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[January 27, 19 16 



History of Domestic and Foreign Commerce of the 

 United States. By E. R. Johnson, T. W. van Metre, 

 G. G. Huebner, and D, S. Hanchett. Vol. i., pp. 

 xv + 363. Vol. ii., pp. ix + 398. (Washington: Car- 

 negie Institution.) 



The Physiology of the New-born Infant : Character 

 and Amount of the Katabolism. By F. G. Benedict 

 and F. B. Talbot. Pp. 126. (Washington : Carnegie 

 Institution.) 



The Feebly Inhibited, Nomdism, or the Wandering 

 Impulse, with Special Reference to Heredity. In- 

 heritance of Temperament. By C. B. Davenport. 

 Pp. 158. (Washington : Carnegie Institution.) 



The Vegetation of a Desert Mountain Range as 

 conditioned by Climatic Factors. By F. Shreve. 

 Pp. 112 + 36 plates. (Washington : Carnegie Institu- 

 tion.) 



Experiments with Displacement Interferometer. By 

 Prof. C. Barus. Pp. vi+113. (Washington: Car- 

 negie Institution.) 



Bartholomew's War Map of Central Africa. (Edin- 

 burgh : J. Bartholomew and Co.) 2s. 6d. net. 



Sleeping Sickness : a Record of Four Years' War 

 against it in the Island of Principe, Portuguese West 

 Africa. By B. F. Bruto da Costa, J. F. Sant' Anna, 

 A. C. dos Santos, and M. G. de Araujo Alvares. 

 Translated by Lieut. -Col. J. A. Wyllie. Pp. xii + 260. 

 (London : Bailli^re, Tindall, and Cox.) 7s. 6d. net. 



Transactions of the Royal Society of Victoria. Vol. 

 vi., 19 14. Dioptrographic Tracings in Three Normae 

 •of Ninety Australian Aboriginal Crania. , By Prof. 

 J. A. Berry and Dr. A. W. D. Robertson. Pp. 6 + 270 

 plates. (Melbourne : A. J. Mullett.) 



Civilization and Climate. By E. Huntington. Pp. 

 xii + 333. (New Haven: Yale University Press; Lon- 

 don : Oxford University Press.) los. 6d. net. 



Organic Chemistry, or Chemistry of the Carbon 

 Compounds. By V. von Richter. Edited by Prof. 

 R. Anschiitz and Prof. G. Schroeter. Vol. i. Chem- 

 istry of the Aliphatic Series. Translated and revised 

 by Prof. P. E. Spielmann. Pp. xvi + 719. (London: 

 Kegan Paul and Co., Ltd.) 215. net. 



Bitter Pit Investigation : The Experimental Results 

 in their relation to Bitter Pit and a General Summary 

 of the Investigation. Fourth Report, 1914-15. By 

 D. McAlpine. Pp. 178 + xl plates. (Melbourne: A.J. 

 Mullett.) 



Historia del Observatorio de Manila, 1865-1915. By 

 R. P. M. S. Maso. Pp. 210. (Manila : E. C. McCuf- 

 laugh and Co., Inc.) 



Physical Chemistry for Schools. By Dr. H. J. H. 

 Fenton. Pp. viii + 2i5. (Cambridge: At the Univer- 

 sity Press.) 35. 6d. net. 



DIARY OF SOCIETIES. 



THURSDAY, January 27, 



Royal Society, at 4.30.— A Collision Pre-iictor : Prof. J. Joly.— Dis- 

 cussion of Krw Magnetic Data, especially the Diurnal Irregularities of 

 Horizontal Force and Ver'iral Force, from ordinary days of the elevn 

 years i8go to iqoo : Dr. C. Chr-e.— A Portablr Variometr for Magnetic 

 Surveying O. W. Walker. - The Single I ine Spectrum o' Magnesium 

 and other Metals and their Ionising Potentials : Prof. J. C. Mct.eiman.— 

 The Micr scopic Structure of Semipermeable Membranes, and the Part 

 Played by .Surface Forces in Osmosis : F. Tinker.— The Reduction of 

 Metallic Oxides with H\drogen at High Pre^^.sures : E. Newberyand J. N. 

 Pring.— Discontinuous Fluid Motion Past a Curved Boundary: H. Levy. 



Royal Institi'tion, at 3.— Fuel Economy from a National Standpoint: 

 Prof. W. A. Bone. 



FRIDAY, January 28. 



Royal Institution, at 5.30.— The Science of Clothing and the Prevention 

 of Trench Feet: Dr. Leonard Hill. 



Physical Socikty, at 5.— Guthrie Lecture: Some Problems of Living 

 Matter : W. B. Hardy. 



SATURDAY, January 29. 

 Essex Field Club (at the Essex Museum, Stratford), at 3.— Fresh-water 

 Polyzoa, Illustrated by Specimens: J. Wilson. -Recent Roman Dis- 

 coveries in London : F. Lambert. 



NO. 2143, ^OL. 96] 



TUESDAY, February i. 



Koyal Institution, at 3.— The Physiology of Anger and Fear: Prof. 



C. S. Sherrington. 



Rontgen Society, at 8.15. 



IVEDATESDAY. February 2. 



Society of Public Analysts, at 8.— Annual General Meeting.— Note on 

 Human Milk: G. D. Rlsdon.— Notes on Common Processes usrd in 

 Water Analysis : W. T. Burgess.— Poli Oil— A New Adulterant of Ghee : 

 J. H. Barnes and Arjan Singh. 



Geological >ocietv, at 5.30. 



KovAL Society OK Arts, at 4.30. — Women's Work During and After the 

 War: Hon. Lady Parsons. 



Entomological Society, at 8.— The Pairing of the Plebeiid Blue Butter- 

 flies : Dr. T. A. Chapman. 



THURSDAY, February 3. 



Royal Society, at ^.-yi.— Probable Papers: Note on an Orderly Dis- 

 similarity in Inheritance from Different Parts of a Plant : Prof. W. 

 Bateson and C. Pellew,— Oh'iervations on Coprozoic Flagellates, together 

 with a Suggestion as to the Significance of the Kinetoi.ucleus in the 

 Pinucleata : H. M. Woodcock. — Inve>tigaiions dealing with the Phe- 

 nomena of Clot Formations. III. Further Investigations of the Chelate 

 Gel: S. B. Schryver.— The Mechanism of Chemical Temperature Regula- 

 tion : J. M. O'Connor. 



Royal Institution, at 3. — Industrial Applications of Gaseous Fuels 

 derived from Coal : Prof. W. A. Bone. 



FRIDAY. February 4. 

 Royal Institution, at 5.30. — Fifteen Veers of Mendelism : Prof. W. 



Bateson. 

 Geologists' Association, at 8.— Presidential Address : The Geological 



History of Flying Invertebrates : G. W. Young. 



CONTENTS. PAGE 



Germany's Aims and Methods. By Sir William 



Ramsay, K.C.B., F.R.S. 587 



Physics for Engineering Students 589 



Metallurgy of Gold. By Prof. W. Gowland, F.R.S. 590 



Psychical Research. By J. A. H 591 



Our Bookshelf 591 



Letters to the Editor:— 



Pre-Columbian Representations of the Elephant 

 in America. {Illustrated.) — Prof. Alfred M. 

 Tozzer; Dr. Herbert J. bpinden; Prof. G. 



Elliot Smith, F.R.S. 592 



The Board of Education and Laboratory Work : A 



Correction.— G. F. Daniell -595 



A Terrestrial Crater of the Lunar Type. {Illus- 

 trated. ) 595 



Recent Publications of the Cape Observatory. By 



H. C. P 596 



The Closing of Museums 597 



Notes 598 



Our Astronomical Column :— 



Comet 1915^ (Taylor) 603 



The Notation of .Star Colours 603 



Saturn's Rings ... • . 603 



Steieoscopic Measurement of Proper Motions . . . . 603 



Prof. Guido Baccelli 603 



Research in Terrestrial Magnetism. By Dr. C. 



Chree, F.R.S 604 



Bird Migration in America. By W. E. C 604 



Solvents and Solutions. By A. F 605 



The Fruits, Prospects, and Lessons of Recent Bio- 

 logical Research. By Dr. Charles W. Eliot ... 605 



University and Educational Intelligence 6u 



Societies and Academies 611 



Books Received 613 



Diary of Societies 614 



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