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NATURE 



[March io, 1910 



DIARY OF SOCIETIES. 



THURSDAY, March io. 



RovAL Society, at 4.30. — The Causes of the Absorption of Oxygen by 

 the Lungs (Preliminary Communication) : C. Gordon Douglas and Dr. 

 J. S. Haldane, F.R.S.— The Action of Nicotine and other Pyridine 

 Bases upon Muscle: Dr. V. H. Veley, F.R.S., and Dr. A D. Waller, 

 F.R.S. — Studies on Enzyme Action. XIII : Enzymes of the Emulsin 

 Type; Prof. H. E. Armstrong, F.R.S. , and E. Horton. — Preliminary 

 Note on the Origin of the Hydrochloric Acid in the Gastric Tubules : 

 Miss M. P. Fitzgerald. — The Extinction of Sound in a Viscous Atmo- 

 sphere by Small Obstacles of Cylindrical and Spherical, Form : C. J. T. 

 Sewell. — The lonisation of Various Gases by the /3-Rays of Actinuim ; 

 Dr. R. D. Kleeman. 



Mathematical Society, at 5.30. — Forms for the Remainder in the Euler- 

 Maclaurin Sum-formula: W. F. Sheppard. — The Scattering of Light by 

 a Large Conducting Sphere : T. W. Nicholson. — The 3-3 Birational Space 

 Transformation : Miss H. P. Hudson. 



Institution of Electrical Engineers, at 8.— Short Circuiting of 

 Large Electric Generators and the Resulting Forces on Armature 

 Windings ; The Design of Turbo Field Magnets for A.C. Generators 

 with Special Reference to Large Units at High Speeds : Miles Walker. 



Royal Society of Arts, at 4.30. — Indian State Forestry : Saint-Hill 

 Eardley-Wilmot. 



FRIDAY, March ii. 



Royal Institution, at 9. — lonisation of Gases and Chemical Change : 

 Dr. H. Brereton Baker, F.R.S, 



Physical Society, at 8. — On Coherers: Dr. W. H. Eccles. — Earth-air 

 Electric Currents: Dr. G. C. Simpson.— An Automatic Toepler Pump 

 designed to Collect the Gas from the Apparatus being Exhausted : Dr. 

 B. D. Steele. 



Malacological Society, at 8. — Pleistocene, Holocene, and Recent Non- 

 marine Mollusca from Mallorca. Marine Shells from Alcudia, Mallorca: 

 Rev. R. Ashington BuUen. — Classification of the Gastropoda : R. J. 

 Lechmere Guppy. — On the Occurrence in England of Valvata tnacro- 

 stoma, Steen : A. S. Kennard and A. W. Stelfox. — Description of a New 

 Species of Helicodonta from Spain : G. K. Gude. 



Royal Astronomical Society, at 5. — On the Determination of Coelostat 

 Errors: E. B. H. Wade and H. E. Hurst.— (i) Note on Star Colour 

 Nomenclature ; (2) Corrections to Colour-spectrum Discordances : W. S. 

 Franks. — Encke's Comet, 1895-1308 : O. Backlund. — (i) Meteoric Fireball 

 of 1910, Feb. 17 ; (2) Meteoric Fireball of 1910, Feb. 28 : W. F. Denning. 

 — Measures of Double Stars made at the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh : 

 Royal Observatory, Edinburgh. — Probable Papers : On the Systematic 

 Motions of the Stars derived from the Cross Proper Motions of the 

 Bradley Stars : Prof. F. W. Dyson. — The Envelopes of Comet Morehouse 

 (C1908) : A. S. Eddington. — Notes on Comet aigio : Rev. A. L. Cortie. 



SATURDAY, March 12. 



Royal Institution, at 3.— Electric Waves and the Electromagnetic 

 Theory of Light : Sir J. J. Thomson, F.R.S. 



MONDA Y, March 14. 



Royal Society of Akts, at 8.— The Art and History of British Lead 

 Work : L. Weaver. 



TUESDAY, March 15. 



Royal Institution, at 3.— The Emotions and their Expression : Prof. 

 F. W. Mott, F.R.S. 



Zoological Society, at 8.30. — A Contribution to the Skeletal Anatomy 

 oi Chlamydoselachus angvineus, Garman : T. Goodey. — On the Variation 

 of the Sea-elephants : Prof. Einar Lonnberg. — On the Alimentary Tract 

 of certain Birds, and on the Mesenteric Relations of the Intestinal Loops : 

 F. E. Beddard, F.R.S. 



Mineralogical Society, at 5.30.— A New Form of Petrological Micro- 

 scope, with Notes on the Illumination of Microscopic Objects: G. W. 

 Griabbam. — On Datolite from the Lizard District : W. F. P. McLintock. 

 — A Suggested Modification of Stereographic Projection : Dr. J. W. 

 Evans. — Exhibit of Models illustrating the Space-lattices and Sohncke's 

 Regular Point-systems : Prof. H. L. Bowman. 



Royal Statistical Society, at 5. — Notes on the Financial System of 

 the German Empire : Wynnard Hooper. — The Increased Yield per Acre 

 of Wheat in England considered in Relation to the Decreased Acreage : 

 H. D. Vigor. 



Illuminating Engineering Society, at 8. — Discussion on the Measure- 

 ment of Light and Illumination. 



Institution of Civil Engineers, at 8. — Birmingham Sewage-disposal 

 Works : J. D. Watson.— Salisbury Drainage : W. J. E. Binnie. 



WEDNESDAY, March 16. 



Royal Society of Arts, at 8.— The Foundations of Stained Glass Work: 

 Noel Heaton. 



Royal Microscopical Society, at 8. — Antipatharians from the Indian 

 Ocean: Miss S-. B. M. Summers.-— (i) On the Visibility of the Tertiaries 

 of Coscinodiscus asteromphalus in a Balsam Mount ; (2) Critical Micro- 

 scopy : E. M. Nelson. 



Royal Meteorological Society, .at 7.30. — Climatic Influences in Egypt 

 and the Sudan : Captain H. G. Lyons, F.R.S. 



Entomological Society, at 8. 



THURSDAY, March 17. 



Royal Society, at 4.30. — Bakerian Lecture: The Pressure of Ligl 

 against the Source : the Recoil from Light ; Prof. J. H. Poyntinj 

 F.R.S., and Dr. Guy Barlow. 



Institution of Electrical Engineers, at 8. — Further discussiot 

 (i) Short Circuiting of Large Electric Generators and the Resulting Foro 

 on Armature Windings : (2) The Design of Turbo Field Magnets for A.< 

 Generators with Special Reference to Large Units at High Speed! 

 Miles Walker. 



Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, at 8. — Annual Meeting. 



LiNNEAN Society, at 8. — The Life-history oi Chermes himalayensis, Stel 

 on the Spruce, Picea niorinda, and Silver Fir, Abies IVebl'iana: E. ] 

 Stebbing. — A Contribution toward a Knowledge of the Neotropic 

 Thysanoptera : R. S. Bagnall. 



Institution of Mechanical Engineers, at 8. — Compounding ai 

 Superheating in Horwich Locomotives : G. Hughes. 



FRIDAY, March 18. 



Royal Institution, at 9. — The Dynamics of a Golf Ball: Sir J. 



Thomson: F.R.S. 

 Institution OF Civil Engineers, at 8.— The Construction of Warship 



N. Maas. 



. SA TURD A Y. MaUch 19. 



Royal Institution, at 3. — Electric Waves and the Electromagnei 

 Theory of Light : Sir J. J. Thomson, F.R.S. 



CONTENTS. PAC 



The Survival of Man 



An American High-School Book on Agriculture . 

 Electronic Theory of Matter. By R. S. W. ... 



Popular Astronomy. By T. F. C 



Wonder Books of Science 



Our Book Shelf:— 



Garrett : " The Periodic Law."— A. S 



Smalian : " Leitfaden der Pflanzenkunde fiir hohere 

 Lehranstalten " 



Friese : " Die Bienen Afrikas nach dem Stande 

 unserer heutigen Kenntnisse." — W. F, K 



White : " Logic of Nature : a Synthesis of Thought " 

 Letters to the Editor :— 



Dr. H. J. Hansen and the Copenhagen Museum of 

 Zoology. — Dr. W. T. Caiman and others . . . 



Colour Blindness. — H. M 



The Meaning of lonisation. — N. R. C 



A Rare Crustacean. — M. D. Hill 



The Formation of Large Drops of Liquid. — Chas. R. 

 Darling 



The Fertilising Influence of Sunlight. — Dr. John 



Aitken, F.R.S 



Moles and Molehills. {Illustrated.) By Lionel E. 



Adams 



The Sounds of the Heart. (With Diagram.) By 



Prof. John G. McKendrick, F.R.S 



The Davy-Faraday Laboratory. By Edwin Edser 



Notes 



Our Astronomical Column :— 



Brilliant Fireball of February 27 . 



Comet 1910a 



Halley's Comet 



The Sun-spots of September 25, 1909 . 



Displacement of Lines at the Sun's Limb 



The " Anuario" of the Madrid Observatory, 1910 

 The Organisation of Industrial Research ..... 



Some Recent Applications of Ozone 



American Economic Entomology 



Colours of Sea and Sky. By the Rt. Hon, Lord 



Rayleigh, O.M., F.R.S. 



A Geologic Forecast Of the Future Opportunities 

 of our Race. By Prof. T. C. Chamberlin .... 



Forthcoming Books of Science 



University and Educational Intelligence 



Societies and Academies 



Diary of Societies 



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