SKETCH OF PROF. JOHN LE CONTE. n 



and Postulates of the Theory of Capillarity " (" American Journal of Science," 

 1884; also, "Journal de Physique," 1885). 



42. " Criticism of Bassnett's Theory of the Sun " (" Overland Monthly," 1885). 



43. "The Evidence of the Senses " (" J^orth American Review,"' 1885). 



44. "The Metric System " ("Overland Monthly," 1885). 

 . 45. "Thought Transference" (ibid., 1885). 



46. " Barometer Exposure " ("Science," 1886). 



47. "Electrical Phenomena on a Mountain" (ibid., 1887). 



48. " Standing Tiptoe ; a Mechanical Problem " (ibid., 1887). 



49. "Vital Statistics, and the True Coefficient of Mortality, illustrated by 

 Cancer" ("Tenth Biennial Report of the State Board of Health of California," 

 1888). 



. 50. " The Decadence of Truthfulness " (1889). 



About fifty additional papers are omitted from this list. 



