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Modern Geometry : The Straight Line and Circle. By Clement V. Durrell, 

 M.A., Senior Mathematical Master at Winchester College. London : 

 Macmillan & Co., St. Martin's Street, 1920. (Pp. x + 145.) Price 

 6s. net. 



Mathematics for Engineers. Part II. The Directly-useful Technical 

 Series. By W. N. Rose, B.Sc. Eng. (Lond.), late Lecturer in Engineer- 

 ing Mathematics at the University of London Goldsmith's College. 

 London: Chapman & Hall, 11, Henrietta Street, W.C.2, 1920. (Pp. 

 xiv + 419). Price 13s. 6d. net. 



The Elements of Descriptive Astronomy. By E. O. Tancock, B.A., Assis- 

 tant Master at Wellington College, Berks. Second Edition. Revised 

 with additional matter on Practical Work for Engineers with small 

 instruments. Oxford : at the Clarendon Press, 1919. (Pp. 158-) 

 Price 3s. net. 



Manual of Meteorology. Part IV. The Relation of the Wind to the Dis- 

 tribution of Barometric Pressure. By Sir Napier Shaw, Sc.D., F.R.S., 

 Director of the Meteorological Office ; Reader in Meteorology in the 

 University of London. Cambridge : at the University Press, 1919. 

 (Pp. xvi -f- 164.) Price 12s. 6d. net. 



The Radiant Properties of the Earth from the Standpoint of Atmospheric 

 Thermodynamics. By Frank W. Very. Occasional Scientific Papers 

 of the Westwood Astrophysical Observatory. Number 3. Boston: 

 The Four Seas Company, 191 9. (Pp. 84.) 



Researches in Physical Optics. Part II. Resonance Radiation and Re- 

 sonance Spectra. By. R. W. Wood, LL.D., Professor of Experimental 

 Physics in the John Hopkins University, Foreign Member of the Royal 

 Society. New York : Columbia University Press, 1919. (Pp. viii + 

 184.) With 10 Plates. 



Ions, Electrons, and Ionising Radiations. By James Arnold Crowther, 

 Sc.D. University Demonstrator in Experimental Physics in the Caven- 

 dish Laboratory. Cambridge : London : Edward Arnold, ig 1 *?- 

 (Pp. xii + 276.) Price 12s. 6d. net. 



Mesures Pratiques en Radioactivite. Par W. Makower, Maitre es Arts, 

 Docteur es Sciences, Maitre de Conferences et Chef des Travaux Pra- 

 tiques de Physiques a l'Universite de Manchester, et H. Geiger, Docteur 

 en Philosophie, Maitre de Conferences de Physique a l'Universite de 

 Manchester. Traduit de l'Anglais par E. Philippi, Licencie es Sciences, 

 Paris : Gauthier-Villars et Cie, Editeurs, Libraires du Bureau des 

 Longitudes, de l'Ecole Polytechnique, Quai des Grands-Augustins, 

 55, 1919. (Pp. vii + 181.) 



Alcohol : Its Production, Properties, Chemistry, and Industrial Applications. 

 With Chapters on Methyl Alcohol, Fusel Oil, and Spirituous Beverages. 



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