SCIENCE PROGRESS 



A QUARTERLY REVIEW OF 

 SCIENTIFIC THOUGHT, WORK & AFFAIRS 



No. 42. OCTOBER 19 16 



CONTENTS 



ARTICLES: The Molecular Volumes of Liquids. Sir Edward 

 Thorpe, C.B., F.R.S. 

 Adsorption Phenomena and Gibbs' Equation. Prof. W. C. 



McC. Lewis, D.Sc. 

 Palaeontology : its Aims and Method. D. M S. Watson, M.Sc. 

 Evolution and Mendelism. R. Broom, D.Sc. 

 What is a Disease ? [fin part). Dr. Charles Mercier 

 Spallanzani. Bruce Cummings 

 POPULAR SCIENCE: The House Spider. Theodore Savory 

 ESSAY-REVIEWS : The Cult of Incompetence (Dr. Geraldine E. 



Hodgson)— Crowdology (Joshua C. Gregory) 

 RECENT ADVANCES IN SCIENCE : Mathematics (P. E. B. Jour- 

 dain)— Astronomy (H. S. Jones)— Physical Chemistry (Prof. W. 

 C. McC. Lewis)— Organic Chemistry (P. Haas)-Geology (G. W. 

 Tyrrell) — Paleobotany (Marie C. Stopes) — Zoology (C. H. 

 O'Donoghue)— Anthropology (A. G. Thacker) 

 CORRESPONDENCE: Bacterised Peat (Prof. Bottomley)- Ancient 

 Knowledge of Parasite Carriers (Prof. Strong)-Maleducation 

 and Malpronuneiation (Sir Bryan Donkin) and Reply 

 NOTES: Sir William Ramsay (Dr. F. A. Mason)-Elie Metehni- 

 koff (Dr. C. H. 0'Donoghue)-Dr. R. H. Scott-The Education 

 Problem (Sir Harry Johnston) - A Lost Aeroplane (Lord 

 Montagu of Beaulieu)-Open-Air Sleeping (Sir William Lever) 

 —Ventilation and Chills- The Bread and Food Reform League 

 —The Proportional Representation Society— This and That 

 ESSAYS: Education from the Parents' Point of View (Editor) 

 REVIEWS: Logarithms — Philosophy of Mathematics — Atmo- 

 spheric Circulation-Colloidal Solutions — Chemistry, Man's 

 Servant— Fenlands, Gravels, Petrology— Rats, Poultry— The 

 Indian Museum— Spotted Fever-Electrical Machinery— Tele- 

 phone Exchanges- Diesel Engines— Dramas and Dances — 

 Theosophy and Astrology— Nutrition, Vegetable Foods 



EDITOR 



SIR RONALD ROSS, K.C.B., F.R.S., N.L., 

 D.Sc, LL.D., M.D., F.R.C.S. 



LONDON: JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET, W. 



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