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SCIENTIFIC NEWS. 



[Nov. 30, 1 88! 



ANNOUNCEMENTS. 



Bournemouth Society of Natural Science. — This 

 Society invite contributions on the following: (1) The 

 fertilisation of the Coniferae ; (2) The fertilisation of the 

 Ericacese ; (3) The common forms of fresh-water Alga: found 

 in the district ; (4) The common forms of microscopic life ; 

 (5) The constancy or variation in form of pollen grains in a 

 natural order, i.e., how far is the shape of a pollen grain 

 characteristic of an order ; (6) The micro-fungi attacking 

 plants; (7) Micro-section cutting; (8) Household waste in 

 the things we throw away ; (9) A process for softening water, 

 the best adapted for domestic use; (10) Mimicry in nature; 

 (n)The relation of insects to flowers; (12) Common forms 

 of marine zoology found in this district; (13) Variation in 

 insects ; (14) Larvee breeding, noting the effect of different 

 kinds of food and degrees of light upon colour of the perfect 

 insects, manner and times of feeding, sleeping, moulting, and 

 putating, etc.; (15) Gall collecting, and Cynips breedings; 

 ( 16) Indoor and window entomology, including two-winged 

 flies, beetles, moths, parasites, bees, etc. ; (17) Notes on the 

 botanical geography of the district, on the rate of coast 

 denudation, and the effect of the S.W. winds on the currents 

 and tides. 



DIARY FOR NEXT WEEK. 



Monday, Dec. 3. — Royal Institution, Albemarle Street, at 5 

 p.m. — General Monthly Meeting. 

 Society of Chemical Industry, Chemical 

 Society's Rooms, Burlington House, at 8 

 p m. — The Analytical Examination of 

 Water for Technical Purposes, by Mr. 



A. H. Allen. 



Victoria Institute, 7, Adelphi Terrace, Strand, 

 W.C., at 8 p.m. 



Society of Arts, John Street, Adelphi, at 8 

 p.m. — Light and Colour, by Captain W. 

 de W. Abney, C.B., F.R.S. 

 , Society of Engineers, Westminster Town 



Hall, at 7.30 p.irj.- — Higli Pressure Steam 

 and Steam Engine Efficiency, by Mr. W. 

 Worby Beaumont, M.Inst.C.E. 

 Tuesday,- Dee. 4. — Society of Biblical Archeology, 9, Conduit 

 Street, Hanover Square, W., at 9 p.m. 



Zoological Society of London, 3, Hanover 

 Square. — On the Mammals obtained by Mr. 

 C. M. Woodford during his second expedi- 

 tion to the Solomon /stands, by Mr. Oldfield 

 Thomas, F.Z. S. — On certain Points in the 

 Structure of Clitellio ( Claparede), by Mr. 

 Frank E. Beddard, F.Z.S.-0« the Distri- 

 bution and Morphology of the Supernume- 

 rary Phalanges in the Amira, by Prof. G. 



B. Howes and Mr. A. M. Davies. — On 

 the Natural History of Christmas Island, 

 Indian Ocean, by Mr. J. J. Lister, F.Z.S. 



Institution of Civil Engineers, George Street, 

 Westminster, at 8 p.m. — The Influence of 

 Chemical Composition on the Strength of 



Bessemer-Steel Tires, by J. Oliver An 

 F.CS. 



Wednesday, Dec. 5.— Entomological Society, II, Chandos St 

 Cavendish Square, W., at 7 p. 

 Monograph of the Genera Count 

 Tina:geria, Wlk., with Eretruscera, 1 

 Lord Walsingham, F.R.S. — Incidentc 

 servations in Pedigree Moth Breedi). 

 Mr. Frederic Mernfield. — Descriptio, 

 variety of Omithoplera Brookiana, b 

 Rev. Dr. F. A. Walker, F.L.S.— A 

 graph of British Braconida, Part 

 by the Rev. T. A. Marshall, M.A.- 

 New Species of Lepidopterafrom Kruk 

 by J. H. Leech, B.A., F.L.S. 

 Civil and Mechanical Engineers' So 

 Westminster Palace Hotel, at 7 p. 

 Presidential Address. 

 Society of Arts, John St., Adelphi, at S 

 — The Graphophone, by Mr. H. Edm 



Thursday, Dec. 6. — Chemical Society, Burlington Hou 

 8 p.m. 



Saturday, Dec. S.— Physical Society, Normal School of Sc 

 South Kensington, at 3 p.m. — On 

 Pacts connected with Systems of Sen 

 Units of Measurement, by Mr. 1 

 Blakesley. 



SALES. 



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 Cash on easy terms. 



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 stamps. — T. Rawson, Heaton Lane, Stockport. 



Fossils, Minerals. Twelve named specimens, 2s. 6d. 

 Cretaceous, Oolitic, Carboniferous, Silurian. — Chas. Wardini 

 Blackwood Crescent, Edinburgh. 



Fretwork. — Catalogue of every requisite, with 6oa illustra 

 free for 6 stamps. — Harger Bros., Settle. 



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 Amateurs and Engineers," post free, is. — Alfred Cr 

 Dover. 



Illustrated Catalogue of Models, Castings, Parts, Screw; 

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METEOROLOGICAL RETURNS 



for the ten weeks ending on Monday, Nov. 19th, 1888. Specially prepared for Scientific News from official rep 









Mean Tern 



jerature. 





Rainfall. 



Duration of Sunshine. 



Scotland 



East 



468 



legs. 



being 17 degs 



above average. 



5 6 ins., being 1*9 



ns. 



below 



average. 



170 hrs. 



, being 



32 



hrs. 



below 3.\ 



Fngland, 



N.E. 



477 



19 



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11 



below 



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214 



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249 



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above 





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'74 







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below 



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179 







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