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Achievements of Chemical Science. By Dr. J. C. 

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Elementary Manual on .Applied Mechanics. By Prof. 

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The Theory of Measurements. By Dr. A. de Forest 

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Handbuch der Morphologic der wirbellosen Tiere. 

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A Handbook of Wireless Telegraphy. By Dr. J. 

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The Manufacture of Iron and Steel. By H. R. 

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Le Probl^me Physiologique du Sommeil. By H. 

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Les Merveilles du Monde Sid^ral. By M. G. Ray- 

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Die sanitarisch-pathologische Bedeutung der Insekten 

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DIARY OF SOCIETIES. 



THURSDAY, Januahv 23. 



Royal .Societv, at 4.(0.— The Metabolism of Lactating Women: E. 

 Mellanby-(T) Colour Adaptation; (2) Trichromic Vision and Anoma- 

 lous Trichromatism : Dr. V. W. Edridge-Green.— Transmission of En- 

 vironmental Effects from Parent to Off^prin^ in Simocephalus : W. E. 

 .'\gar.— The Relation of the Islets of Langerhans to the Pancreatic Acini 

 under Various Conditions of Secretory Activity : Dr. J. Homans.— Con- 

 tributions to the Histo-chemistrv of Nerve ; the Nature of Wallerian 

 Deseneration : H O. Feissand W. Cramer.— Onychaster, a Cnf^oniferous 

 Brittle-star: I. B. T. SoIU-is.— Herbage Studies. II. Variation in Lotus 

 Cornindrtttis and T7-i/olmm refeiis (Cyanophoric plants) : Prof. H. E. 

 Arnisirong, F.R.S., E. V. Armstrong anil K. Horton. 



Royal Institution, at 3.— Birds of the Hill Country : .Seton Gordon. 



INSTITIJTION OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS, at 8.— The Use of a Large 

 Lighting Battery in connection with Central Station Supply : F. H. 

 Whysall. 



FRIDAY, January 24. 



Royal Institution, at <i.— Recent Advances in Scientific Steel Metal- 

 lurgy : Prof. I. O. Arnold. 



PnvsicAi. Society, at 5.— The Electrical Conductivity and Fluidity of 

 Sirong Solutions: W. S. Tucker.— The Resistance of Electrolytes: 

 S. W. J Smith and H. Moss.— The Recalescence of Iron Carbide: 

 S. W. r. Smith and J. Guild. 



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MONO A K, January 27. 

 Royal Geograi'hical Society, at 8.30.— Morocco : Alan G. Ogilv 

 Royal Society of Arts, at 8.— Liquid Fuel : Prof. Vivian B. Lewe 

 Institute of Actuaries, at 5. — Some Aspects of the National Inst 



Act, igii. Part I. National Health Insurance : R. C. Simmonds. 

 TUESDAY, January 28. 

 Royal Institution, at 3.— The Heredity of Sex and Some Cognate 



Problems : Prof. W. Bateson. 

 Royal Society of Arts, at 4.30. — The Wood Industry in the Britisli 



Dominions: C. E. W. Bean. 

 Institution of Civil Engineers, at 8. — The Canton-Kowlcon Railway 



(Chinese Section): F. Grove and B. T. B. Boothby.— The Cantoii- 



Kowloon Railway (British Section) : G. W. Eves. 

 WEDNES ->A V, January 29. 

 AiiaQNAUTiCAL Society, at : ,0. — Stability Devices for Aeroplanes: 



M'livyn O'Gorman. 

 RoYHL Society of Arts, at 8. — Co-partnership: Aneuiin Williams. 



THURSDAY, January 30. 



Royal Society, at 4.^0. — Prohahle Papo-s : The Formation of Usually 

 Convergent Founer Series: Prof. W. H. Young.— The General Theory 

 of Elastic Stability : R. V. Southwell.— A Spectro-photometric Com- 

 parison of the Emissivity of Solid and Liquid Copper and of Liquid Silver 

 at High Temperatures with that of a Full Radiator : C. M. Stubbs.— A 

 New Analytical Expression for the Representation of the Components of 

 Diurnal Variation of Terrestial Magnetism : G. W. Walker.— An Investi- 

 gation into the Magnetic Behaviour of Iron and some other Metals under 

 the Oscillatory Discharge from a Condenser : Prof. E. W. Marchant. 



RovAL Institution, at 3. — Recent Research on the Gas Engine : Prof. 

 B. Hopkinson, F.R.S. 



Concketf. Institute, at 7.30.— The Settlement of Solids in Water and its 

 Bearing on Concrete Work: Dr. J. S. (Jwens. 



Society of Dyeks and CoLOURlSTS.at 8.— The Possibilities of a Standard 

 Light and Colour Unit : J. W. Lovibond.— A Simple Method for Detect- 

 ing Silk, Cotton and Wool Fibres in Admi.vture in Textiles : W. P. 

 Dreaper. 



FRIDAY, January 31. 



Royal Institution, at 9.— The Poetry and Philosophy of George 

 Meredith : G. M. Trevelyan. 



CONTENTS. P.\GE 



A Pioneer in Applied Science. By Prof. John Perry, 



F.R.S 563 



Tables of the Weight of Air. By C. V. B 565 



Anthropology and Archaeology 565 



Recent Books on Physical Subjects 5^7 



Our Bookshelf " 56S 



Letters to the Editor: — 



An Effect due to the Siulden Great Increase of 



Pressure. — W. G. Royal-Dawson 569 



The H.ilo in the Ricefield and the Spectre of the 



Brocken.— Alice Everett S7o 



" Rosa Stellata."— Prof. T. D. A. Cockerell ... 571 



A Lens or a Binning Glass? — John Phin . ... 571 

 " Primeval Man."— Mrs. A. Kingston Quiggin ; 



Rev. John Griffith 572 



X-rays ami Crystals.— Prof. W. H. Bragg, F.R.S. 572 

 Antarctic Biology and the Rocks of Western Wilkes 



Land. My J. W. G 57^ 



Modern Pumps for High Vacua. [Illuslrated.) By 



Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade 574 



Notes 57& 



Our Astronomical Column : — 



Nova (ieminorum. No. 2 .■ 5^^ 



The Variable Star 87, 191 1 S^^ 



The Transit of Mercury, November 14, 1907 .... 580 



Astrononiii-al Annuals 5^** 



The Cleveland Meeting of the American Association 5S1 

 Science at Recent Educational Conferences. By 



G. F, Danieil 582 



Prizes Proposed by the Paris Academy of Sciences 



for 1914 . 583 



British Medical Science at the Ghent International 



Exhibition 5S4 



University and Educational Intelligence 584 



Societies and Academies • . 5^5 



Books Received 5^7 



Diary of Societies 588 



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