Nov. 2S, 1878] 



NATURE 



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^VkXi^ bg auction. 



SCIENTIFIC AND MISCELLANEOUS PROPERTY, 



Mr. J. C. STEVENS will Sell by Auction, 



at his Great Rooms, 38, King S:reet, Covent Garden, on FRIDAY, 

 November 29, at half-past 12 o'CLck precisely, a 5-ft. Equatorial 

 Telesc:.pe by Troughtjn and Simms, Dis-«lv.ng View Lanterns and 

 Sl.des, MiCr. scopes and Slides, Galvanic and Electric Apparatus, 

 Phctographic Apparatus, Stereoscopic SLdes, &c.. &c. 

 On view m:)ming o£ Sale and Catalopiies had. 



A 5-FEEr EQUATORIAL, by Troughton 



and Simm;, with i8-iiich Circles divide! on silver, Stand, Screws, &c. 

 A<tron)m;cal Cbck for driving ditto, 2 Lanterns, Supports and 8 

 Shades. 7 Astronomical Eye-pieces varying from 23 to 360, with Shades, 

 4-.nch Aperture, Object-glass, 3l-inch position. Micrometer, in Case, &c. 

 — Mr. J. C. Stevens w.U include the above in his sale on Friday, 

 November 2p. Auction Rooms, 38, King Street, Covent Garden. 



NATURAL HISTORY AGENCY. 



Collect! ins of Insects, Bird and Mammal Skins, Eggs, Shells, Skeletons 

 &c., bought or sold on Commission. 



N.B. — Wanted Good Specimens of Native Implements of War. 

 A. H. JAMRACH. ai8. East India Road, London, E. 



THIN GLASS FOR MICROSCOPIC 



MOUNTING, of best quality. Circles, 31. 6d. per ounce ; Squares, 

 2^. <jd. ; post free id. extra ; Ground-edged SKps, 5^. per gross : also 

 other Mounting Materials and Objects prepared for mounting. — CH AS. 

 PtTlT. 151, High Strest, Stoke Newingtcn. N. 



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MINERALS, FOSSILS, AND ROCKS. 



COLLECTIONS IN CABIXETS. 

 50 characteristic Specimens, loj. ; loo do., aor. ; 150 do., 30J. ; zoo do., 

 4ar. ; 300 do., ^-^ : 400 do., £,^\ 500 do., £1. Size of Specimens, about 

 2 square inches. "Guaranteed superior Collections." 

 N.B. — Carriage prepaid to any part of Great Britain. 

 Catalogues free. 

 "THE POPULAR SCIENTIFIC P.jCKET CABINET SERIES," 

 25 Specimens, ar. td. 



THOMAS J. DOWNING (MINERALOGIST), 



38, WHISK^ STREET LONDuN, E.C. 



G £(5X,5 G 7 .— 1 nTR^PreTace to the Student's 



ELEMENTS of GEOLOGY, by Sir Charles Lyell, price qj., he says : 

 — " As it is impossible to enable the reader to recognise rocks and mine- 

 rals at sight by aid of rerbal descriptions or figures, he will do well to 

 obtain a well arranged collection of specimens, such as may be procured 

 frsm Mr. TENNANT(i45, Strand), Teacher of Mineralogy at King's 

 College, London." These Collections are supplied on toe following 

 terms, in plain Mahogany Cabinets : — 



100 Specimens, in Cabinet, with 3 Trays ... ... ... J^t a o 



200 Specimens, in Cabinet, with 5 Trays 5 5 o 



3oe Specimens, in Cabinet, with 9 Drawers 10 i« o 



400 Specimens, in Cabinet, with 13 Drawers 21 • o 



More evtea";ive Cullections at 50 to s.ooo Guineas each. 



MINERALOGY AND GEOLOGY. 



NEW PRICE LLSTS AND CATALOGUES NOW READY OF 

 . - Ti-- Elementary Collections of Minerals. 

 „ ,, Fossils. 



,, „ Rock Specimens. 



Sections of Rocks for the Microscope. 

 Drawings of New Shapes of Hammers. 

 Minerals for Chemical Purposes. 

 List of Varieties of Rocks. 

 Catalogue of Second-hand and New Books. 

 JAMES R. GREGORY, 

 EXTENSIVE GEOLOGIC.A.L MUSEUM, 



88, CHARLOTTE STREET, FITZROY SQUARE. 



Price ^d. 



THE TELEGRAPHIC JOURNAL 

 ELECTRICAL REVIEW 



For November i, 1878, contains : — 



I. — The Gas Companies. 



2. — Wallace Farmer Machine and Lamp. (Illustrated.) 



3 — RapieflTs Electric Lamp. (Illustrated.) 



4. — Phonic Wheel of Paul le Cour. 



5. — Cost of Electric Light. 



6. — Progress of Electric Light. 



7. — Notes. 



8. — Reviews, 

 10. — Patents. 

 IT. — Correspondence. 

 12. — General Science Columns. 

 13. -City Nf tes. 



London: HAUGHTON & CO., 10, Patem ster Row. 



shSTppey f'^sils. 



W. H. SHRUBSOLE, Shehrnsss-on-Sea, respectfully intimates that 

 the appeal recently made by him has been so heartily responded to, that he 

 cinnot receive any m ire orders for " extra selected "specimens at present. 



Orders for lof. Collections of 100 "good" specimens can be executed 

 without delav. 



" NOTES ON THE GEOLOGY OF SHEPPEY " po:t free on appli- 

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THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY, 



BRITISH AND FOREIGN. 

 Edited by Hbnky Trimen, M.S., F.L.S., British Museum ; assisted try 

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THE ENTOMOLOGIST'S MONTHLY 

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Conducted by J. W.Douglas, R. McLachlan, F.R.S., E. C. Rye, F.Z.S. 

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This Magazine, commenced in 1864, contains standard articles and notes 

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