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NA TURE 



[November 13, 1902 



Australian Curculionidse belonging to the subfamily Crypto- 

 rhynchides, by Mr. Arthur M. Lea. — Descriptions of some new 

 Araneida?of New South Wales, No. 10, by Mr. W. J, Rainbow. 

 Three new species, referable to the genera Storena, Araneus 

 and Stephanopsis, are described and figured. — Notes on some 

 New South Wales hepatics, by the Rev. W. Walter Watts. 

 Twenty-three species are recorded, the majority of them collected 

 on the Richmond and Brunswick rivers. 



GOTTINGEN. 



Royal Society of Sciences. — The Nachrichten (physico- 

 mathematical section), part v. for 1902, contains the following 

 memoirs communicated to the Society : — 



July 12: — W. Voigt : Further contributions to the explan- 

 ation of the properties of pleochroic crystals. H. Vochting : On 

 experimental anatomy {of plants). 



July 26 :— F. Schmidt : The body-musculature of Branchio- 

 hdella farasita. W. Kaufmann : The electromagnetic mass of 

 the electron. O. Wallach : Researches (xi.) from the Univer- 

 sity Chemical Laboratory of Gottingen — (1) on the isomeris- 

 ation of cyclic hydrocarbons and ketones ; (2) on the transform- 

 ation of cyclic ketones into bases of nitrogenous ring-systems. 

 W. Voigt : New observations on magneto-optic phenomena in 

 absorption bands. 



DIARY OF SOCIETIES. 



THURSDAY, November 13. 



Mathematical Society, at 5.30. — Address on the Infinite and the 

 Infinitesimal in Mathematical Analysis : Dr. E. W. Hobson. — Ueber den 

 Satz der Gleichheit der Basiswinkel im gleichschenkligen Dreieck : Dr. 

 D. Hilbert. — The Summation of a Certain Series : Prof. A. C. Dixon. — 

 Expansion by Means of Lame's Functions : Prof. A. C. Dixon.— Sets of 

 Intervals : W. H. Young. — Note on Unclosed Sets of Points defined as 

 the Limits of aSequence of Closed Sets of Points : W. H.Young. — Wave 

 Propagation in Two Dimensions : Prof. H. Lamb. — The Continuation of 

 Certain Fundamental Powers Series : Prof. M. J. M. Hill.— A Geodesic 

 on a Spheroid and .an Associated Ellipse : L. Crawford. — The Propaga- 



1 tion of Light in a Uniaxal Crystal : Prof. A. W. Conway. — A New Con- 

 nection between Legendre Functions and Bessel Functions: E. T. 

 Whittaker. 



Institution of Electrical Engineers, at 8.— Presidential Address by 

 Mr. James Swinburne. 



FRIDAY, November 14. 



Royal Astronomical Society, at 5. — Another Form of Micrometer for 

 Measuring Star Positions: H. C Russell. — Ephemeris for Physical 

 Observations of the Moon for 1003 : A. C. D. Crommelin. — Stereoscopic 

 Pictures of Comet Perrine : Max Wolf.— On the Images Formed by a 

 Parabolic Mirror, second paper — Influence on the Measurement and Re- 

 duction of a Photograph : H. C. Plummer. — Sur la Precision des Mesures 

 Photograrjhiques : M. Lcewy. — Herschel's Nebulous Regions compared 

 with Photographs taken with the 20-inch Reflector and 5-inch Cooke 

 Lens: Isaac Roberts. — Possible papers: On the Proper Motion of 

 Bright Stars Relatively to Faint in the Zones near 30^ North Declina- 

 tions : H. H. Turner.— On a Standard Scale of "Seeing": Percival 

 Lowell. 



Physical Society, at 5. — The Theory of the Aluminium Electrode : Dr. 

 W. W. Tayler and J. K. H. Ingli* —A Determination of the Ratio of 

 the Specific Heats at Constant Pressure and at Constant Volume for 

 Air and Steam : W. Makower. 



TUESDAY, November 18. 



Royal Statistical Society, at 5.30. — Annual Address by the President, 

 Major P. G. Crai-ie, C.B. 



Institution, of Civil Engineers, at' 8. — Paper to be further- discussed i 



, Electric Tramways: C. Hopkinson, B. Hopkinson and E. Talbot. 



Miner a logical Society, at S.— On some Swiss Minerals: Prof. Lewis. 

 — On Proustite : Mr. Lamplugh. — On Selvgmannite and Baumhauerite : 

 Mr. Solly. 



Zoological Society, at 8^30. — On some Pliocene Mammalian Remains 

 from Concud. near Teruel,,Spain : Dr. A. Smith Woodward, F.R.S- — 

 On the Birth of an Indian Elephant in the Society's Menagerie: F. E. 

 Beddard, F.R.S 1 .— Note or, the Cabul Markhor : R. Lydekker, F.R.S. 

 WEDNESDAY, November 19. 



Chemical Society, at 5.30. — The Dynamic Isomerism of Thiourea and 

 Ammonium Thio'cyana'te : J. E. Reynolds and E. A. Werner.— Isomeric 



: partially Racemic Salts containing Quinquevalent Nitrogen ; (1) Part 

 VIII. : Resolution of the Hydrindamine Bromocamphor Sulphonates ; 

 11 isomeric Compounds of the Type NR1R2H3: F. S. Kipping.— The 

 Synthesis of aa-Dimethylglutaric Acid, of /3-Hydroxy-aa-di-methyU 

 glutaric' Acid, and of the Cis- and Trans- Modihcationsof aa-Dimethyl- 

 glutaconic Acid: W. H. Perkin, jun., and Miss E. Smith — A Reaction 

 of some Phenolic Colouring Matters. Part II.: A. G. Perkin and C. R. 

 Wilson. — The Vapour Pressures and Boiling Points of Mixed Liquids. 

 Part II.: S. Young and Miss E. C Fortey.— (1) The Vapour Pressures 

 and Boiling Pointsof Mixed Liquids. Part III. ; (2) Note on Mixtures 

 of Constant Boiling Point: S. Young. — Note on the Condensation Points 

 of the Thorium and Radium Emanations : E. Rutherford and F. Soddy. 

 — The Oxime of Mesoxamide and some Allied Compounds. Part II. 

 Disubstituted Derivatives: Miss M. A. Wbiteley. 



Royal Meteorological Society, at 7.30. — English Climatology, 1881- 

 1900 : F. Campbell Bayard — The Rcinfall of Dominica : C. V. Bellamy. 



Geological Society, at 8. — The Semna Cataract or Rapid of the Nile ; a 



Study in River-erosion : John Ball. — Geological Notes on the North- 

 West Provinces (Himalayan) of India: Francis J. Stephens. — TJn and 

 Tourmaline : Donald A. MacAlister. 



Royal Microscopical Society, at 8. — An Electrical Method of taking 

 Microscope Measurements : Dr. Philip E. Shaw. — Demonstration on the 

 Microscope in Fossil Botany : Dr. D. H. Scott, F.R.S.— Demonstration 

 on an Apparatus for obtaining Monochromatic Light with'the Mixed Jet : 

 Dr. Edmund J. Spitta. 



Entomological Society, at 8. 



THURSDAY, November 20. 



Royal Society, at 4.30. — Probable papers: — Report on the Recent 

 Eruption of the Soufriere in St. Vincent and on a Visit to Mont Pelee in 

 Martinique : Dr. Tempest Anderson and Dr. J. S. Flett. —Contributions 

 to a Theory of the Capillary Electrometer. II. On an Improved Form 

 of Instrument: G. J. Burch, F.R.S.— On the Correlation of the 

 Mental and Physical Characters in Man. Part II. : Dr. Alice Lee, Miss 

 M. A. Lewenz and Prof. K. Pearson, F.R.S. 



Linnean Society, at 8.— Digestion in Plants: Prof. Sydney H. Vines, 

 F.R.S— Relation of Histogenesis to Tissue-Morphology : A. G. Tansley. 

 — Stelar Structure of Schizasa and other Ferns : L. A. Boodle. 



FRIDAY, November 21. 



Institution of Mechanical Engineers, at 8. — Adjourned Discussion 

 upon Captain C. C. Longridge's Paper on Oil Motor Cars of 1902. — And, 

 time permitting, Recent Practice in the Design, Construction and Opera- 

 tion of Raw Cane Sugar Factories in the Hawaiian Islands : J. N. S. 

 Williams. 



Epidemiological Society, at 8.30. — What is Climatic Disease : Lieut.- 

 Col. A. M. Davies. 



CONTENTS. page 



The Butterflies of the Borderland between North 



and South America. By E. B. P 25 



Principles of Dynamics 27 



The Discovery of Japan. By F. V. D 28 



Chemical Philosophy 29 



Our Book Shelf :— 



Waltenhofen : " Die Internationalen absoluten Masse 



insbesondere die Elektrischen Masse." — C. C. G. . 29 

 Fiirst : " Index-tabellen zum anthropometrischen 



Gebrauche " 3° 



" Jahrbuch der Chemie, 1901."— H. M. D 30 



Darwin and Renard : " Observations Geologiques sur 

 les lies Volcaniques explorees par l'Expedition du 

 Beagle, et Notes sur la Geologie de l'Australie et du 



Cap de Bonne Esperance " 31 



Bottone : "Galvanic Batteries: their Theory, Con- 

 struction and Use."— M. S 31 



McConnell : •' The Elements of Agricultural Geology : 



a Scientific Aid to Practical Farming" 31 



McMurry : "A Teacher's Manual of Geography to 

 accompany Tarr and McMurry's Series of Geo- 

 graphies" 3 1 



Letters to the Editor: — 



Refractivities of the Elements.— Clive Cuthbertson 32 

 Artificial Mineral Waters.— William Kirkby ; The 



Reviewer 32 



Light-Therapeutics.— F. H. Baily 32 



Trie Waste of Energy from a Moving Electron. — 



Oliver Heaviside, F.R.S 32 



British Association Geological Photographs. {Illus- 

 trated.) 3 2 



The Cruise of the "Gauss" from Cape Town to 



Kerguelen 33 



Mr. Chamberlain on Education 34 



The Rev. Thomas Wiltshire, M.A., D.Sc 35 



Notes 35 



Our Astronomical Column : — 



Comet 1902 b as Observed in Ceylon 39 



New Minor Planets 39 



Near Approach of Comet 1902 b to Mercury .... 39 



Three Stars with Large Proper Motions 40 



The Pyramid Spot on Jupiter 4° 



Ephemeris for Comet Tempel 3 -Swift 40 



The Automatic Telephone Exchange. By M. S. . 40 

 Instantaneous Chemical Reactions and the Theory 



of Electrolytic Dissociation. By W. R. C . . .41 

 A Mediaeval Treatise on Surveying. By B. H. B. . 42 

 Dynamic Interpretation of Cell-Division. (Illus- 

 trated.) By Prof. Marcus Hartog 42 



The Rabbit Pest in Australia 43 



The Royal Horticultural Society 44 



University and Educational Intelligence 44 



Scientific Serials 45 



Societies and Academies 45 



Diary of Societies 4& 



NO. ' 724, VOL. 67] 



