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London. The Academy,— Nos. 255—257, 1877. 



. The Chemical News,— Vol. 35, Nos. 904 and 906, 1877. 



No. 906. Alleged discovery of a new Metal. /. W. Langley. — On the Rela- 

 tionship of Structure, Density and Chemical Composition of Steel. 



The Journal of the Society of Arts, Vol. 25, Nos. 1270—1272. 



No. 1270. Br. G. Birdwood. — The Native Press of India. 

 Paris. Annales de Chimie et de Physique, — 5me Serie, Tome 10, Mars, 1877. 

 J, VioUe. — Memoire sur la temperature moyenne de la surface du soleil. M. 

 Leclanche. — Du role du peroxyde de manganese dans les piles electriques, 

 nouvelle pile au peroxyde de manganese. 



. Comptes Rendus,— Tome 84, Nos. 11—13, 1877. 



No. 12. 3IM. Becquerel et E. Becquerel. — Observations de temperature faites 

 au Museum d'Histoire naturelle pendant I'annee 1876 avec des thermometres 

 electriques places a des profondeurs de 1 metre a 36 metres sous le sol, ainsi 

 que dans I'air et sous des sols gazonnes et denudes. 



No. 13. M. Fasteur. — Note au sujet d'une communication recente de M. 

 Weddell, concernant I'avantage qu'il y aurait a remplacer la quinine par la 

 cinchonidine. Fh, Van. Tieghem. — Sur la digestion de Falbumen. 



■ . Journal des Savants, Mars, 1877. 



B. Saint-Silaire. — Kaccayana. 



-. Revue Scientifique, Nos. 37, 39—40, 1877. 



No. 40. E. Naville. Theorie de la vision. 



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