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A Graphic Method for solving certain 

 Algebraic Problems. By George L. Vose. 

 ^evv York: D. Van Nostrand. ISTS. Pp. 

 62. Price, 60 cents. 



Manual for the Use of the Globes. By 

 Joseph Schedler. New York : E. Steiger. 

 IS'75. Pp. 34. Price, 25 cents. 



Consciousness in Evolution. A Lecture 

 delivered before the Franklin Institute, Phil- 

 adelphia. By E. D. Cope, 1875. Pp. 16. 



Our Teeth and their Preservation. By 

 L. P. Meredith. Cincinnati, 18*75. Pp. 43. 



History of the Philadelphia School of 

 Anatomy. By William W. Keen, M. D. 

 Philadelphia : Lippincott & Co., 1875. Pp. 

 32. 



Anatomical, Pathological, and Surgical 

 Uses of Chloral. By same. 1875. Pp.11. 



Experiments on the Laryngeal Nerves 

 and Muscles of Respiration in a Criminal ex- 

 ecuted by Hanging. By W. ^Y. Keen, M. D. 

 1875. Pp. 8. 



Matter and the Laws of Matter; and 

 The Self-Existence of Matter inconsistent 

 with the Existence of God. By AVilliara 

 fl. WilllauiS. Each ten pages. 



Iowa Weather Beview, September, 1875, 

 Edited and published by Dr. Gustavus Hin- 

 richs, Iowa City, Iowa. 



A Study of the Normal Movements of 

 the Unimpregnated Uterus. By Ely Van 

 De Warker, M. D. New York : D. Apple- 

 ton & Co., 1875. Pp. 26. 



On the Transcendental Curves whose 

 Equation is, sin y sin my = a sin a: sin nx + b. 

 By H. A. Newton and A. W. Phillips. Re- 

 printed from Tiansactions of Connecticut 

 Academy. 



A New Basis for Uterine Pathology. 

 By A. r. A. King, M. D. New York : Wil- 

 liam Wood & Co., 1875. Pp. 20. 



The Uranian and Neptunian Systems in- 

 vestigated with the 26-Inch Equatorial of 

 the United States Naval Observatory. By 

 Simon Newcomb. Washington, 1875. Pp.74. 



The Relation of the Patent Laws to 

 American Agriculture, Arts, and Industries. 

 Address by James A. Whitney before the 

 New York Society of Practical Engineering. 

 New York, 1875. Pp. 37. 



Annual Report of the Superintendent of 

 Public Instruction, on the Public Schools of 

 New Hampshire. Concord, 1875. 



Nature and Culture. By Harvey Rice. 

 Boston : Lee & Shcpard, 1875. Pp. 202. 

 Price, $1.50. 



A Manual of Metallurgy. By William 

 H. Greenwood, F. C. S. New York : G. P. 

 Putnam's Sons. Pp. 370. Price, $1.50. 



Cholera Epidemic of 1873 in the United 

 States. Pub. Doc. Washington, 1875. 1025 

 pages. 



Vision : Its Optical Defects and the 

 Adaptation of Spectacles. By C. S. Fenner, 

 M. D. Philadelphia : Lindsay &. Blakiston, 

 1875. Pp. 300. Price, $3.50. 



Scripture Speculations. By H. R. Ste- 

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We present below brief abstracts of 

 some of the more interesting papers i ead at 

 the last meeting of the British Association 

 lor the Advancevncnt of Science. Others 

 will follow in succeeding numbers. 



Ice-.U'tion. The subject of ice-action 

 was considered in a paper read by D. Mack- 

 intosh, F. G. S. He first discussed the ques- 

 tion whether the so-called continental ice 

 of Greenland was a true ice-sheet formed 

 independently of mountains, or merely the 

 result of a confluent system of glaciers. He 

 then considered the state of the surface of 

 the Greenland ice-sheet, and believed that 

 the amount of moraine matter was locally 

 limited and of small extent. He defended 

 the idea of the internal purity of existing 

 ice-sheets, and gave reasons for doubting 

 whether glaciers are capable of persistently 

 pushing forward the large stones they may 

 find in their beds, though he admitted that 

 the base of glaciers is charged with finer 

 debris, by means of which they grind and 

 striate rock-surfaces. He mentioned that in 

 the lake district of England he had never 

 seen a sharply-bordered groove on a glaci- 

 ated rock-surface which might not have 

 been produced by a stone smaller than a 

 walnut. 



He saw no reason for doubting that re- 



