560 ANNUAL liECORD OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. 



Pickering (Edward C. ). Elements of riiysieal Manipulation. Part II. 

 New York: Hurd & Houghton. 187G. (8vo, x., 316 pp. Trice, $4 00.) 

 [Am. Journ. S. and A. (3), XII., 240.] 

 [Am. Nat., X., 422, 423.] 

 [Popular (The) Science Monthly, X., 246.] 



Tait (P. G.). Recent Advances in Physical Science. London : Macmil- 

 lan and Co. 1876. (8vo, 337 pp. Price, $2 50.) 

 [Nature, XIII., 461-463, 1876.] 

 [Popular (The) Science Monthly, IX., 248.] 



MECHANICS. 



Ball (R. S.). The Theory of Screws; a Study in the Dynamics of a 

 Rigid Body. Dublin: Hodges, Foster, and Co. 1876. 

 [Nature, XIII., 463, 464, 1876.] 



ReuleaUX (F.). The Kinematics of Machinery: Outlines of a Theory 

 of Machines. Translated and Edited by Alexander B. W. Kennedy. With 

 numerous Illustrations. London: Macmillan & Co. 1876. (622 pp.) 

 [Popular (The) Science Monthly, X., 244.] 



RoSSiter (William). An Elementary Hand-book of Applied Me- 

 chanics. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. 1876. (12mo, 146 pp. 

 Price, 75 cents.) 



[Popular (The) Science Monthly, X., 377.] 



HEAT. 



McCulloch (R. S.). Treatise on the Mechanical Theory of Heat, and 

 its Applications to the Steam-engine, etc. New York : Van Nostrand. 

 1876. (8vo, xii., 288 pp.) 



[Am. Journ. S. and A. (3), XII., 241.] 



LIGHT. 



Lommel (Eugene). The Nature of Light, with a General Account 

 of Physical Optics. With One Hundred and Eighty-eight Illustrations and 

 a plate of Spectra in Chromo-lithography. New York : D. Appleton and 

 Company. 1876. (12mo, xiii., 356 pp.) 



(International [The] Scientific Series. Vol. XVIII.) 

 [Am. Journ. S. and A. (3), XL, 224.] 

 [Popular (The) Science Monthly, VIII. , 497, 498.] 



SOUXD. 



Blaserna (Pietro). The Theory of Sound in its Relation to Music. 

 With numerous Wood-cuts. New York : D. Appleton and Company. 1876. 

 (12mo, xi., 187 pp.) 



(International (The) Scientific Series. Vol. XXII.) 

 [Nature, XIV., 502, 503.] 

 [Popular (The) Science Monthly, X., 240-246.] 



