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SCIENTIFIC NE\VS. 



[June 22, li 



DIARY FOR NEXT W^EEK. 



Monday, June 25. 

 luesday, lune 26, 

 Wednesday, /une 27. 



College of State Medicine, at 4 p.m.— TXe 



Rise and Progress of Sanitary Engineering 



within the Present Centtiry ; by Sir Robert 



Rawlinson. 

 Camera Club, at 8.30 p.m. — Informal 



Meeting, 

 -British Museum, at 3.30 p.m. — The Social 



Condition of the Babylonians ; by Mr. G. 



Berlin. 

 Royal United Service Institution, at 3 p.m. — 



The Defence of otir Mail Pontes in IVar ; 



by Captain J. C. R. Colomb. 

 Saturday, June 30.— Geological Association. — Excursion to 



Pickmanswoj'th, 



Thursday, June 28.- 

 Friday, June 29.- 



SALES. 



The Charge for Advertisements in this Column is Sixpence for the 

 first sixteen words, and Sixpence for every succeeding eight words. 



Advertisements for this Column should be received by first post on 

 Tuesday to insure insertion in the following number. 



Electro -Plating and Gilding successfully taught. Every 

 requisite supplied.— Address, Henric, 234, Great Colmore-street, 

 Birmingham. 



Fretwork, Carving, Turning, Woods, Tools, and all 

 requisites. Catalogue with 700 illustrations, 6 stamps.- Harger, 

 Bros., Settle. 



Second-hand Lathes, and other tools, offered cheap ; on 

 view, Britannia Co., 100, Houndsditch, London. — Send 2 stamps 

 for list, to Britannia Works, Colchester. 



Tricycle, front steerer, Coventry make, good condition, £^, 

 worth double.— Army Contractor, Granville, Sandgate, Kent. 



To Emigrants. — Beautiful double Breech-Loader, splendid con- 

 dition,3 guineas, approval. — Hillsdon, Harbour House, Folkestone. 



Dead Black Varnish for Cameras, Lenses, Dark Slides, etc. 

 —Bottles, post free, is. 3d.— H. Southgate, Maidenhead. 



Photography. " Vade Mecum." — A serviceable, complete set 

 for 32s. 6d. Everything necesssry for taking, printing, finishing. 

 Photo and particulars free. — Mercer, King Street, Sparkbrook, 

 Birmingham. 



Microscope Slides. Large stock, interesting objects, from 5s. 

 dozen ; lists ; approval. — MICROSCOPIST, 334, Caledonian Road, 

 London. 



British Flowering Plants, Weekly supplies required for 

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 Clapham Road, S.W. 



Do your own Electro Plating and Gilding. System inex- 

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Splendid Solar Microscope, in case, by Nairne, six powers. 

 Exchange photographic apparatus.— RiDOUT, Sunbury Common. 



100 Geological Specimens, named. Exchange, los. 

 Approval. — Holden, Hoyland Nether, Barnsley. 



SELECTED BOOKS. 



Sound, Light, and Heat. By the late Thomas Dunman. 

 Revised and Completed by Chapman Jones, 

 F.LC, F.C.S., Member of the Physical Society of 

 London, etc. With Explanatory Diagrams. Lon- 

 don : Ward, Lock, and Co. Price is. 



Norfolk Broads and Rivers ; or. The Waterways, Lagoons, 

 and Decoys of East Anglia. By G. Christopher 

 Davies, Author of "The Swan and Her Crew." 

 New and cheaper edition, illustrated with seven full- 

 page plates. London : W. Blackwood and Sons. 

 Price 6s. 



Mining and Quarrying (A First Book of). With the 

 Sciences connected therewith. For Use in Primary 

 Schools, and Self-Instruction. By J. H. Collins,; 

 F.G.S., Mining Engineer, etc. Second Edition^ 

 revised. London : Crosby, Lockwood and Co* 

 Price IS. 6d. ' 



An Atlas of Anatomy ; or, Pictures of the Human Body. 

 In 24 large Coloured Plates, comprising 100 separate 

 figures, with descriptive letterpress. By Mrs. Fen- 

 wick Miller. Third edition. London : E. Stanford, 

 Price I2S. 6d. 



Annals of Botany, Nos. III. and IV. Edited by I. Bayley 

 Balfour, M.A., M.D., F.R.S. ; S. H. Vines, D Sc, 

 F.R.S. ; and W. G. Farlow, M.D., Harvard, U.S.A. 

 Containing Articles by W. M. Woodworth, T. John- 

 son, J. R. Green, F. W. Oliver, Anna Bateson, 

 F. O."^ Bower, D. H. Scott, W. C. Williamson. 

 London : Clarendon Press Warehouse. Price i8s. 



Choice British Ferns, their Varieties and Culture. By 

 C. T. Druery. Illustrated. London : L. U. Gill. 

 Price 2s. 6d. 



Lessons in Elementary Meclianics, by W. H. Grieve. 

 London : Longmans, Green, and Co. Price is. 6d. 



METEOROLOGICAL RETURNS. 



For the ten weeks ending on Monday, June nth, 1888, specially prepared for Scientific News from official reports. 



Scotland, East 

 England, N.E. 

 England, East 

 Midlands 

 England, South 

 Scotland, West 

 England, N.W. 

 Scotland, S.W. 

 Ireland, North 

 Ireland, South 



The Kingdom. 



Duration of Sunshine. 



being i'9 degs. below average. 57 ins., being 0'8 ins. above average. 403 hrs., being 14 hrs. below average 



2 '2 

 2-6 

 2-3 

 2-6 

 17 

 2-8 



2-4 



2-3 



338 



393 

 348 

 383 

 360 

 328 

 401 

 321 



56 

 66 

 SO 

 35 

 59 

 100 

 55 

 87 



