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Solar Prominences in 1910 5 = des bape 
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Ephemeris for Borrelly’s Comet, 191Te. . 305 
The Teaching of Mathematics. By David Beveridge 
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Biological Papers from Prague 3 eS 
Paleolithic Man in New Jersey. By AC SS Wie 307 
Rheinberg’s Micro-spectra Method of Colour Photo. 
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The Forthcoming Optical Convention . 309 
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University and Educational Intelligence 310 
Societies and Academies 3Ir 
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