Allard
Fruit-Bud Formation in the Strawberry in Spring in South-Eastern States, pp. 349-350
Geo. M. Darrow; George F. Waldo


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Front Matter (4 pp.)
Forest Pathology, pp. 351-356
Ernest E. Hubert

Doctorates Conferred in the Sciences by American Universities, 1929-30, pp. 357-358
Clarence J. West; Callie Hull


Scientific Events
Medical Center for Uruguay, pp. 358-359
The Testing Laboratory of the Bureau of Standards, pp. 359-360
Bear River Migratory Bird Refuges, p. 360
Memorial to George Westinghouse, p. 360


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 361-364


Discussion
Saline Drinking Water and Abnormal Livestock, pp. 364-365
L. S. Palmer; C. H. Eckles
Age of the Hounsfield Bentonite, p. 365
G. Marshall Kay
Regulation of Body Temperature in Opossums of the Genus Marmosa, pp. 365-366
Otis Wade
Concerning Owl Attacks, p. 366
Albert M. Reese
Homo Sapiens, Var. Chicagoiensis, p. 366
Ramsay Spillman


Quotations
The British Association at Bristol, p. 367


Scientific Books
----------------, pp. 368-369
The Biological Control of Insect and Plant Pests; a Report on the Organization and Progress of the Farnham Laboratory
W. R. Thompson
The Cocoanut Moth in Fiji: A History of Its Control by means of Parasites
J. D. Tothill; T. H. C. Taylor; R. W. Paine
Review author[s]: L. O. Howard


Scientific Apparatus and Laboratory Methods
A Variable Resistance Pneumograph and an Electromagnetic Tambour, pp. 369-370
Lyman S. Judson; Paul E. Griffith
Brazilin Stain on Smear Preparations of Oenothera Pollen Mother Cells, pp. 370-371
José M. Capinpin


The American Association for the Advancement of Science
Joint Meeting of the Executive Committee of the American Association and the Executive Committee of the Pacific Division, pp. 371-372
J. Murray Luck


The National Academy of Sciences, pp. 372-378
Books Received, p. 378
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Front Matter (4 pp.)


The British Association for the Advancement of Science
A State Experiment in Chemical Research, pp. 379-390
G. T. Morgan


Obituary
Recent Deaths, pp. 390-391
Memorials, p. 391


Scientific Events
The British Geological Museum, pp. 391-392
The Great Smoky Mountains National Park, pp. 392-393
The Scott Fund Expedition to Montana, p. 393
The George Fisher Baker Non-Resident Lectureship in Chemistry at Cornell University, pp. 393-394


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 394-396


Discussion
Yardang and Zastruga, pp. 396-397
Eliot Blackwelder
What is Chitine?, p. 397
Wm. T. M. Forbes
Topographic Control of Cloud Distribution, pp. 397-398
R. J. Holden
Twin Seedlings in Angiosperms, p. 398
Robert H. Woodworth
Mineral Resources of Greece, p. 398
Maurice H. Bigelow


Scientific Apparatus and Laboratory Methods
A Practical Method of Determining the Fall in Potential in a Microelectrophoresis Cell, pp. 398-399
Jas. Gibbard
The Measurement of Arm Girth, p. 399
H. T. Manuel


Special Articles
The Logistic Curve and the Census Count of 1930, pp. 399-401
Raymond Pearl; Lowell J. Reed
Lignin as a Possible Factor in Lodging of Cereals, pp. 401-402
Jehiel Davidson; Max Phillips


The National Academy of Sciences. II, pp. 402-408
Books Received, p. 408
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Front Matter (4 pp.)
Standardization Versus Medical Education, pp. 409-413
Charles R. Stockard

How the College Can Aid the Oyster Industries, pp. 413-416
Donald W. Davis


Obituary
Recent Deaths, p. 416
Memorials, p. 416


Scientific Events
The British Association for the Advancement of Science, pp. 416-417
F. O. Bower; J. C. Stamp; John L. Myres; F. J. M. Stratton; O. J. R. Howarth
The British Parasite Laboratory, pp. 417-418
The Iron Alloys Committee of the Engineering Foundation, pp. 418-419
Dedication of the James Ward Packard Laboratory at Lehigh University, p. 419
The Franklin Institute, pp. 419-420


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 420-422


Discussion
The Formation of Striae in a Kundt's Tube, pp. 422-423
Rolla V. Cook
A Hypothesis on the Causation of Cancer, pp. 423-424
Robert S. McCombs; Robert P. McCombs
The Magnetic Poles of the Earth and the Birth of the Moon, pp. 424-425
D. W. Longfellow
The Conception of Balance with Respect to the Absorption of Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Potassium by Plants and the Influence of the Level of Nutrition, pp. 425-427
Walter Thomas
The Organic World and the Causal Principle: A Criticism, pp. 427-429
M. N. Chappell; F. H. Pike


Special Correspondence
The Paleobotanical Excursion of the Fifth International Botanical Congress, p. 429
Chester A. Arnold
Summer Institute for Biological Research at Amoy, China, pp. 429-430
A. M. Boring


Quotations
Ward's Natural Science Establishment, pp. 430-431


Scientific Apparatus and Laboratory Methods
A Method for Working on the Terminal Nerve-Muscle Unit, pp. 431-433
Frederick H. Pratt; Marion A. Reid
A New Technique in Tree Medication for the Control of Bark Beetles, pp. 433-435
F. C. Craighead; R. A. St. George


Special Articles
A General Theory for Calculating Surface Tension from the Shapes of Stable Liquid Surfaces of Revolution, pp. 435-436
B. B. Freud; H. Z. Freud
"Right-Handedness" in White Rats, pp. 436-438
Loh Seng Tsai; Siegfried Maurer


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Front Matter (4 pp.)
Polar Exploration, pp. 439-449
Isaiah Bowman


Obituary
George Fouché Freeman: 1878-1930, pp. 449-450
Roger C. Smith
Recent Deaths, p. 450
Memorials, p. 450


Scientific Events
The Centenary of the Royal Geographical Society, pp. 450-451
The Languages of American Indians, p. 451
Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Education by Radio, pp. 451-452
Appropriations for Grants-In-Aid by the National Research Council, p. 452


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 452-456


Discussion
Gibbs's Phenomenon, p. 456
Charles N. Moore
The Present Status of Lactenin, pp. 456-457
F. S. Jones; H. S. Simms
An Accessible Tropical Vegetation, p. 457
Walter N. Bangham
The Pronunciation of "Centimeter", p. 458
Evan Thomas
Discoverer of the Calculus, p. 458
Ronald Ross


Special Correspondence
Work in Parasitology at the University of Michigan Biological Station, pp. 458-459
W. W. Cort
Botanical Legacies of Walter Deane, p. 459
B. L. Robinson


Scientific Apparatus and Laboratory Methods
An Improved Soil Sampler, pp. 459-460
L. J. Pessin


Special Articles
Adrenal Cortex Extract and Cancer, pp. 460-461
Shigemitsu Itami; Ellice McDonald
The Life Cycle of the Parasite of East Coast Fever in Ticks Transmitting the Disease. (Preliminary Note), pp. 461-462
E. V. Cowdry; Arthur W. Ham


Books Received, p. 462
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Front Matter (4 pp.)
Nature and Fate of the Meteor Crater Bolide, pp. 463-467
Herman L. Fairchild

Microphonic Action in Telephone Transmitters, pp. 467-470
Frederick S. Goucher


Obituary
Memorial to James Melville Gilliss, pp. 470-471
Recent Deaths, pp. 471-472


Scientific Events
The American Association's Grants for Research, p. 472
Arthur H. Compton
Health Surveys by the Yale School of Medicine, pp. 472-473
Enlargement of the Harvard Physical Laboratories, p. 473
The Semi-Centennial of the New Jersey State Experiment Station, pp. 473-474


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 474-477


Discussion
Discontinuance of the La Jolla Peromyscus Program, pp. 477-478
F. B. Sumner
Physicochemical Phenomena in the Antarctic, p. 478
Jerome Alexander
Circular Shadows from Vortices, pp. 478-479
F. C. Brown
Planetary Systems, p. 479
G. B. Blair


Scientific Books
----------------, pp. 479-480
The Size of the Universe: Attempts at a Determination of the Curvature Radius of Spacetime
Ludwik Silberstein
Review author[s]: Svein Rosseland
----------------, p. 480
Determination of Orbits of Comets and Asteroids
Russell Tracy Crawford
Review author[s]: Dirk Brouwer


Scientific Apparatus and Laboratory Methods
An Objective Method of Evaluating Musical Performance, pp. 480-482
Carl E. Seashore; Joseph Tiffin


Special Articles
The Treatment of Patients with Addison's Disease with the "Cortical Hormone" of Swingle and Pfiffner, pp. 482-483
Leonard G. Rowntree; Carl H. Greene; W. W. Swingle; J. J. Pfiffner
On the Chemical Alteration of Purified Antibody-Proteins, pp. 483-484
L. Reiner


Books Received, p. 484
Science News, pp. x+xii+xiv

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Front Matter (4 pp.)
Chemistry and Education, pp. 485-493
William McPherson


The American Association for the Advancement of Science
The Fourth Cleveland Meeting, pp. 493-494
Burton E. Livingston


Obituary
Memorials, pp. 494-495
Recent Deaths, p. 495


Scientific Events
The French Public Health Service, p. 495
The British National Physical Laboratory, pp. 495-496
The Walter Rathbone Bacon Scholarship of the Smithsonian Institution, pp. 496-497
C. G. Abbot
Summer School for Engineering Teachers, p. 497


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 497-501


Discussion
Some Criticisms of "Race Crossing in Jamaica", pp. 501-502
C. B. Davenport
Induced Parthenogenesis and Homozygosis, pp. 502-503
Robert K. Nabours
Musical Pitch and Physical Pitch, p. 503
Max F. Meyer
Eusynthetology or Eurhetics, p. 504
J. F. Messenger


Special Correspondence
The Twenty-Sixth Annual New England Intercollegiate Geologic Excursion, pp. 504-505
Wilbur G. Foye


Scientific Apparatus and Laboratory Methods
A Simple Apparatus for Measuring Catalase Activity in Plant and Animal Tissues, pp. 505-506
H. H. Bunzell
Measuring Slide for Class Use, p. 506
Edwin R. Bogusch


Special Articles
The Relationship in the Hen between the Development of Ova, Blood Calcium and the Antirachitic Factor, pp. 506-507
Walter C. Russell; C. H. Howard; A. F. Hess
The Quantitative Determination of Bacteriophage, pp. 507-508
Albert P. Krueger
The Mechanism of Enhancement of Infections by Testicle Extract, p. 508
D. C. Hoffman; F. Duran-Reynals


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Front Matter (4 pp.)
The Age of the Earth, pp. 509-515
Georg Von Hevesy

The Origin of South African Alluvial Diamonds, pp. 515-520
George Frederick Kunz


Scientific Events
Anthropologists at the Wellcome Museum, p. 520
Wild Life in California, pp. 520-521
Regional Reorganization of the U. S. Biological Survey, p. 521
The Second International Congress for Sex Research, pp. 521-522
Carl R. Moore
The American Association for the Advancement of Science on the Pacific Coast, p. 522
J. Murray Luck


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 523-526


Discussion
Physiologically Active Compounds, p. 526
Reid Hunt
Salinity and Size, pp. 526-527
Maynard M. Metcalf
Molluscan Hosts in North America for Human Flukes, p. 527
Lloyd G. Ingles
A Bituminous Fossil Plant from the Triassic of North Carolina, p. 527
Wm. F. Prouty
The Meaning of Natural Selection, p. 528
Francis Ralston Welsh


A Correction: Cancer luederwaldti, p. 528
Mary J. Rathbun


Special Correspondence
Progress of the Geological Survey of California, pp. 528-529
Olaf P. Jenkins


Scientific Books
----------------, pp. 529-532
A History of Experimental Psychology
Edwin G. Boring
Review author[s]: Edward S. Robinson


Scientific Apparatus and Laboratory Methods
A Modification in Lantern Slide Projection Technique, pp. 532-533
J. Van De Erve; J. M. Van De Erve
How to Make Horizontal Demonstrations Visible to an Entire Class, pp. 533-534
Edward J. Wimmer


Special Articles
Triangular Nepionic Coiling in Carboniferous Ammonoids, pp. 534-535
Carey Croneis
Stimulatory Effects of Ultra-Violet Radiation upon Higher Plants, pp. 535-536
Harry J. Fuller
Heterothallism in Puccinia Coronata, p. 536
Ruth F. Allen


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Front Matter (3 pp.)


The American Association for the Advancement of Science
Preliminary Announcement of the Fourth Cleveland Meeting, pp. 537-554
Burton E. Livingston


Scientific Events
The British Freshwater Biological Station, p. 554
Celebration of the Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of the Theory of Relativity, pp. 554-555
Frank E. E. Germann
Joint Meeting at Los Angeles of the American Physical Society and of the Acoustical Society of America, p. 555


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 555-559


Discussion
"Mad Itch" of Cattle, p. 559
Richard E. Shope
The Sorting Power of Wind and Wave, pp. 559-560
Junius Henderson
A Terrestrial Amphipod in the United States, p. 560
J. Paul Visscher
Plant Lice Pumping in Unison, p. 560
W. Lee Tanner


Special Correspondence
A National System of Experimental Forests and Ranges, pp. 560-561
L. F. Kneipp


Scientific Apparatus and Laboratory Methods
Culture Media for Opalinidae, pp. 561-562
Maynard M. Metcalf
Rapid Staining of Plant Tissues in the Butyl Alcohol Procedure, p. 562
R. O. Earl


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Front Matter (4 pp.)
The Relation of Scientific Research to Agricultural Progress, pp. 563-566
A. F. Woods

The Language of Scientists, pp. 567-569
George W. Lay


Obituary
Memorials, pp. 569-570
Recent Deaths, p. 570


Scientific Events
Panel of Expert Translators, pp. 570-571
The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, pp. 571-572
International Congress on Bituminous Coal, pp. 572-573
Aeronautic Radio Research at the Bureau of Standards, p. 573
Shippee-Johnson Peruvian Expedition, p. 573


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 574-577


Discussion
Considerations Leading to the View that Pellagra is an Iron-Deficiency Disease, pp. 577-578
Sidney Bliss
Supplemental Note regarding Mosquito Vectors of Experimental Yellow Fever, p. 578
Cornelius B. Philip
Anosma Or "Squeeze-Ups", p. 579
Harold S. Colton; Charles F. Park
Mosquitoes Versus Culicidae, pp. 579-580
Chester K. Wentworth


Special Correspondence
Aerological Stations in Greenland, pp. 580-581
William H. Hobbs


Scientific Apparatus and Laboratory Methods
Approximate Method for Determining the Same Degree of Anesthesia for Fish, p. 581
D. J. Verda; W. P. Elhardt
A New Staining Rack for Micro-Slides, pp. 581-582
W. F. R. Phillips


Special Articles
The Lethal Dose of Ultra-Violet Light for Brook Trout (Salvelinus fontinalis), pp. 582-583
M. F. Crowell; C. M. McCay
On the Oxidative Nature of the Nerve Impulse, pp. 583-584
Francis O. Schmitt


Books Received, p. 584
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Front Matter (4 pp.)
The Agricultural Revolution in the United States--1860-1930, pp. 585-594
Louis Bernard Schmidt


Obituary
Memorials, pp. 594-595
Recent Deaths, p. 595


Scientific Events
The Library of the Department of Agriculture, pp. 595-596
Blight Resistant Chestnuts from the Orient, p. 596
The De Lamar Lectures, pp. 596-597
The Texas Academy of Science, p. 597
Presentation of the John Fritz Medal, p. 597


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 598-601


Discussion
Babylonian Mathematics, pp. 601-602
G. A. Miller
A Fossil Frog, Indobatrachus Noble, from the Eocene of South-Western India, pp. 602-603
M. M. Metcalf
New Types of Plants in Florida, pp. 603-604
Maurice Mulvania
Dreikanter in Wyoming and Montana, p. 604
David M. Delo
Demonstrations in Cytology, p. 604
Alfred F. Huettner


Special Correspondence
The Rumford Fund, p. 605
A. E. Kennelly


Quotations
The Work of Dr. Karl Landsteiner, pp. 605-606


Scientific Apparatus and Laboratory Methods
An Electromagnetic Touch-Stimulus Reaction Key, pp. 606-607
Christian Paul Heinlein
A Method to Soften Tissue Already Imbedded in Paraffin, pp. 607-608
Adrian B. Couch


Special Articles
Immunization with Aluminum Hydroxide Mixtures of Poliomyelitis Virus, p. 608
C. P. Rhoads
The Effect of Testicle Extract and Normal Serum on the Growth of a Transplantable Epithelial Tumor of the Rabbit, pp. 608-609
F. Duran-Reynals
The Necessity and Function of Manganese in the Growth of Chlorella SP., pp. 609-610
E. F. Hopkins


Books Received, p. 610
Science News, pp. x+xii+xiv

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Front Matter (4 pp.)
Animal Parasites of Man and Their Control, pp. 611-620
Alfred C. Reed


Obituary
George McLane Wood, pp. 620-621
Bernard H. Lane
Memorials, pp. 621-622
Recent Deaths, p. 622


Scientific Events
Archeological Field Work of the University of Minnesota in 1930, pp. 622-623
Work of the Smithsonian Institution, pp. 623-624
The Committee of One Hundred at Cleveland, p. 624
Rodney H. True
Statistics of University Registration, p. 624


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 625-628


Discussion
An Appeal for the Issuance of Reprints of the Tables of Contents of Scientific Journals, pp. 628-629
Charles F. Meyer
Mitochondrial Behavior, pp. 629-630
G. E. Gates
Bentonite in the Ordovician near Collingwood, Ontario, p. 630
D. C. Maddox
The Relation of the Paranasal Sinuses to the Singing Voice, p. 630
Francis Wheeler


The American Association for the Advancement of Science
Meeting of the Executive Committee at Cleveland, November 30, 1930, pp. 631-632
Burton E. Livingston


Scientific Apparatus and Laboratory Methods
A Method of Injecting the Coelom of Small Annelids, pp. 632-633
Leonard P. Sayles


Special Articles
The Virus of Laryngotracheitis of Fowls, pp. 633-634
J. R. Beach
The Longevity of Bacillus amylovorus (Burr.) Trev. in Association with Honey, p. 634
H. E. Thomas
The Clarification of Plant Juices: Nitrate Concentration in Large and Small Leaves, pp. 634-635
Donald E. Frear
The Geological Background of Peking Man (Sinanthropus), pp. 635-636
George B. Barbour


Books Received, p. 636
Science News, pp. x+xii+xiv

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Front Matter (4 pp.)
What the Technical Schools Expect of Industry, pp. 637-642
Dugald C. Jackson


Obituary
William Diller Matthew, Paleontologist: (1871-1930), pp. 642-645
William K. Gregory
Fritz Pregl, p. 645
O. W.
Memorials, p. 645
Recent Deaths, pp. 645-646


Scientific Events
The British Association of Scientific Workers, p. 646
Bird Sanctuaries, pp. 646-647
Dedication of McGregory Hall of Chemistry at Colgate University, p. 647
R. C. Roberts
Popular Science Monthly Award, p. 648


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 648-652


Discussion
An International Botanical Address Book, p. 652
E. D. Merrill
The Whaling Situation, pp. 652-653
C. H. Townsend
A Sequoia Forest of Tertiary Age on St. Lawrence Island, pp. 653-654
Ralph W. Chaney
The Description and Figuring of Imperfect Fossils, p. 654
T. D. A. Cockerell
Names and Ambiguity, pp. 654-655
Watson Davis


Special Correspondence
Cooperative Geologic Research near Red Lodge, Montana, pp. 655-656
W. T. Thom; Richard M. Field


Scientific Books
----------------, pp. 656-657
A History of Science and Its Relations with Philosophy and Religion
William Cecil Dampier Dampier-Whetham
Review author[s]: Charles A. Kofoid
----------------, pp. 657-658
Comets
Charles P. Olivier
Review author[s]: N. T. Bobrovnikoff


Scientific Apparatus and Laboratory Methods
Fiber Tags for Wet Specimens, p. 658
Harold Cummins


Special Articles
Western Duck Sickness Produced Experimentally, pp. 658-660
E. R. Kalmbach
Western Duck Sickness and Botulism, p. 660
L. T. Giltner; J. F. Couch


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Science News, pp. x+xii+xiv

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