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I'araoav SociETV, at 6.— A K 



of LiiMMir ExpanMcm of Al<' 



Vo! - ■< Nitric Acid: V. .. 



Pirt ' ion of MeuU on C ' 



ari' too.— Note* on I 



F.K. . ;..-.v, on Two Thenno Kc,> ...-..-., . .'. . K ...... 



Note* on 'i henno«tats and Devices uied in CofincctioD with 1 



I)r. A. C Cumming. 



Knrr'v- ■ Society, at 8. 



Kov.> .r Aktk, at 8. — Briiiih Guiana and its Founder, 



v;i le: J A. J. de Villier*. 



GiOLc-i^ni. .^''viKTV. at 8.— llie faulted Inlier of Carbottiftrous L,. 



stone at Uppci Vobuer (Somcr<«t) : Dr. T. F. Sibly.— Geology of a J 



of Costa Rica : James Romanes. 



THURSDAY, Dkckmbkk 7. 

 Royal Rociitty, at ^.y>.— I' rotable Papers: Lapworthura : a Tj 



Brif' < .1 .^^^ri .-.._ ' -'-, with Sugjettions for a V--'' 



of I Vi. Sollas and Prof. W. ; K.| 



Tli "( Oione : I>r. Ixron!»r<i 



M. i-i.xk. wii inc I . -ned in Aggl:'" " 



The Action of Hi«*olv. uponlheAi:' N'l 



Dr. A. Harden, K.K.- . I'aine. — Fi. 



the blood Volume of '^^ ! ii» Relation lo in- ^un.n.r 



the Body : Prof. Geor, .1 W. Riy.— The Origin at>d 



of Cholesterol in the .\ .unsm. Pari viii. On the C hob 



Content of the Liver of k:ii)i>iis under Various Diets and During 

 tion : G. W. Ellii and J. A. Gardner. 

 , LiNNKAN .Society, at 8. — The Intemodes of Calaroites : Prof. 

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 Institution or Electrical Engineers, at 8. — Notes on National 

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Linnean Society 



DIARY OF SOCIETIES. 



FRIDAY, December i. 



Institution of Civil Engineers, at 8. — Brake-lining Coefficients o^ 



Friction : J. and W. Legg. 

 Geologists Association, at 8. — (i)Note on a Maxilla of Triconodon from 



the Middle Purbeck Beds of Swanage ; (a) On Prehistoric Paintings and 



Drawings in the Caverns of Northern Spain : Dr. A. Smith Woodward, 



F.R.S. 



MONDAY, December 4. 

 Society of Engineers, at 7.30.— The Design cf Tall Chimneys: H. 



Adams. 

 Society of Chemical Industry, at 8.— Physical Properties of Clays : 



W. C. H.incock. — The Value of the Non-tannins in the Formation of 



I^eather : Dr. J. Gordon Parker and R.J. Blockey.— The Estimation of 



Carbon Mono.vide : L. A. Levy. — The Composition of Bassia Fats : 



Russell G. Pelly. 

 Aristotelian Society, at 8 Animism and the Doctrine of Energy: Dr. 



T. P. Nunn. 

 RovAL Geographical Society, at 8.jo. — The Geography and Economic 



Development of British Central Africa : Sir Alfred Sharpe, K.C.M.G., 



C.B. 

 Royal Society op Arts, at 8.— The Carbonisation of Coal : Prof. 



Vivian B. Lewes (Lecture II.;. 



TUESDAY, December 5. 

 RSntgen Society, at 8.15.— The Energy of the X-Ray : Prof. W. H- 



Bragg, F.R.S. 

 Institution of Civil Engineers, at Z.— Further- Discussion : Electric 



Lighting of K ail way Trains : the Brake-Vehicle Method: R. T. Smith. 



lYEDNESDAY, December 6. 

 Society of Plblic Analysts, at 8.— The Estimation of Small Quantities 

 of Essential Oil in Spices, etc. (Part II.): J. A. Brown.— The Determina- 

 tion of Furfural by Means of Fehling's Solution : Lewis Eynon and 

 J. H. Lane. — The E.Kamination of Petroleum Mixtures: J. H. Caste, 

 E. T. Shelbourn. and E. R. Andrews. — Note on Ground Almonds : G. C. 

 Tones and R. F. Easton.— .4 Method for Determining the Amount of 

 Insoluble Particles in Raw Rubber: C. Beadle and Dr. H. P. Stevens — 

 Note on the Determination of Small Quantities of Methyl Alcohol : C. 

 Simmons.— Note on Oil of Male Fern : Erne-.t J. Parry-.— (i) The Com- 

 position of Australian (Victoria) Milk ; (2) The Composition of Sweetened 

 Condensed Milk; (3) The Aldehyde Figure of Butter: E. Holl Miller. 



CONTENTS. 



The Scientific Study of Mammals. By A. S. W. 

 Geographical Distribution of Ferns. Hy A. W. H. 



Ophthalmic Therapeutics ... . 



Pnarmacognosy in the United States. By Prof. 



Henry G. Greenish 



The Chemistry of Bleaching 



Systematic Psychology. Hy ^. B 



Our Book Shelf . . . . ' 

 Letters to the Editor: — 



The Weather of 1 9 II.— Dr. W. N. Shaw, F.R.S. 

 The Inheritance of Mental Characters. — Dr. O. 



Archdall Reid 



Amedeo Avogadro. — Eng. -Lieut. Edgar C. 



Smith, R.N 



Characteristic Rontgen Radiations. — R. Whid- 



dington 



A Suggested Reform in Palseobotany. — Dr. Marie C. 



Slopes 



The Unit of Momentum.— Prof. F. R. Barrell; 

 Prof. John Perry, K.R S. . .... 



Fish and Drought.— J. Y. Buchanan, F.R.S. . 1^ 

 The Interaction between Passing Ships. {With 



Diagrams.) 



The Central Europe Earthquake, November 16, 

 191 1. [IVith Diagram.) By Prof. John Milne, 



F.R.S. ... 



Dust Explosions. By Prof. W. Galloway . . . 

 The Teaching of Mathematics. By R. Y. S. . . . 



Tsetse-flies and Sleeping Sickness 



The International Conference at Paris on Nautical 



Almanacs 



The Solar Physics Observatory 



Notes . 



Our Astronomical Column : — 



Astronomical Occurrences for December 



Observations of Mars 



Are the White Nebulae Galaxies? . . 



Meteor Studies 



Popular Observatories 



The Greek Question at Oxford 



Papers on Invertebrates. By R. L 



Lipoids and Nutrition 



Water Resources of the United States ... 



Roman Suiveying 



The Natural History of Tyneside 



Cancer Research t"! 



Investigation of the Upper Atmosphere. {With 



Diagram.) !*5l 



A Scientific Miscellany ... 



University and Educational Intelligence ... 



Societies and Academies .... 



Books Received 



Diary of Societies 



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