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LIGHT. 



Mayer (Alfred M.) and Barnard (Charles). Light: a Series of 



Simple, Entertaining, and Inexpensive Experiments in the Phenomena of 

 Light, for the Use of Students of Every Age. By Alfred M. Mayer and 

 Charles Barnard. New York: D. Appleton & Co. 1877. (8vo, 112 pp.) 



[Am. Journ. S. and A. (3), XIV., 419.] 



[Popular (The) Science Monthly, XL, 757.] 



Tait (P. G.). Sketch of Thermodynamics. By P. G. Tait, M.A., for- 

 merly Fellow of St. Peter's College, Cambridge, Professor of Natural Phi- 

 losophy in the University of Edinburgh. Second Edition, Revised and Ex- 

 tended. Edinburgh : David Douglas. 1877. 

 [Nature, XVII. , 257-259.] 



Tyndall (John). Six Lectures on Light. Delivered in America in 

 1872-73. By John Tyndall, D.C.L., LL.D., F.R.S. Second Edition. 

 New York : D. Appleton & Co. 1877. (12mo, 264 pp. Price, $1 50.) 

 [Popular (The) Science Monthly, XL, 242, 213.] 



ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM. 



Dolbear (A. E.). The Telephone : an Account of the Phenomena of 

 Electricity, Magnetism, and Sound, as Involved in its Action ; with Direc- 

 tions for Making a Speaking Telephone. By Prof. A. E. Dolbear. Boston : 

 Lee&Shepard. 1877. (12mo, 128 pp.) 

 [Am. Journ. S. and A. (3), XV., 1G0.] 



PreSCOtt (George B.). Electricity and the Electric Telegraph. By 

 George B. Prescott. New York : D. Appleton & Co. 1877. (8vo, 978 pp. 

 Price, $5 00.) 



[Am. Journ. S. and A. (3), XIII. , 4(57.] 



[Popular (The) Science Monthly, XL, 116.] 



Spang (Henry W.). A Practical Treatise on Lightning Protection. 

 By Henry W. Spang. Philadelphia : Claxton, Remsen, & Haflelfinger. 

 1877. (L2mo, 180 pp.) 



[Am. Journ. S. and A. (3), XIV., 77.] 



Tyndall (John). Lessons in Electricity at the Royal Institution. By 

 John Tyndall, F.R.S. New York: D. Appleton & Co.* 1877. (8vo, 113 

 pp. Price, $100.) 



[Popular (The) Science Monthly, XL, 1 1G.] 



CHEMISTRY. 

 CYCLOPAEDIA. 



New Encyclopaedia of Chemistry. Chemistry, Theoretical, Practical, and 

 Analytical, as applied to Arts and Manufactures. On the Basis of Dr. Mus- 



