NA TURE 



[Januakv 26, 1899 



DIARY OF SOCIETIES. 



- Socii 



THURSDAY, January 26. 

 4.30.— Contrilnilions to_lli<; Theor>^of Simultaneous 



Partial Differential Equations : Prof. A C. Dixon.— On the Structure 



.-\nd Affinities of Fossil Plants from the P.llaiozoic Rocks. III. On 



Mcdulloia an^lica, a New Representative of the Cycadofilices : Dr. 



Scott, F.R.S.— Onthe Nature of Electro-Capillary Phenomena. I. Their 



Relation to the Potential Differences between Solutions: S. \V. J. 



Smith. 

 Royal Institution, at 3.— Tibet and the Tibetans: A. Henry Savage 



Landor. 

 Institution of Electrical En(;ineers, at 8.— Rulesforthe Regulation 



of the Wirina of Premises for Connection to Public Supply Mains : J. 



Pigg.— The "Regulation of Wiring Rules: C. H. Wordingham.— The 



Institution Wiring Rules : R. E. Crompton. 



FRIDA K, January 27. 



Royal Geographical Society, at <.— The Sub Oceanic Physical Fea- 

 tures off the Coast of Western Europe, including France, Spain, and 

 Portugal : Prof. Edw.ird Hull, F.R.S. 



Physical Sociktv, at 5.— On the Equivalent Resistance and Inductance 

 of a Wire to an Oscillatorv Discharge : Dr. Edwin H. Barton.— Exhibition 

 of (.1) a Dephlegmator ;' (/■) a Temperature Tell-'^ale : R. Appleyard — 

 On the Volume Changes accompanying Solution : T. H. Liltlewood. 



Institution of Civil Engineers. at8— King's Lynn Water Works : F. 

 C. Grimley. 



SATURDAY, January 28. 



Essex Field Cllb (Technical Institute, Stratford), at 6.30— Exhibition 

 of Geological Photographs (Lantern) brought together by the British 

 Association Committee : T. V. Holmes. 



MONDAY, January 30. 

 Society of Arts, at S. — Bacterial Purification of Sewage : Dr. Samuel 



Rideal 

 Imperial Institute, at 8.30.— West Africa : Miss M. H. Kingsley. 



TUESDA Y. January 31. 

 RoVAL Institution, at 3.— Morphology of the Mollu 



Lankester, F.R.S. 

 Society of Arts, at 4-30. — The Centenary Exhil 



'ith Re 



Furtne 



ca ; Prof. E. Ray 



of Lithographs, 

 elopments of the .\rt : Edward F. Strange. 

 Royal Mineralogical Society, at 8. —Experiments with Zeolites: Prof. 

 A. H. Church, F.R.S.— Analyses of Ceylon Apatite : by the same.— On 

 a New Mode of Occurrence of Ruby in North Carolina : Prof. J. W. 

 Judd.C.B. F.R.S., and W. E. Hidden; with Crj-stallographic Notes 

 by Dr. J. H. Pratt.- On the C mstitution of the Mineral Arsenates and 

 Phosphates. II. Pharmacosiderite : E. G J. Hartley. —On the Chemical 

 Composition of Binnite : G. T. Prior and L. J. Spencer. 



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

 The Effects of Wear upon Steel Rails : William G.Kirkaldy.— On the 

 Micropholography of Steel Rails: Prof. Roberts-Austen, K.C.B., F.R.S. 



And, time permitting : The Waterworks of the Madras Presidency : 



J. A. Jones. 



WEDtfESDA Y, February 1. 



-Society of -Arts, at 3. — The Cost of Municipal Enterpri.se : Dixon H. 

 Davtes. 



■ Geological Society, at 8. — On Radiolaria in Chert from Chypon's Farm, 

 Mullion District, Cornwall : Dr. G. J . Hinile. FR.S.— Gravel at More- 

 ton-in-the-Marsh (Gloucestershire): S. S. Buckman.— On the Occur- 

 rence of Pebbles of Schorl- Rock from the South-West of England in the 

 Drift Deposits of Southern and Eastern England : A. E. Salter. 



THURSDA Y, February 2. 



. Royal Society, at 4.30. — ProbahU Papers ; Sets of Operations in relation 

 to (groups of Finite Order : A. N. Whitehead.— Note on the Enhanced 

 Lines in the Spectrum of a Cygni : Sir J. Norman Lockyer, F.R.S— On 

 the Effects of Strain on the Thermo- Electric (Qualities of Metals : Dr. 

 Magnus M,aclean.— The Constitution of the Electric Spark : Prof. A. 

 Schuster, F.R.S., and G. Hemsalech. 

 Royal Institution, at 3. — Tibet and the Tibetans: A. H, Savage 

 Landor. 



.LiNNEAN Society, at 8. — Notes on the Genus Nanomitrium, Lindberg : 

 E. Stanley Salmon. — On the Production oi Apospory by Environment 

 in Atkrium FiUx'/oemina, var. unco-gtomfr,itum, an apparently Barren 

 Fern: Dr. F. W. Stansfield — On the Genus Lemnalia, Gray, with an 

 Account of the branching System of the Order Alcyon.acea : Gilbert C. 

 Bourne. 



\Che.mical Society, at 8. — (1) Maltodextrtn, its Oxidation Products and 

 Constitution; (2) On Attempts to prepare Pure Starch Derivatives 

 through their Nitrates : Dr H. T. Ilrown, F.R.S., and J. H. .Millar.— 

 An Isomeride of Am.-irine : Dr. H. Lloyd Snape and Dr. Arthur Brooke. 

 Propylbenzencsulphonic Acids: Dr. G. T. ^Ioody— Derivatives of I)i- 

 benzylmesitylcne. W. H. Mills and T. H. E,->sterficld.— On the Action 

 of Chlorosulphonic Acid on the Paraffins and other Hydrocarbons: Dr. 

 Sydney Young, F.R.S— (1) The Action of Reducing Agents on 

 Nitrogen Iodide ; (2) The Action of Acids upon Nitrogen Iodide: F. D. 

 Chattaway and H. P. Stevens. — The Composition of Nitrogen Iodide : 

 F. D. Chattaway. —(i) The Preparation and Properties of Nitrogen 

 Iodide ; {2) The Action of Light upon Nitrogen Iodide ; (3) The Action 

 of Alkaline Hydrates, of Water, and of Hydrogen Peroxide upon 

 Nitrogen Iodide ; (4) Theory of the Formation and Reactions of 

 Nitrogen Iodide : F. D. Chattaway and Kennedy J. P. Orton. 



FRIDAY, Febriarv 3. 

 Royal Institution, at 9.— The Roman Defences of Sauih-E.-isi Brit.tin : 



Prof. Victor Horsley, F R.S. 

 Geologists' Association, at 7.3" —Annual Meeting.- Address by the 



President, J. J. H. Te.-tll, F.R.S. 

 Quekett NI ickoscopical Clud, at 8. 



BOOKS, PAMPHLETS, andSERlALS RECEIVED. 



B.KiKs —Sketch of the Evolution of our Native Fruits: L. H. Bailey 

 (MacmilLin)- H.tndbook of Metallurgy: Dr. C. Schnabel, translated by 

 Prol. H. Louis, 2 Vols. (Macmillan).— Trail* de Zoologie Concrete : V. De- 

 lage and E. Hirouard, Tome viii. (P.iris, Schleicher).— Among the Hima- 

 laya : M.-ijor L. A. Waddell (Constable).— L'niersuchungen Tiber Strukturen: 

 Prof. O. Butschli, Text and Atlas (Leipzig, Engelmann). — Dictionnaire 

 Technique: H. S. Lovendal (Paris, Boyveau) -Oswald's Kl.xssiker der 

 Exakten Wissenschaflen, Nr. loi and to: (Leipzig, Engelmann).— A Short 

 History of Astronomy : A. Berrj- (Murray).- River Development: Prof. 

 I C. Russell (Murray) —The Temple of Mul in Asher : M. Benson and J. 

 Gourlay (Murray) —Zoological Re-ulls : Dr A. Willey, Part 2 (Cam- 

 bridge University Press).— A Treatise on Photographic Optics : R. S. 

 Cole(Low).— The Nalive Tribes of Centr.al Au-lr.-ilia : Prof. B. Siicncer 

 and F. J. Gillen(Macinillan).— The Book of the Master: W. M. Adams 

 (Murray)— .An Intermediate Text Book of Geology : Prof. C. Lapworth, 

 new edition (Blackwood) — Philo-micrography : E. J. Spitta (Scientific 

 Press) —Gordon in Central Africa : edited by Dr. C. B. Hill, new edition 

 (Macmillan).— Fertilizers: Prof. E. B Voorhees (.M.acmill.an).— Mathe- 

 matical Tables, Wrapson and Gee (Macmillan).— The Marine Steam- 

 Engine : C. Busley, translated by H. A. B. Cole, ^rd edition, 2nd Part 

 (Grevel).— .Annuaire de I'Observatoire Royal de Belgique, 1899: and ditto. 

 Supplement to 1S98 (Bruxelles).— A Class-Book of Physical Geography ; 

 Prof. W. Hughes : Revised, itc, by R. A. Gregory (Philip).— Pubblicazioni 

 della Specola Vaticana, Vol. v. (Roma) — An Introduction to the Mathe- 

 matical Theory of Attraction: Prof. F. .A. Tarleton ( Longmans).— The 

 •Testing of Materials of Construction : Prof. W. C. Unwin, 2nd edition 

 (Longmans).— Creation Myths of Primitive America : J. Curtin (Williams). 

 —Outlines of Industrial Chemistry : Dr. F. H. Thorp (Macmillan). 



Pamphlets.— The World's Exchanges in 189S: J H. Norman (Low).— 

 A Course of Lectures on Mining : Prof. W. Gallow.ay ; Colliery Explosions 

 (Cardiff). — "Representative Indians" in Court, or What is Authorship^: 

 Sastri and Pillai (Madras). 



Serials— Natural Science, J.anuary (Pentland).— Himmel und Erde, 

 January- (Berlin).— An Illustrated Manu.-il of British Birds: H. Saunders, 

 2nd edition. Parts 13 to 15 ^Gurney). — .\merican Journal of Science, 

 Januar>(New Haven).— Beitrage zur Biologie del Pfianzen, viii. Band, 

 1 Heft (Breslau). — Transactions of the English Arboricullural Society, 

 Vol. iv. Part I (Carlisle).— Educational Review, January- (203 Strand). 



CONTENTS. PAGE 



The Physiology of Man at High Altitudes. By 



G. A. B 2S9 



German China— Two Books on Shantung .... 291 

 Australian Folk Lore. By H. Ling Roth ... 292 

 Our Book Shelf:— 



.■Mlken : "The Five Windows of the Soul; or, 



Thoughts on Perceiving." — F. A. D. .... 293 



*' Symbolre .^ntillanse : seu Fundamenla Florse Indix 



Occidentalis " 294 



' Iowa Cieological Survey " 294 



294 



294 



Hatton and Bool : " Elementary Mathematics 

 Letters to the Editor : — 



Prof. Meldcla's Explanation. — Herbert Spencer 

 Illusory Resolutions of the Lines of a Spectrum. — 

 Prof. G. Johnstone Stoney, F.R.S.; Prof. 



Thomas Preston, F.R.S. 294 



.\ Note on Catching Insects, and the Behaviour of the 

 BulUiog-.-\nt of South .Australia.— Rev. Fredk. J. 



Jervis-Smith, F.R.S 295 



,\ New Dome for Equatorials.— Prof. E. Becker . 295 

 Luminosity of Sugar.— Thos. Steel ...... 295 



The Wanton Destruction of R.ire Visitants to our 



Shores.— E. L. J. Ridsdale .296 



Experiments on the Autumn Colouring of Plants. 



By E. Overton 296 



The Great Catalogue of Birds 296 



Signs of Progress in Science Teaching. By Dr. 



J. H. Gladstone, F.R.S 29S 



Professor AUeyne Nicholson. By R. L 29S 



Notes 299 



Our Astronomical Column : — 



Comet Ch;tSL- 303 



New \'ariable Star in Andromeda 303 



Witt's Planet (433) DQ 303 



The Hamliuri; Oliservatory 303 



The Leonids in 1S98 . . . . 303 



Studies of the Lunar Photographs taken with the 

 Large Equatorial Coudi. By MM. Loewy anil 



Puiseux 



Oysters and Disease. By Profs. W. A. Herdman, 

 F.R.S., ami Rubert Boyce ... ..... 



The Duke of Devonshire on Secondary Education 



University and Educational Intelligence 307 



Scientific Serials . 30S 



Societies and Academies. (/Jliislral,,:.) . . . 30S 



Diary of Societies 3'2 



Books, Pamphlets, and Serials Received .... 312 



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