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The Psychology of Society. By Morris Ginsberg. 

 Pp. xvi+1'74. (London: .MetViuen and Co., Ltd.) 55. 

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Minist^re de 1 'Agriculture. Direction Generale des 

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 Forces Hydrauliques (Region du Sud-Ouest). Re- 

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 ies Annees 1917 et 1918 : Tome 7, Fascicule A. 

 Pp. 39 + Charts 2-51. 2^ Partie: Eaux et Genie 

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 Cartes. Charts 21-28. 2«' Partie: Eaux et Ameliora- 

 tions Agricoles. Service des Grandes Forces Hydrau- 

 liques (Region du Sud-Est) : Compte rendu et Resul- 

 tats des Etudes et Travaux au 31 Decembre, 1917. 

 Tome 9. Pp. 491. (Paris : Ministere de I'Agricul- 

 ture.) 



E.xceptional Children and Public School Policy : 

 Including a Mental Survey of the New Haven Ele- 

 mentary Schools. By Prof. A. Gesell. Pp. 66. 

 (New Haven : Yale University Press ; London : 

 Oxford University Press.) 4^. 6d. net. 



Laboratory Manual in General Microbiology. Pre- 

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 Michigan Agricultural College. Second edition. Pp. 

 xxii + 472. (New York : J. Wiley and Sons, Inc. ; 

 London : Chapman and Hall, Ltd.) 21s. net. 



General Physics and its Application to Industry 

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Handbook of Meteorology : A Manual for Co- 

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A Treatise on the Transformation of the Intestinal 

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Les Combustibles liquides et leurs Applications. 

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Examples in Optics. Compiled by Dr. T. J. I'a 

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University of Calcutta : Anthropological Papers, 

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 Giuffrida-Ruggeri. Translated from the ' Italian bv 

 Haranchandra Chakladar. Revised by the author 

 with additions. (Reprinted from the Journal of the 

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Sir Tagadish Chander Bose : His Life, Discoveries, 

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The Induction Motor and other .Alternating Current 

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Alchemv : Its Science and Romance. Bv the Rt. 

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Handbuch der Holzkonservierung. Edited by Ernst 

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The Physical Society of London and the Optical 

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Found Wanting : A Labour Verdict on Prohibition. 

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.Absolute Measurements in Electricitv and Mag- 

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Technique of the Teat and Capillary Glass Tube : 

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Diary of Societies. 



THURSDAY, November 3. 



ROTAL SociETT. at 4.30.— Prof. T. R. Merton : The Spectra of 

 Load Isotopes.-- G. I. Taylor : Experiments with Rotating Fluids. 

 —Prof. 1,. Bairstow, Jliss B. 51. Cave, and Miss E. D. Lang : 

 The Two-dimensional Slow Motion of Viscous Fluids. — Prof. 

 H. C. H. Carpenter and Constance Elam : The Production of Single 

 Crystals of Aluminium and their Tensile Properties. — Prof. 

 C. y. Raman and B. Ray : The Transmission Colours of 

 Sulphur Suspensions.— Prof . E. F. Burton and Miss E. Bishop : 

 The Law of Distribution of Particles in Colloidal Solution. 



LixxEAX SociETr, at 5. 



BoTAL Aeroxavtical Society (at Royal Society of Arts), at 5.30. — 

 Sqdn.-Ldr. R. M. Hill : Manoeuvres of Getting Off and Landing. 



RoTAL SociETT OF Medicixe (Balneology and Climatology Section), 

 at 5.30. — Dr. H. Joseph : A Retrospect of a Quarter of" a Century 

 of Seaside Practice. 



IxsTiTiTiox OF ELtCTHiCAt ExGixEERS, at 6. — J. S. Highfleld : In- 

 augural Address. 



Chemical Societt, at 8. — Informal Meeting. 



RoTAi Society of Medicine (Obstetrics and Gynaecology Section), 

 at 8.— Dr. G. Cranstoun : Cystic Adenoma of the Uterus. — Dr. 

 R. L. MacKenzie Wallis : Glycosuria in Pregnancy. 



FRIDAY, NovEMBEK 4. 



Royal Society of Medicine (Laryngology Section), at 4.45. 



Royal Astro.vomical Society (Geophysical Disoussionl. at 5. — Col. 

 H. G. Lyons, Prof. C. T. Boys. Col. E. H. Grove-Hills, and Col. 

 Sir G. P. Lenox-Conyngham : The Eotvos Gravity Balance. 



iNSTiTrTioN OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS, at 6.— Dr. H." S. Hels-Shaw : 

 Power Transmission by Oil (Thomas Hawksley Lecture). 



Royal Society of Medicine (Anasthetics Section), at 8.30.— 

 H. E. G. Boyle : Report on his visit as Official Representative 

 of the Section to the first meeting of the Canadian Society of 

 .\nsesthetists at Niagara, and to the meeting of the American 

 Society of Anaesthetists at Boston in Junj last. 



MOSDAr, NOTEMBEB 7. 



Royal Institction of Great Britain, at 5.— General Meeting. 

 Society of Engineers. Inc. (at Geological Society), at 5.30.— 



C. H. N-iylor : Extraction Turbines. 

 Institction of Electrical Engineers (Informal Meeting), at 7 — 



J. S. Highfield and others : Discussion : How Best to Speed Up 



Electrical Progress. 

 .\RisioTELiAN SOCIETY (at 21 Gower Street), at 8.- Prof. J. H. 



Leuba : Intuition in Experience and in Philosophy. 

 Society of Chemical Indcstby (at Chemical Society), "at 8.— N. E. 



Rambush : Comparison between Laboratory Fuel Tests and 



Practical Working Results of the Producer Gas Process. 



