PHYSICS. * ri?)5 



Recherches exp6riraentales 8ur la resistance electrique des substances isolantes. G. 



Foussereaii. 4to. ])p. 119. Paris, 1885. (Ganthicr-Villars.) 

 The magnetism of steel and iron ships. T.A.Lyons. 8vo. i>p. 12:?. Washington, 



1884. (Navy Department.) 

 TraittS pratique d'61ectricit6 appliqu6e a Sexploitation deschemins de fer. G. Dnniont. 



l-Jiiio. pp.372. Paris, 188.5. (Bosnard.) 

 Sur I'origine de I'electricite atmosph<5rique, du tonnerre et de I'aurore bor6ale. E. 



Edluud. 8vo. Stockholm, 1885. (Nilsson.) 

 Das Gluhlicht, sein WesenundseinErfordnisse. E.deFodor. 8vo. i)p. 260. Wien, 



1885. 

 Les lampes ^lectriques et leurs accessoires. P. Urbanitzky. l5dition fran^aise par 



G. Fouruier. 12mo. Paris, 1885. 

 Magnetic, and electrical laws. E.H.Harding. 18mo. pp.32. London, 1885. (Col- 

 lins.) 

 Domestic electricity for amateurs. E. Hospitalier. Translated from the French by 



C.J.Wharton. 8vo. pp.230. London, 1885. (Spon.) 

 Easy lessons in Electiicity. T. Kirwan. 8vo. pp.102. Boston, 1885. 

 On the seat of the Electromotive forces in the Voltaic cell. O. J. Lodge. 8vo. pi>. 



96. London, 1885, (Taylor.) 

 Le^'ous 616mentaires de tei^graphie eiectrique. L. Michaut et M. Gillet. ]8nu>. i)p. 



vii,206. Paris, 1885. (Gauthier-Villars. ) 

 Ursprungder Gewitter-Electricitiitund der gewohnlichen Electricitiitder Atmosphiire. 



L. Sohncker. 8vo. ])p. v, 74. Jena, 1885. 

 Wrinkles in electric lighting. V. Stephen. 8vo. pp.46. London, 1885. (Spon.) 

 Mathematical theory of electricity and magnetism. H. W. Watson and S. H. Bnr- 



bury. Vol.1. Electrostatics. 8vo. pp.274. Loudon, 1885. (Froude.) 

 The electrical and magnetic properties of the iron carburets. C. Barns and V. Strou- 



hal. 8vo. pp. 23b. Washington, 1885. (Bulletin No. 14 of the U. S. Geological 



Survey. ) 

 Construction des ^talons prototypes de resistance 61ectrique du ministere des postes et 



des teiegraphes. J. R. Benoit. 4to. pp.80. Paris, 1885. (Gauthier-Villars.) 

 Instruction a I'^tude de l'61ectricite statique. E. Bichat et R. Blondlot. 8vo. \)\). 



X, 141. Paris, 1885. (Gauthier-Villars.) 

 Lehrbuch der Electricitiit und des Magnetismus. E. Mascart & J. Joubert. Autori- 



sirte deutsche Uebersetzung von Dr. L. Levy. Band i. 8vo. pp. xx, 592. Ber- 

 lin, 1885. (Springer.) 

 Teiephonie et t6iegra])hie simultan6es. F. Van Rysselberghe. Prec6d6 de notions 



pr61iniinaires sur I'indnction 61ectrique, le telephone et lo microphone, par E. 



Buels. 12ujo. pp. xii,226. Bruxelles, 1885. (Hayez.) 

 Handbuch der Electrotechnik. E. Kittler. Band i, Half te 1. 8vo. pp.296. Stutt- 

 gart, 1885. (Enke.) 

 Kleines Handworterbuch enthaltend das wichtigste aus der Lehre der Electricitiit. 



W, Biscan. 16mo. pp.96. Wien, 1884. (Hartlebeu.) 

 Ein empfindliches Galvanometer mit messbarem Reductiousfactor. R. W. Wilson. 



12mo. pp. 12. Leipzig, 1885. 



NECROLOGY OF PHYSICISTS, 1885. 



SiLLiMA^, Bkxjamln, Professor of Chemistry in Yale College. Author of a text- 

 l)ook on Physics. Died at New Haven, Conn., January 13, 1885, aged 68 years. 



ROSETTI, Francisco, Professor of Physics in the University of Padua. Well known 

 for his researches on electro-statics and the temperature of the electric arc. Died in 

 Padua, April 20, 1885, at the age of 52 years. 



Jenkin, Flekming, Professor of Engineering in the University of Edinburgh. Dis- 

 tinguished as an electrician, especially in connection with the Atlantic cable. IliH 



