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


The American Association for the Advancement of Science
Present Status of Theory and Experiment as to Atomic Disintegration and Atomic Synthesis, pp. 1-5
Robert A. Millikan


Scientific Events
Annual Report of the Director of the U. S. Geological Survey, pp. 5-6
The National Park Service, p. 6
The Niagara Frontier Research Council, pp. 6-7
Appropriations for Grants-In-Aid by the National Research Council, p. 7
Vernon Kellogg
Officers of the American Chemical Society, pp. 7-8


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 8-11


Discussion
Our Fauna, pp. 11-12
Arthur Paul Jacot
Dinosaur Egg Shell Fragments from Montana, pp. 12-13
Glenn L. Jepsen
Consultants at the Library of Congress, pp. 13-14
H. W. Tyler


Reports
The International Geodetic and Geophysical Union, pp. 14-15
W. D. L.


Scientific Apparatus and Laboratory Methods
Pen and Ink Drawings from Photographs, p. 15
Ernest Naylor
A Method of Cleaning Microscopical Fossils, pp. 15-16
I. P. Tolmachoff


Special Articles
An Observation Which Suggests an Explanation of the Anemia in Hookworm Disease, pp. 16-17
Herbert S. Wells
A Relation between Rotenone, Deguelin and Tephrosin, pp. 17-18
E. P. Clark
Dissociation of Bacterium granulosis noguchi and Identification of the Organism by means of Rabbit Immune Sera, p. 18
E. B. Tilden


Books Received, p. 18
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Front Matter (4 pp.)


The American Association for the Advancement of Science
Some Chemical Aspects of the Origin of Petroleum, pp. 19-22
S. C. Lind


Some Recent Aspects of Nematology, pp. 22-29
N. A. Cobb

The Challenge of Plant Virus Differentiation and Classification, pp. 29-32
James Johnson; Isme A. Hoggan


Scientific Events
Vivisection in England, pp. 32-33
Reorganization of the National Parks Association, pp. 33-34
Robert Sterling Yard
The Bowdoin Institute of Natural Science, p. 34
Officers of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, pp. 34-35


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 35-38


Discussion
Meteor Butte, pp. 38-39
Frederick S. Dellenbaugh
Diastrophism and Discourtesy, pp. 39-41
H. L. Fairchild
The Classification of Pythium, pp. 41-42
F. K. Sparrow
Two New Dominican Formational Names, pp. 42-43
Carlotta J. Maury


Reports
Investigations in Panama during the Summer of 1930, pp. 43-45
Ernest Carroll Faust


Scientific Apparatus and Laboratory Methods
An Adjustable Drop-Control for Burettes, pp. 45-46
Franklin Hollander


Special Articles
The Relationship between Electrical Differences of Potential in the Skin and Normal Basal Metabolism, pp. 46-49
Charlotte Purdy; A. Frances Johnson; Charles Sheard
Studies in Certain Factors Affecting the Resistance of Plants to Insect Pests, pp. 49-50
Edward Philpott Mumford


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Front Matter (4 pp.)


The American Association for the Advancement of Science
Engineering Culture, pp. 51-54
H. F. Moore
Scientific and Philosophical Methods in Education, pp. 54-59
Frank N. Freeman


Obituary
Waldemar M. W. Haffkine, pp. 59-60
David I. Macht
E. Gley, p. 60
Francis G. Benedict
Memorials, p. 60
Recent Deaths, p. 60


Scientific Events
The Monongahela National Forest, pp. 60-61
Research and Industry at Purdue University, p. 61
Franklin Institute Lectures, pp. 61-62
The Bausch Memorial Bridge at Rochester, p. 62


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 62-66


Discussion
The Barringer Meteorite, pp. 66-67
D. Moreau Barringer
Concerning the Rate of Formation of Stalactites, pp. 67-68
R. W. Ellis
The Language of Clergymen, p. 68
Theodore W. Darnell; Edward S. Allen
Babylonian Mathematics, p. 68
R. C. Archibald
An Engineer in Authority, pp. 68-69
An 'Umble Scientist
Anti-Evolution Laws, p. 69
Reverend W. A. Williams


Special Correspondence
Exhibition on the Science and Art of Color, pp. 69-70
B.


Scientific Books
----------------, p. 71
The Mysterious Universe
James Jeans
Review author[s]: Harlan T. Stetson
----------------, pp. 71-72
Artificial Sunlight
M. Luckiesh
Review author[s]: F. C. Brown


Scientific Apparatus and Laboratory Methods
A New Micro-Manipulator, pp. 72-75
G. W. Fitz


Special Articles
Ovulation, Oestrus and Copulation with Consequent Dystocia during Pregnancy, in the Mouse, pp. 75-76
Lucy J. Watt
Determinate Evolution in the Genus Spirifer, pp. 76-77
Carroll Lane Fenton
Changes Occurring in Stored Alcoholic Plant Extracts, pp. 77-78
James E. Webster


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Front Matter (4 pp.)


The American Association for the Advancement of Science
Erosion as a Factor in Soil Determination, pp. 79-83
M. F. Miller


Observations upon the Use of the Divining Rod in Germany, pp. 84-86
C. A. Browne


Obituary
Jur. Philiptschenko, pp. 86-87
M. Rimsky-Korsakow; V. Dogiel; M. Rozanova; T. Lus; T. Liepin
Memorials, p. 87
Recent Deaths, p. 87


Scientific Events
Exhibition of the Physical and Optical Societies in London, pp. 87-88
Budget for the U. S. Department of Agriculture, pp. 88-89
Check List of the Birds of the World, p. 89
Conference on Human Problems in Industry, pp. 89-90
American Association of Teachers of Physics, p. 90


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 90-94


Discussion
The Occurrence of Natural and Acquired Immunity to Infectious Myxomatosis of Rabbits, pp. 94-95
Joseph R. Hobbs
Note on the Corn Component of a Rachitogenic Diet, p. 95
Robert S. Harris; John W. M. Bunker
Wheat Mosaic in Egypt, pp. 95-96
L. E. Melchers
The Fatal Belgian Fog, pp. 96-97
Jerome Alexander


Special Correspondence
Committee on Drug Addiction of the National Research Council, pp. 97-98
Wm. Charles White
American School of Prehistoric Research, pp. 98-99
George Grant MacCurdy


Scientific Apparatus and Laboratory Methods
Two Improvements in the Technique of Kymograph Recording, pp. 99-100
W. F. Wichart; C. H. Thienes; M. B. Visscher
Use of Ethylene Oxide for the Eradication of Pests, pp. 100-101
Rodney B. Harvey


Special Articles
The Biology of the Petroleum Fly, pp. 101-103
W. H. Thorpe
The Morphological Basis for Certain Tissue Resistance, pp. 103-105
Wm. DeB. MacNider
A New Factor in the Transportation and Distribution of Marine Sediments, pp. 105-106
Percy E. Raymond; H. C. Stetson


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Front Matter (4 pp.)


The American Association for the Advancement of Science
Recent Developments in Photoelectricity, pp. 107-113
C. E. Mendenhall
Psychology's Family Relations among the Sciences, pp. 113-117
Madison Bentley


Obituary
Memorials, p. 117
Recent Deaths, p. 118


Scientific Events
Calendar Reform, p. 118
The Marshall Field Archeological Expedition, p. 119
The Aztec Ruins National Monument, pp. 119-120
The New York State Forest Research Institute, p. 120
The International Congress on Illumination, pp. 120-121


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 121-124


Discussion
The Vampire Bat, pp. 124-125
Marcus Ward Lyon
Concerning Early Diagnosis of Whooping Cough, pp. 125-126
Louis W. Sauer
The Finding of Large Centipedes in Wyoming and Western Nebraska, p. 126
Harold J. Cook
The Excelsior Geyser Again, p. 126
Edwin Linton


Special Correspondence
The Ella Sachs Plotz Foundation for the Advancement of Scientific Investigation, pp. 126-127
Joseph C. Aub


Quotations
Ellwood Hendrick, pp. 128-129


Scientific Books
----------------, p. 129
The Migration of Butterflies
C. B. Williams
Review author[s]: L. O. Howard
----------------, pp. 129-130
Barlow's Tables of Squares, Cubes, Square Roots, Cube Roots and Reciprocals of All Integer Numbers up to 10,000
L. J. Comrie
Review author[s]: Charles H. Smiley


Scientific Apparatus and Laboratory Methods
A Convenient Hydrometer for Determining the Specific Gravity of Heavy Liquids, pp. 130-131
A. C. Tester
Repair of Non-Conductive Galvanometer Strings, p. 131
Chester W. Darrow
A Siphon Moist Chamber for Microscopic Mounts, pp. 131-132
Florence A. McCormick


Special Articles
Some Peculiarities in the Thermo-Electric Properties of Monel Metal, pp. 132-133
Emery Meschter
Strophanthin. XIX. The Dehydrogenation of Strophanthidin and Gitoxigenin, pp. 133-134
Walter A. Jacobs; Elmer E. Fleck
The Fauna of the Middle Devonian Beauvais Sandstone of Missouri, pp. 134-135
Carey Croneis; Arnold D. Hoffman
Responses of Sheep to Zygadenus gramineus, "Death Camas", pp. 135-136
Alvah R. McLaughlin


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Front Matter (4 pp.)
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Science News, pp. xlii+xliv+xlvi
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Front Matter (4 pp.)


The American Association for the Advancement of Science
Some Present-Day Problems of Zoology Teaching, pp. 169-173
William A. Riley


Planes of Lateral Corrasion, pp. 174-177
Douglas Johnson


Scientific Events
Resolutions Adopted by the Council of the American Association for the Advancement of Science at Cleveland, pp. 177-178
In Honor of Professor James Ewing, p. 178
B. J. L.
The New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital and Columbia University, pp. 178-179
The Braun-Schuchert Collection, p. 179
Conference on Medical Education, pp. 179-180
Meeting of Geologists at Toronto, p. 180


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 180-184


Discussion
Evidence of a Lower Level of Lake Superior, p. 185
L. R. Wilson
The Structure of Some Industrial Diamonds, pp. 185-186
Jerome Alexander
Bacterial Stem-Rot Disease of Hybrid Seedling Canes, p. 186
E. F. Roldan
The Foucault Experiment, p. 186
Martin Meyer


Scientific Books
----------------, pp. 186-189
A History of Applied Entomology (Somewhat Anecdotal)
L. O. Howard
Review author[s]: T. D. A. Cockerell


Scientific Apparatus and Laboratory Methods
A New Spring Balance for Measuring Water Content of Snow, pp. 189-190
George D. Clyde


Special Articles
Comparison between Irradiation of Diet and Supplemental Irradiation of Animals in Vitamin A and D Deficiency, pp. 190-191
F. E. Chidester; A. G. Eaton; N. K. Speicher
Hydrogen-Ion Concentration of the Alimentary Tracts of Fowl, Cat and Rabbit, pp. 191-192
Alvah R. McLaughlin
Twist in the Grain of Coniferous Trees, p. 192
Chester K. Wentworth


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Front Matter (4 pp.)
A Botanical Problem, pp. 193-197
Margaret C. Ferguson

Herbert Hoover and Science, pp. 197-199
Vernon Kellogg


Obituary
Memorials, p. 199
Recent Deaths, pp. 199-200


Scientific Events
Museum Specimens, pp. 200-201
Field Museum of Natural History, p. 201
Latin American Fellows of the Guggenheim Foundation, pp. 201-202
National Research Fellowships in the Biological Sciences, p. 202
Frank R. Lillie
The Indianapolis Meeting of the American Chemical Society, pp. 202-203


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 203-207


Discussion
Origin of Palouse Hills Topography, pp. 207-209
Virgil R. D. Kirkham; M. Melville Johnson; Donald Holm
A Fossil Cycad in New Jersey, pp. 209-210
M. A. Chrysler
Plural Fractions, p. 210
C. E. Waters
Why Pathogene Rather Than Pathogen?, pp. 210-211
F. L. Stevens


Scientific Books
----------------, pp. 211-212
Living Africa. A Geologist's Wanderings through the Rift Valleys
Bailey Willis
Review author[s]: Charles Schuchert


Scientific Apparatus and Laboratory Methods
A Method of Staining the Oocysts of Coccidia, pp. 212-213
H. B. Crouch; E. R. Becker
The Ligation of Earthworms to Remove the Anterior Or Posterior End, p. 213
L. S. Rowell


Special Articles
On a Release-Phenomenon in Electrical Stimulation of the "Motor" Cerebral Cortex, pp. 213-214
J. G. Dusser De Barenne; Clyde Marshall
The Etiology of Swine Influenza, pp. 214-215
Richard E. Shope
Measuring Absorbed Phosphates and Nitrogen, pp. 215-216
W. J. Spillman


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Front Matter (4 pp.)
Science and the Supernatural, pp. 217-225
A. J. Carlson

Cope: Master Naturalist, pp. 225-227
Henry Fairfield Osborn


Scientific Events
The Baltic Geodetic Commission, p. 227
W. D. L.
The International Biological Congress at Montevideo, pp. 227-228
C. E. McClung
Lectures of the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences, p. 228
The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, pp. 228-229
Howard B. Lewis
The Pasadena Meeting of the American Association and the Associated Societies, p. 229


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 229-234


Discussion
Meteor Crater is Not a Limestone Sink, pp. 234-235
Chester R. Longwell
Branchinecta at Leadville, Colorado, pp. 235-236
Chas. H. Behre
Hearing without Cochlea?, pp. 236-237
Max F. Meyer
Coccidioidal Granuloma, p. 237
Frederick W. Shaw


Quotations
British Optical Instruments, pp. 237-238


Scientific Books
----------------, pp. 238-240
The Life, Letters and Labours of Francis Galton
Karl Pearson
Review author[s]: Raymond Pearl


Scientific Apparatus and Laboratory Methods
Hint for Better Geological Photographs, p. 241
Eliot Blackwelder
A Siphon Moist Chamber, p. 241
C. C. Thomas


Special Articles
A Direct Quantitative Relationship between Vitamin A in Corn and the Number of Genes for Yellow Pigmentation, pp. 241-242
P. C. Mangelsdorf; G. S. Fraps
A Differentiation of the So-Called Antipellagric Factor, Vitamin G, pp. 242-243
Barnett Sure; Margaret Elizabeth Smith; M. C. Kik
Liver Extract as a Source of Vitamins B and G, pp. 243-244
W. D. Salmon; N. B. Guerrant


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Front Matter (4 pp.)
Mass Action in Cerebral Function, pp. 245-254
K. S. Lashley


Obituary
Ignatius Urban, pp. 254-255
Paul C. Standley
Erik L. Ekman, pp. 255-256
Paul C. Standley
Recent Deaths, p. 256


Scientific Events
Institution for Surgical Biological Research at Downe, p. 256
Observations for the Determination of Longitudes, pp. 256-257
The Ohio Academy of Science, p. 257
The Yale Oceanographic Expedition to the Bahama Islands, pp. 257-258


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 258-262


Discussion
Isolation of Protein Crystals Possessing Tryptic Activity, pp. 262-263
John H. Northrop; M. Kunitz
Yellow-Spot Disease of Pineapples Transmitted by Thrips tabaci Lind, p. 263
Maurice B. Linford
Fracturing and Movement in Rocks without Apparent Displacement, pp. 263-264
A. H. Sutton
An Unusual Rainbow, p. 264
Robt. E. S. Heineman


Scientific Books
----------------, pp. 264-265
Thomas Say, Early American Naturalist
Harry B. Weiss; Grace M. Ziegler
Review author[s]: T. D. A. Cockerell


Scientific Apparatus and Laboratory Methods
A New Singing Tube, pp. 265-266
F. L. Robeson
A Simple Microscope Eyepiece Pointer, p. 266
James A. Lounsbury


Special Articles
Observations concerning the Causative Agent of a Chicken Tumor, pp. 266-268
James B. Murphy; O. M. Helmer; Albert Claude; Ernest Sturm
The Dehydrogenation of Chlorophyll and the Mechanism of Photosynthesis, p. 268
J. B. Conant; E. M. Dietz; S. E. Kamerling


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Front Matter (4 pp.)
The Relation of Physics to Chemistry, pp. 269-276
N. V. Sidgwick

Edward W. Morley, Chemist, Investigator, Teacher, pp. 276-277
Charles Franklin Thwing


Obituary
Recent Deaths, pp. 277-278
Memorials, p. 278


Scientific Events
The Constitution of the Royal College of Surgeons, p. 278
The State Parks and Forests of New Jersey, pp. 278-279
Federal Legislation, p. 279
Appropriations for Grants-In-Aid by the National Research Council, p. 280
Vernon Kellogg


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 280-283


Discussion
More Evidence of Mammoths in the High Mountains of Colorado, pp. 283-284
Harold J. Cook
Beach Sands of the Atlantic Coast, pp. 284-285
Gerald R. MacCarthy
The Specific Effect of Vitamin B on Lactation, Growth and Water Metabolism, p. 285
Barnett Sure; M. C. Kik; M. E. Smith; D. J. Walker
The Eskimo Word "Iglu", pp. 285-286
Vilhjalmur Stefansson
Truth Versus Advertising, p. 286
H. H. Bunzell


Scientific Books
----------------, pp. 286-287
Peru from the Air
George R. Johnson
Review author[s]: C. H. Birdseye
A New Book on Beetles, pp. 287-288
Review author[s]: W. S. Blatchley


Scientific Apparatus and Laboratory Methods
A Cooling Unit for Low-Temperature Thermostats, pp. 288-289
T. J. B. Stier
A Vacuum Tube Method of Temperature Control, pp. 289-290
Francis O. Schmitt; Otto H. A. Schmitt


Societies and Academies, pp. 290-291


Special Articles
On the Monomethyl-Glucose of Pacsu, pp. 291-292
P. A. Levene; G. M. Meyer; A. L. Raymond
The Effect of Physical and Chemical Agents on the Oocysts of Eimeria tenella, pp. 292-293
Frederic Fish
Gonadectomy in the Goldfish Carassius auratus, pp. 293-295
I. B. Hansen
The Relation between the Estrus-Producing Hormone and a Corpus Luteum Extract on the Growth of the Mammary Gland, pp. 295-296
C. W. Turner; A. H. Frank


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Front Matter (4 pp.)
The New Cytology, pp. 297-303
Alexis Carrel

The Advancement of Horticultural Research, pp. 303-306
A. T. Erwin


Scientific Events
International Meetings in England, pp. 306-307
The Fifteenth International Congress of Agriculture, p. 307
The Pasadena Meeting, p. 307
Charles F. Roos
Fellowship in Memory of Jay Backus Woodworth, p. 308
Award of the Leidy Medal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, p. 308


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 308-313


Discussion
Deposition of Sediment in Lakes by Glacial Streams, pp. 313-314
O. D. Von Engeln
Suffocation Point in the Horned Lizard, Phrynosoma Cornutum, pp. 314-315
George E. Potter
Gradual Obliteration of the Portal Vein as a Substitute for Eck-Fistula, p. 315
Lester R. Dragstedt
Devil's Shoe-String as an Insecticide, pp. 315-316
V. A. Little
Biochemistry in Relation to Intelligence, p. 316
H. D. Powers
The Language of a Clergyman, pp. 316-317
George W. Lay


Scientific Books
----------------, pp. 317-319
The Stars of High Luminosity
Cecilia H. Payne
Review author[s]: O. Struve


Scientific Apparatus and Laboratory Methods
A Note on Capsule Staining, pp. 319-320
E. E. Anthony
Preparation of Bee Slides, p. 320
L. S. Rowell
Chemical Treatments to Shorten the Rest Period of Tree Seeds, pp. 320-321
Carl G. Deuber


Special Articles
The Biological Effect of High Voltage X-Rays, pp. 321-322
Charles Packard; C. C. Lauritsen
The Cortico-Adrenal Hormone, pp. 322-323
S. W. Britton; Herbert Silvette
Premature Reversal of Heart-Beat in Bombyx, pp. 323-325
John H. Gerould
Amoeboid Motion as the Product of Protein Swelling, pp. 325-326
Stanley W. Whitehouse


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Science News, pp. 10a-14a

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Front Matter (4 pp.)
The Origin of Limestone Caverns, pp. 327-331
W. M. Davis

Edgar Fahs Smith: Provost, Chemist, Friend, pp. 331-333
Charles Franklin Thwing


Obituary
Memorials, p. 333
Recent Deaths, p. 333


Scientific Events
An Agricultural Research Institute for Porto Rico, p. 334
Virgin Forest Lands of the United States, pp. 334-335
The Field Museum of Natural History, p. 335
The American Philosophical Society, pp. 335-336


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 336-339


Discussion
The Importance of Giving Page References in Descriptions of Plates, pp. 339-340
Robert Tracy Jackson
Cytoplasmic Inheritance of Male Sterility in Zea Mays, pp. 340-341
Marcus M. Rhoades
Trees with Twisted Bark, p. 341
Arthur Taber Jones
Panaman Or Panamanian?, p. 341
Carleton R. Ball
Estrus, pp. 341-342
S. A. Asdell
An Apologetic Correction, p. 342
L. O. Howard


Scientific Books
----------------, p. 342
La Parthénogenèse
A. Vandel
Review author[s]: Franz Schrader
----------------, p. 343
Star Clusters
Harlow Shapley
Review author[s]: Dirk Brouwer


Scientific Apparatus and Laboratory Methods
A Device for Washing Tissues, pp. 343-344
C. T. Hurst
A Machine for Pulling Glass Micropipettes and Needles, pp. 344-345
Delafield Du Bois


Special Articles
Brain Water Movement during Anesthesia, pp. 346-347
H. G. Barbour
Metallized Food in the Regeneration of Hemoglobin in Rat and Man, pp. 347-348
J. L. McGhee


Books Received, p. 348
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Front Matter (4 pp.)
Is an International Zoological Nomenclature Practicable?, pp. 349-354
C. W. Stiles


Obituary
George Peter Dreyer, p. 355
H. A. McGuigan
Recent Deaths, pp. 355-356


Scientific Events
Australian Vital Statistics, p. 356
The Pacaraima-Venezuela Expedition, p. 356
Shenandoah Park Highway, pp. 356-357
The Springfield Museum, p. 357
The Third International Congress of Eugenics, pp. 357-358


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 358-363


Discussion
Erroneous Citations and Titles of Scientific Papers, pp. 363-364
C. A. Shull
A Further Comment on the "Pumping" Habit of Plant Lice, p. 364
Floyd F. Smith
The Divining Rod, p. 365
Ernest C. Bryant
The Use of the Divining Rod in Gold Prospecting in Alaska, pp. 365-366
I. P. Tolmachoff
A Banked Race-Track Illusion, pp. 366-367
H. Austin Aikins


Societies and Academies, pp. 367-368


Scientific Apparatus and Laboratory Methods
A Method of Making Topographic Models, pp. 368-369
Chauncey D. Holmes
An Oscillator and Synchronous Motor for Obtaining Exact Variable Speeds, pp. 369-370
Roland C. Davis; Frank A. Geldard


Special Articles
A Flowering Cycadeoid from the Isle of Wight, pp. 370-372
G. R. Wieland
The Neuro-Muscular Mechanism Controlling Flashing in the Lampyrid Fireflies, pp. 372-373
Peter A. Snell
Some Observations on the Corticoadrenal Hormone, pp. 373-374
S. W. Britton; Herbert Silvette


Books Received, p. 374
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Front Matter (4 pp.)


Professor Einstein at the California Institute of Technology
Addresses at the Dinner in His Honor, pp. 375-379
Allan C. Balch; Ballard; Millikan; Michelson; Campbell; Einstein
Address at the Luncheon, pp. 379-380
Frederick H. Seares
The Reason and the Results of Dr. Einstein's Visit to the California Institute of Technology, pp. 380-381
Robert A. Millikan; Walter S. Adams


Obituary
James Perrin Smith, pp. 382-383
Solon Shedd
Recent Deaths, p. 383


Scientific Events
Geophysical Surveys, pp. 383-384
Customs Duties on Scientific Apparatus, p. 384
The Sinnott Memorial in the Crater Lake National Park, pp. 384-385
A Division of Plant Pathology at the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, p. 385
Conference on the Promotion of Interest in Physics, pp. 385-386
Birthdays and Research Centers, p. 386


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 386-389


Discussion
A Uniform Scheme for Citations, pp. 390-392
Bernard H. Lane
Regarding Twist in Conifers, pp. 392-393
W. C. Yeager
The Growth of Stalactites, p. 393
Gragg Richards
A Case of a Boy Possessing an Automatic Directional Orientation, pp. 393-394
Harry R. DeSilva
Mendelian Differences, p. 394
R. Ruggles Gates


Scientific Apparatus and Laboratory Methods
The Removal of Traces of Oxygen from Nitrogen, pp. 394-397
E. C. Kendall


Special Articles
The Chemical Changes that Occur during the Curing of Tobacco Leaves, pp. 397-399
Hubert Bradford Vickery; George W. Pucher
Pollen-Statistics: A New Research Method in Paleo-Ecology, pp. 399-401
G. Erdtman
Structural and Functional Variations of Fibroblasts in Pure Cultures, pp. 401-402
Raymond C. Parker


Books Received, p. 402
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Front Matter (4 pp.)
Individual Differences in Human Blood, pp. 403-409
Karl Landsteiner


Obituary
John Henry Comstock, pp. 409-410
James G. Needham
Memorials, pp. 410-411
Recent Deaths, p. 411


Scientific Events
The Calcutta Institute of Hygiene and Public Health, pp. 411-412
Field Expeditions of the Smithsonian Institution, p. 412
Meeting of the National Advisory Health Council, pp. 412-413
Research at the Mellon Institute, pp. 413-414


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 414-417


Discussion
A Method for Explanting the Kidney, p. 417
C. P. Rhoads
Central Bodies in the Sperm-Forming Divisions of Ascaris, pp. 417-418
Harwell P. Sturdivant
More about Shipworms, pp. 418-420
Paul Bartsch
The Russian Academy of Sciences, pp. 420-421
T. D. A. Cockerell
A Conference on Heredity as Applied to Man, p. 421
E. P. Lyon


Scientific Books
----------------, pp. 422-423
A Textbook of Plant Physiology
N. A. Maximov
Review author[s]: G. J. Peirce
----------------, pp. 423-424
Introduction à la Biologie Expérimentale. Les Êtres Organisés. Activités, Instincts, Structures
Paul Vignon
Review author[s]: John H. Gerould


Scientific Apparatus and Laboratory Methods
An Automatic Balance, pp. 424-426
F. J. Veihmeyer; C. H. Hofmann; C. V. Givan
Sectioning Orbitoid Foraminifera, pp. 426-427
Willard Berry


Special Articles
A Possible Physiological Interpretation of the Law of the Diminishing Increment, pp. 427-429
Walter A. Hendricks; Morley A. Jull; Harry W. Titus
The Rôle of Copper in the Setting and Metamorphosis of the Oyster, pp. 429-431
Herbert F. Prytherch
Experiments in Termite Caste Development, p. 431
Harold Heath
Dioecious Maize, p. 432
Donald F. Jones


Books Received, p. 432
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Front Matter (4 pp.)
Michael Faraday, pp. 433-439
W. F. G. Swann


Scientific Events
The Imperial Agricultural Research Bureaus, p. 440
Mineral Values in Alaska, pp. 440-441
The Forest Service and Highway Commissions, p. 441
Lectures in Physics at the University of Michigan, pp. 441-442
The Botanical Society of America, p. 442


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 442-446


Discussion
The Central Bodies Again, pp. 447-448
Edmund B. Wilson; Alfred F. Huettner
A New Posterior Pituitary Preparation, p. 448
C. G. MacArthur
The Occurrence of Filterable Forms of Bacteria in Nature, pp. 448-449
James M. Sherman; Clair E. Safford
Positive Gas and Water Pressure in Oaks, p. 449
C. A. Abell; C. R. Hursh
Analyses of the Blood of Idiots, pp. 449-450
Sidney S. Negus
Drawings from Photographs, p. 450
G. E. MacGinitie


Quotations
Industry and Scientific Research, pp. 450-451


Societies and Academies, p. 451


Scientific Apparatus and Laboratory Methods
An Adjustable Double-Slit, p. 452
R. William Shaw
A Fused Quartz Féry Prism, pp. 452-453
Nora M. Mohler
Sap for Analysis by Bleeding Corn Plants, p. 453
M. W. Lowry; Paul Tabor


Special Articles
Humidity and Comfort, pp. 453-455
W. H. Howell
Modification of Therapeutic Sera with a View of Avoiding Complications of Allergic Nature, pp. 455-457
J. Bronfenbrenner; D. M. Hetler; I. O. Eagle
A Possible Relationship between Hemoglobin and Chlorophyll as Shown by the Use of Liver Extract, pp. 457-458
Oran Raber
The Life Cycles of Trichogramma minutum in Relation to Temperature, p. 458
S. E. Flanders


Books Received, p. 458
Science News, pp. 10a-14a

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Front Matter (4 pp.)
Sugars in the Service of Chemistry, pp. 459-462
P. A. Levene

Michael Faraday. II, pp. 462-468
W. F. G. Swann


Obituary
Norifumi Okamoto, pp. 468-469
David Eugene Smith
Memorials, p. 469
Recent Deaths, p. 469


Scientific Events
The Zoological Society of London, p. 470
The American Association of Museums, pp. 470-471
Decrease in the Number of Schools of Medicine, p. 471
Delegates to the Ninth International Dairy Congress, p. 471
The American Philosophical Society, pp. 471-472


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 472-475


Discussion
Erasmus Darwin and the Biologic Control of Insects, pp. 475-476
William A. Riley
A Mathematical Proof, pp. 476-477
G. A. Miller
More about Twisted Grain in Trees, p. 477
Arthur Koehler
Publication of Industrial Research, pp. 477-478
Watson Davis
The Life of Books, p. 478
Joseph Leidy


Reports
The Milton and Clark Awards at Harvard University, pp. 478-480


Scientific Apparatus and Laboratory Methods
A Modified Form of Kundt's Tube, p. 480
R. C. Colwell
An Inexpensive Glass Marking Pencil, p. 480
Charles B. DeWitt


Special Articles
The Effects of Ultra-Violet Light on Paramaecium, pp. 480-481
L. B. Rentschler
The North American Lung Fluke, pp. 481-482
Franklin Gerhard Wallace
A Preliminary Note on the Occurrence of a Color Mutation in the House Mouse (Mus musculus), p. 482
Joseph M. Murray


Books Received, p. 482
Errata: Dr. Karl Landsteiner's Article, April 17th Issue, p. 482
Science News, pp. 10a-14a
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Front Matter (4 pp.)
Technology and Material Progress, pp. 483-486
Willis R. Whitney


Obituary
Earl Douglass, pp. 486-487
O. A. Peterson
Erik Ekman--An Appreciation, pp. 487-488
George N. Wolcott
Recent Deaths, p. 488


Scientific Events
The Bermuda Biological Station for Research, pp. 488-489
The Sixth International Congress of Genetics, pp. 489-490
The National Academy of Sciences, p. 490


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 490-494


Discussion
Crystalline Pepsin of Northrop, p. 494
P. A. Levene; J. H. Helberger
Vitamin D in Whole Corn, pp. 494-495
Harry Goldblatt
Viability and Retention of Virulence of a Culture of Coryne-Bacterium Diphtheriae, p. 495
Laura Florence
Formalin Poisoning, pp. 495-496
Philip H. Pope
Basking Sharks on the Pacific Coast, p. 496
G. E. MacGinitie
Color, p. 496
W. A. Noyes
The Origin of Cosmic Rays, p. 497
Louis S. Kassel


Quotations
The Chemical Exposition, p. 497


Scientific Books
----------------, p. 498
Numerical Mathematical Analysis
James B. Scarborough
Review author[s]: Dirk Brouwer
----------------, p. 498
The Organization of Knowledge and the System of the Sciences
Henry Evelyn Bliss
Review author[s]: Paul R. Heyl


Scientific Apparatus and Laboratory Methods
A High Temperature Electric Furnace and a Micro-Adaptation, pp. 499-500
R. C. Emmons


Special Articles
The Structure of Glucose, pp. 500-501
Harold Hibbert
North American Fresh-Water Sponges, pp. 501-502
N. Gist Gee


The National Academy of Sciences, pp. 502-508
Books Received, p. 508
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Front Matter (4 pp.)


The Union of American Biological Societies and Biological Abstracts
The Washington Conference of March 7, 1931, pp. 509-512
W. C. Curtis
Biological Abstracts, pp. 512-516
J. R. Schramm
The Union and Biological Abstracts, pp. 517-518
C. E. McClung


The American Association for the Advancement of Science
Preliminary Announcement of the Pasadena Meeting, pp. 518-520
Charles F. Roos


Scientific Events
Geological Surveys in Alaska, p. 521
Economic Conference for Engineers of the Stevens Institute of Technology, pp. 521-522
The Ecological Society of America, p. 522
The Centenary Meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, pp. 522-523


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 523-526


Discussion
Undertow and Rip Tides, pp. 526-527
W. M. Davis
New Mastodon Finds in European Turkey, pp. 527-528
George D. Hubbard
Vegetative Propagation in the Missouri Gourd, p. 528
N. F. Petersen
Meiosis in Hypericum punctatum lam, pp. 528-529
Carl S. Hoar
Softening Tissues, p. 529
A. B. Couch


Scientific Apparatus and Laboratory Methods
Use of an Improved Null Instrument for Glass Electrode Or Other High Resistance Circuits, pp. 529-530
Samuel E. Hill
A Tilting Stopcock, p. 530
P. Lecomte Du Noüy


Special Articles
A Mottled-Eyed Drosophila, pp. 530-531
J. T. Patterson; T. S. Painter
The Effects of X-Rays on the Growth of Wheat Seedlings, pp. 531-533
Ware Cattell
Respiration Studies on Azotobacter under Controlled Conditions, pp. 533-534
J. M. Fife


The National Academy of Sciences. II, pp. 534-538
Books Received, p. 538
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Front Matter (4 pp.)
The Recent Change of Attitude toward the Law of Cause and Effect, pp. 539-547
P. W. Bridgman

Paleontology Versus Devriesianism and Genetics in the Factors of the Evolution Problem, pp. 547-549
Henry Fairfield Osborn


Obituary
Albert A. Michelson, pp. 549-550
Robert A. Millikan
Veranus Alva Moore--Pierre Augustine Fish, pp. 550-553
Simon Henry Gage
Memorials, p. 553
Recent Deaths, p. 553


Scientific Events
The Lakeside Hospital in Cleveland, p. 553
The New Orleans Chapter of the Pan American Medical Association, pp. 553-554
The Kentucky Academy of Science, p. 554
A. M. Peter
The Kansas Academy of Science, pp. 554-555
George E. Johnson
The Medal Meeting of the Franklin Institute, p. 555


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 555-560


Discussion
Biological Abstracts, pp. 560-561
Frank R. Lillie
Twisted Trees, p. 561
A. R. Cahn
The Mechanism of Crossing-Over, pp. 561-562
C. D. Darlington
Advances in the Biological Sciences, p. 562
W. R. G. Atkins
Literature Relating to Cod Liver Oil, pp. 562-563
J. C. Drummond; T. P. Hilditch
Inscriptions for a Scientific Building, p. 563
George L. Omwake


Scientific Books
----------------, pp. 563-565
A History of Entomology
E. O. Essig
Review author[s]: W. R. Walton


Scientific Apparatus and Laboratory Methods
The Shapometer: A Device for Measuring the Shapes of Pebbles, pp. 565-566
Allen C. Tester; H. X. Bay
Apparatus to Circulate Liquid under Constant Pressure in a Closed System, p. 566


Special Articles
Growth of Plants under Continuous Light, pp. 566-567
Francis Ramaley
A Maximum Point in an Effect of Prolonged X-Ray Irradiation upon Drosophila Larvae, pp. 567-568
Robert Tennant
The Effect of Sunlight on Human Blood Cells, p. 568
W. W. Lepeschkin
The Isolation of Normal Propyl Guaiacol as a Degradation Product of Lignin, pp. 568-570
Max Phillips


Books Received, p. 570
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Front Matter (4 pp.)
The Genetic View-Point, pp. 571-577
Albert F. Blakeslee

An Optimistic View of the Evolution of the Sciences, pp. 577-579
Virgil F. Payne


Obituary
Raoul Gautier, pp. 579-580
William Bowie
Whitman Howard Jordan, p. 580
A. A. Himwich, pp. 580-581
M. D.
Recent Deaths, p. 581


Scientific Events
The Third International Conference on Bituminous Coal, pp. 581-582
The Laboratory of Anthropology at Santa Fe, New Mexico, p. 582
National Research Fellowships in the Biological Sciences, pp. 582-583
Frank R. Lillie
The Diamond Jubilee of the St. Louis Academy of Science, p. 583
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences, pp. 583-584


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 584-587


Discussion
The Program of the University Association for the Study of Calendar Reform, pp. 587-588
C. C. Wylie
Plural Fractions and Other Fractions, pp. 588-589
W. Edwards Deming
The Accumulation of Strong Electrolytes in Living Cells, pp. 589-590
S. C. Brooks
A Curious Color Phenomenon, p. 590
Paul E. Klopsteg
The Auto-Traction Hypothesis of Crustal Dynamics and Mechanics, p. 590
J. S. DeLury


Scientific Books
----------------, pp. 590-591
Atlas Céleste
E. Delporte
Review author[s]: Dirk Brouwer
----------------, pp. 591-592
Lingnan Science Journal (Continuation of Lingnaam Agricultural Review)
Review author[s]: L. O. Howard


Scientific Apparatus and Laboratory Methods
A Modification of Krogh's Differential Manometer, pp. 592-593
David E. Fink
The Phyllotax--A Practical Apparatus for Demonstrating Divergence, p. 593
Jacques Rousseau


Special Articles
Onchocerciasis in Guatemala, pp. 593-594
Richard P. Strong
Intranuclear Inclusions in Laryngotracheitis of Chickens, pp. 594-595
Oskar Seifried
Ionic Equilibria in the Serum in Relation to the Critical Temperature, pp. 595-597
P. Lecomte Du Noüy
The Possible Rôle of Micro-Organisms in the Precipitation of Calcium Carbonate in Tropical Seas, pp. 597-598
Werner Bavendamm


Books Received, p. 598
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Front Matter (4 pp.)
Dr. Karl Landsteiner: Nobel Prize Laureate in Medicine, 1930, pp. 599-604
Stanhope Bayne-Jones


Obituary
Louis Hermann Pammel, pp. 604-605
A. T. Erwin
Memorials, p. 605
Recent Deaths, p. 605


Scientific Events
Gift from Mr. Harkness of an Eye Institute to the Presbyterian Hospital at the Columbia Medical Center, p. 606
The Sixteenth International Geological Congress, pp. 606-607
The American School of Prehistoric Research, p. 607
Summer Meeting and Tour of the American Phytopathological Society, p. 607
In Honor of Professor R. W. Wood, pp. 607-608


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 608-612


Discussion
Is an International Zoological Nomenclature Practicable?, pp. 612-613
F. A. Bather
A Conference on Heredity as Applied to Man, pp. 613-614
Madge Thurlow Macklin
The Cultivation of a Nematode Parasite of an Insect, pp. 614-615
R. W. Glaser
The Potato Rugose Mosaic Complex, p. 615
Karl Koch
Michelson and Rowland, p. 615
Edwin H. Hall
Consultant Service at the Library of Congress, pp. 615-616
H. W. Tyler
Kopernik, p. 616
St. Michalski
Erroneous Citations, pp. 616-617
C. W. Ackerson


Scientific Apparatus and Laboratory Methods
A Simple Device for Humidity Regulation, pp. 617-618
George E. R. Hervey; James G. Horsfall


Special Articles
The Leakage of Helium through Pyrex Glass at Room Temperature, II, p. 618
G. P. Baxter; H. W. Starkweather
Increasing the Vitamin D Potency of Cow's Milk by the Daily Feeding of Irradiated Yeast Or Irradiated Ergosterol, pp. 618-620
Byron H. Thomas; Florence L. MacLeod
The Preparation of Adrenal Extract, p. 620
Frank A. Hartman; K. A. Brownell
The Life History of Babesia Bigemina in the North American Fever Tick, pp. 620-621
Emery Westervelt Dennis
Calcium Arsenate and Unproductiveness in Certain Soils, p. 622
W. B. Albert; W. R. Paden


Books Received, p. 622
Science News, pp. 10a+12a+14a

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Front Matter (4 pp.)
Qualifications of a Research Physicist, pp. 623-627
Albert W. Hull

The Progress of Roentgenology and Its Contribution to Medical Science, pp. 627-632
Preston M. Hickey


Obituary
Matthew Fontaine Maury, pp. 632-634
S. A. Mitchell
Memorials, p. 634
Recent Deaths, p. 634


Scientific Events
Reconstruction of the Royal Institution, pp. 634-635
The International Congress for Studies Regarding Population, p. 635
Range Research Conference at Ephraim, Utah, pp. 635-636
The American Institute of Physics, p. 636
Honorary Degrees Conferred by Columbia University, pp. 636-637


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 637-639


Discussion
The Accuracy of Wireless Time Signals, p. 640
Charles H. Smiley
Recent Climate and Vegetation a Factor in the Mound-Building Cultures?, pp. 640-641
Paul B. Sears
Tyndall Beam Intensity of Turbid Colored Solutions, p. 641
Louis Sattler; F. W. Zerban
The Curvature of Space, pp. 641-642
Jermain G. Porter
Conical Snowflakes, p. 642
A. D. Moore
The Labrador Current and Icebergs, p. 642
Irénée Du Pont
The Immediate Problem for Biological Abstracts, pp. 642-643
W. C. Curtis; F. E. Denny; A. L. Quaintance; I. W. Bailey; C. W. Greene; A. F. Woods


Reports
Committee on Effects of Radiation upon Organisms of the National Research Council, pp. 643-645
W. C. Curtis


Societies and Academies, pp. 645-647


Special Articles
A Cytological Map of the X-Chromo-Some of Drosophila Melano-Gaster, pp. 647-648
T. S. Painter
The Structure of Protoplasm, pp. 648-649
William Seifriz
On a Possible Effect of Fungicides upon the Composition of Apples, pp. 649-650
W. A. DeLong; A. D. Pickett
Differentiation of Viruses Causing Green and Yellow Mosaics of Wheat, pp. 650-651
H. H. McKinney
Dissolved Phosphorus and Inorganic Nitrogen in the Water of the Mississippi River, p. 652
A. H. Wiebe


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Front Matter (4 pp.)
The Uncertainty Principle, pp. 653-660
Charles Galton Darwin

Serial Literature Used by American Geologists, pp. 660-664
P. L. K. Gross; A. O. Woodford


Obituary
Memorials, p. 664
Recent Deaths, pp. 664-665


Scientific Events
Botanical Research Stations in Africa, p. 665
The Reforestation Program, pp. 665-666
The Guatemala Expedition, p. 666
Appropriations for Grants-In-Aid by the National Research Council, pp. 666-667
Vernon Kellogg


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 667-671


Discussion
New Ostracoderms from Oesel, pp. 671-673
William Patten
The Occurrence of Old Meadow Sod under the New Jersey Beaches, pp. 673-674
Horace G. Richards
Twisted Trunks of Apple Trees, p. 674
Bertram T. Butler
Early Utilitarian Application of Twist in Trees, pp. 674-675
Llewellyn N. Edwards
Panaman, p. 675
Carleton R. Ball
Cure for Formalin Poisoning, p. 675
Vesta Holt
Barro Colorado Island Biological Station, pp. 675-676
W. C. Curtis


Quotations
The Capper Award, pp. 676-677


Societies and Academies, pp. 677-678


Scientific Apparatus and Laboratory Methods
A Transparent Elastic Glue, Used in Making Chambers for Insertion in the Rabbit's Ear, pp. 678-679
B. B. Varian
Cellophane Covers for Petri Dishes for Keeping out Contaminations and Studying the Effects of Ultra-Violet Light, pp. 679-680
Frank H. Johnson


Special Articles
The Effects of Breed on Growth of the Embryo in Fowls and Rabbits, pp. 680-681
W. E. Castle; P. W. Gregory
The Effect of Diet on Hookworm Infestation in Dogs, pp. 681-683
A. O. Foster; W. W. Cort
Further Studies on the Adrenal Cortical Hormone, pp. 683-684
G. A. Harrop; J. J. Pfiffner; A. Weinstein; W. W. Swingle


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Front Matter (4 pp.)
The Functional Activity of Single Units in the Central Nervous System, pp. 685-692
J. F. Fulton

A Recent Drift in Biological Thought, pp. 692-694
Wm. A. Kepner


Scientific Events
The British Non-Ferrous Metals Research Association, p. 694
Research Reserves in the National Parks, pp. 694-695
Summer Work of Members of the Division of Geology of Harvard University, p. 695
The Dedication of Lakeside Hospital at Western Reserve University, pp. 695-696
British Birthday Honors, p. 696


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 696-700


Discussion
Evolution a Detail in the Dynamics of Populations, pp. 700-702
W. H. Longley
Necessity of Organic Matter for the Maintenance of an Available Supply of Phosphorus in the Soil, pp. 702-703
A. H. Meyer
Insects as Pollen Carriers, p. 703
L. R. Waldron
Awards for Scientific Research by the Congress, pp. 703-704
Fred R. Jelliff
New Technical Words, p. 704
W. A. Dayton


Reports
Twelfth Annual Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, pp. 705-707
Jno. A. Fleming


Scientific Apparatus and Laboratory Methods
A Simple Automatic Pressure Regulator for Filtration, pp. 707-709
Einar Leifson
Inexpensive Aerated Aquaria, p. 709
J. Henry Walker
Differential Filtration as a Means of Isolating Bacterium granulosis, pp. 709-710
Ralph E. Knutti; Peter K. Olitsky; Joseph R. Tyler


Special Articles
A Ration for the Production of Rickets in Chicks, pp. 710-711
E. B. Hart; O. L. Kline; J. A. Keenan
An Investigation of "Insight" in Rats, pp. 711-712
H. C. Gilhousen


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


The American Association for the Advancement of Science
Race and Progress, pp. 1-8
Franz Boas


Obituary
Samuel Wilson Parr, pp. 8-9
Roger Adams
Memorials, p. 9
Recent Deaths, p. 9


Scientific Events
Isle Royale National Park, p. 9
Officers of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, pp. 9-10
Award of the Prizes of the Research Corporation, p. 10
The Harvard Department of Physics, pp. 10-11
Honorary Degrees for Scientific Men, p. 11


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 11-15


Discussion
The Position of Science in Soviet Russia, pp. 15-16
H. M. Dadourian
Hormones in Cancer, p. 16
Fritz Bischoff; L. C. Maxwell; H. J. Ullmann
Hemophilia, pp. 16-17
Carroll La Fleur Birch
Glauconite in Fossil Foraminiferal Shells, p. 17
A. L. Dryden


Scientific Books
----------------, pp. 18-19
Opticks or a Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections and Colours of Light
Isaac Newton
Review author[s]: W. F. Magie


Scientific Apparatus and Laboratory Methods
An Electrical Drop Counter, pp. 19-20
Seward E. Owen
Paper Apron to Prevent Curling of Microtome Sections, p. 20
F. A. Varrelman


Special Articles
The Agglutinating Action of Agar on Bacteria, p. 21
Theobald Smith
Intelligence and Body Chemistry, pp. 21-22
Gilbert J. Rich


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Front Matter (10 pp.)
The Revolt of the Biochemists, pp. 23-27
P. A. Levene

Clinical Investigation, pp. 27-29
Francis G. Blake


Obituary
Professor Solon I. Bailey, pp. 29-30
Harlow Shapley
Recent Deaths, p. 30


Scientific Events
The British National Physical Laboratory, pp. 30-31
The Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital and Columbia University, pp. 31-32
Dr. Swasey's Gift to the Engineering Foundation, p. 32
The Centenary of the Harveian Society of London, pp. 32-33


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 33-37


Discussion
Crystalline Amylase, p. 37
M. L. Caldwell; L. E. Booher; H. C. Sherman
Psychic Analogues of Allergy, pp. 37-39
Henry Sewall
Leaf Diagnosis and the Interpretation of Fertilizer Requirements of Plants, pp. 39-41
A. E. Murneek; E. J. Gildehaus
The Mechanism of Crossing-Over, pp. 41-42
Karl Sax
The Divining Rod and Fakers, pp. 42-43
Warren K. Moorehead
The Visit of Dr. Jakob E. Lange, p. 43
H. M. Fitzpatrick


Reports
United States Geological Survey Unpublished Lithographic Plates of Vertebrate Fossils for Distribution, pp. 43-44
Henry Fairfield Osborn


Scientific Apparatus and Laboratory Methods
A Simple Ultra-Centrifuge, pp. 44-46
J. W. Beams; A. J. Weed
A Method for Comparing Growth Rates by means of a Protractor, pp. 46-47
E. M. Harvey


Special Articles
On Molecular Organization in Ameban Protoplasm, pp. 47-51
A. A. Schaeffer
Cercosporella Herpotrichoides Fron, the Cause of the Columbia Basin Footrot of Winter Wheat, pp. 51-53
Roderick Sprague
The Sex Ratio among Human Still-Births, pp. 53-54
William Walter Greulich


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Front Matter (10 pp.)
Cancer Research and the Scientific Method, pp. 55-60
Ellice McDonald

Dr. Hillebrand as I Knew Him, pp. 60-62
E. T. Allen


Obituary
Memorials, p. 62
Recent Deaths, p. 62


Scientific Events
The Albert National Park in the Congo, p. 63
The Hygienic Exposition in Dresden, p. 63
Research Program of the Illinois State Geological Survey, pp. 63-64
The Buffalo Meeting of the American Chemical Society, pp. 64-65
In Honor of John R. Freeman, p. 65


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 66-69


Discussion
The Decline in the Average Length of Life, p. 69
Timothy Leary
New Paleontologic Evidence on the Age of the Metamorphic Series of Northeastern Washington, p. 70
C. C. Branson
The Basal-Metabolic Rates of Vegetarians, pp. 70-71
Glen Wakeham; Louis A. Hansen
Reaction of the Contents of Trichinella spiralis cysts, p. 71
W. P. N. Canavan
Sex in the Louisiana Oyster, Ostrea virginica, pp. 71-72
M. D. Burkenroad
Correction on Psyllid-Yellows, p. 72
A. M. Binkley


Scientific Books
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Plant Life through the Ages. A Geological and Botanical Retrospect
A. C. Seward
Review author[s]: Edward W. Berry


Scientific Apparatus and Laboratory Methods
An Inexpensive Light Source for a Portable Microscope, pp. 73-74
Harold D. Caylor; Truman E. Caylor
Apparatus for Rapid Drying of Solutions, pp. 74-75
Warren W. Ewing


Special Articles
Thermoelectromotive Forces Produced by a Magnetic Field, pp. 75-77
S. R. Williams
The Production of Dental Caries in Rats Fed an Adequate Diet, pp. 77-78
C. A. Hoppert; P. A. Webber; T. L. Canniff
The Effect of Epinephrin-Free Suprarenal Extract on the Specific Dynamic Action of Foodstuffs, p. 78
Alfred E. Koehler


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Front Matter (10 pp.)
The Metals in Electrochemistry, pp. 79-82
Louis Kahlenberg

Some Remarks on Mathematical Statistics, pp. 82-86
H. L. Rietz


Obituary
Stephen Moulton Babcock, pp. 86-87
H. L. Russell
Address Given at the Funeral Services in Memory of Stephen Moulton Babcock, pp. 87-88
Glenn Frank
Recent Deaths, p. 88


Scientific Events
The Royal Botanic Society, pp. 88-89
Expenditures of the U. S. Public Health Service, p. 89
Research Foundation of the University of Wisconsin, pp. 89-90
The Lamme Medal, p. 90
Summer Work of the Botanists of Harvard University, pp. 90-91


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 91-94


Discussion
The Basic Sciences at the Chicago Centennial Exposition, 1933, pp. 94-95
John Stephen Sewell
The Work of Chinese Botanists on the Flora of China, p. 95
E. D. Merrill
Exponents and Footnotes, pp. 95-96
F. B. Sumner
Color, p. 96
W. A. Noyes


Special Correspondence
Grants-In-Aid of the National Research Council, pp. 96-97
Vernon Kellogg


Societies and Meetings
The Texas Academy of Science, pp. 97-98
H. B. Parks
The New Hampshire Academy of Science, p. 98
Geo. W. White


Scientific Apparatus and Laboratory Methods
A Simple Grinder for Soft Tissues, pp. 98-99
Carl TenBroeck
A Simple Apparatus for Washing Protozoa, pp. 99-100
John P. Turner


Special Articles
X-Radiation and Regeneration in Amblystoma, pp. 100-101
Elmer G. Butler
Effects on the Gonads of Cortico-Adrenal Extract, pp. 101-102
E. L. Corey; S. W. Britton
Antiurease, p. 102
James B. Sumner; J. Stanley Kirk


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Front Matter (8 pp.)
The American Association for the Advancement of Science: General Reports of the First Pasadena Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and Associated Societies, pp. 103-123


Obituary
Edward Hart, 1854-1931, pp. 123-124
Eugene C. Bingham
Shibasaburo Kitasato, pp. 124-125
Mikinosuke Miyajima
Recent Deaths, p. 125


Scientific Events
The British National Collection of Type Cultures, p. 126
The New Observatory of the University of Kentucky, p. 126
Summer Session of Teachers of Chemical Engineering, pp. 126-127
The Schenectady Meeting of the American Physical Society, p. 127
The Filterability of Bacteria, pp. 127-128


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Front Matter (8 pp.)
Observations upon the Filterability of Bacteria, Including a Filterable Organism Obtained from Cases of Influenza, pp. 129-139
Arthur Isaac Kendall

Arrest of Geologic, Archeologic and Paleontologic Work in Central Asia, pp. 139-142
Henry Fairfield Osborn


Obituary
Aldred Scott Warthin, pp. 142-143
Peyton Rous
Memorials, p. 143
Recent Deaths, pp. 143-144


Scientific Events
The Jubilee Meeting of the British Society of Chemical Industry, p. 144
The Buckston Browne Surgical Research Farm, pp. 144-145
The Sixth International Congress of Genetics, pp. 145-146


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 146-150


Discussion
Reduction of Oxyluciferin by Atomic Hydrogen, p. 150
E. Newton Harvey; G. I. Lavin
``The Possible Rôle of Micro-Organisms in the Precipitation of Calcium Carbonate in Tropical Seas'', pp. 150-151
Chas. B. Lipman
Inherited Taste Deficiency, pp. 151-152
L. H. Snyder
Getting the Student to Use His Own Intellect, pp. 152-153
M. Louise Nichols
Positive Gas Pressure in Poplar, p. 153
Frank C. Gates


Societies and Academies, pp. 153-154


Scientific Apparatus and Laboratory Methods
Ruthenium Tetroxide as a Fixative in Cytology, pp. 154-155
D. C. Carpenter; B. R. Nebel
A Method for Locating the Larvae of the Mosquito Mansonia, p. 155
T. E. McNeel


Special Articles
On Atmospheric Electricity, pp. 155-157
C. S. Dorchester; L. W. Butler
Use of Protozoa in Measuring the Neutralizing Value of Cobra Anti-Serum, pp. 157-158
Charles H. Philpott


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Front Matter (9 pp.)
The Internal Secretions and Human Well-Being, pp. 159-166
M. F. Guyer


Scientific Events
Drought in the Nesting Areas of Waterfowl of the United States and Canada, p. 166
The International Passamaquoddy Fisheries Commission, pp. 166-167
The Faraday Celebration, pp. 167-168
The Joseph Henry Lectureship of the Philosophical Society of Washington, p. 168
H. L. Curtis; L. V. Judson


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 168-172


Discussion
The Uncertainty Principle and Free Will, p. 172
Arthur H. Compton
Geomorphic Nomenclature, pp. 172-173
F. Bascom
Lord Kelvin's "Mortal Spring", pp. 173-174
Evan Thomas
On "The New Cytology", pp. 174-175
Jean Oliver
Chromosomes of Petunia, p. 175
Alice M. Ottley
Newton's Saying, p. 175
Charles Herrman


Societies and Academies, pp. 175-179


Scientific Apparatus and Laboratory Methods
A Triple-Spectrum Discharge Tube, p. 179
R. William Shaw; George B. Sabine
The Adjustable Double Slit, pp. 179-180
Paul Kirkpatrick


Special Articles
Further Observations on an Inhibitor Principle Associated with the Causative Agent of a Chicken Tumor, pp. 180-181
James B. Murphy; Ernest Sturm
Human Serum, Age and Multiplication of Homologous Fibroblasts, pp. 181-182
Raymond C. Parker
A Practical Test for Potency of Extract of Corpora Lutea, p. 182
Reginald G. Harris; Dorothy M. Newman


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Front Matter (6 pp.)
The Function of Research in Engineering Education, pp. 183-187
Dugald C. Jackson

The Unsolved Riddle of the Solar System, pp. 187-195
Carr V. Van Anda


Obituary
Russell A. Oakley, p. 195
H. N. Vinall
Memorials, pp. 195-196
Recent Deaths, p. 196


Scientific Events
Mediums for the Isolation and Cultivation of Bacteria in the Filterable State, pp. 196-197
The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, p. 197
The Return of "The Discovery", p. 197
Additions to the Herbarium of the U. S. National Museum, p. 198


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 198-201


Discussion
The Summer Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1933, pp. 201-202
John Stephen Sewell
The Marine Laboratory of the University of Sydney, Australia, p. 202
T. Wayland Vaughan
Developing New Varieties of Hops, pp. 202-203
E. N. Bressman
Polyembryony in Red Spruce, p. 203
Henry I. Baldwin; Warren E. Percival
Abbreviations for Scientific and Engineering Terms, pp. 203-204
E. H. McClelland


Scientific Apparatus and Laboratory Methods
The Microphone Amplifier, p. 204
R. C. Colwell; L. Fullmer
The Use of a Hot Cathode Helium Lamp as a Source of Monochromatic Light for the Polariscope, pp. 204-205
Alexandre Rothen


Special Articles
Action Currents in the Auditory Tracts of the Midbrain of the Cat, pp. 205-206
H. Davis; L. J. Saul
The Effect of Hypophysectomy on Gestation in the Rat, p. 206
R. I. Pencharz; J. A. Long


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Front Matter (8 pp.)
The Harvard Program of Galactic Explorations, pp. 207-212
Harlow Shapley


Obituary
Frank Wigglesworth Clarke, pp. 212-213
L. M. Dennis
Memorials, p. 213
Recent Deaths, p. 213


Scientific Events
Dissolution of the Royal Botanic Society, pp. 213-214
Opportunities for Employment of Engineering Graduates, pp. 214-215
The New York State Geological Association, p. 215
Symposium of the American Chemical Society, pp. 215-216


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 216-219


Discussion
Why the Angiosperms are Old, pp. 219-221
G. R. Wieland
The Occurrence of Phylloerythrin in the Digestive System of Herbivorous Animals, p. 221
O. L. Inman; Paul Rothemund
Fresh Water Medusae in Oklahoma, p. 222
A. I. Ortenburger; George R. Phillips
The "Fire Stopper", pp. 222-223
Ferdinand W. Haasis


Special Correspondence
International Physiological Congress Fund Fellowships, p. 223
Howard B. Lewis


Scientific Apparatus and Laboratory Methods
A Simplified Instrumental Method of Measuring Sound Absorption Coefficients, pp. 224-225
James F. Mackell
A New Dehydrating Agent for Histological Technique, p. 225
O. C. Bradbury


Special Articles
On the Relative Sterility of the Adolescent Organism, pp. 226-227
Carl G. Hartman
The Etiology of Epizootic Encephalomyelitis of Horses in the San Joaquin Valley, 1930, pp. 227-228
K. F. Meyer; C. M. Haring; B. Howitt


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Front Matter (8 pp.)
The Matamek Conference on Biological Cycles, 1931, pp. 229-235
Ellsworth Huntington


Obituary
Calvin Henry Kauffman, p. 235
E. B. Mains
Memorials, p. 236
Recent Deaths, p. 236


Scientific Events
The Meeting of the British Association, pp. 236-237
The International Convention of the Electrochemical Society, p. 237
The Award of the Prize of the Research Corporation, pp. 237-238
The Proposed Surgical Building for Yale University, pp. 238-239
Therapeutic Trials Committee of the British Medical Research Council, p. 239


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 239-243


Discussion
The "Rickettsiae" and the Intracellular "Symbionts", p. 243
R. W. Glaser
The Cause of Mottled Enamel, p. 244
Margaret Cammack Smith; Edith M. Lantz; H. V. Smith
Relic of an Early Aerial Post, pp. 244-245
S. R. Williams


Scientific Apparatus and Laboratory Methods
The Abdominal Window, pp. 245-247
Walter L. Mendenhall
A Method for Ripening Haematoxylin Solutions Rapidly, p. 247
E. J. Kohl; C. M. James


Special Articles
Sexual Rhythm in the California Oyster (Ostrea lurida), pp. 247-249
Wesley R. Coe
Rice Bran, a Preventive of Perosis (Deforming Leg Weakness) in Chickens, pp. 249-250
Harry W. Titus; W. M. Ginn
The Formation of Glycine from Serine, p. 250
Ben H. Nicolet


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Front Matter (8 pp.)
Poliomyelitis (Infantile Paralysis), pp. 251-254
Simon Flexner

Genetics and Evolution, pp. 254-260
Maurice Caullery


Scientific Events
The International Conference on Bituminous Coal, p. 260
Paintings of Prehistoric Life at the Field Museum of Natural History, pp. 260-261
County Health Departments, pp. 261-262
The Beit Memorial Fellowships for Medical Research, p. 262


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 262-265


Discussion
Submerged Peat Beds among the Apostle Islands, pp. 265-267
Frank Bursley Taylor
North American Phyllopods, pp. 267-268
Edwin P. Creaser


Scientific Apparatus and Laboratory Methods
A Technique for Fixing and Removing Chick Blastodiscs and Embryos from the Egg Shell, p. 268
Mark M. Keith
A Heating-Humidifying Device for Incubators, p. 269
George Wishart; A. B. Baird


Special Articles
Combination of Bacterial Polysaccharides and Collodion Particles as Antigens, pp. 270-271
José Zozaya
Lignin as a Nutrient for the Cultivated Mushroom, Agaricus campestris, pp. 271-272
Selman A. Waksman; W. Nissen


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Front Matter (9 pp.)
Plant Sciences in the Sheffield Scientific School, pp. 273-276
Russell H. Chittenden

The Need of Cooperation in Biochemical Research, pp. 276-279
Treat B. Johnson

Industrial Science--A Gilt Edge Security, pp. 279-282
Maurice Holland


Obituary
Memorials, p. 282
Recent Deaths, p. 282


Scientific Events
The American Celebration of the Anniversary of the Inventions of Michael Faraday and Joseph Henry, pp. 282-283
The Annual Meeting of the Optical Society of America, p. 283
The Museum of Anthropology of the University of California, pp. 283-284
The One Hundredth Anniversary of the Leeds School of Medicine, pp. 284-285


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 285-288


Discussion
The Control of Predatory Mammals, pp. 288-290
H. E. Anthony
Fitting the Curve of the Diminishing Increment to Feed Consumption-Live Weight Growth Curves, pp. 290-291
Walter A. Hendricks
The Effect of the Application of a Field of Attraction to a Gas, p. 291
R. D. Kleeman


Scientific Apparatus and Laboratory Methods
The Iowa Eye-Movement Camera, pp. 291-294
Herbert H. Jasper; Robert Y. Walker


Special Articles
The Great Glacial Cycle, pp. 294-295
Wm. T. M. Forbes
Eggs of Fresh-Water Fishes Suitable for Physiological Research, pp. 295-296
Floyd J. Brinley; Charles W. Creaser


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Front Matter (6 pp.)


British Association for the Advancement of Science
The Scientific World-Picture of To-Day, pp. 297-305
J. C. Smuts


Scientific Events
The National Metal Congress, pp. 305-306
Clinical Congress of the Connecticut State Medical Society, pp. 306-307
The British Industrial Health Research Board, p. 307


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 307-311


Discussion
Expulsion of Gas and Liquids from Tree Trunks, pp. 311-312
Ferdinand W. Haasis
Catfish Feeding on the Eggs of the Horseshoe Crab, Limulus polyphemus, p. 312
Louise Merrimon Perry
The Lack of Correlation between Anemia and the Pellagra-Like Symptoms in Rats, pp. 312-313
Nellie Halliday


Scientific Apparatus and Laboratory Methods
A Light Filter for Microscopes, pp. 313-314
C. E. Tharaldsen


Special Articles
Control of Powdery Mildew and Red Spider on Greenhouse Cucumbers, pp. 314-315
L. J. Alexander; H. C. Young
Phagocytosis of Brucella, an Index of Immunity to Undulant Fever in Man, pp. 315-316
I. Forest Huddleson; Howard W. Johnson
The Effect of Temperature on the Number of Scales in Trout, p. 316
C. McC. Mottley


Books Received, p. 316
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Front Matter (6 pp.)


British Association for the Advancement of Science
The Growth in Opportunities for Education and Research in Physics during the Past Fifty Years, pp. 317-324
J. J. Thomson


Post-Ehrlich Immunology, pp. 324-327
W. H. Manwaring


Obituary
David Starr Jordan, pp. 327-329
Barton Warren Evermann
Memorials, pp. 329-330
Recent Deaths, p. 330


Scientific Events
The International Illumination Congress, pp. 330-331
Committee Appointments of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, p. 331
Wild Life in National Forests, pp. 331-332
The New Agricultural Engineering Building at the University of Kentucky, p. 332
The Publication of Newton's Correspondence, pp. 332-333


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 333-337


Discussion
The Megagametophyte of Pinus, pp. 337-338
W. H. Emig
Pauropoda in Alaska, p. 338
William A. Hilton
More about Citations, pp. 338-339
Bernard H. Lane
Vision, and Vascularity of the Eye, pp. 339-340
E. M. Josephson


Scientific Apparatus and Laboratory Methods
Absorption Devices and Methods, pp. 340-341
John W. Williams
Double Plate Method Used for Culturing Tilletia levis, p. 341
E. W. Bodine


Special Articles
Inbreeding in Alfalfa Establishes a High Degree of Homozygosity, pp. 341-343
George Stewart
Non-Acid-Fast Tubercle Bacilli, pp. 343-344
Franklin R. Miller


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Front Matter (6 pp.)


The British Association for the Advancement of Science
A Hundred Years of Evolution, pp. 345-360
E. B. Poulton


Scientific Events
The International Geological Expedition, p. 360
Industrial Research in the Nation's Industries, p. 361
The New Engineering Building at the University of Wisconsin, pp. 361-362
The Canal Zone Experiment Gardens, p. 362
The National Arboretum, p. 362


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 363-366


Discussion
A New Mathematical Review, pp. 366-367
G. A. Miller
On the Improvement of the Dictionary, pp. 367-368
Nelson W. Taylor
Terraces in the Connecticut Valley, pp. 368-369
Richard Foster Flint


Scientific Apparatus and Laboratory Methods
A Modification of the Osbornemendel Salt Mixture, p. 369
Philip B. Hawk; Bernard L. Oser
A Stain for Fibrin, Gram Positive Bacteria and Basal Bodies in Tissues, pp. 369-370
Helene Mynchenberg Wallace


Special Articles
An Ovo-Testis in the Yellow Perch (Perca flavescens), pp. 370-371
C. L. Turner
The Cultivation of Vaccine and Other Viruses in the Chorio-Allantoic Membrane of Chick Embryos, pp. 371-372
E. W. Goodpasture; Alice M. Woodruff; G. J. Buddingh


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Front Matter (9 pp.)
The Art of Medicine, pp. 373-380
David Riesman


Obituary
Edward Skinner King, p. 380
Leon Campbell
Memorials, pp. 380-381
Recent Deaths, p. 381


Scientific Events
The Metallurgical Advisory Board, pp. 381-382
The Institute of Paper Chemistry, p. 382
The Five-Year Program of the Kentucky Geological Survey, pp. 382-383
Psychological Expedition to Central Asia, pp. 383-384


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 384-387


Discussion
Bilateral Gynandromorphism and Lateral Hemihypertrophy in Birds, pp. 387-390
Frank R. Lillie
Anguillula aceti--A Desirable Nema for Type Study, pp. 390-391
George Zebrowski


Scientific Apparatus and Laboratory Methods
Some Laboratory Uses for Crown Sealed Milk Bottles, pp. 391-392
J. Howard Brown
A Dilatometer for Measuring the Swelling of Seeds, pp. 392-393
M. A. Raines


Special Articles
Land Types of the Trinity Beds, pp. 393-395
G. R. Wieland
Effect of H-Ion Concentration on the Division Rate of Paramecium aurelia, pp. 395-396
Austin Phelps
Induced Autotomy in Thyone, p. 396
Frank R. Kille


Books Received, p. 396
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Front Matter (6 pp.)
The Next Twenty Years, pp. 397-404
Hans Zinsser


Obituary
Thomas Alva Edison: 1847-1931, pp. 404-405


Scientific Events
Conferences on the Calendar and on Meteorology, pp. 405-406
Techno-Chemical Lectures of the Mellon Institute, p. 406
The American College of Surgeons, pp. 406-407
Gold Medals in Recognition of Work in Yellow Fever, p. 407
Grants of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, p. 407
Appointments of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, p. 408


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 408-412


Discussion
On a Possible Explanation of the Difference in Wave-Lengths of the Spectral Lines of a Given Element Produced on the Sun and on the Earth, pp. 412-413
Fernando Sanford
Bottom Temperatures in Deep Lakes, p. 413
Stillman Wright
Metabolism of Cystine and Methionine, p. 414
Richard W. Jackson; Richard J. Block
The Transformation of Carotene to Vitamin A in Vitro, p. 414
Harold S. Olcott; Duane C. McCann
Conical Snowflakes, p. 414
Willis W. Wagener


The American Association for the Advancement of Science
The Host Institution and Hotel Headquarters for the New Orleans Meeting, pp. 415-416
Charles F. Roos
Section F (Zoology) at New Orleans, pp. 416-417
Geo. T. Hargitt
Section E (Geology and Geography), p. 417
Kirtley F. Mather


Scientific Apparatus and Laboratory Methods
An Apparatus for Determining the Purity of Limestone in the Field, p. 418
Paul Emerson
A Simple, Quick and Inexpensive Method of Preparing Lantern Slides, p. 418
P. E. Reid


Special Articles
A Natural Copper Deficiency in Cattle Rations, pp. 418-419
W. M. Neal; R. B. Becker; A. L. Shealy
Decrease in Rate of Oxygen Consumption under the Influence of Visible Light on Sarcina lutea, pp. 419-420
B. B. Rubenstein


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Front Matter (8 pp.)
The South's Contribution to Science, pp. 421-427
Emmett B. Carmichael


Obituary
Samuel Wesley Stratton: 1861-1931, pp. 428-431
F. C. Brown
Recent Deaths, p. 431


Scientific Events
The New Federal Citrus Fruit Laboratory in Texas, p. 431
Psychiatric Education, pp. 431-432
The Ninth International Congress of Pure and Applied Chemistry, p. 432
The Henry Burchard Fine Hall of Mathematics, pp. 432-433


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 433-435


Discussion
Courses on the History of Physics in American Colleges and Universities, pp. 435-437
E. H. Johnson
A New Elm Disease, p. 437
Curtis May
The Gall Bladders of Chicks in a Vitamin D Deficient Condition, pp. 437-438
Walter C. Russell; Donald F. Chichester
A Trematode from the Cloaca of the Gull, p. 438
Hybrid Words, p. 438
G. S. Fraps


Reports
Gravitational and Electromagnetic Fields, pp. 438-439


Scientific Apparatus and Laboratory Methods
Protective Coatings for Mineral and Rock Specimens, pp. 439-440
Robert W. Clark
A Short Method for the Preparation of Animal Tissues for Staining, p. 440
Paul W. Bowman; Mark N. Linch


Special Articles
Further Experiments on Cortico-Adrenal Extract: Its Efficacy by Mouth, pp. 440-441
S. W. Britton; H. Silvette
Varved Clay in Holmes County, Ohio, pp. 441-442
George W. White


Books Received, p. 442
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Front Matter (8 pp.)
A Study in Biokinetics, pp. 443-449
Charles D. Snyder


Obituary
Memorials, pp. 449-450
Recent Deaths, p. 450


Scientific Events
Appropriations for Grants-In-Aid by the National Research Council, pp. 450-451
Vernon Kellogg
The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, p. 451
The Dohme Foundation and National Fellowships at the Johns Hopkins University, pp. 451-452
The Lowell Lectures, p. 452


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 452-455


Discussion
A Forgotten Contribution to Nutrition by Magendie, p. 456
Franklin C. Bing
A Proposed Classification of Disease Transmissions by Arthropods, pp. 456-457
Clay G Huff
Glauconite and Foraminiferal Shells, pp. 457-458
Frederick A. Burt
Peat under a Delaware Beach, p. 458
Laetitia M. Snow


Special Correspondence
A Flora of Mexico, pp. 458-459
S. F. Blake


Scientific Apparatus and Laboratory Methods
A New Micromanipulator, p. 460
Ethel McNeil; J. E. Gullberg
A Singing Tube, p. 461
William R. Cole
Pure Smooth and Rough Colony Types at Will, p. 461
Agnes J. Quirk


Special Articles
Heterothallism in Puccinia triticina, pp. 462-463
Ruth F. Allen
The Redia of the Gasterostomes, p. 463
Arthur E. Woodhead
Variations in the Evening Primrose Induced by Radium, pp. 463-464
Wm. H. Brittingham


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Front Matter (8 pp.)
The United States Army Medical Department and Its Relation to Public Health, pp. 465-476
Edgar Erskine Hume


Obituary
Richard Alexander Fullerton Penrose, Jr.: December 17, 1863-July 31, 1931, pp. 476-477
Joseph Stanley-Brown
Recent Deaths, p. 478


Scientific Events
The Bermuda Fresh-Water System, p. 478
Topographical Maps, pp. 478-479
The Agricultural Experiment Stations, pp. 479-480
A New Harvard Observatory, p. 480
A Junior Nobel Award, p. 480


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 481-483


Discussion
Concerning an Increase in the Potency of Mosaic Virus in Vitro, pp. 483-484
Peter K. Olitsky; Filip C. Forsbeck
Geomorphological Evidence of a Climatic Boundary, pp. 484-485
Richard Joel Russell
Chlorates as Herbicides, p. 485
W. E. Loomis; Russell Bissey; E. V. Smith
The Causative Organism of a Papular Type of Apple Measles, pp. 485-486
Anthony Berg
Biological Abstracts--A Discussion, pp. 486-487
Paul D. Lamson


Scientific Apparatus and Laboratory Methods
An Adaptation of the Box Camera to Photomicrography, pp. 487-488
Charles S. Apgar
A Method for the Preservation of Old Manuscripts, pp. 488-489
J. P. Sanders; F. K. Cameron
The Use of Live Nemas (Metoncholaimus pristiurus) in Zoological Courses in Schools and Colleges, pp. 489-490
N. A. Cobb


Special Articles
A Chart of Radioactive Elements Indicating Their Structure, pp. 490-492
Ingo W. D. Hackh
The Sugar Tolerance of Yeasts Expressed in Atmospheres, pp. 492-493
Margaret B. Church
More Data on the Lung Fluke, Paragonimus, in North America, pp. 493-494
Donald J. Ameel


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Front Matter (8 pp.)
Pure and Applied Science, pp. 495-502
Cecil H. Desch

Schaudinn: A Biographical Appreciation, pp. 502-506
John H. Stokes


Scientific Events
The University of Wisconsin Research Patents, p. 506
The Biological Photographic Association, pp. 506-507
The Tulsa Meeting of the Geological Society of America, p. 507
The Seventh Pan-American Scientific Congress, pp. 507-508
The American Institute of Physics, pp. 508-509


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 509-512


Discussion
Oestrus, pp. 512-513
Stuart L. Tyson
Possible Significance of the Decreased Suspension Stability of the Blood, pp. 513-514
Hobart A. Reimann
Fossils from the Eastern Flank of the Sierra Nevada, California, pp. 514-515
Evans B. Mayo
Naming Disorders of Speech, p. 515
Samuel D. Robbins
A Curious Fish Story, pp. 515-516
C. T. Hurst


American Association for the Advancement of Science
New Orleans Meeting, December 28, 1931-January 2, 1932, pp. 516-519
Charles F. Roos


Scientific Apparatus and Laboratory Methods
A Method of Supplying Students with Natural Endamoeba Histolytica from Cultures, pp. 519-520
J. H. St. John
Photographing Animals, p. 520
Arthur L. Kahn; Geo. H. Hanley


Special Articles
Accelerated Infection in Experimental Poliomyelitis, pp. 520-521
Simon Flexner
The Ring Structure of Adenosine, p. 521
P. A. Levene; R. Stuart Tipson
Alaria Mustelae Sp. Nov., a Trematode Requiring Four Hosts, pp. 521-522
Nelly J. Bosma
The Relation between Iron, Humic Acid and Organic Matter in the Nutrition and Stimulation of Plant Growth, pp. 522-524
Dean Burk; Hans Lineweaver; C. Kenneth Horner; F. E. Allison


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Front Matter (6 pp.)


American Association for the Advancement of Science
Preliminary Announcement of the Second New Orleans Meeting, pp. 525-537
Charles F. Roos


Obituary
Edward Hopkins Jenkins, pp. 537-538
W. E. Britton
Memorials, pp. 538-539
Recent Deaths, p. 539


Scientific Events
Expected Measles Epidemic in London, pp. 539-540
Weather Conditions in the North Polar Regions, p. 540
The Wild-Life Problem of the National Park System, p. 540
Retirement of Dr. Charles Wardell Stiles, pp. 540-541


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 541-544


Discussion
Is the Embryo Sac a Megaspore?, pp. 544-545
R. B. Thomson
Work and Bodily Fatigue, pp. 545-546
S. R. Williams
Effects of Breed on Embryo Size in the Domestic Fowl and the Rabbit, pp. 546-547
Theodore C. Byerly
Oestrus-Producing Hormones, p. 547
G. F. Marrian; A. Butenandt
An Addition to the Herpetological Fauna of Kansas, pp. 547-548
J. Eric Hill
Do Peanut Or Arachis Nut Fed Hogs Yield Lards Containing Arachidic Acid, p. 548
Augustus H. Gill; Gordon T. Vaala
A Motor Found in Nature, p. 548
Olus J. Stewart


Scientific Apparatus and Laboratory Methods
An Improved Drop Recorder, p. 549
O. S. Gibbs
Film Lantern Slides, pp. 549-550
Otto Glasser


Special Articles
On Reflex-Hyperlipaemia, p. 550
Y. D. Koskoff; J. G. Dusser De Barenne
Variations in Holopedium Species, pp. 550-551
Kathleen E. Carpenter
Manganese and the Growth of Lemna Minor, pp. 551-552
E. F. Hopkins


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Front Matter (4 pp.)
Some Reflections concerning Valence Variation and Atomic Structure, pp. 553-557
M. Gomberg

New Concept of Evolution Based upon Researches on the Titanotheres and the Proboscideans, pp. 557-559
Henry Fairfield Osborn


Scientific Events
Grants from the Elizabeth Thompson Science Fund, p. 560
The United States Pharmacopoeia, p. 560
Sigma Pi Sigma Convention, pp. 560-561
The American Association of Physics Teachers, p. 561
The Annual Meeting of the American Ornithologists' Union, pp. 561-562
Meeting at the Missouri Botanical Garden in Honor of Julius Sachs, p. 562
The Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin Science Library, p. 562


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 562-566


Discussion
Gardiner on Coral Reefs, pp. 566-567
Reginald A. Daly
Tree Twist, p. 567
Arthur Paul Jacot
Marine Tertiary in Arizona, pp. 567-568
Eldred D. Wilson
The So-Called Autoxidation of Cysteine, pp. 568-569
C. A. Elvehjem


Special Articles
A New Mutation in the House Mouse (Mus musculus), p. 569
Elmer Roberts
"At the Top is Magic", pp. 569-570
C. Stuart Gager


American Association for the Advancement of Science
Mayan Symposia and Exhibits at New Orleans, pp. 570-571


The National Academy of Sciences, pp. 571-578
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Front Matter (8 pp.)
New Contributions in Sterol Metabolism, pp. 579-584
Rudolf Schoenheimer

National Parks in Africa, pp. 584-588
Mary L. Jobe Akeley


Scientific Events
Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, pp. 588-589
Waldemar Westergaard
Field Expeditions of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, pp. 589-590
The Sixth International Congress of Genetics, p. 590
C. C. Little
Research Exhibits of the American Association at New Orleans, p. 590


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 591-595


Discussion
Cyclone and Anti-Cyclone, p. 595
Alexander McAdie
The Uncertainty Principle, pp. 595-596
W. A. Noyes
The Uncertainty Principle and Free Will, p. 596
Henry Margenau
The Classification of Pythium, pp. 596-597
C. P. Sideris
"Taste Deficiency" for Creatine, pp. 597-598
Roger J. Williams


Scientific Books
----------------, pp. 598-599
The History and Work of Harvard Observatory, 1839-1927
Solon I. Bailey
Review author[s]: Frederick E. Brasch


Scientific Apparatus and Laboratory Methods
A Method for the Study of Chromosomes in Entire Insect Eggs, pp. 600-601
M. Louise Schmuck; C. W. Metz
Reconstruction Work by the Use of Cellophane, p. 601
E. R. Van Der Jagt


Special Articles
Simultaneity in the Onset of Poliomyelitis, pp. 601-602
Simon Flexner
Primitive Or Filterable Forms of Bacteria, pp. 602-603
J. M. Sherman; C. E. Safford
Diamagnetism in Metal Crystals, pp. 603-604
Alexander Goetz; A. B. Focke


The National Academy of Sciences. II, pp. 604-608
Books Received, p. 608
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Front Matter (8 pp.)
What Does Einstein Mean?, pp. 609-618
J. Frenkel

Physiological Time, pp. 618-621
Alexis Carrel


Obituary
Memorials, pp. 621-622
Recent Deaths, p. 622


Scientific Events
The Wellcome Research Institution, pp. 622-623
New Bird Sanctuaries, pp. 623-624
The Seventh American Scientific Congress, p. 624
Award of the Edison Medal to Dr. Edwin W. Rice, Jr., pp. 624-625


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 625-628


Discussion
A Submerged Beach off Bermuda, pp. 629-630
William Beebe
Position of Wood in Beaver Dams, p. 630
Charles Macnamara
Virginia Geological Survey Field Work, pp. 630-631
Arthur Bevan
Poisoning Rodents--and Then?, p. 632
A. Brazier Howell
Treatment for Poisoning by "Poison Ivy", pp. 632-633
Maynard M. Metcalf


Scientific Apparatus and Laboratory Methods
Testing the Reaction of Distilled Water, pp. 633-634
Emil Truog
A Method of Copying Kymographic Records, p. 634
Walter C. Alvarez
Apparatus for Observation of a Small Object While Flooded with Various Solutions, pp. 634-635
Ernest C. McCulloch
A Simple Device for Holding Ultra-Filtration Membranes, p. 635
Charles Breedis


The National Academy of Sciences. III, pp. 635-638
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Front Matter (6 pp.)
The Rise of Man, pp. 639-644
James H. Breasted


The National Academy of Sciences
Award of Gold Medals to Dr. Annie J. Cannon and Professor Henry B. Bigelow, pp. 644-647
Centenary of the Birth of Othniel Charles Marsh, pp. 647-648


Scientific Events
Ecological Nomenclature, pp. 648-649
H. C. Hanson; J. G. Needham; Walter P. Taylor; A. G. Vestal; W. E. Allen
Exhibit of Specimens of Himalayan Flora at the Roerich Museum, p. 649
The International Meteorological Organization, pp. 649-650
The Fourteenth International Congress of Physiology, pp. 650-651
Presentation of a Portrait of Professor Charles E. Munroe to the Cosmos Club, p. 651


Scientific Notes and News, pp. 651-655


Discussion
Gambusia in Foreign Lands, pp. 655-656
Samuel F. Hildebrand
The Common Earthworm as a Serious Economic Problem, p. 656
C. T. Hurst
Conical Hailstones, pp. 656-657
Arthur Taber Jones
The School Days of Lorentz, p. 657
Arnold Dresden
The Work of Dr. Baskerville, p. 657
Nathan Van Patten
The Term Protein, p. 658
P. A. Levene


Special Correspondence
Twenty-Seventh Annual New England Intercollegiate Geological Excursion, pp. 658-659
Marland Billings


Reports
Doctorates Conferred in the Sciences by American Universities, 1930-31, pp. 659-660
Clarence J. West; Callie Hull


Scientific Apparatus and Laboratory Methods
The Use of Micro-Manipulators, p. 661
J. F. McClendon
Rapidly Ripened Haematoxylin and Its Uses, pp. 661-662
W. H. Camp
Heavy Glassware in the Laboratory, p. 662
E. G. Hastings; I. L. Baldwin


Special Articles
A Preliminary Note on the Significance of the Phosphorus Intake in the Diet and Blood Phosphorus Concentration, in the Experimental Production of Caries-Immunity and Caries-Susceptibility in the Rat, pp. 662-664
Henry Klein; E. V. McCollum
On the Ultra-Violet Photomicrography of Living Cells, pp. 664-665
Ralph W. G. Wyckoff; Adrian L. Ter Louw
Element 87, pp. 665-666
C. F. Graham


Books Received, p. 666
Science News, pp. 10a+12a+14a

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