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NA JURE 



[March 3, 1898 



GOTTINGEN. 



Royal Society of Sciences — The Nachrkhlen (mathe- 

 matico- physical section), part 3 (1897), contains the following 

 scientific papers communicated to the Society : — 



May 29. — ^E. Wiechert : The distribution of matter in the 

 interior of the globe. 



October 30. — W. Wirtinger : Green's function for a region 

 bounded by non-intersecting spherical r^;////;«a of « dimensions. 

 K. Hensel -.Determination of the discriminants of an algebraical 

 corpus. K. Hensel : The fundamental equation and the non- 

 essential discriminant-divisors of an algebraical corpus. 



November 13. — W. Voigt : Further contributions to the 

 . kinetic theory of the process of evaporation. 



November 27.— A. Hurwitz : The coefficients of development 

 of the lemniscate-functions. G. Landsberg : On modular 

 systems of the second grade and rings of numbers. O. 

 Wallach : Researches from the Gottingen University Chemical 

 Lal)oratory — (i) Cisisomerism and transisomerism in the menthol 

 series ; (2) ketones (C]i,HjeO) from terpinene-nitrite ; (3* reduc- 

 tion-products of carvone and eucarvone ; (4) a new isomeric 

 camphor from pinene ; (5) on pulegenic acid ; (6) new com- 

 pounds from methylhexanone ; (7) on fenchone-derivatives. 



The official section, part 2 {1897), gives the text of an anni- 

 versary address by Dr. F. Merkel, on *'the forces which mould 

 the forms of animal bodies," and a report on a journey through 

 Colombia and Venezuela by Prof. O. Burger. 



DIARY OF SOCIETIES. 



THURSDAY, March 3. 

 -RoVAL Society, at 4.30. — The Relationship of Variations of the Ground 

 Water Level to th-^ Incidence of Malarial Fevers in Chotta Nagpur. 

 Beng.il : Dr. L. Rogers. — On the Depletion of the Endosperm of 

 Hordeunt vulgare during Germination : H. T. Brown, F.R.S., and 

 F. Escombe. — On Apo^amy and the Development of Sporangia upon 

 ^ern Prothalli : \V. H. L.-ing and G. A. Clark — Experimental Ob- 

 servations on the Early Degenerative Changes in the Sensory End 

 Organs of Muscles : Dr. F. E. Batten. 



'Royal Institution, at 3. — Recent Researches in Magnetism and Dia- 

 magnetism : Prof. J. A. Fleming, V R.S. 



' LiNNEAN Society, at 8. — On the Sense Organs of the Lateral Line in 

 certain Fishes : F. J. Cole — On the Occurrence of Care.x hclvolci in 

 Britain : G C Druce. — On Arctic Spiders from Franz Josef Land : Rev 

 O. Pickard-Cambridge. 



• Chemical Society, at 8. — Note on the Prepa-ation of Dry Hydrogen 

 Cyanide and Carbon Monoxide : John Wade and Lawrence C. 

 Ponting. — Production of some Nitro- and Amido-Oxylutidines-: Dr. J. 

 N. Collie, F. R.S., and T. Tickle. — Production of some Nitro- and 

 Amido-Oxylutidines: Dr. J. N Collie, F.R.S., and Miss L. Hall.— The 

 Interaction of Magnesium and Solution of Copper Sulphate : Dr. E. 

 Divers, F.R.S. 



FRIDAY, March 4. 

 Royal Institution, at 9.— Some Recent Results of Physico- Chemical 

 Inquiry : Prof. T. E. Thorpe, F.R.S. 



MONDA Y, March 7. 

 Society of Arts, at 8. — The Principles of Design in Form : Hugh 



Stannus. 

 jImperial Institute, 318.30. — The Mineral and other Resources of New- 

 foundland : J H. Collins. 

 Victoria Institute, at 4.30, — The Design of the Human Foot: Gerald 



Smith. 



TUESDA V. March 8. 

 "Royal Institution, at 3. — The Simplest Living Things: Prof. E. Ray 



Lankester, F.R.S. 

 ■Society of Arts, at 8. — The Making of a Stained Glass Window : I^wis 



Foreman Day. 

 Anthropological Institute, at 8.30. 

 Institution of Civil Engineers, at 8. — Papers tc be further di.scussed : 



The Theory Design, and Practical Working of Alternate-Current 



Motors : Llewelyn B Atkinson. — Dublin Electric Tramway : H F. 



Parshall. — Paper to be read with a view to Discussion : Calcium Carbide 



and Acetylene : Henry Fowler. 

 tRoYAL Horticultural Society. — Floral and Botanical Demonstration 

 Royal Photographic Society, at 8. — The Passage of a few of the 



Salts used in Photography through Gelatine Septa : A. Haddon. 

 Royal Victoria Hall, at 8.30.— A Work of Faraday : Prof. Reinold. 



WRDNESDA Y. March 9 



Society of Arts, at 8.— Linde's Method of producing Extreme Cold and 

 Liquefying Air: Prof. J. Ewing, F.R.S. 



Geological Society, at 8 — N-jte on Clipperton Atoll : Rear-Admiral Sir 

 W. J Wharton, K..C.B , F.R.S.— A Phosphatised Trachyte from Clipper- 

 ton Atoll : J. J. H. Teall, F.R.S.— The Pliocene Deposits of the East of 

 England. Part I. The Lenham Beds and the Coralline Crag : F. W. 

 Harmer. 



THURSDA Y, March 10. 



Royal Society, at 4.30. 



Royal Institution, at 3. — Recent Researches on Magnetism and Dia- 

 magnetism : Prof. J A. Fleming, F.R.S. 



Society of Arts (Indian Section), at 4 30.— India and Sir Henry Maine : 

 Charles Lewis Tupper, C.S.I. 



Mathematical Society, at 8. — The Geodesic Geometry of Surfaces in 

 non-Euclidean Space : A. N. Whitehead. — The Transformation of Linear 

 Partial Differential Operators by Extended Linear Continuous Groups : 



Pr ,f. Elliott, F.R.S. — Stereographic Illustrations of Catenaries : Prof. 



Greenhill, F.R.S., and T. I. Dewar. 

 LssTiTUTioN OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS, at 8. — On the Manufacture of 



Lamps and other Apparatus for 200 volt Circuits : G. Binswanger- 



Byng. 



FRIDAY, March h. 

 Royal Institution, at 9. — Marked Unexplored: W. F. Lord. 

 RovAL A.stronomical Society, at 8. 

 Institittion of Civil Engineers, at 8. — The Drainage of Cottage 



Property : H C. Adams. 

 Malacological Society, at 8. 



NO. 1479, VOL. 57] 



BOOKS, PAMPHLET, and SERIALS RECEIVED. 



Books. — General Report on Public Instruction in the North-West Pro- 

 vinces and Oudh. 1896-97 (Allihab.-id).— Who's Who, 1898 (Black).— First 

 Year of Scientific Knowledge : P. Bert, revised edition (Relfe). — The 

 Wealth and Progress of New South Wales, 1895-96 : T. A. Coghlan, 

 Vol. 2 (Sydney, Gullick). — Das Weltgebaude : Dr. M. W. Meyer (Leipzig, 

 BibliographLsches Institut). — Universal Electrical Directory, 1898 (Ala- 

 baster). — The Miner's Arithmeticand Mensuration : H. Davies (Chapman). 

 — A Sketch of the Natural History (Vertebrates) of the British Islands : V. 

 G. Aflalo (Blackwood). — Semitic Influence in Hellenic Mythology : R. 

 Brown, jun. (Williams). — A Description of Minerals of Commercial Value : 

 D. M. Barringer (Chapman)— Report on the Economic Resources of the 

 West Indies: Dr. D. Morris (Eyre). — The Electrician Electrical Trades' 

 Directory and Handbook for 1898 (^Electrician Office). — Der Tagliche 

 Warmeumsatz im Boden und Die Warmestrahlung Zwischen Himmel und 

 Krde : Dr T. Hom6n (Leipzig, Engelmann).— The Chemi-try of the 

 G.-»rden : H. H. Cousins (Macmillan) — Note-Book of Agricultural Facts 

 and Figures fir F'ariners and Farm-Students : P. McConnell, 6th edition 

 (Lockwood). — Notes from a Diary, 1873-1881 : Sir M. E. Grant Duff, 2 

 Vols. (Murray). — Report of Observations of Injurious Insects and Common 

 F.-irm Pests : E. A. Ormerod, 21st Report (Simpkin). — Grundziige der 

 Geographisch-Morphologischen Methode der Pflanzensystematik : Dr. R. 

 v. Wetistein(Jena, Fischer). The Naturalist's Directory, 1898 (Gill) 

 ■ Pamphlet. — La Teoria dei Raggi Roentgen : Prof. Filippo Re (Palermo, 

 Reber)). 



Serials. — American Naturalist, January (Boston, Ginn). — Himmel und 

 Erde, February (Berlin, Paetel). — Bulletin of the Americ.m Mathrmatical 

 Society. February (New York, Macmillan). — Natural History Transac- 

 tions ..f Northumberland, Durham, and Newcastle-on-Tyne, Vol. xiii. 

 Part 2 (Williams).— Longman's Magazine. March (Longmans). — Good 

 Words, March (Isbister). — Sunday Magazine. March (Isbister). — Humani- 

 tarian, March (Hutchinson). — Chambers's Journal, March (Chambers). — 

 Botanische Jahrbiicher, Vierundzwanzigster Band, iv Heft (Leipzig). 

 — Natural Science, March (Dent). — Co itempor.ary Review, March 

 (Isbister) —Century Magazine, March (Macmillan). 



CONTENTS. 



PAGE 



. 409 

 . 410 



Archimedes. By R. E. B , . 



A New Text-Book of Experimental Physiology 

 Our Book Shelf 



" L. Riitimeyer" 411 



Rigoliot : " Recherches experimentales sur quelques 



Actinometres Eiectro-chimiques " 411 



"Neudrucke von Schriften und Karten iiber Meteoro- 



logie und Erdmagnetismus " 412 



Letters to the Editor : — 



Does a Phosphorescent South American Liana exist ? 



— Prof. Italo Giglioli . . ... 412 



Insusceptibility of Insects to Poisons. — Miss H. B. 



Potter . . 412 



The Mandrake.— Kumagusu Minakata .... 412 

 Antarctic Research. {With Chart.) By Dr. Hugh 



Robert Mill . , .... 413 



Ernst Christian Julius Schering. By W. H. and G. 



Chisholm Young 416 



Notes ... .... 416 



Our Astronomical Column :— 



Eclipse Negatives 419 



Cinematograph in Astronomy 419 



A Probable New Star 419 



Electrolytic Reflectors .... .... 419 



Scientific Advantages of an Antarctic Expedi- 

 tion. Addresses by Dr. John Murray, F.R.S., the 

 Duke of Argyll, Sir Joseph Hooker, G.C.S.I., 

 F.R.S., Dr. Nansen, Prof. Dr. Neumayer, Sir 

 Clements Markham, K.C.B., F.R.S., Dr. Alex- 

 ander Buchan, Sir Archibald Geikie, F.R.S., 

 Dr. P. L. Bclater, F.R.S., and Prof. D'Arcy 



Thompson . . . 420 



On the Absorption of Light by Fluorescing Bodies. 



{With Diagram.) 427 



The Structure of Crystals ... ... 42S 



University and Educational Intelligence 428 



Societies and Academies 428 



Diary of Societies 432 



Books, Pamphlet, and Serials Received 432 



