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NATURE 



[Sept. 6, 1883 



formation of tertiary alcohols by the method of Butleroff, by \V. 

 Markovnk off. — On propyl-allyl dimethyl carbinol, by M. l'uto- 

 chin. — On the determination of carbon in cast-iron and steel, by 

 G. Zabudsky. — On the decomposition of orthoclase by putrefied 

 matter, by S. Meschersky. — Notes by W. Tikhomiroff and 

 A. Lidoff. — On the application of centres of acceleration of a 

 superior order to the parallelogram of Tchebycheff, by N. 

 Joukov^ky. — On the magnetic momentum of bu dies of iron- 

 wire, by P. Bakhmetieff. 



Bulletin de la Sociiti des Naturalistes de Moscow, 1S82, No. 4. 

 — New mints, especially the European ones, by M. Gandoger, 

 being a description (in Latin) of forty-two new species of Pule- 

 gium, four species of Preslia, 0,>iz., and 135 species of Mentha. 

 — On the arrangement of plants for keeping upiight, and on the 

 supply of water for exhalation, by V. Meschajeff, being a pre- 

 liminary account (in German) of researches into the distribution 

 and functions of the so-called mechanical tissue. — On the great 

 comet 1882 II., by Th. Bredichin (in French). — Scientific results 

 of the borings undertaken at .Moscow fjr water supply and 

 canalisation, by H. Trautschold (in German), being the result of 

 twenty-three borings made at Moscow which have pierced the 

 boulder-clay 0'6 to 8 metres thick, or alluvial sands in the val- 

 leys ; a sheet of eluvium ; the four Upper Jurassic layers of 

 green sandstone with Ammonites fulgens, Aucella deposits with 

 Aucella mosquensis and Ammonites subditus ; black sand with 

 Ammonites z'irgatus, and the usual black Jurassic clay which 

 affords a compact and widely spread layer ; a series of red and 

 mottled clays, which may be Permian, underlie the Jurassic 

 deposits and cover the Upper Carboniferous limestone. — Obser- 

 vations on atmospheric electricity at Murom, by N. Zvorykin. — 

 New additions to the kinetic of liquids, by Th. Sludsky (both in 

 Russian), — The European and Asiatic species of Erirrkinus, 

 Notaris, Scat-is, and Dorytomus, revised by J. Faust (in German). 



Journal de Physique Theorique et Applique, August. — On a 

 gravity barometer, by M. Mascart (three diagrams). — Descrip 

 tion of a new form of equatorial telescope ar.d its installation 

 at the Paris Observatory, by M. Lcewy (one diagram). — On a 

 synthetic apparatus for producing circular double refraction ; 

 on the radiation of silver at the moment of solidification, by 

 M. J. Violle. — The index of refraction of Iceland spar, by 

 M E. Sarazin. — Selective absorption of solar energy, by Mr. 

 Langley. — On an instrument for correcting gaseous volume, by 

 Mr. A. Vernon- Harcourt. — Change in volume of hydrated salts 

 under the action of heat ; the corresponding chemical changes, 

 by M. E. Wiedemann. 



Archives des Sciences Physique et Nalurelle {de Geneve). — 

 Memoirs on the new registering barometer in the meteorological 

 observatory of Lausanne, by MM. H. Dufour and H. Arnstein. — 

 The structure of glaciers, by M. Ed. Hagenbach-Bischoff. — The 

 rheolyser, by M. E. Wartmann. — On the rotation of polarisation 

 of quartz, by MM. G. L. Soret and E. Sarazin. — Observations 

 on cometary refraction, by M. W. Meyer. — On the amount of 

 hail that fell during the storms of August 21, i88f, and July 13, 

 1788, and some remarks on the history of hail protectors, by M. 

 Ch. Dufour. 



SOCIETIES AND ACADEMIES 

 Paris 

 Academy of Sciences, August 27. — M. Blanchard, presi- 

 dent, in the chair. — A telegraphic despatch received by M. 

 Dumas, through M. Pasteur, from the French Cholera Mission 

 in Egypt, announces several important discoveries of a constant 

 character, which will be communicated in detail later on. — New 

 researches on the mode of action of the antiseptics used in 

 staunching sores, by M. Gosselin. From experiments made on 

 rabbits and frogs, it results that phenic acid, camphorated spirits, 

 and similar solutions, are useful in two ways, partly by destroying 

 germs, and thus preventing putrefaction, partly as astringents, 

 by coagulating the albumen of the blood. — On the law of 

 sequence in the evolution of the first vessels in the leaves of the 

 Cruciferae (second part), by M. A. Trecul. — Astrophotographic 

 studies, by M. Ch. V. Zenger. — On the production of the 

 fundamental telluric groups A and B of the solar spectrum by an 

 absorbing layer of oxygen, by M. Egoroff. — Remarks on a foetus 

 which remained fifty-six years in its mother's womb, by M. 

 Sappey. — On some methods for determining the positions of the 

 circumpolar stars, by M. O. Callandreau. — On the measurement 

 of time ; a reply to the observations of E. J. Stone, by M. A. 

 Gaillot. — On a formula relative to the velocity of waves ; a reply 



to M. Gouy, by Lord Rayleigh. In the Comptes Rendus for 

 May, 1882, M. Gouy, referring to Lord Rayleigh's correspond- 

 ence in Nature during the year l88t, recalls a memoir pre- 

 viously published by him in the Comptes Rendus for November, 

 1880, in which occurs the formula 



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U - 



dn 



dk 



To this Lord Rayleigh replies that this formula had alrt-ady been 

 give.i by him in thefirst volume of his work on " The Theory of 

 Sound," published in 1S77. — Researches on the groups of finite 

 order contained in the group of the homogeneous quadratic sub- 

 stitutions with three variables, by M. L. Autonne. — On the 

 absorption of the ultra-violet rays by the aqueous humours of the 

 eye and by some other substances, by M. J. L. Soret. — On the 

 measurement of the potential differences and resistances between 

 electrodes, by M. G. Cabanellas. — A new method of preparing 

 the oxychloride of phosphorus, by M. E. Dervin. — Researches 

 on the influence of the recurrent nerves on the respiratory move- 

 ments, and on the modifications of these movements under the 

 influence, of anaesthesia, by M. Laffont. — On a falling star ob- 

 served at Lille on the evening of August II, by M. Hequet. 



Vienna 

 Imperial Academy of Sciences, July 5. — T. V. Tanovsky, 

 on amido-azohenzene-parasulphonic acid. — E. Meissl and F. 

 Strohmann, on the formation of fat by hydrocarbons in the 

 animal body. — A. Gehmacher, re earches on the influence of 

 the pressure exerted by the bark on the growth and structure of 

 the tree. — L. von Frankl and C. Freund, on the atrophy of 

 skeletal muscles. — E. Auer von Welsbach, on the earths of 

 gadolinite of ytterbium. — T. Kachler and F. V. Spitzer, on 

 oxy-camphor prepared from camphor-bibromide. — T. Wiesner 

 and K. von Wettstein, researches on the laws of growth of 

 vegetable organs. — S. Fuchs, the histogenesis of the cortex 

 cerebri of man. — A. Lustig, the knowledge of the course of 

 nerve-fibres in the spinal cord of man. — F. K. Ginzel, astrono- 

 mical researches on eclipses (part 1). — E. von Fleischl, on the 

 laws of nerve irritability (part 7) : on the irritability of current- 

 less nerves. 



CONTENTS Page 



Neocomian Fossils 433 



Our Book Shelf:— 



Taylor's " Sound ar.d Music" 434 



Marcet's " Southern and Swiss Health Resorts," 



and Barety's " Nice and its Climate " 434 



James's " Vichy and its Therapeutical Resources " . 435 

 Letters to the Editor : — 



Arithmetic Notation of Kinship. — Francis Galton, 



F-R.S 435 



"Stachys palustris " as Food. — W. T. Thiselton 



Dyer, C.M.G., F.R.S 436 



Garfish.— Prof. H. N. Moseley, F.R.S. ... 436 

 Continuous Registration of Temperature. — Ernest 



K. Jacob 436 



Aurora and Thunderstorm. — Alan Macdougall . . 436 



A Complete Solar Rainbow. — D. Morris .... 436 



Animal Intelligence. — Morgan J. Roberts . . . 436 



Copper and Cholera. — B. G. Jenkins 437 



The Meteor of August 19. — Albert J. Mott . . . 437 

 The Ischian Earthquake of July 28, 1883. By Dr. 



H. J. Johnston-Lavis (With Map) 437 



The Bernissart Iguanodon. By Prof. H. N. Mose- 

 ley, F.R.S. (With Illustration) 439 



The Java Upheaval ( With Map) 443 



Notes 444 



Our Astronomical Column : — 



Tempel's Comet, 1873 II 446 



The Great Comet of 1882 446 



The Minor Planet, No. 234 446 



Geographical Notes 446 



Electrical Units 447 



Some Unsolved Problems in Geology. By Principal 



J. W. Dawson, LL.D., F.R.S 449 



University and Educational Intelligence .... 455 



Scientific Serials 455 



Societies and Academies 456 



