October 31, 1895J 



NATURE 



heavily bra.cled drawn into Doulton stoneware casing under the 

 foo ways, and ,nlo either Cromp.on-Uavis casMron ca in^ nr 

 cast-iron p.pes under the roadways. At all crosros ,^§ \ 

 h"nt"""wr '^'''"^«" ""^ '''^-^'^ briclT' u^cttn'h^xef are 



where the. has not heen X^ l^ .<;^ cX^" ti;? t .^ 



vplts at full load Potential lea<k bv whi, h , J r''' "'^ •'** 

 i.s.connectc<l back to the Iti'n 'consL eaclfof ^ '"^ P"'"^ 



out discussing general principles or the advan a^es ov 

 advantages of any individual system adNantagcs o. dis- 



an economy inflate ial in the feXs I 1 "'"' ''°"""''' 



as Edinburgh w^f onceS, no ies!"th n sW 'si""' '" '^^ 



question of silJe^h'^Xg s^ea n ."reffidencT Tt''r" "^"^ 

 and various other engineering details wh^h^h •P""'P^' 



necessao-here to consider in'conn'e" i^nt h ;nrcIrTcarp:,"er 



s:SiCrF;i~'--"^^-:;t^-^^^ 



.Vfonn ion\r this'^bl-cr'^Tc:"' ^'^^^ '^ 'f'-" -- 



^S^e^s ^^-^"^^^ Hng™e~;in:u!S°;o':^- r:! 



concerned AnVffnw . J^ "'''"*' P°"'" fansmitted was 



panative a; betcen ' rera^^^l:/,: T^V """ ^^f"^'^^^ — 

 conditions in both cases cons. ' ^Iii''''"'^'''''."P?T"'"' 



the experiment^- „,ay n;,' be of ^g^ 'I'e ,ot tur'^'d' '"""-■'°"^ 

 machmer), the thanks „f Kn„liJi; '^'- ^^csigners of 



due to th^Societ^ Ldus elk fo^theiJ^'"'"? ^"'- ""'"' "^^ '"^'^ 

 Institution of Alechani Engilee s " send f ' '" mviting the 

 watch the proceedings Thl i . '^ representative to 



Sra.ulaled ill be-i ,g :fbie tl send" o '""" " "''"' '" ^' '°"- 

 ITof. Capper as the^ "c-pres^nutive '""P'"^"' '"' °'""^-" "^ 



657 



Along discussion followed the readinir r,f ,\.^ i- , 



occupie<l the rest of the evening Perhins^.h ''^P^''' "'^"'' 



part of it were the remarks of ^Nfr r P, ^^ '"?^' "iteresting 

 the question of transm'i" t by opef and'tu; dM n't'^' "'*' 

 any longer the importance it once did as wi hi„ f '""'If' 



on, be^nd exhibited ^=- ::r:nXi:af ^!S!;[ 



NO. 1357, VOL. 52] 



RECENT FISHERY LITERATURE 



becomint? overrrnwvl..^] tu^ , '*irger ports are 



slight increase in the reu n of ft-,, fi L ^'''''.'fy'"? to notice a 

 of persons engaged in Srotrh fi^i; ■ ^ ""^ """''"^f 



S:rbr£'!r,bir:r'-^^^^^^^^^^ 



has been a diminution of the fish su nk ,! ■ ^"^ 



North Sea plaice are not mature until they attain a length of .7 



