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  temperature 
  alone 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  irregularities 
  are 
  so 
  extremely 
  

   regular 
  ? 
  How 
  does 
  the 
  barometer 
  behave 
  V 
  Do 
  the 
  winds, 
  

   do 
  the 
  magnetic 
  elements, 
  show 
  something 
  pointing 
  to 
  a 
  

   common 
  origin? 
  Here 
  are 
  certainly 
  interesting 
  questions, 
  

   but 
  the 
  field 
  is 
  too 
  large 
  for 
  one 
  man. 
  Therefore 
  my 
  wish 
  is 
  

   to 
  entice 
  others 
  to 
  walk 
  on 
  this 
  easy 
  and 
  interesting 
  road. 
  

  

  XLV1II. 
  Notices 
  respecting 
  New 
  Books. 
  

  

  Science 
  Abstracts 
  : 
  Physics 
  and 
  Electrical 
  Engineering. 
  Volume 
  I. 
  

   Parts 
  1 
  and 
  2. 
  January 
  and 
  February 
  1898. 
  Published 
  under 
  

   the 
  direction 
  of 
  The 
  Institution 
  of 
  Electrical 
  Engineers 
  ; 
  the 
  

   Physical 
  Society 
  of 
  London. 
  London 
  : 
  Taylor 
  and 
  Erancis. 
  

  

  A 
  S 
  our 
  readers 
  are 
  aware, 
  the 
  Physical 
  Society 
  of 
  London 
  com- 
  

   ■^^ 
  menced, 
  a 
  little 
  more 
  than 
  two 
  j^ears 
  ago, 
  the 
  publication 
  

   of 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  Abstracts 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  important 
  papers 
  on 
  Physics 
  

   appearing 
  in 
  foreign 
  scientific 
  journals. 
  The 
  general 
  excellence 
  of 
  

   these 
  Abstracts 
  was 
  admitted 
  on 
  all 
  hands 
  ; 
  aud 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  

   work 
  thus 
  done 
  by 
  the 
  Physical 
  Society 
  was 
  recognized 
  by 
  grants 
  in 
  

   aid 
  from 
  the 
  E-oyal 
  Society 
  and 
  the 
  British 
  Association. 
  It 
  is 
  

   understood 
  that 
  the 
  expense 
  involved 
  in 
  the 
  publication 
  of 
  the 
  

   Abstracts 
  was 
  a 
  heavy 
  drain 
  on 
  the 
  resources 
  of 
  the 
  Physical 
  

   Society, 
  which, 
  notwithstanding 
  the 
  fundamental 
  importance 
  of 
  

   the 
  subject 
  with 
  which 
  it 
  deals, 
  is, 
  and 
  perhaps 
  will 
  always 
  remain, 
  

   a 
  comparatively 
  small 
  Society 
  ; 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  doubtful 
  whether 
  the 
  publi- 
  

   cation 
  could 
  have 
  been 
  continued 
  very 
  long 
  without 
  outside 
  help. 
  

   It 
  is 
  therefore 
  very 
  satisfactory 
  that 
  a 
  large 
  and 
  wealthy 
  Society 
  

   like 
  the 
  Institution 
  of 
  Electrical 
  Engineers 
  should 
  have 
  united 
  with 
  

   the 
  Physical 
  Society 
  to 
  put 
  the 
  "Abstracts 
  " 
  on 
  a 
  firm 
  basis. 
  The 
  

   present 
  publication 
  takes 
  the 
  place 
  of 
  the 
  Physical 
  Society's 
  

   Abstracts, 
  and 
  also 
  of 
  the 
  extracts 
  from 
  electrical 
  papers 
  of 
  

   scientific 
  or 
  technical 
  interest 
  that 
  have 
  hitherto 
  appeared 
  in 
  the 
  

   Journal 
  of 
  the 
  Institution 
  of 
  Electrical 
  Engineers. 
  Speaking 
  

   very 
  roughly, 
  we 
  may 
  say 
  that 
  Physics 
  occupies, 
  in 
  the 
  two 
  parts 
  

   under 
  review, 
  about 
  two 
  thirds 
  of 
  the 
  space 
  aud 
  Electrical 
  Engi- 
  

   neering 
  one 
  third. 
  Eor 
  the 
  publication 
  generally 
  we 
  have 
  hardly 
  

   anything 
  but 
  praise. 
  The 
  high 
  standard 
  attained 
  in 
  the 
  Physical 
  

   Society's 
  Abstracts 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  maintained, 
  and 
  we 
  are 
  glad 
  to 
  see 
  

   that 
  the 
  typography 
  and 
  general 
  arrangement 
  remain 
  as 
  before 
  ; 
  

   the 
  only 
  change 
  obvious 
  at 
  first 
  sight 
  is 
  that 
  in 
  the 
  colour 
  of 
  the 
  

   wrapper 
  from 
  the 
  modest 
  Erench 
  grey 
  of 
  the 
  Physical 
  Society 
  to 
  a 
  

   brilliant 
  red 
  ; 
  but 
  this, 
  though 
  only 
  superficial, 
  is 
  sufficiently 
  

   startling, 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  whole, 
  we 
  can 
  heartily 
  congratulate 
  the 
  two 
  Societies 
  

   concerned 
  in 
  this 
  publication, 
  and 
  hope 
  that 
  it 
  will 
  meet 
  with 
  

   the 
  success 
  it 
  deserves. 
  "We 
  trust 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  found 
  practicable 
  

   to 
  keep 
  up 
  the 
  genuinely 
  scientific 
  character 
  which 
  characterizes 
  

   the 
  two 
  Parts 
  before 
  us 
  ; 
  but 
  we 
  are 
  a 
  little 
  alarmed 
  by 
  the 
  Editor's 
  

   announcement, 
  prefixed 
  to 
  a 
  list 
  of 
  fifty-three 
  periodicals 
  from 
  

  

  