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staple of this volume of “ Constants,” performs a service for which 
he merits and will receive the sincere thanks of all who find occa- 
sion to use the result of his labors. Prof, Clarke introduces his 
2,a fsp 
more than 2000 deterasinntions of ode hailing point Thes nees 
cited are classified in a sufficiently systematic manner, ender 61 
2572, and there are over ecific oo and 
ubst 
alphabetical index, covering 23 closely printed pages e col- 
n nry, as Secretary of the Smithsonian, has te ely 
issued a cirenlar ses on investigators and obse in 
any data of their own determinations of sinter 3 ies with 
a view to the ‘asin labile of similar works in other departments 
of physical researe 
4, Fifth dnnual apd of the State Board of Health ‘of 
Massachusetts, 550 pp. Boston, 1874.—This Report con- 
tains, among others, a sien Val ast by Prof. W. R. Nichols on 
the present condition o: vers of arora phar: together 
with considerations touchin the: water-suppl 8. 
aborste paper contains the results of over 450 ‘eniioal analyses, 
made daily upon the chief rivers an s, and on sources of water- 
d lakes, an 
ek ig in eastern Lag ent ey Neg present the ammonia, “al- 
oid ammonia,” inorgani organic or volatile solid con- 
stituents, both from the srnfilearsd and the filtered waters, the 
chlorine and in some cases the lime, magnesia, silica, sulphuric acid, 
ete. Itis noteworthy that the bulk of this analytical work was 
performed by a lady, Miss Ellen H. Swallow, 2: M., in the labora- 
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Nichols is in charge. The questions of contamination by sewage and 
the work of manufactures, dilution, filtration, etc., are all proieeas & 
considered from experimental data. 
- well as hygienic interest is that on “ ‘The use of zinked o or gal- 
nized iron, for the storage and conveyance of drinking water,” 
