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ArA TURE 



[June 7, 1906 



living cells : E. Hertel. — Electric phenomena accompanying 

 the disintegration of ammonium •. A. Coehn. (March 3. — 

 A second communication on the same subject.) 



February 17. — Researches from the Gottingen University 

 Chemical Laboratory, xv. ; — (i) The process of isomerisation 

 in oximes ; (2) isomeric forms of cyclodimethylhexylamine ; 

 (j) the simplest methene-hydrocarbons of the various ring- 

 systems and their transformation into alicyclic aldehydes : 

 6. Wallach. — Contributions to (he theory of vortex-rings : 

 J. Weingarten. 



DIARY OF SOCIETIES. 



THURSDAY, June 7. 

 RovAL Society, at 4.30. — On the Osmotic Pressures of some Concentrated 

 Solutions : Earl of Berkeley and K. G. J. Hartley —On the Regeneration 

 of Bone: Sir William MacEwen, F.R.S.~The Effects of Self-induction in 

 an Iron Cylinder : Prof E. Wilson.— An Account of the Pendulum Ob- 

 servations connecting Kew and Greenwich Observatories, made in 1903 ; 

 Major G. P. Lenox-Conyngham. 



R.1VAL Institution, at 5.— Man and the Glacial Period : Prof. W. J. 



Sollas, F.R.S. 

 LiNNEAN Society, at 8.— On Two New Species of Populus trom 



Darjeeling: H. H. Haines.— Biscayan Plankton, part viii., The 



Cephalopoda : W. E. Hoyle.— I 



Ch 



icAL Society, at 3. 30.— A 



Isodimorphism in the Alkali Serie< 



Beckman Apparatus for Molecul: 



The Medusa: : E. T. Brc 



ilenate and the Questio 

 A. E. H. Tutton.— An Impri 

 Weight Determination : J. 



Sanders. — Resolution of Lactic Acid by Morphine; J. C. 

 Vapour Pressures of Binary Mixtures, part i., The Possible Types of 

 Vapour-pressure Curves: A. Marshall.— Action of Sodium on aa-Dichlor- 

 propylene ; I. Smedley. — Thiocarbamide as a Solvent for Gold : J. Moir. 

 —The Action of Sulphur Dioxide and Aluminium Chloride on Aromatic 

 Compounds ; S. Smiles and R. Le Rossignol. 



FRIDAY. June 8. 



-Studii 



Charcoal and Liquid Air : 



Royal Institution, 

 James Dewar, F.R.S. 



Physical Society, at 8.— On the Solution of Problems in Diffraction by 

 the Aid of Contour Integration : H. Davies.— The Effect of Radiui ' 



A. A. Campbell 

 ng Steel Plate, 

 stance : Col. de 



Facilitating the Visible Electric Discharge 

 Swinton.— Mr. J. Goold's Experiments with a Vibr 

 exhibited by Messrs. Newton and Co.— Fluid (liquid) r 

 Villamil. 



Rovai. Astronomical Society, at 5. — The New Reduction of the Meridian 

 Observations of Groombridge : Lewis Boss.— On Mr. Cowell's Discussion 

 of Ancient Eclipses of the Sun: Simon Newcomb.— The Physical Condi- 

 tion of Mars : R. Qxz.v{oxi.— Promised Papers : Results of .Micrometer 

 Measures of Double Stars made with the 28-inch Refractor in the Year 

 1905 : Royal Observatory, Greenwich. — Errors of Jupiter from Photo- 

 graphic and Transit Circle Observations : Royal Observatory, Greenwich. 

 — A Simple Method of obtaining an Approximate Sol'ition of Kepler's 

 Problem (an Instrument will he shown by which the Solution is Effected): 

 A. A. Rambaut.— Solar Parallax Papers, No. 4 ; the Magnitude Equa- 

 tion in Meridian Circle Right Ascensions cf the "Etoiles de Repere": 

 A. R. Hinks.— Spherical Slide Rule: W. B. Blaikie.— Discussion on 

 some of the Results of Observations of the Solar Eclipse of 1905 August 

 30.— Contributions are promised by Prof H. H. Turner and .Mr. H. F. 

 Newall. — Mr. Newall promisesa Paper, Notes on Polarisation Phenomena 

 in the Solar Corona. 



Geologists' Association, at 8.— The Higher Zones of the Upper Chalk 



Part of the London Ba 



H. J. Osborne White and 



Malacological Sc 

 1869-70, Supplemi 

 Dates of Publicat 

 Foss. Shells": E 



cietv, at 8.— Mollusca of the Porcii/iine Expeditions, 

 ntal Notes, part iii. : E. R. Sykes.- Notes on the 

 on of the "Mineral Conchology " and "Genera Rec. 

 R. Sykes.— Description of 0//r.<i is/iidnla, L,.var. 

 . Bridgman.~On Clilorltis heteromphalus : H. A. 



MONDAY, June II. 

 :al Society, at S.30. — The Geography of the Indian 



Victoria Institute, at 4. — Wonc 

 Frederick Enock. 



THURSDAY, }US2. 14. 

 Royal Society, at 4.30. — Probable papers : The Experimental Analysis 

 of the Growth of Cancer : Dr. E. F. Bashford, J. A. Murray, and W. H. 

 On the Electrical and Photographic Phenomena manifested by 



Dr. R. Robertson. 



Chemical Industry, at 8. — Re 

 Bertram Blount.— On Purifying 



nt Progress in the Cement 

 nd Stabilising Guncotton : 



^ Actuaries, at 5. — Fifty-ninth Annual Ge 



TUBS DA Y. June 12. 



at 8.15.- Two Y 

 esby Routledge. 



TV, at S.— On the ( 

 n, in Cornwall : G. 

 R. Pearce. — Notes < 



; among the Akikoyu 



f Axinite in th. 

 rrow.— Cassiterite Psendo 

 Skiodromes and Isogyres 



MiNERALOGICAL SOCI 



Area South of Bodn 

 morphs from Bolivia 

 Dr. J. W. Evans. 



WEDNESDAY, June 13. 

 •Geological Society, at 8.— Recumbent Folds produced as 

 Flow: Prof. W. J. Sollas, F.R.S —The Crag of Iceland— a 

 tion in the Basalt. Formation : Dr. Helgi Pjetursson. 



NO. I 9 10, VOL. 74] 



certain Substances that 

 Associated with Carcinoma : Dr. W 

 Marrow ; a Cytological Study forming 

 Pathological Histology of the Tissue 

 On the Relation of th "' 



ly supposed to he ./Etiologically 

 ~i. Lazarus-Barlow.— The Bone 

 Introduction to the Normal and 

 e: Dr. W. E. Carnegie Dickson.— 

 the Blood Vessels and Lymphatics: 

 P. T. Herring and S. Simpson.— (i) Note on Lipase ; (2)Tbe Hydrolytic 

 Action of Acids in Presence cf Salts : Prof. H. E. Armstrong, F. R.S. 

 Mathematical Society, at 5. 30. — Exhibit-on of Models of Space-filling 

 Solids: W- Bailey. — The Algebra of Apolar Linear Complexes: Dr. 

 H. F. Baker. 

 INSTITUTION OF Mi.s'iNG ENGINEERS, at Ti a.m. — Address by the Pre- 

 sident. — The Commercial Possibilities of Electric Winding for Main 

 Shafts and Auxiliary Work : W. C. Mountain.— Electrically-driven Air- 

 compressors, combined with the working of the Ingersoll-Sergeant 

 Heading-machines, and the subsequent working of the Busty Seam : 

 A. Thompson.— Praciical Problems of Machine-mining; Sam Mavor.— 

 The Strength of Brazed Joints in Sleel Wires; Prof Henry Louis.— 

 Bye-product Coke and the Huessener Bye-product Coke Ovens : J. A. 

 Roelofsen. — Considerations on Deep Mining ; George Farmer. 



Institution of 

 and the Experii 

 German Rescue 

 Mines 



Mil 



FK/DAY,]uNE 15. 

 ).3o ; 



-Re 



le Apparatus 

 ieries by the 

 for Rescue- 



ice made therewith at the Courrieres Col 

 Party : G. A. Meyer. — A New Apparatu 



W. E. Garforth.— A Rateau Exhaust-steam-driven 

 ilage Plant : William Maurice. — Development of Placer 

 he Klondike District, Can.ada : J. B. Tyrrell.— Mining 

 .—The Capacity-current and its Effect 

 phase Electrical Power-service : Sydney 

 the Orange River Colony : A. R. 



Three-pb 

 Gold-mining 



Education : Prof J. W. Greg 

 on Leakage Indications on Th 

 F. Walker.— Petroleum Occ 

 Sawyer. 



National Association for the Promotion of Ti 

 Second.\rv Education, at 3. — Annual General Meeting, 



CONTENTS. PAGE 



The Rothamsted Experiments. By Prof. T. H. 



Middleton 121 



Evolution and Philosophy. By F. W. H 122 



The University Idea 123 



A Ramble in the West 124 



Our Book Shelf: — 



Eggar : "A Manual of Geometry " 124 



Frilley : " Les Precedes de Commande a Distance au 



Moyen de I'Electricile " 125 



Papius : " Das Radium und die radioactiven StofiTe." 



-R.J. S 125 



Letters to the Editor: — 



lonisalion and Temperature. — Prof. C. D. Child and 



Prof. J. J. Thomson, F.R.S 125 



A Horizontil Rainbow. — V. Schaffers 125 



Notes on Some Cornish Circles. III. [llUistralcd.) 



By Sir Norman Lockyer, K.C.B., F.R.S 126 



The Stability of Submarines. By Sir W. H. White, 



K.C.B., F.R.S. 128 



The Rise and Progress of the Zoological Society. 



(Illiislratcd.) 129 



The International Fisheries Investigations .... 130 



Notes 131 



Our Astronomical Column : — 



Sun-spot and Chromospheric Spectra 135 



Proposed Daily Photographs of Chromospheric Radia- 

 tions . ..... . 135 



Stars with Variable Radial Velocities 135 



Observations of Nova Persei No. 2 135 



Observations of Sh.adow Bands 135 



The Radial Motion of ,8 Arietis 135 



Publications of the Nicolas Observatory, St. Peters- 

 burg 135 



The Royal Observatory, Greenwich 135 



The Royal Society of Edinburgh and the 



National Galleries of Scotland Bill 137 



The Discovery of Magnetic Declination. (Illus- 

 trated.) -137 



Irish Cave Explorations. (Illustrated.) By Dr. R. F. 



Scharff 13S 



New Pilot Charts 13S 



University and Educational Intelligence 139 



Societies and Academies 141 



Diary of Societies 144 



