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Mironescu: The action of some pharmaceutical sub- 
stances on the development of experimental cancer.— 
A. Blanchet ; The activity of the lipodiastase of castor 
oil seeds at a low temperature, Although the diastatic 
activity is reduced by low ering. the temperature it is 
not entirely suppressed at le C.—L. Cavel: The 
transportation of micro-organisms into the atmosphere 
by the pulverisation of polluted water. The sprays in 
actual use in connection with bacterial beds for the 
treatment of sewage give up organisms to the sur- 
rounding air, and may be a source of danger in time 
of epidemics.—Em, Bourquelot and M. Bridel : The bio- 
chemical synthesis of the B-monoglucoside of glycol 
with the aid of emulsin.—Paul Durandin : The possible 
existence of oil-bearing strata in French Indo-China. 
—F. Jadin and A. Astruc: Manganese in some springs 
of the Vosges massif. 
GOTTINGEN. 
Royal Society of Sciences.—The Nachrichten (physico- 
mathematical section), part 4 for 1913, contains the 
following memoirs communicated to the society :— 
May 24.—G,. Angenheister ; The velocity of propaga- 
tion of magnetic disturbances and pulsations (report 
on the instantaneous records of terrestrial magnetism 
in Apia (Samoa), Batavia, Cheltenham, and Tsingtao 
in. September, Igrt). 
June 21.—H. Bohr: The significance of power-series 
of an indefinitely large number of variables in the 
Dirichlet series, =a”/ns.—O. Faust: The internal fric- 
tion of fluids under high pressure. 
July 7.—A. Peter: Injuries to forest-trees by light- 
‘ning-stroke over large areas. 
July 19.—C, Carathéodory ; Boundary-adaptation in 
conformal representation.—L. Foppl and P. Daniell: 
The kinematics of Born’s rigid body. 
August 23.—B. Meese: Some observations on the 
optical constants of potassium and sodium. 
November 1.—L. Bieberbach:; A theorem of Cara- 
théodory.—O. Miigge : Shearing-deformations in phos- 
genite and galena.—R. von Mises: The mechanics of 
solid bodies in the plastic-deformable condition.—G. 
Tammann: The discrimination of racemism from 
pseudo-racemism. 
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