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NATURE 



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MANUALS FOR STUDENTS. 



FLOWER (W. H.)— AN INTRODUCTION 



TO THE OSTEOLOGY OF THE MAMMALIA. Being 

 the Substance of the Course of Lectures delivered at the 

 Royal College of Surgeons of England in 1870. By W. H. 

 Flower, F.R.S., F.R.C.S., Hunterian Professor of Com- 

 parative Anatomy and Physiology. With numerous Illus- 

 trations. Second Edition enlarged. Crown Svo. loj. 6d. 



FOSTER and BALFOUR— THE ELEMENTS 

 OF EMBRYOLOGY. By Michael Foster, M.D., 

 F.R.S., and F. M. B.\lfour, M.A. Part L Crown Svo. 

 7J. (>d. 



FOSTER and LANGLEY— A COURSE OF 

 ELEMENTARY PRACTICAL PHYSIOLOGY. By 

 Mich.^el Foster, M.D., F.R.S., and J. N, Langley, 

 B.A. Third Edition. Crown Svo, f>s. 



HOOKER (Dr.)— THE STUDENT'S FLO R.\ OF 

 THE BRITISH ISLANDS. By Sir T. D. Hooker. 

 K.C.S.I., C.B., P.R.S., M.D., D.C.L. Second Edition, 

 Re^•ised. Globe Svo. ioj. &/, 



" Cannot fail to perfectly fixlfil the purpose for which it 

 is intended." — Land and Water. 



"Certainly the fullest and most accura'e manual of the 

 kind that has yet appeared."— /'a// Mall Gazette. 



HUXLEY and MARTIN— A COURSE OF 



PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION IN ELEMENTARY 

 BIOLOGY. By Professor Huxley, F.R.S., assisted by 

 H. N. Martin, M.B., D.Sc. New Edition, revised. 

 Crown Svo. 6j. 



"It is impossible for an intelligent youth, with this book 

 in his hand, placing himself before any one of the organisms 

 described, and carefully following the directions given, to 

 fail to verify each point to which his attention is directed." 

 — Athenctum. 



HUXLEY— PHYSIOGRAPHY. An Introduction 



to the Study of Nature. By Professor Huxley, F.R.S. 

 With numerous Illustrations, and Coloured Plates. New 

 Edition. Crown Svo. "js. 6d. 



WORKS IN SCIENCE. 



OLIVER (Professor)— FIRST BOOK OF 

 INDIAN BOTANY. By Daniel Oliver, F.R.S., 

 F.L.S., Keeper of the Herbarium and Library of the Royal 

 Gardens, Kew, and Professor of Botany in University 

 College, London. With numerous Illustrations. Extra 

 fcap. Svo. 6s. 6d. 



"It contains a well-digested summary of all essential 

 knowledge pertaining to Indian Botany, wrought out in 

 accordance with the best principles of scientific arrange- 

 ment.' —Allen's Indian Mail. 



PARKER and BETTANY— THE MOR- 



^^°^°^^^ ^^ "^"^ SKULL. By Professor Parker 

 and G. T. Bettany. Illustrated. Crown Svo. 10^. dd. 



Other Volumes of these Manuals will foUow. 

 MACMILLAN AND CO., LONDON. 



BALL (R. S., A.M.) — EXPERIMENTAL 



MECHANICS. A Course of Lectures delivered at the 

 Royal College of Science for Ireland. By R, S. Ball, A.M., 

 Professor of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics in the 

 Royal College of Science for Ireland. Royal Svo. i6j-. 



BLANFORD— THE RUDIMENTS OF PHY- 

 SICAL GEOGRAPHY FOR THE USE OF INDIAN 

 SCHOOLS ; with a Glossary of Technical Terms employed. 

 By H. F. Blanford, F.R.S. New Edition, with 

 Illustrations. Globe Svo. 2s. 6d. 



FLEISCHER— A SYSTEM OF VOLUMETRIC 



ANALYSIS. Translated with Notes and Additions from 

 the second German Edition, by M. M. Pattiso.n Muir, 

 F.R.S. E. With Illustrations. Crown Svo. -js.ed. 



FOSTER— A TEXT-BOOK OF PHYSIOLOGY, 



By Michael Foster, M.D., F.R.S. With Illustrations. 

 New Edition, enlarged, with additional Illustrations and 

 Plates. Svo. 21s. 



GALTON— METEOROGRAPHICA, or Methods 

 of Mapping the Weather. By Francis Galton, F.R.S. 

 Illustrated by upwards of 600 Printed Lithographic 

 Diagrams. 4to. gj. 



GORDON— AN ELEMENTARY BOOK OF 

 HEAT. By J. E. H. Gordon, B.A., Gonville and 

 Caius College, Cambridge. Crown Svo. 2S. 



MI ALL— STUDIES IN COMPARATIVE ANA- 

 TOMY. No. I.— The Skull of the Crocodile : a Manual 

 for Students. By L. C. Miall, Professor of Biology in 

 the Yorkshire College and Curator of the Leeds Museum. 

 Svo. 2s. 6d. 



NE WOO MB— POPULAR ASTRONOMY. By 



S. Newcomb, LL.D., Professor U.S. Naval Observatory. 

 With 112 Illustrations and 5 Maps of the Stars. Svo. iSJr. 



" It is unlike anything else of its kind, and will be of more 

 use in circulating a knowledge of astronomy than nine-tenths of 

 the books which have appeared on the subject of la'.e years.'' — 

 Saturday Review. 



REULEAUX — THE KINEMATICS OF 

 MACHINERY. Outlines of a Theory of Machines. By 

 Professor F. Reuleaux. Translated and Edited by 

 Professor A. B. Kennedy, C.E. With 450 Illustrations. 

 Medium Svo. 2ij. 



SHANN— AN ELEMENTARY TREATISE ON 

 HEAT, IN RELATION TO STEAM AND THE 

 STEAM ENGINE. By G. Shann, M.A. With lUus- 

 trations. Crown Svo. 4X. dd. 



WRIGHT— METALS AND THEIR CHIEF 

 INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS. By C. Alder 

 Wright, D.Sc, &c. Lecturer on Chemistry in St. 

 Mary's Hospital Medical School. Extra fcap. Svo. y. (>d. 



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