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NATURE 



[August 28, 1913 



Glasgow. The college retains its autonomy in all 

 matters relating to its internal affairs — finance, ap- 

 pointment of staff, and so on — but it has no representa- 

 tion in the Court of the University. An advisory 

 committee has been set up, consisting of members 

 of the University Court and representatives of the 

 college, which will consider all matters affecting their 

 joint interests. A joint board of studies in the faculty 

 of applied science is provided, and will consider all 

 matters relating to the subjects and standard of the 

 several courses. The degree examinations will be 

 conducted by a board of examiners representative of 

 both institutions, with external examiners appointed 

 by the University Court. Students will be free to 

 attend the classes constituting the courses of study in 

 either the University or the college, or in both, the 

 fees being the same. The combination and coordina- 

 tion of the resources of the University with those of 

 the college should be to the advantage of both. The 

 University of Edinburgh, too, has recognised the day 

 classes of the college as qualifying for its degree of 

 bachelor of science under certain regulations. 



SOCIETIES AND ACADEMIES. 

 Paris. 

 Academy of Sciences, August iS.— M. A. Chauveau in 

 the chair.— M. Borrelly : Notes on Hind's nebula. 

 This nebula is now at a maximum period of bright- 

 ness. — M. Aries : The formula for the velocity of 

 sound. Reply to M. Duhem. — MM. Massol and 

 Faucon ; The presence of absorption bands in the 

 ultra-violet spectrum of some abnormal alcohols of 

 the fatty series. The study of pentane and some 

 derivatives of methylpropane and methylbutane shows 

 that the two absorption bands previously found in 

 the three primary alcohols do not appear in the 

 corresponding hydrocarbons; the halogen derivatives 

 are also free from bands. The aldehvdcs give one 

 large absorption band intermediate in position be- 

 tween the two alcohol bands. — Paul Godin : Free 

 thoracic and abdominal respiration in the course of 

 growth-. — De Montessus do Ballore : Remarks on the 

 earthquake at Gallipoli, August 9, 1912. 



BOOKS RECEIVED. 



A History of British Mammals. By G. E. H. 

 Barrett-Hamilton. Part xiv. Pp. 36 1-408 + plates. 

 (London : Gurney and Jackson.) 2s. 6d. net. 



Handbui h der Yergleichenden Physiologie. By- 

 Hans Winterstein. Lief. 36. Zweite Halfte. 

 (Jena : Gustav Fischer.) 5 marks. 



Swiat I Cztowick. By Dr. J. Mianowskiego. Pp. 

 355. (Warsaw.) 2 rub. 



A Treatise on Quantitative Inorganic Analysis. 

 By Dr. J. \Y. Mellor. Being vol. i. of a Treatise on 

 the Ceramic Industries. Pp. xxxi + 778. (London: 

 C. Griffin and Co., Ltd.) 30s. net. 



The_ Application of Physico-Chemical Theory to 

 Technical Processes and Manufacturing Methods." By- 

 Prof. R. Kremann. Translated from the German by 

 H. E. Potts, and edited by Dr. A. Mond. Pp. xv + 

 212. (London : Constable and Co., Ltd.) 85. 6d. net. 



Botany. By Prof. E. Brucker. Pp. xv+185. 

 (Thresholds of Science Series.) (London : Constable 

 and Co., Ltd.) 2s. net. . 



Ministere de l'Agriculture. Direction G^neYale des 

 Faux et Forets. Service des Grandes Forces 

 Hydrauliques. (Region du Sud-Ouest.) I., Comptes 

 rendus des Operations Effectuees. II., Resultats 

 Obtenus pour le bassin de l'Adour au 31 Decembre, 

 1910. Tome i. Pp. 262 + plates. Resultats Obtenus 

 no. 2287, VOL - 9 1 ] 



2x2=4 1st: 

 xxviii + 523. 



By Fred Bon. 

 (Leipzig : E. 



pour le bassin de la Garonne au 31 Decembre, 1910. 

 Tome ii. Pp. 5 15 + plates. 2° Partie Eaux et 

 Ameliorations Agricoles. Service des Grandes Forces 

 Hydrauliques. (Region des Alpes.) Comptes rendu 

 et Re'sultats des Etudes and Travaux au 31 Decembre, 

 iqn. Tome vi. Pp. 494. Annexe du tome vi. 

 Nivellements. 



1st es Wahr dass 

 Erster Band. Pp. 

 Reinicke.) 



British Rainfall, 1912. By H. R. Mill. Pp. 372. 

 (London : E. Stanford, Ltd.) 10s. 



A New School Geometry. By R. Deakin. Part ii. 

 Pp. viii+ 161-202. (London: Mills and Boon, Ltd.) 

 is. 6d. 



CONTENTS. page 



Practical Hydraulics. By H. J. S 655 



Spherical Astronomy. By A. S. E. . 655 



Recent Botanical Publications. By Dr. F. Cavers . 656 



Our Bookshelf 65S 



Letters to the Editor: — 



Radium-D and the Final Product of the Radium 



Disintegration Series. — Dr. R. Whytlaw-Gray 659 

 Anomalous Zeeman Effect in the Satellites of Mer- 

 cury Lines, (///us/rated.) — Prof. H. Nagaoka ; 



T. Takamine 660 



The Piltdown Horse "Grinder." — Rev. Dr. A. 



Irving 661 



Automatic Stability in Aeroplanes. (With Diagram.) 



—Prof. J. B. Dale; Prof. G. H. Bryan, F.R.S. 661 

 Pfnsiological Factors of Consciousness. — Abdul 



Majid; W. McDougall, F.R.S 661 



Fossil Man. (Illustrated.) ... ■ 662 



The Australian Meeting of the British Association 



in 1914 664 



Twenty-five Years' Work at the Physikalisch- 

 Technische Reichsanstalt, Charlottenburg. By 



E. S. Hodgson 665 



Derivation of Power from Tidal Waters. By C. A. 



Battiscombe 667 



Notes ... 669 



Our Astronomical Column : — 



The Origin of Solar Electricity 673 



The True Form of the Earth and its Internal Con- 

 stitution 673 



Cosmologic.il Hypotheses 673 



Magnetic Surveys. By Dr. C. Chree, F. R.S. . . 673 

 Advance in Economic Entomology. By G. H. C. . 674 



Meteorological Reports 675 



Horticultural Investigations at the Woburn Experi- 

 mental Fruit Farm. (Illustrated.) By Spencer U. 



Pickering, F.R.S 675 



Explorations and Field-Work of the Smithsonian 



Institution in 1912 678 



University and Educational Intelligence . . . . 679 

 Societies and Academies ... . . 6S0 

 Books Received 680 



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