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NATURE 



{Oct. 30, 1879 



MICROSCOPIC OBJECTS 



Of superlative perfection, illustrating Histolcgy, and every branch of Micro* 

 scopy. Catalogue post free and fn*atis on application. 



PARIS UNIVERSAL EXHIBITION, 1878. 



Prize MeJal awarded for Excellence, Variety, &^e. 

 EDMUND WHEELER, 48.-), ToUington Road, Holloway, London, N. 



CITY and GUILDS of LONDON INSTI^ 



TUTE for the ADVANCEMENT of TECHNICAL EDUCATION. 

 — ^The Inaugural Address in connection with the Cowper Street Techni- 

 cal Classes of this Institute will be delivered by Prof. AYRTON, 

 A-M.Inst.C.E, at the Cowper Street Schools, Finsbury, E.G. 

 Saturday Evening next, November 1st, at 8 P.M., en "The Improvements 

 Science can Effect in our Trades and in the Condition of our Workmen." 

 Mr. F. J. Bramwell, F.R.S,, in the chair. Several electrical and other 

 experiments will illustrate the lecture. 



LECTURES on MINERALOGY applied 



to GEOLOGY and the ARTS, at King's College.— Prof. TEN N ANT. 

 F.G.S., will give Two Courses— one on WEDNESDAY and FRIDAY 

 mornings, from 9 to 10, and the other on THURSDAY evening, from 8 

 to g. The Public are admitted on paying the College Fees, viz , ^Cs 3S-, 

 for the Morning Lectures .and £1 iis. 6ii. for the Evening. The Lectures 

 begin WEDNl'.SDAY, OCTOBER 8, and terminate at EASTER. They 

 are illustrated by a large series of Specimens and Diagrams, chiefly from 

 his Private Collection. Persons unable to attend Public Lectures can 

 have Private Instruction in Geology and Mineralogy of Prof. Tennant. 

 at his residence, 149, Strand. 



ANDERSON'S COLLEGE, GLASGOAV. 



THE "YOUNG" CHAIR OF TECHNICAL CHEMISTRY. 



Prof. E. J. MILLS. D.Sc. (Lond.), F.R.S. 



SESSION i879-8a 



The LABORATORIES will be OPEN DAILY, on and after MONDAY, 

 3rd NOVEMBER, from lo a.m. to 4 p.m. (Saturdays 10 a.m. to i p.m.), 

 under the superintendence of the Professor and his Assistants. Instruction 

 given in the Preparation of Chemical Substances and Original Research, 

 especially as relating to Manufacturing Processes. 



Fees— Whole Session of NiiiC Munihs, /20 ; Six Months, ;Ci4 loj.; Three 

 Months, jCj ios.; or for One Month, jC2 10s. 



The New Laboratory Buildings have now been erected and occupied. 



Students, entering upon Laboratory Insiructicn are required to have a fair 

 knowledge of Elementary Chemistrj'. 



LECTURES.— A COURSE of FIFTY LECTURES on TECHNICAL 

 •CHEMISTRY will be delivered during the Session on MONDAY, TUES- 

 T)AY, and WEDNESDAY in each Week, the Lectures will be Illustrated 

 by the actual Inspection of Manufacturing Processes. They wilUnclude this 

 year, as Special Subjects— Gas and its Uses, and Lubricating Materials. 



Fee for the Courses, Two Guineas ; Laboratory Students, One Guinea. 



The attention of Young Men qualifying for the professions of Civil and 

 Mining Engineers, Architects, &c., as well as those more immediately in- 

 terested in the study of Manufacturing Chemistry, is called to this Course of 

 Lectures. 



A COURSE of LECTURES on TECHNICAL ORGANIC CHE- 

 MISTRY will also be arranged for during the Se.ssion. 



Mr. SNODGRASS, Senior Assi.stant, will deliver a COURSE of 

 LECTURES and DEMONSTRA'i LjNS on the PHYSICO-CHEMI- 

 CAL MEASUREMENTS, of which a knowledge is necessary to 

 Technologists. 



Fee for the Course, Half-a-Guinea ; Laboratory Students, Half-a^rown. 



The Trustees, having had under consideration the requirements of Inventors, 

 Patentees, and others whose investigations require isolation and privacy, have 

 -included in the arrangements Five PRIVATE LABORATORIES, which 

 ivill, it is expected, meet a demand hitherto unsupplicd in this country. 



ALEX. MOORE, Secretary. 

 128, Hope Street, Glasgow, 30th October, 1879. 



LABORATORY, 38, GRACECHURCH STREET, LONDON, E.G. 



A. ANTHONY NESBIT, F.C.S., 



WATER ANALYST, 



Performs every description of Water Analysis on moderate terms, 

 .f roperly cleansed bottles for the reception of samples sent to any part of 

 __ th« Kingdom. 



-ROYAL, POLYTECHNIC— CLASSES for 



the preparation of Students for University Examinations, under the 

 direction of EDWARD B. AVELING, D.Sc, F.L.S. London Uni- 

 versity Matriculation, isl and and B.Sc, Preliminary Scientific M.B., 

 Rotany, Physiology, Chemistry. All the work pracucal. 



FUNGI, LICHENS, ALG^, MOSSES, 



HEPATICjE, FERNS, &c., prepared as Microscopical Slides, may be 

 obtained at tij-. per two doien objects. — ^pply Rev. J. £. Vize, Forden 

 Vicarage, Welshpool. 



SUNDAY LECTURE SOCIETY.— LEG- 



TURES at ST. GEORGE'S HALL, Langham Place, each SUNDAY 

 AFTERNOON, commencing at Four o'clock precisely. Sunday, 

 November a. — Andrew Wilson, Esq., Ph.D., F.R.S. E., Lecturer on 

 Zoology and Comparative Anatomy in the Edinburgh Medical School, 

 &c.,on"The Relation of Science to Religion." Second Lecture:— 

 " Astronomy and Geology in their Relation to Religious Thought." — 

 Members' Annual Subscription, £1. Payment at the Door — One Penny, 

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LIVING SPECIMENS FOR THE MICROSCOPE. 



THOMAS BOLTON. MICROSCOPIST'S and NATURALIST'S 

 STUDIO, 17, ANN STREET. BIRMINGHAM. 



T. B. has last week posted to his subscribers specimens of Bosmina longi' 

 rosiris with drawing and description. He has also sent out Protococcus,. 

 Volvox globator, Stephanoccros Eichornii, Lacimilaria socialis, Spon^illa 

 JJuviatflis, Crisiatella mucedo, Fredericella sultana, Chara in fructifica- 

 tion, &c. 



Weekly announcements will be made in this place of organisms T. B, 

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FOR SALE.— Large MONOCULAR MI- 



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ASTRONOMICAL TELESCOPE AND 



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MACMILLAN'S MAGAZINE 



FOR NOVEMBER, 1879. 



CONTENTS. 

 I. — "He that will not when He may." By Mrs. Oliphant. Chapters 



I.— IV. 

 2. — ■' History and Politics." By Prof. Seeley. No. IV. 

 3. — "The Indo-Mediterranean Railway." By Commander V. Lovett 



Cameron, R.N. II.— Its PoKtical Aspect. 

 4. — " The Russian Gipsies." By Charles G. Leland. 

 5. — " A Mathematician's View or the Theory of Evolution." By W. H. 



L. Russell, F.R.S. 

 6.—" A Doubting Heart." By Miss Keary. Chapters XXXIX., XL. 

 7. — "Note on Burns's Commonplace-Book. By Prof. W. Jack. 

 8.—" The School Board for London." By Mrs. Westlake. 

 9. — "The Grain-producing Power of the United States.'* By I. B. 



Sidway, of Chicago. 



MACMILLAN & CO., LONDON. 



This day. 



THE QUARTERLY REVIEW, No. 296. 



Contents. 

 I.— PASCAL AND HIS EDITORS. 

 II.— THE COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS. 

 III.— ALBERT DURER. 



IV.— THE FuUNDER OF NORWICH CATHEDRAL, 

 v.— JOSEPH DE MAISTRE ON RUSSIA. 

 VI.— FROUDE'S C/liSAR. 

 VII.— THE WEATHER AND ITS PREDICTION. 

 VIII.— HENRY IV. OF FRANCE. 

 IX.— THE SUBMISSION OF THE CLERGY. 

 X.— PRINCIPLES AT STAKE. 



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