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importance of quantitative measurements of deafness 

 in connection with the army. — P. Bazy : Delayed 

 tetanus. The immunity given by the antitetanus 

 serum lasts only fifteen days, and under certain condi- 

 tions tetanus may develop as long as fifty days after 

 infection. Injections every eight days for a month are 

 suggested as a safeguard. — A. Policard, B. Desplas, and 

 A. Phelip : Biological researches on wounds received 

 in battle. The microbial flora and its relations with 

 the clinical evolution and the characters of the wound. 



^BOOKS RECEIVED. 



Anatomie des Clausilies Danoises. By C. M. Steen- 

 berg. i., Les Organes Genitaux. Pp. 44 (Koben- 

 havn : Bianco Lunas.) 



The British Journal Photographic Almanac, 1916. 

 Pp. 984. (London : H. Greenwood and Co., Ltd.) 

 IS. net. 



Transactions of the Geological Society of Glasgow. 

 Vol. XV., part 3. Pp. 297-437. (Glasgow : Geological 

 Society.) 7s. 6d. 



Mathematical Papers for Admission into the Royal 

 Military Academy and the Royal Military College. 

 September-November, 1915. Edited by R. M. Milne. 

 Pp. 30. (London : Macmillan and Co., Ltd.) is. net. 



Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey. 

 Bulletin xlii. Educational Series, No. 5 : The Geo- 

 graphv of the Fox-Winnebag^o Valley. Bv Prof. 

 R. H.' Whitbeck. Pp.105. (Madison,^ Wis.) ' 



A Bird Calendar for Northern India. By D. Dewar. 

 Pp. 211. (London: W. Thacker and Co.) 6s. 



Forerunners and Rivals of Christianity, being 

 Studies in Religious History from 330 B.C. to 330 a.d. 

 By F. Legge. 2 vols. Vol. i., pp. lxiii + 202. Vol. ii., 

 pp. ix + 425. (Cambridge: At the University Press.) 

 2 vols., 25s. net. 



Commerce and Industry. By Prof. J. R. .Smith. 

 Pp. viii + 596. (New York: H. Holt and Co.) 1.40 

 dollars. 



Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India, Palaeon- 

 tologia Indica. New Series. Vol. vi. Memoir No. i. 

 Supplementary Memoir on New Ordovician and Silu- 

 rian Fossils from the Northern Shan States. By Dr. 

 F. R. C. Reed. Pp. vii-f- loo + xii plates. (Calcutta: 

 Geological Survey ; London : Kegan Baul and Co. , 

 Ltd.) • 4s. 



DIARY OF SOCIETIES 



THURSDAY, February 17. 



Royal Society, at 4.30.— The Action of Cobra Vemm : Prof. A. R. Ctishny 

 and .S. Vagi.— Gamftogen- sis an I Sex Determination in thr Gall-fly, 

 Neuroterus lentkularis. III.: Dr. I,. Donra^ter. — The Structure and 

 Development of the ^kuU and I.arvngeal Cartilaees of Peramfles, with 

 Notes on the Cranial Nerves: PhJippt C. Esdaile.— Physiological In- 

 vestigations with Petiole- Pulvinus Preparation of Mimosa Pudica : J. C. 

 Bose and S. C Das. 



RovAL Institution, at 3. — Variable Stars: Sir F. W. Dyson. 



RovAi. Geographical Society, at 5. -A Synthetic Method of Determining 

 Geographical Regions : Dr. J. F. Unstead. 



Institution OF Electrical Engineers, at 8.— Kelvin Lecture: Terres- 

 trial Magnetism : I )r. C. Chree. 



RovAL So. ietv of Arts at 4.30.— The Saints of Pandharpur : C. A. 

 Kincaid, C.V.O. 



I.TNNEAN Society, at 5. — John Hartram ; the Pioneer American Botani^st : 

 Miss C. Herring-' rowne.— Aeon Producing Twin Plants: Mi^s M. 

 Rathbone. — Winter and Summer Coloration of the Ermine, Pntorius 

 eriiibieus : E. S Goodrich.— The Infestation of Bamboos in Tidal Waters 

 hv Balanus ainphitrite and Teredo navaijs in Tenasserim : E. P. 

 Siebbing. 



FRIDAV February 18. 

 Royal Institution, at 5.^. Polarised Light and its Application to 



Engineering : Prof. E. G. Coker. 

 Institution of Mechanical Engineers, at 6.— Annual General Meeting. 



— Chisels : H. Fowler. 



VtONDA V, February 21. 

 Royal Society of Arts, at 4.30. — Na-ional and Historic Buildings in 



the War Zone ; their B-auty and their Ruin : Rev. G. H. West. 

 RovAL Geographical Society, at 8.^0. -The Valley of Mexico: A. P. 



Maud.slay. 



NO. 2416, VOL. 96] 



TUESDA Y, February 22. 



Royal Institution, at 3.— Nerve lone and Posture: Prof. C. S. Sher- 

 rington. 



Zoological Society, at 5.J0 — Sti.dies on the Anoplura and Mallophaga, 

 being a Rep)rtupona Collection from the Society's Gardens. I. : B. F. 

 Cuitimines. — Kurther Observalijns on the Intestinal Tract of Mammals: 

 Dr. F.Chalmers Mitchell. 



Illuminating Engineering Society, at 8. — Discussion: Some Futuie 

 Pos<ibiiitics in the Design of Insirumenis for Measurinu Illumination 

 (with Special ReferenLe to Photometers Depending on Ph>sical and 

 chemical Methods). 



Institution op Civil Engineers, at 5.30. — The Main Drainage of Cairo : 

 C. C. James. 



IVEDNESDAY. February 23. 



Royal Society oe Arts, at 4.30. — Serbia as seen by a Red Cro«s 

 Worker : Miss H. B. Hanson. 



Grological 'ocietv, at 5.30. — The Origin of some River-Gorges in Corn- 

 wall and Devon : H. Dewey. 



THURSDAY February 24. 



Royal Society, at 4.30.— /"ro/'a;^/^ Papets: Mathematical Contributions 

 to the Theory of Evolution. XIX. Second Supplement to a Memoir on 

 Skew Variation : Karl Pearson.— The Relaiiv* Combining Volumes ol 

 Hydiogen and Oxygen : F. P. Huit and E. C. Edgar. — Speed Effect and 

 Recovery in Slow-speed Alternating Stress Tests : W. Mason. 



Royal Institution, at 3. — The Milky Way and Magellanic Clouds : Sir 

 F. W. Dyson. 



Child Study Society, at 6. — Psychological Problems arising out of the 

 War. C. Burt. 



FRIDA » . February 25. 



Royal Institution, at 5.30.— The Commerce of Thought: Sir A. Quillcr 

 Couch. 



CONTENTS. PAGE 



Science in the Public Schools and the Civil 



Service 671 



Catalysis 673 



The otudy of Variable Stars. By H. E. Goodson 074 



Our Bookshelf . . 675 



Letters to the Editor:— 



The Place of Science in Education. — Sir E. A. 



Schafer, F.R.S. . . 676 



Relations between the K and L Series of the High- 



Frequency Spectra. — Manne Siegbahn 676 

 Educational Work in Museums. — Dr. W. M. 



Taitersall 676 



A Relation between Atomic Weights and Radio-active 



Constants. ( With Diagram.)— Pi., van den Broek 677 

 Asteroids Fe-ding upon Living Sea- Anemones. — 



H. C. Chadwick ... ... 677 



Colourless Crystals of Haemoglobin.— Prof. A. E. 



Boycott, K.R. S. . 677 



Tubular Rock Structures. . {nbi5trated.)—GtOTge 



Abbott 677 



Wild Amazonia. {Illustrated.) 678 



Ttie American btate and Household Science. By 



A. S 680 



The Closing of Museums 680 



Notes 682 



Our Astronomical Column :— 



Comet 1915^ (Taylor) 686 



Secondary Nuclei of Comet igiS^ (Mellish) .... 686 

 On I he Mean Distances and Luminosities of Stars of 



Different Spectral Types 686 



Anomalous Dispersion in the Sun 686 



British Pruduction of Synthetic Dyes 686 



The Daily Food Ration of Great Britain. By Prof. 



W. H. Thompson 687 



Harvard Contributions to Physics 690 



Forthcoming Books of Science 690 



The Organisation of Scientific Research. By Prof. 



J. A. Fleming, F.R.S 692 



University and Educational Intelligence 696 



Societies and Academies 697 



Books Keceived 698 



Diary of Sociedes 698 



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