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No. 10. January=February, 1895. 



TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

 The Apparent Forces bet'wreen Fine Solid Particles Totally Immersed in Liquids. X. W. J. A. Bliss. 

 The Distribution of Energy in the Spectrum of the Glow-Lamp. Edwaed L. Nichols. 

 The Influence of Heat and the Electric Current upon Young's Modulus for a Piano 'Wire. Maey C. 



NOYES. 



Minor Contributions: (1). On Magnetic Potential. Frederick Bedell. (2). A Method for the Study of 

 Transmission Spectra in the Ultra-violet. Ernest Nichols. (3). The Photography of Manometric 

 Flames. William Sallock. 



Nevr Books : Frost : A Treatise on Astronomical Spectroscopy, a translation of Die Spectralanalyse der 

 Gesterne, by J. Scheiner. Du Bois : Magnetische Kreise, deren Theorie und Anwendung. Glazehrook : 

 Light ; an Elementary Text-book, Tlieoretical and Practical, for Colleges and Schools. Firing : The 

 Steam Engine and Other Heat Engines. Greares : A Treatise on Elementary Hydrostatics. Recent 

 Text-books in Laboratory Physics. Price : A Treatise on the Measui-ement of Electrical Resistance. 



No. 11. March=April, 1895. 



TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



On the Attraction of Crystalline and Isotropic Masses at Small Distances. A. Stanley' Mackenzie. 



The Influence of Temperature upon the Transparency of Solutions. Edward L. Nichols and Maey C. 

 Spencee. 



Determination of the Electric Conductivities of Certain Salt-solutions. Albeet C. MacGeegoet. 



The Apparent Forces Between Fine Solid Particles Totally Immersed in Liquids. II. W. J. A. Bliss. 



Minor Contributions : ( 1 ) Surface Tension of Water at Temperatures Below Zero Degi'ee Centigrade. W. 

 J. Humphreys and J. F. llohler. '2) Variations of Internal Resistance of a Voltaic Cell and Current. 

 H. S. Carhart. 



New Books: Ostirald: Manual of Physico-Chemical Measurements ; translated by J. TI'a?A-fr. Lodge: Tlie 

 work of Hertz and some of his successors. Ziwet : An Elementary Treatise on Theoretical Mechanics. 

 3Iiethe : Photographische Optik ohne mathematische Entwickelungen f iir Fachleute und Liebhaber. Pro- 

 ceedings of the International Electrical Congress. The American Annual of Photography and Photo- 

 graphic Almanac. 



No. 12. May = June, 1895. 



TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



The Capacity of Electrolytic Condensers: Samuel Sheldon, H. W. Leitch and A. N. Shaw. 



Thermal Conductivity of Copper. I. R. W. Quick, C. D. Child and B. S. Laupheae. 



On the Absorption of Certain Crystals in the Infra-red as Dependent on the Plane of Polarization. 



Eenest Meeeitt. 

 Resonance in Transformer Circuits. F. Bedell and A. C. Ceehoee. 

 On the Secular Motion of a Free Magnetic Needle. I. L. A. Bauee. 

 Minor Contributions: A New Method for Testing the Magnetic Properties of Iron. W. S. Franklin. 



Notes on a Phenomenon in the Diffraction of Sound. IF. S. Franklin. 

 New Books: Bayleiyh: Theory of Sound, Vol. 1. Poincare : Les Oscillations Electriques. Carhart: 



University Physics. Prestieich : Collected Papers on some Controverted Questions in Geology. Geikie : 



Memoir of Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsey. 



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