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[November 17, 1898 



and can be weighed after thorovigh washing by decantation. 

 Test experiments gave results within one per cent. — The culture 

 of some lower organisms in modified sea water, by MM. P. 

 Duflocq and P. Lejonne. Several pathogenic organisms can 

 become accustomed to grow in a medium containing sea water, 

 also certain xaovMiiAspergilhis niger, Miigiti't, Aclinoinyces). — 

 Action of the bacterium of sorbose on the aldehydic sugars, by 

 M. Gabriel Bertrand. Arabinose, dextrose, and galactose are 

 converted by the action of the sorbose bacteria into arabonic, 

 gluconic, and galactonic acids respectivelj'. — Instantaneous sub- 

 marine photography, by M. Louis Boutan. In the earlier 

 attempts at submarine photography, at least half an hour's 

 exposure was required. The apparatus has now been so far 

 improved that photographs have been taken of fish at dis- 

 tances at l'5 tc 2 metres from the lens, without any artificial 

 light being necessary. — The post-larval stages of A> enicolae^ 

 by M. Pierre Fauvel. —The cephalic eyes in Lamellibranchs, 

 by M. Paul Pelseneer. — On the Chamydomonadineae, by M. 

 P. A. Dangeard. — On some new facts in the geology of the 

 Dauphiny Alps, by M. W. Kilian. — On some lakes in the 

 Eastern, Upper, and Lower Pyrenees, by MM. Andre 

 Delebecque and Etienne Ritter. — Barometer movements on 

 -the meridian of the moon, by M. A. Poincarc. 



DIARY OF SOCIETIES. 



THURSDA Y. November 17. 



'Royal Societv, at 4.30. — Further Note on the Sensory Nerves of the 

 Eye-Muscles: Prof. Sherrington, F.R.S. — Further Observations on the 

 Effects of Partial Thyroidectomy : W. Edmunds.— Contributions to our 

 Knowledge of the Formation, Storage, and Depletion of Carbohydrates 

 in Monocotyledons ; J. Parkin. — .\n Experiment in Search of a Directive 

 Action of One Quartz Crystal on another: Prof. Poyiiting, F.R.S., and 

 P. L. Gray. — The Electrical Conductivity and Luminosity of Flames 

 containing Vaporised Salts : Prof. Smithells, H. M. Dawson, and H. A. 

 Wilson. 



LiNNEAN Society, at 8.— On some Spiders from Chile and Peru, collected 

 by Dr. Platte of Berlin : F. Pickard Cambridge.— The Botanical Results 

 of a Journey into the Interior of Western Australia ; with some Observ- 

 ations on the Nature and Relations of the Desert Flora, and on the 

 Probable Origin of the Australian Flora as a whole : Spencer Le M. 

 Moore. 



Chemical Society, at 8. — Preparation of Hyponitrite from Nitrite 

 through O.\yamidosulphonate : Dr. E. Divers, F.R.S. , and T. Haga.— 

 ^i) Absorption of Nitric 0.xide in Gas Analysis ; (2) Interaction of Nitric 

 O.xide with Silver Nitrate ; (3) Preparation of Pure Alkali Nitrites ; (4) 

 The Reduction of an Alkali Nitrite by an Alkali Metal ; (5) Hypo- 

 ■nitrites : their Preparation by Sodium or Potassium and Properties : Dr. 

 E. Divers, F.R.S 



FRIDA r, November iS. 



•Institution of Civil Engineers, at 8. — The Production of Liquid 

 Air, and its Application to Chemical and other Industries : Cecil Light- 



~ foot. 

 ■ Quekett Microscopical Club, at 8. 



HONDA V, November 21. 



Society of Arts, at 8. — Acetylene : Prcf. Vivian B. Lewes. 



Imperial Institute, at 8.30.— The Stalactite Caves of New South 

 Wales : Frederick Lambert. 



TUESDA y. November 22. 

 .Institution of Civil Engineers, at 8. — Paper to be further discussed : 



Electrical Transmission of Power in Mining : William Beedie Esson. 

 Anthropological Institute, at 8.30. — The Hill Tribes of the Central 

 Indian Hills : their Ethnology, Customs, and Sociology (with Lantern 

 Illustrations) : Wm. Crooke. 



IVEDPfESDA y. November 23. 

 Society of .\rts, at 8.— Long Distance Transmission of Electric Power : 



Prof. George Forbes, F.R.S. 

 'Geological Society, at 8. — Note on a Conglomerate near Melmerby, 

 Cumberland : J. E. Mart, F.R S —Geology of the Great Central Rail- 

 way— Rugby to Catesby : Beeby Thompson. — On the Remains of ^;«m 

 from Oligocene Strata in the Isle of Wight : E. T. Newton, F.R.S. 

 THURSDA Y, November 24. 

 Royal Society, at 4.30. 



Institution of Electrical Engineers, at 8. — Rotatory Converters: 

 Prof. S. P. Thompson, F.R.S. 



FRIDA y, November 25. 

 Physical Society, at 5.— On the Properties of Liquid Mixtures : R. .\. 

 Lebfeldt.— On certain Diffraction Fringes as applied to Micrometric 

 Observations : L. N. G. Filon. 



BOOKS, PAMPHLETS, and SERIALS RECEIVED. 



Books.— La Cytologie Expirimentale : Dr. A. Labbe (Paris, CarriS).- 

 Publications of the British Fire Prevention Committee, Vol. 1 (i Waterloo 

 Place).— AUgemeine Biologic : Prof. M. Kassowitz, i. Band (Wien, Perles). 

 — General Report on the Operations of the Survey of India Department 

 during 1S96-97 (Calcutta). — From Matter to Man: A. R. Dewar (Chap- 

 man).— Wild Animals in Captivity : A. D. Bartlett (Ch.-ipman).— Lemons 

 de Chimie Physique : Prof. J. H. Van 't Hoff, translated by Prof. Corvisy, 



Part I (Paris, Hermann).— Traite Ele'mentaire de M.;canique Chimique 

 Prof. P. Duhem, Tome iii. (Paris, Hermann).— Through Arctic Lapland 

 C. Hyne (Black).— The Total Solar Eclipse, January 22, 1898 (Dehr 

 Dun).— Trait.; dAstronomie Slellaire : Prof. C. Andr6, i Partle (Paris 

 Gauthier-Villars). — Practical Inorganic Chemistry for .advanced Students 

 C.Jones (Macmillan).— Birds of the British Isles: J. Duncan (Scott).— 

 Apercjus de Taxinomie GSnirale : J. P. Durand (Paris, Alcan).— Life of 

 Man on the High Alps ; A. Mosso, transla'ed by E. L. Kiesow (Unwin). 



Pamphlets.— Review of Mineral Production in India for 1897 (Cal- 

 cutta). — Replica di Krupp alia Protesta del Signer Bashforth : translated 

 by F. Bashforth (Cambridge University Press).— Mines and Quarries: 

 General Report and Statistics for 1897, Part 3, Output (Darling).— Tem- 

 perature Entropy Chart ; Captain Sankey (Rugby, Frost).— Sections and 

 Thickness of the Lower Silurian Formations on West Canada Creek and in 

 the Mohawk Valley : C. S. Prosser and E. R. Cumings (New York).— The! 

 Classification and Distribution of the Hamilton and Chemung Series of 

 Central and Eastern New York : J. Hall and C. S. Prosser. Part I (New 

 Y'ork).— Zwanzig Briefe g. 2. Jons Jakob Berzelius und Christian 

 Friedrich Schonbein, 1S36-1847, Herausgegeben von Prof Kahlbauin 

 (Basel, Schwabe). 



Serials. Morphologisches Jahrbuch, 26 Band, 2 Heft (Leipzig).— 



Scribner's Mag.azine, November (Low). — Observatory November (Taylor). 

 — Encyklopaedie der Naturwissenschaften, Erste Abthg., 73 and 74 Liefg. ; 

 Dritte Abthg , 44 and 45 Liefg. (Breslau). — Engineering Magazine, Novem- 

 ber (222 Strand).— Himmel und Erde, November (Be! lin),— Quarterly 

 Journal of the Geological Society, November (Longmans). — American 

 Naturalist, October (Ginn). — Astrophysical Journal, October (Chicago). 

 The Process Photogram. November (Dawbarn). — Transactions of the Ed: 

 burgh Field Naturalists* and Microscopical Society, Vol. iii. Part 

 (Blackwood). — American Journal of Science, November (New Haven). 

 Psychological Review, November (Macmillan). — .\merican Journal 

 Mathematics, October (Baltimore) — Journal of the Chemical Society, 

 November (Gurney), 



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NO. I 5 16, VOL. 59] 



CONTENTS. PAGE 



The Anatomy of Birds. By R. L 49 



Egyptian Mummies in the British Museum .... 50. 



bur Book Shelf:— | 



Rintoul : " An Introduction to Practical Physics for Use I 



in Schools " . . . . 5' 



Ziegler : " A Text-book of Special Pathological 



Anatomy" . . • . . . 5' 



Sewell : "Eclipses of the Moon in India." — W. T. 



Lynn 52 



Klein : " Famous Problems of Elementary Geometry" 52 



Ihering : " The Evolution of the Aryan." — C. B. . . 52 



Green: " First Lessons in Modern Geology" .... 52 



Beddow: "First Stage Inorganic Chemistry (Practical)" 52 



Kirby : " Marvels of Ant Life " 52 



Letters to the Editor : — 



The Spectrum of Krypton.— Prof. William Ramsay, 



F.R.S 53 



Stereochemistry and \ italism. — Prof. F. Stanley 

 Kipping, F. R. S. , and William J. Pope ; W. M. 



Strong; Prof. F. R. Japp, F.R.S 53 



Mental Calculations of a High Order.— E. S 55 



The Leonids in 1868. — Wm. Andrews 55 



The Smell of Earth.— C. T. Whitmell 55 



Breath-Figure of Spider's Web.— Oswald H. Latter 55 



A Second Crop of Apples. — James Dallas . . • 55 

 Continuity of Wave Theories. By Lord Kelvin, 



G.C.V.0 56 



The Serum Treatment of Rinderpest 57 



Notes 58 



Our Astronomical Column : — 



The Leonids 62 



A Globe for Meteor Observers 62 



Ephemerides of Comets and Planets .... • ... 63 



The Nebulous Region round 37 Cygni 63 



Wolsinghani Ob.servatory Circular, No. 48 63 



The Extraction of Nickel from its Ores by the Mond 

 Process. By Prof. W. C. Roberts-Austen, C.B., 



F.R.S 63 



Natural History Notes from Yunnan. By Dr. 



Augustus Henry 64 



Technical Institutions in England 65 



The British Association : — 



Bristol Meeting. — Section K. — Botany. — Opening 

 Address by Prof. F. O. Bower, F.R.S., Presi- 

 dent of the Section 66 



University and Educational Intelligence 69 



Societies and Academies 70 



Diary of Societies 72 



Books, Pamphlets, and Serials Received 72 



