January 5, 1922] 



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physiologically and pathologically there is a marked ' 

 resemblance between influenza and war-gas poisoning, 

 with a marked increase in the concentration of the 

 blood.— E. L. Nichols and D. T. Wilbur : Luminescence 

 at high temperatures. Announcing the discovery of 

 luminescence at temperatures which are, roughly 

 speaking, above the beginnings of a visible red heat. 

 — S. R. Detwiler : Functional regulations in animals 

 with composite spinal cords. The evidence indicates 

 tliat the factor which is involved in the over-produc- 

 1 of motor cells is the stimulus afforded by the 

 nection with the central neurones. — A. S. King: 

 i.xperiments with the tube resistance furnace on the 

 <lT('ct of potential difference. The conclusion is that 

 ilir potential difference acting on the tube is not I 

 (tive in modifying the spectrum in certain tem- 

 tture ranges.— J. H. McDonald : An application of 

 I,, porism of four tangents of a twisted cubic. — 

 II. A. Cheplin and L. F. Rettger : Studies on the 

 iransfoniiation of the intestinal flora, with special 

 iffirence to the implantation of Bacillus acidophilus, 

 II. Feeding experiments on man. Attempts to im- 

 plant Bacillus bulgaricus failed, as in the feeding 

 . xperiments on rats. It appears that Bacillus acido- 

 philus milk possesses several advantages over ordinary 

 sour and Bacillus bulgaricus milk. — Kilauea Volcano 

 Observatory : A report by the committee of the 

 National Academy of Sciences at the request of the 

 Secretary of Agriculture with reference to desirabilitv 

 of the control of the observatory being assumed bv the 

 Weather Bureau. 



Official Publications Received. 



Legislative Document No. 3<J : State of New Yorli. Thirty-second 



Annual Report of the New York State College of Ag-rioulture 



at Cornell University and of the Agrrieultural Experiment Station 



established under the Direction of Cornell University, Ithaca, New 



York. 1919. Vol. 1. Pp. civ+1074+30-f8+57 plates. Thirtv-third 



iial Report, 1920. Transmitted to the Legislature, January 15, 



( Pp. 79+4. (Ithaca: Cornell University.) 



rnell University: Agricultural Experiment Station. Memoir 



I An Economic Study of Farm Lavout. By W. T. Myers. 



Ii.. 383-.564. Memoir 3.5: Some Effects of Potassium Salts on Soils. 



l:v H. S. Smith. Pp. r)6.5-606. " Memoir 36: Resistance of the Roots 



some Fruit Species to Low Temperature. By D. B. Carrick. 



ti07-662. Memoir 37 : A Modified Babcock Jlethod for Deter- 



ing Fat in Butter. By N. W. Hepburn. Pp. 663-690. (Ithaca: 



urll University.) 



I" partment of Commerce: U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. 

 > rial No. 113. Special Publication No. 60: A Studv of Jlap Pro- 

 !■ tions in General. By O. S. Adams. 5 cents. Serial No. 121, 

 Siccial Publication No. 62: Triangulation in Rhode Island. Bv 

 l.nl Church. 30 cents. Serial No. 143, Special Publication No. 67": 

 l.iTitude Developments Connected with Geodesy and Cartographv. 

 l!v (>. S. Adams. 20 cents. Serial No. 146, Special Publication 

 N '. 68: Elements of 5fap Projection, with Applications to Map 

 ;ind Chart Construction. By C. H. Deetz and O. S. Adams. 

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 Al<thods for Measuring the Intensity of Gravity. By C. H. Swick. 

 V\). 96. 15 cents. Serial No. 155 : ' Results of" Observations made 

 at the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Mairnetio Observatory, 

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Department of the Interior : United States Geological Survey. 

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 Southington-Ciranley Area, Connecticut. 468: Records of Water 

 Levels in Wells in Southern Carolina. By F. C. Ebert. (Washing- 

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Department of the Interior : United States Geological Survey. 

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Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Vol. 72, No. 8 : \ Review 

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 No. 11: The Echinoderms as Aberrant Arthropods. Bv A. H. 

 Clark. (Publication 2653.) Pp. ii+20. (Wa.shington : Smithsonian 

 Institution.) 



Canada. Department of Mines : Mines Branch. The Preparation, 

 Transporfation, and Combustion of Powdered Coal. Bv J. Blizard. 

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NO. 2723, VOL. 109] 



Tide Tables for the Eastern Coasts of Canada for the Year 1922, 

 including the River and (iulf of St. Lawrence, the .\tlantic Coast, 

 the Bay of Fundy, Northumberland and Cabot Straits, and In- 

 formation on Currents. Issued by the Tidal Current Survey in 

 the Department of the Naval Service of the Dominion of Canada. 

 (Twenty-sixth Year of Issue.) Pp. 68. (Ottawa : Department of 

 Public Printing and Stationery.) 



Experiment Station of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association. 

 The Improvement of Plants through Bud Selection. By A. D. 

 Shamel. Pp. iv+28+41 plates. (Honolulu.) 



Madras Agricultural Department. Year Book, 1920-21. Pp. 

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Office scientifique et technique des Peches Maritimes. Notes et 

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 3 francs. Notes et Memoires No. 9 : Recherches sur le Regime 

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Department of the Interior : United States Geological Survey. 

 Professional Paper 121 : Helium-bearing Natural Gas. By G. 8. 

 Rogers. Pp. 113. (Washington : Oovernment Printing Office.) 



Departement van Landbouw, Lijverheid en Handel. " "8 Lands 

 Plantentium." (Jardin Botanique de Buiteniorg.) Treubia : 

 Receuil de Travaux Zoologiques, Hydrobiologiques et Oceano- 

 graphiques. Vol. 1, Livraison 4. " Pp. 139-300+ plates 8-12. 

 (Buitenzorg.) 4 francs. 



The Botanical Society and Exchange Club of the British Isles. 

 (Vol. 6, Part 1) Report for 1920. By the Secretary, G. C. Druce. 

 Pp. 207. (Oxford : The Secritary. Yardley Lodge.) lOn. 



Fourteenth Annual Report (1920-21) presented by the Council tO' 

 the Court of Governors at a Meeting held in Cardiff on October 28, 

 1921. Pp. 35. (Cardiff: The Museum.) 



Canada. Department of Mines : Mines Branch. Bulletin No. 33 : 

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 :Malloch. (Supplementing Report No. 331.) Pp. 40. (Ottawa: 

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Department of Commerce. Scientific Papers of the Bureau of 

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Diary of Societies. 



THURSDAY. Janp^rt 5. 



Geogbaphicai Associatiok (at Birkl)eck College), at 11.45 a.m. — 

 R. L. Thompson and others : Discussion : Geography and His- 

 tory in Schools. 



AssocrATioN OF Assistant Mastebs ix Sfcosdart Schools (at 

 London Day Training College), at 2.30.— Prof. T. P. Nunn : The 

 Pv.rpose8 oif Education. 



GrooBAPHiCAT, Association (at Birkbeck Colleire), at 2.30.— Sir Hal- 

 ford J. Mackinder: Problems of the Pacific. 



RoTu, iNSTiTtTiov. at 3.— Prof. J. A. Fleming: Electric Waves 

 and Wireless Telephony : Electric Oscillations. 



Gfooraphicai, Assori.ATiojf (at Birkbeok College), at 4.— E. N. 

 Fallaize : The .Anthropological Institute and the Services it oar. 

 render to Geographical Students. 



