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73. The telephone suit. 



Nation, New York, vol. 42 (Mar. 18, 1886): 230-231. 

 Anonymous editorial. 



74. Mischievous philanthropy. 



Forum, vol. 1 (June, 1886): 348-357. 



75. The work of the congressional commission on the surveys. 



Nation, New York, vol. 42 (June 17, 1886): 502. 

 Anonymous editorial. 



76. Some critics of the Geological Survey. 



Nation, New York, vol. 43 (July 6, 1886): 26-27. 

 Anonymous editorial. 



77. Science and immortality. 



The Christian Register Boston, vol. 66 (Apr. 7, 1887): 211. 



78. The reappearance of an old boss. 



Nation, New York, vol. 45 (July 21, 1887): 46-17. 

 Anonymous editorial. 



79. Concerning Higgins. 



The Evening Post, New York (Sept. 18, 1887). 



Anonymous, "From an occasional correspondent." Dated Washington, September 12. 



80. The speed of propagation of the Charleston earthquake discussed by S. Newcomb and 



C. E. Dutton. 



Amer. Jl. Sci., 3. s., vol. 35 (Jan., 1888): 1-15. 



81. On the definitions of the terms "energy" and "work." 



Phil. Mag., London, vol. 27 (Feb., 1889): 115-117. 



82. Michel Eugene Chevreul. 



Nation, New York, vol. 48 (Apr. IS, 1889): 320-321. 

 Anonymous editorial. 



83. Utilizing the power of Niagara. 



Nation, New York, vol. 49 (Aug. 8, 1889): 104-105. 

 Anonymous editorial. 



84. A remarkable judicial decision. 



The Evening Post, New York (Nov. 18, 1889). 

 Also in Nation, New York, vol. 49 (Nov. 21, 1889): 404-405. 

 Anonymous editorial. 



85. Can we make it rain ? By General Robert G. Dyrenfortk and Professor Simon Newcomb. 



N. Amer. Rev., vol. 153 (Oct., 1891): 398^04. 



Also in L. Gathman, Rain produced at will. Chicago, 1891, 61 pp. 



Also in Side-Lights on Astronomy (1906): 182-190; cf. no. 300 in Section II. 



This provoked the pamphlet entitled: Should the rainfall experiments be continued? A criticism of Prof. Simon Newcomb's 

 contribution to the article in the North American Review . . . entitled, " Can we make it rain?" By Edward Powers, Dela- 

 ware, Wise., 1S92. 15 pp. The first paragraph of the "criticism" contains the following sentence: "His arguments are 

 so superficial, so inconsistent, and so unscientific, both in their allegations and theirmethods, that they ought not to be allowed 

 to pass unanswered." This pamphlet was, apparently, an insert for a revised edition of Powers's book War and The 

 Weather, 1S90. 



86. Government rain-making. 



Nation, New York, vol. 53 (Oct. 22, 1891): 309-310. 

 Anonymous editorial. 



87. Standard dictionary of the English language . . . prepared by more than two hundred 



specialists and other scholars ... 2 vols. 

 New York, Punk & Wagnalls Co., 1893-1895. 



S. Newcomb was a member of the "editorial staff" under "Astronomy, mathematics, and physics." 



88. Naval administration. 



Nation, New York, vol. 56 (Mar. 2, 1893); 154-155. 

 Anonymous editorial. 



89. Suggested nomenclature of radiant energy. 



Nature, vol. 49 (Nov. 30, 1893): 100. 



90. A French view of Franklin as a diplomatist. 



Nation, New York, vol. 57 (Dec. 14, 1893): 447. 

 Letter signed "S. N." 



