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The Story of Yone Noguchi. Told by Himself. 

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Reason and Belief. By Sir Oliver Lodge. Third 

 edition. Pp. xii + 212. (London : Methuen and Co., 

 Ltd.) IS. net. 



A History, of British Mammals. Part xvi, (Lon- 

 don : Gurney and Jackson.) 2s. 6rf. net. 



Jute and Linen Weaving. By T. Woodhouse and 

 T. Milne. Second edition. Pp. xxvii + 590. (Lon- 

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A Class-Book of Commercial Knowledge. By E). J. 

 Bailey. Pp. viii -1-125. (London: G. Bell and Sons, 

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The Manufacture of Organic Dvestuffs, bv Prof. A. 

 Wahl. Translated by F. W. Atack. Pp.' xiv4-338. 

 (London : G. Bell and Sons, Ltd.) 5s. net. 



Great Colliery Explosions and their Means of Pre- 

 vention. By Dr. W. Galloway. Pp. 130. (London : 

 Colliery Guardian Co., Ltd.) 



Crystallography : an Outline of the Geometrical 

 Properties of Crystals. By Prof. T. L. Walker. Pp. 

 xiv + 204. (New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc.; 

 London : Hill Publishing Co., Ltd.) 8s. 4^. net. 



The Raw Materials for the Enamel Industry and 

 their Technical Technology. By Dr. J. Gninwald. 

 Translated by Dr. H. H. Hodgson. Pp. viii-t-225. 

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The "Wellcome" Photographic Record and Diary, 

 19 15. Pp. 280. (London : Burroughs W^ellcome and 

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Geology of To-day. By Prof. J. W. Gregory. Pp. 

 238. (London : Seeley, Service and Co., Ltd) 5s. 

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Supplement to the Indian Journal of Medical Re- 

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 Conference, held at Lucknow, Januarv 19 to 27, 1914. 

 Vol. ii.. Papers. Vol. iii., Papers. Vol. iv., Papers. 

 Vol. v.. Papers. (Calcutta : Thacker, Spink and Co.) 



DIARY OF SOCIETIES. 



THURSDAV, November 12. 



Royal Society, at 4-30.— Analyses of Agricultural Yield. I. : Spacing 

 Experiments wirh Egvptian Cotton: W. L. Balls and F. S Helton.— 

 The Fixation of Arsenic by the Brain after Intravenous Injections of 

 Salvarsan : (. Mcintosh and P. Fildes. — The Production of Antho- 

 cvanins and Anthorya'idins. II. : A. K. Everest. — Living Observations 

 on the Life Cvcle ■ of a New Flajellate — Helkesiniasiix faecicola. 

 together with Remarks on the Qne-tion of Syngamy in the Trypano- 

 somes : H. M. Wood rock and G. I.apage. — The Antagonistic Action of 

 Carbon Dioxide and Adrenalin on the Heart : S. W. Patterson. 



Institution of Electrical F.ngineers, at 8. — Cables : C. J. Beaver. 



Mathematical Society, at 5.30.-- -Annual General Meeting. Presidential 

 Address : Mathematical Research ; Prof. Love. 



>^FIDAV. NnvEMBER 13. 



Alchemical Society, at 8.1=. — The Movementof Alchemical Research in 

 France : Actual Traces i^f Transmutation : W. de Kerlor. 



Royal Astronomical Socif.tv, at s. — A Class of Asvmptotic Orbits in 

 the ProHlem of 1 hre e Bodies: A. H. Warren. — The Proper Motions of 

 the Stars in Carrington's Circun'polar Catoloeue in Relation to their 

 .Spectral Types : F. W. Dyson. -The S'ability of Direct and Retrograde 

 Satellite Orbits : K. K. Moulion.— An Efficient Slow Motion Gear : W. S. 

 Franks.— Partial Eclipse of the Sun, 1914, Au?uvt 21, Observed at 

 Armagh : / L. E. Drever.— (i) Note on the Franklin-Adams Chart. 

 (2) Natiral Sinrs and Co'ines in R.A. : O. R. Walkey.— The Deter- 

 mination of Fundamental Pho'ographic Magnitudes : J. Halm. — Observa- 

 tions made during the Partial Eclip>^e of the Sun, 1914, August 2i, at the 

 University O'serv.ntorv. Warsaw : S. Tscherny. — Note on the Nel ular 

 line A.372g: W. H. Wright. — The Partial Eclipse of the Sun, 1914, 

 August ii, "hserved at South Kensington: A. Fowler. — Note on the 

 Meaning of the So-called Third Star Stream, Drift O : H. H. Turner.— 

 Mean Areas and Heliographic Latitudes of Sun-spots in ihe Year 1913: 

 Royal Observatory, C,Teenv\r\i.—Probab/e Papers: The Temperature 

 Co- fficients of Edinburgh Transit Circle: R. A. Sampson. — The Best 

 Geographical Site for a Solar Observatory: J. Evershed. — Observations 

 of the ' ransit of Mercury, 1914, November 5 : Royal Observatory, 

 Greenwich. — (i) The Absorption oi Light in Space. (2) Account of the 

 Eclipse Expedition to Minsk : H. S. Fones. 



Physical Society, at 8.— A Bridge for the Measurement of Self- 

 induction : D. Owen. — The Coefficient of Diffusion in Dilute Solutions : 

 B. W. Clack. 



TUESDAY, November 17. 



Institution of Civil Engineers at 8.— Economics of Electric Railway 

 Distribution : Dr. H. F. Parshall. 



Royal Anthropological Institute, at 8.15.— The Stone Implements 

 from Gravel Beds in South Africa, with Notes: R. A. Smith. — The 

 Prehistoric Pottery of the Canary Islands : Hon. J. Abercrombie. 



tVEDUESDAV. November 18. 

 Royal Meteorological Society, at 7.30.— Isomeric Rainfall Maps of 



the British Isles: Dr. H. R. Mill and C. .Salter.— A See-Saw of Temper.-i- 



ture between England and ligypt : J. I. Craig. 

 Entomological Society, at 8. — .New Mymaridae from Tasmania: C. O. 



Waterhouse. 

 Geological Society, at 8. — A Raised Beach on the South Coast of Jersey : 



Dr. A. Dunlop. — Tachylite Veins and Assimilation Phenomena in the 



Granite of Parijs (Orange Free State): Prof. S. J. Shand. 



THURSDAY, November 19. 



Royal Society, at 4.30. — Probable Papers: Note on the Circulation of 

 "the Atmosphere : A. Mallock. — The Origin of the Indo-Gangetic Trough — 

 commonly called the Himalayan Foredcep : Sir S. Burrard. — Approxi- 

 mately Permanent Electronic Orbits and the Origin of Spectral Series : 

 G. W. Walker. — Spectroscopic Investigations in connexion with the Active 

 Modification of Nitiogen. IV.: A Band Spectrum of Boron Nitride: 

 W. Jevons. — An Additional Note on the Production of High Permeability 

 in Iron : Prof. E. Wilson. 



Child Study Society, at 7.30. — Development of the Practical Imagination 

 in Children: Prof. T. P. Nunn. 



Linnean Society, at 8. — Hydrilla vertkillata, Caspary, a New British 

 Plant: A. J. Wilmott. — Tne Mouses and Hepatica: of West Falkland 

 Islands, from the Collections of Mrs. Rupert Vallentin : C. H. Wright. — 

 The Xhysanoptera of the West Indies : l<. S. Bagnall. 



FRIDAY, November 20. 

 Institution of Mechanical Kngineeks, at 8. — The Effect of Vacuum 

 on Steam-Turbines: G. G. Stone\. 



CONTENTS. p.AGE 



The Place of Science in Indust v. ]5v Sr Wil.iam 



Ramsay, K.C.B., F.R.S. - 273 

 Science the Handmaid of Art. By I'lot. Waller 



M. Gardner . 276 



Public Health. By Prof. R. T. Hewlett ... 276 



Light and Its Actions 277 



Philosophy 278 



Botany atid Gardening 279 



Our Bookshelf 280 



Letters to the Editor: — 



FizeaiL.s Experiment and the Principle of Rela- 

 tivity.— Sir Joseph Larmor, F.R.S.; E. Cun- 

 ningham 2S1 



Wireless Signalling for Shipping in War Time. — 



A. Bowman . . 2S1 



Notes on Stellar Classification. By Sir Norman 



Lockyer, K.C.B., F.R.S. . . . . 282 



The Seivice of Science. By Prof. R. A. Gregory . 284 

 Explorations on the North-East Frontier of India. 



By Sir T. H. Holdich, K.C.M.G. . . 286 



Potassium Salts and Agriculture. By E. J. R. . . 287 



Notes 287 



Our Astronomical Column :— 



Colours of Stars in the Cluster M13 (Hercules) . . 291 



The Electric Arc and Spectral Line Dl placements . 291 



Annals of the Z6-se Astronomical (Miservatory 292 

 The Development of Chemical Industries in the 



British Isles 292 



Australian Wells . .... . . .292 



lonisation. By Sir J. J. Thomson, O.M., F.R.S. . 293 



Dental Mutila ions in Neolithic Human Remains 294 



Geology at the British Association. By A. R. D. 294 



Education at the British Association 295 



Recent Aspects of Mutation. By Dr. R. Ruggles 



Gates 296 



University and Educational Intelligence 299 



Societies and Academies 3°° 



Books Received • • 3°' 



Diary of Societies .... 302 



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