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NATURE 



[November 26, 1914 



British Museum (Natural History). British An- 

 tarctic {Terra Nova) Expeditions, 1910. Natural 

 History Report. Geology. Vol. i. No. i : Antarctic 

 Fossil'Plants. By Prof. A. C. Seward. Pp. 49 + viii 

 Plates. (London :' British Museum (Natural History) ; 

 Longmans and Co.) 65. 



The Botany of Iceland. Edited by Drs. L. K. 

 Rosenvinge and E. Warming. Part L 2. An Account 

 of the Physical Geography of Iceland, with special 

 reference to Plant Life. By Prof. T. Thoroddsen. 

 Pp. 191 — 343. (Copenhagen: J. Frimodt ; London: 

 J. Wheldon and Co.) 



A Text-Book of Inorganic Chemistry. Edited by 

 Dr. J. N. Friend. Vol. i., Part i. : an Introduction 

 to Modern Inorganic Chemistry. Bv Dr. J. N. 

 Friend, H, F. V. Little, and Dr. W. E. S. Turner; 

 Part 2 : The Inert Gases. By H. V. A. Briscoe. Pp. 

 XV + 385. (London : C. Griffin and Co., Ltd.) los. 6d. 

 net. 



A Theory of Time and Space. By A. A. Robb. 

 Pp. vi + 373. (Cambridge University Press.) los. 6d. 

 net. 



The House-Fly, Musca domestica, Linn. By Dr. 

 C; G. Hewitt. Pp. xv + 382. (Cambridge University 

 Press.) 15s. net. 



University of Bristol. The Annual Report of the 

 Agricultural and Horticultural Research Station (The 

 National Fruit and Cider Institute), Long Ashton, 

 Bristol, 1913. Pp. no. (Bath: Herald Press.) 



Elements of Geometry. By S. Barnard and J. M. 

 Child. Parts i.-vi. Pp. ix + 465 + xxxviii + Answers. 

 (London : Macmillan and Co., Ltd.) 4s. 6d. 



The Principles of Irrigation Practice. By Dr. 

 J. A. Widtsoe. Pp. xxvi + 496. (London: Macmillan 

 and Co., Ltd.) 75. 6d. net. 



Japan To-day and To-morrow. By H. W. Mabie. 

 Pp. ix + 291. (London : Macmillan and Co., Ltd.) 

 85. 6d. net. 



Feeble-Mindedness : its Causes and Consequences. 

 By Dr. H. H. Goddard. Pp. xii-f-599. (London: 

 Macmillan and Co., Ltd.) 175. net. 



Lektrick Lighting Connections, with Introductory 

 and Explanatory Notes. By W. P. Maycock. Third 

 edition. Pp. 133. (London : Lundberg and Sons.) 

 6d. net. 



Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand 

 Institute for the Year 1913. Vol. xlvi. June, 1914. 

 Pp. vii4-436. (Wellington, N.Z. : J. Mackay; Lon- 

 don : W. Wesley and Son.) 



DIARY OF SOCIETIES. 



THURSDAY, November 26. 

 Institution op Electrical Engineers, at 8.— Power Plant Testing: 

 W. M. Selvey. ^ 



FRIDAY, November 27. 

 Physical Society, at 5.— Note on the Conduction of Electricity at Point 

 Contacts : A. F. Hallimond.— Thermal Conductivity of Badly Conduct- 

 ing Solids : T. Barratt. 



SATURDAY. November 28. 

 Essex Field Club (at the Essex Museum, Stratford), at 6— Illustrations 

 of Mycetozoa, dedicated to Samuel Dale, M.D., in Mecheli's "Nova 

 Plantarum Genera," 1729: Miss G. Lister.— Note on Leaf-rolling 

 Caterpillars : E. Linder. 



MONDAY, November 30. 

 Royal Society of Arts, at 8.— The History and Practice of the Art of 



Printing : R. A. Peddie. 

 Aristotelian Society, at 8.— Inaugural Address : Science and Philosophy : 



Dr. B. Bosanquet. 

 Institute of Actuaries, at 5.— Inaugural Address by the President, 



Mr. E. Woods. 



TUESDAY, December i. 

 Illuminating Engineering Society at 8. — Illuminating Engineering 



in War Time : Some Lessons to be Learned from the Present Lighting of 



London : Dr. Leon Gaster. 



WEDNESDAY, Dkcemkeu a. 

 Royal Society OK Arts at S. — Biitain and Germany in Relation to the 



Chemical Trade : Dr. W. R. Ormandy. 

 Entomological Society, at 8. — The Structure of the Scent-organs of 



Certain Butterflies: Dr. H. Eltringham. 

 SociKrv OF Public Analysts, at 8.— Application of Spectography to 



Analysis: Dr. S. J. Lewis. — Mote on Some Oleaginous Seeds: K. R. 



Bolton and E. ^L Jesson. - Corrections in Bomb Calorimetry : G. N. 



Huntly. — Note on the Determination of Sulphates in Hour: G. D. 



Elsdon. 

 Geological Society, at 8. — The Shippea Hill Man: Prof. T. McKenny 



Hughes. — A Bone Implement from Piltdown (Sussex) : C. Dawson and 



Dr. A. Smith Woodward. 



THURSDAY, December 3. 

 Royal Society, at 4.30. — Probable Papsr: The Thermophone: A New 



Form of Telephone : M. de Lange. 

 Child Study Society, at 7.30.— Self Expression through Language with 



Older Children : Margaret Corner. 



FRIDAY, December 4. 

 Geologists' Association, at 8. 



CONTENTS. p 



The Respiratory Function of the Blcod. By 

 E. H. S 



Gyroscopic Motion. By Prof. C. V. Boys, F.R.S. 



British Flowering Plants 



Physical Chemistry. By W. C. McC. L 



Our Bookshelf 



The Australian Antarctic Expedition. {Illustrated.') 

 By Prof. T. G. Bonney, F.R.S 



Deteriorative Changes in Wine. By C. Simmonds 



A Physiological Puzzle 



Deep Sea Exploration. By Dr. E. J. Allen, F.R.S. 



Belgian Professors and Students at Cambridge . . 



Prof. August Weismann. By E. B. P 



Notes .... 



Our Astronomical Column :— 



Comet News 



Spark Spectrum of Nickel Under Pressure 



The Berkeley Astronomical Department 



Geological Work in India and Its Borderlands. By 

 G. A. J. C 



Rainfall in the Philippines 



North American Frogs and Toads 



Physics and Astronomy at the British Associa- 

 tion 



Botany at the British Association. By T. J. ... 



University and Educational Intelligence 



Societies and Academies 



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