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Vol. LXXX, No. 1. JANUARY, 1912 



THE 



POPULAE SCIENCE 

 MONTHLY 



EDITED BT J, McKEEX CATTELL 



CONTKNTS 



The Mechanistic Conception of Life. Dr. Jacques Lobb ... 5 



Science among the Chinese. Dr. C. K. Edmunds . . . . .22 



Notes on Norwegian Industry. Professor Jas. Lewis Howe . . .36 



The Duties to the PubUc of Research Institutes in Pure Science. Pro- 

 fessor Wm. E. Ritter 51 



Small Colleges. Professor John J. Stevenson 58 



The Problem of City Milk Supplies. Dr. P. G. Heineman . . .66 



Collecting on a Coral Reef. Professor Vernon L. Kellogg . . .80 



The Origin and^Dontrol of Mental Defectiveness. Dr. Chas. B. Davenport 87 



The Paris Academy of Sciences. Dr. Edward F. Williams . . .91 



The Progress of Science : 



The Convocation Week Meetings of Scientific Societies ; The United States National 

 Museum ; Joseph Dalton Hooker; Scientific Items . . . . .99 



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