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SCIENTIFIC NEWS. 



[Dec. 21, 1888. 



SELECTED BOOKS. 



Astronomy with an Opera Glass. Popular Introduction 

 to the Study of the Starry Heavens with the 

 simplest of Optical Instruments. With maps and 

 directions to facilitate the recognition of the constel- 

 lations and the principal stars visible to the naked 

 eye. By G. P. Serviss. London: Sampson and 

 Son. Price 7 s. 6d. 



Industrial Education. (Education Library ) By Sir P. 

 Magnus. London : Kegan and Co. Price 6s. 



A Text-Book of Elementary Metallurgy, for the use ot 

 Students. By A. H. Hiorns. London : Macmillan 

 and Co. Price 4s. 



A Sketch of- the First Principles of Physiography. With 

 Maps and numerous Illustrations. By J. Douglas. 

 London : Chapman and Co. Price 3s. 6d. 



The World's Inhabitants ; or, Mankind, Animals, and 

 Plants. Being a Popular Account of the Races and 

 Nations of Mankind, Past and Present, and the 

 Animals and Plants inhabiting the great Continents 

 and Principal Islands. With about 900 Illustrations, 

 representing all the Types of Mankind, their Home 

 and their Public Life, together with many of the 

 Principal Types of Animals and Plants. By G. T. 

 Bettany. London : Ward and Lock. Price 7s. 6d. 



Seas and Skies in many Latitudes ; or, Wanderings in 

 Search of Weather. Maps and Illustrations. By 

 R. Abercromby. London: Stanford. Price 18s. 



A Short History of Natural Science. Fourth edition. 

 With Corrections and Additions. By Arabella B. 

 Buckley. London : Stanford. Price 8s. 6d. 



Electric Bells, and all about them. A Practical Book for 

 Practical Men. With more than 100 Illustrations. 

 By S. R. Bottone. London : Whittaker. Price 3s. 



Elementary Commercial Geography. A Sketch of the 

 Commodities and Countries of the World. By H. 

 R. Mills, F.R.S.E., Lecturer on Commercial Geo- 

 graphy in the Heriot Watt College, Edinburgh. 

 London : C. J. Clay and Sons. Price is. 



On the Senses, Instincts, and Intelligences of Animals. 

 With Special Reference to Insects. By Sir John 

 Lubbock, Bart., M.P. With 100 illustrations. 

 London : Kegan Paul, Trench, and Co. Price 5s. 



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METEOROLOGICAL RETURNS 



For the ten weeks ending on Monday, Dec. 10th, 1888. Specially prepared for Scientific News from official reports. 









Mean Tern 



perature. 





Rainfall. 



Duration of Sunshine. 



Scotland, East 



44-1 



legs. 



being 3*3 degs. 



above 



average. 



8'iins., being o'S ins. 



above average. 



92 



irs. 



being 



62 hrs. 



below 



average 



England, N.E. 



46-0 



>1 



»i 



2 - 3 



n 



11 



„ 



4-8„ 



. i-8 „ 



below „ 



141 



11 



11 



2 





above 





England, East 



4S7 



11 



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i) 



4-8„ 



, 1-4 .. 



11 11 



173 



11 



11 



13 









Midlands 



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11 



6-4.. 



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ii 



11 



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)> 



below 





England, South 



47 - 3 



»» 



i> 



i-s 



n 



11 





7°.. 



. 0-4 „ 



above „ 



163 



11 



11 



3 





above 





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46-3 







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i) 







135.. 



, r8 „ 



11 11 



104 



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11 



39 





below 





England, N.W. 



46-9 



II 





i'i 





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87 .. 



, o-i „ 



below ,, 



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11 





13 









England, S.W. 



4*S 



J> 





1-3 



i) 







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, 0-6 „ 



above ,, 



170 



i> 





7 









Ireland, North 



47-6 







2'I 









80 „ 



, 0-4 „ 



below „ 



136 







26 







. 



Ireland, South 



48-5 



)! 



>> 



1 '9 



ji 



i> 





102 „ 



, 15 .. 



above •„ 



146 



11 



11 



33 



13 



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The Kingdom... 



46-6 



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r8 



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j» 



11 



8-3.. 



, 01 „ 



»> i» 



140 



11 



»i 



16 



II 



»» 



11 



The above period is fairly representative of the autumn of 1888, 



