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  /Scientific 
  Intelligence. 
  

  

  to 
  laymen 
  is 
  worthy 
  of 
  a 
  hearty 
  welcome. 
  Many 
  excellent 
  his- 
  

   tories 
  are 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  shelves 
  of 
  our 
  libraries, 
  but 
  few, 
  if 
  

   any, 
  are 
  sufficiently 
  elementary 
  and 
  untechnical 
  to 
  tempt 
  any 
  but 
  

   the 
  trained 
  mathematician. 
  

  

  As 
  far 
  as 
  Arithmetic, 
  Algebra, 
  Geometry 
  and 
  Trigonometry 
  are 
  

   concerned, 
  few 
  will 
  have 
  occasion 
  to 
  go 
  beyond 
  this 
  book, 
  and 
  

   those 
  few 
  will 
  find 
  all 
  necessary 
  directions 
  in 
  its 
  copious 
  footnotes 
  

   and 
  references. 
  

  

  One 
  main 
  purpose 
  of 
  the 
  author, 
  as 
  avowed 
  in 
  the 
  preface, 
  is 
  

   to 
  offer 
  suggestions 
  for 
  the 
  guidance 
  of 
  teachers 
  based 
  on 
  the 
  

   sound 
  principle 
  that 
  " 
  the 
  education 
  of 
  the 
  child 
  must 
  conform 
  

   both 
  in 
  mode 
  and 
  arrangement 
  with 
  the 
  education 
  of 
  mankind, 
  as 
  

   considered 
  historically;" 
  but 
  the 
  chief 
  benefit 
  to 
  be 
  derived 
  

   from 
  it 
  by 
  any 
  reader, 
  whether 
  he 
  be 
  a 
  teacher 
  or 
  not, 
  consists 
  in 
  

   the 
  stimulating 
  and 
  liberalizing 
  eflect 
  of 
  such 
  a 
  general 
  view 
  of 
  

   the 
  development 
  of 
  the 
  human 
  intellect 
  in 
  a 
  direction 
  where 
  that 
  

   development 
  has 
  been 
  so 
  free 
  and 
  characteristic. 
  Any 
  student 
  

   with 
  the 
  training 
  of 
  the 
  average 
  freshman 
  can 
  read 
  the 
  book 
  with 
  

   profit, 
  and 
  many 
  a 
  student 
  who 
  has 
  traveled 
  from 
  the 
  multiplica- 
  

   tion 
  table 
  to 
  spherical 
  triangles 
  as 
  through 
  a 
  dry 
  and 
  thirsty 
  

   land, 
  would 
  by 
  such 
  reading 
  be 
  brought 
  to 
  see 
  a 
  new 
  meaning 
  in 
  

   the 
  region 
  through 
  which 
  he 
  has 
  come 
  and 
  even 
  to 
  find 
  it 
  full 
  of 
  

   dignity 
  and 
  beauty 
  as 
  the 
  scene 
  of 
  the 
  labor 
  and 
  achievement 
  of 
  

   so 
  many 
  centuries. 
  w. 
  b. 
  

  

  2. 
  An 
  Eclip8e 
  Party 
  in 
  Africa 
  : 
  Chasing 
  Summer 
  Across 
  the 
  

   Equator 
  in 
  the 
  TJ. 
  S. 
  S. 
  Pensacola 
  ; 
  by 
  Eben 
  J. 
  Loomis, 
  Senior 
  

   Assistant 
  U. 
  S. 
  Nautical 
  Almanac 
  Office. 
  218 
  pp. 
  Boston, 
  1896 
  

   (Robert 
  Brothers). 
  — 
  The 
  Scientific 
  results 
  of 
  the 
  American 
  Solar 
  

   Eclipse 
  Expedition 
  to 
  Africa 
  in 
  the 
  latter 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  1889 
  

   have 
  already 
  been 
  presented 
  in 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  scientific 
  journals. 
  

   It 
  has 
  remained 
  for 
  Mr. 
  Loomis 
  to 
  give 
  a 
  popular 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  

   experiences 
  of 
  the 
  party. 
  This 
  he 
  does 
  in 
  a 
  most 
  attractive 
  way 
  

   in 
  the 
  present 
  volume. 
  The 
  reader 
  starts 
  off 
  with 
  the 
  U. 
  S. 
  S. 
  

   Pensacola 
  from 
  Brooklyn, 
  on 
  the 
  16th 
  of 
  October, 
  and 
  has 
  a 
  de- 
  

   lightful 
  journey 
  to 
  the 
  Azores, 
  the 
  Cape 
  Verde 
  Islands, 
  and 
  along 
  

   the 
  west 
  coast 
  of 
  Africa 
  to 
  St. 
  Paul 
  de 
  Loanda 
  and 
  Cape 
  Ledo, 
  

   where 
  the 
  party 
  disembarked 
  and 
  the 
  astronomical 
  instruments 
  

   were 
  set 
  up 
  for 
  use. 
  An 
  interesting 
  account 
  follows 
  of 
  the 
  course 
  

   of 
  the 
  eclipse, 
  unfortunately 
  not 
  observed 
  under 
  the 
  best 
  condi- 
  

   tions 
  for 
  scientific 
  results; 
  when 
  the 
  work 
  there 
  was 
  through, 
  the 
  

   journey 
  was 
  continued 
  to 
  Cape 
  Town 
  and 
  then 
  back 
  by 
  St. 
  Helena, 
  

   the 
  Ascension 
  Islands 
  and 
  the 
  Barbadoes 
  to 
  the 
  starting 
  point, 
  

   which 
  was 
  reached 
  May 
  23, 
  1890. 
  A 
  side 
  trip 
  to 
  the 
  Kimberley 
  

   diamond 
  mines 
  afforded 
  the 
  writer 
  a 
  chance 
  to 
  give 
  an 
  account 
  

   of 
  the 
  many 
  things 
  of 
  interest 
  which 
  he 
  saw 
  and 
  learned 
  there. 
  

   Indeed, 
  the 
  volume 
  is 
  throughout 
  both 
  entertaining 
  and 
  instruc- 
  

   tive, 
  and 
  its 
  interest 
  is 
  much 
  increased 
  by 
  the 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  

   excellent 
  half-tone 
  plates, 
  chiefly 
  from 
  photographs 
  taken 
  by 
  

   members 
  of 
  the 
  expedition. 
  

  

  3. 
  Elementary 
  Meteorology 
  for 
  High 
  Schools 
  and 
  Colleges 
  ; 
  

   by 
  Frank 
  Waldo, 
  Ph.D. 
  373 
  pp. 
  12mo. 
  New 
  York, 
  1896. 
  

  

  