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ew: D.P. Some peculiarities of plant- arena 
ose, GC. B. The critical state of gases oe 
Powell, J. W. The fundamental Sheena of dynamic 
geology . 2 
On the state of the interior of the earth . . Se We Sallis 
Present sun-spot maximum . . 
Presentation of the Rumford medals to Professor Rowland. 
Sis 6 Me 
Protection of alpine plants 
nay, ©. mie Us: meteorological ‘station at Point 
Eaiours | JS ae ee ana ral 
Retrospect and prospect . 
Richards, R. H. Economy of fuel in iron “manufacture, 
The hot blast in makingiron. . on. or 
Riley, C. V. Entomography of Hirmoneura . 
The use of naphthaline as an insecticide . yee 
FVOLATONOfePILeT 2 @  - 6 6 -) © ys ah. 6 
Royal society of Canada . . eens ce rok 
Royce, Josiah. After-i ‘images ‘ i 
Russell, Israel C. Lakes of the Great Basin. 
Russian meteorological service. TJil.. 
Salmon, D. E. The discovery of the ‘germ of swine- 
plague . A 
Sargent, C. s. George Engelmann. 
Scales of Coleoptera. His & 0 
Schwatka, Frederick. The Alaska military recon- 
noissance of 1883. Jil... . : 5 PAY, 
An arctic vesse] and her equipment. Ml. So ¢ 
Icebergs and ice-floes. Ji. . . . oy No tao or en 
uthemMaddle Yukon JUS) ee oe al er  SIONIK, 
Wintering in the Arctic. Jl. Sicko ier 
Scientific method in historicalstudy . . 
Sechenoff, I. The scientific activity ‘of the Russian 
universities during the last twenty-five years 
Smith Sound and its Pe ee eae 
Study at home . : aes 
Style in scientific writing 59 
Tarr, Ralph S. Carnivorous habits of the muskrat . 
Cod: hatching experiments at Gloucester : 
Portrait 
Technical education in Europe . 
ee gk Cee systems at the ( Cincinnati exposition. 
Thomas, Cyrus. " The Etowah mounds. ahi) 
Iron from North- Carolina mounds. Ji. . 2 
Thurston, Robert H. Anewmotor ..,.. 
Sir Charles William Siemens. Portrait . . 
Tissandier, G. Tissandier’s electric balloon. ‘Il. 
BOOK REVIEWS. 
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Aboriginal literature of America 732 
Agricultural experiment-stations . - 492 
Albrecht’s Logarithmic-trigonometric tables A 5 oo 6 6 onl 
Art catalogue of the New-England manufacturers’ institute, 263 
Ashburner’s Geology of the Panther-Creek coal-basin 690 
Bacteria and the germ-theory of disease no 133 
Barrois’ Geology of the Asturias and Galicia 726 
Barrus’s Tabor steam-engine indicator . 601 
Bassler’s Weather . . . 262 
Bastian’s Ethnological psychology 204 
Becker’s Comstock lode . 48 
Berthelot’s Explosive materials . 76 
Besant’s Treatise on hydromechanics 78 
Biological theories of an artist . ess, ok Asis 332 
sporderland of science and faith <2. . . « - « » « » Jol 
Brooks’s Law of heredity. . 388 
Browne and Behnke’s Practical guide for r singers and speak- 
ONS ier lien ve. Steers.) uo aaotere 231 
Bulletin astr onomique : 581 
Calderwood’s Relations of ‘mind and brain 686 
Carpenter’s Energy in nature . : 491 
Cohn’s Die pflanze hy.s2 asl, vce Peaoets 160 
Connett and Frazer’s Patents on inventions c 522 
Coues’s Biogen. By Josiah Royce . . F 661 
Daniell’s Text-book of the eens of physics : 631 
Darwinism c 5 461 
Duncan’s Heroes of science . 261 
Dutton’s Tertiary histor xe of the Grand ( Caiion district. Tl. 327 
Dynamic electricity . 692 
Economic entomology . 2932 
Exploring voyage of the Challenger. Il. By G. Brown 
Goode . 576 
Galton’s Life- history album, and Record of family faculties, 734 
Geological relatives of Krakatoa, and its late eruption. Til. 7€2 
Geological survey of Alabama . 5 RE 418 
Gladstone and Tribe’s Secondary batteries | 5 51 
Gordon’s Electricity and magnetism . c 262 
Graves’s Life of Sir William Rowan Hamilton . 19 
Guatemaltec languages. . . ‘ = 794 
Guyot’s Creation . . ' 599 
Hahn’s Handbuch der klimatologie é 162 
Hammond’s Electric light in our » homes . ‘ 521 
Todd, David P. The Dearborn observatory 629 
Humidity and chronometer rates . ofS 287 
Researches on astronomical spectr um-photography : 
Trelease, W. Insects and fermentation . . Ey ae 
Trowbridge, John. Progress of. electrical science . 
during 1883. . 258 
Tucker, R. H., jun. The distribution of comets = with 
reference to solar motion. - . 650 
U., W. The winter of 1879-80 i in 1 Europe <n 485 
Unification of time . . 3) te Se ee ete 517 
United States census office . . a os fee 
Upton, W. Theredskies ... (ea 
W., F. The variation of temperature in ‘Germany . 546 
Wadsworth, M. Olivine rocks of North Carolina, 486 
Walcobt: Charles D. Appendages of the trilobite. : 
Watson, Sereno. Note on the flora of the Upper 
Yukon .. 252 
White, C. A. ‘Adaptability of the prairies for artificial 
for estry . 438 
The enemies and parasites of the oyster, past and ‘present, 618 
Whitman, C. O. Development of Sipunculus nudus 682 
Whymper, HE. Colored skies after an enn of Lets 
paxi . . 99 
Suinlocks W. C. The Pons-Brooks comet. il. . 67 
Winslow, Arthur. Peculiarities of Weattce es in the 
Pottsville conglomerate. J0/. c 12 
Woman’s journey to the Karakorum valley ois aeicoalle 228 
Woods, Arthur T. Modern rail-making 761 
Zittel, ‘Karl A. Museums of natural | history i in the 
United States . 191 
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Havestadt’s Chilian languages . stat. O00 
Hayden’s Twelfth annual report of the e U. 8. geological sur- 
ena WHS Ae «hae Same 103 
Houston’s Elements of chemistry . oo 78 
Houzeau and Lancaster’s Traité élémentaire de météorolo- 
gie. 6 (ew) & yolMeusreenennCnnS 462 
Tllinois geological report oe Je 6 a eee he ene 302 
Janet’s Theory of morals. By Francis G. Peabody . 360 
Jeans’s Creators of the age of steel. By 2. H. Thurston 790 
Journal of the iron and steel institute . i. 2 eee 550 
Kellerman’s Elements of botany PRICE ee 460 
Lacerda’s Bacillus of beriberi . - 331 
Lacy’s Examination of Ppen ee 8 “philosophy of the un- 
knowable . . G8 5 c 417 
Lancaster’s La pluie en Belgique 5 580 
Lankester’s New classification of the Mollusca. "By W. H. 
IDG ants? Ne fue eee SHS), ol wee tO 
Larison’s Tenting- school . ss .)cheno) 203 
Late electrical books . . 419 
Lockwood’s Electricity, magnetism, and electric telegraphy, 729 
Lord’s statistics of coal-production in Illinois 490 
Lydtin, Fleming, and Van Hertsen’s Fropassaa of tuber- 
culosis . . : dae 634 
Magnin and Sternberg’ 8 ‘Bacteria... . > aneuete 362 
M‘Alpine’s Botanical atlas . . . . +. « « « = «= «© =) doe 
M‘Alpine’s ZoGlogical atlas . . . . - « « » « «= « « doo 
Marie’s History of the sciences. . . . . = « « = = ao 
Martin’s Elementary physiology .. .. . « « «%» 49 
Mascart’s Electricity and magnetism. . .... . . 202 
Meteorological journals. = = ~ 5) )) <= ». 734 
Miguel’s Organisms of the air . . .... . » - 518 
Minor book notices . . ‘fs ORIG 
Nourse’s American exploration in the i ice- zones . Poe eee | alo 
Packard’s Briefer zoGlogy ...... .- 4 50 
Pasteur, Louis. J.. o 6) ae 546 
Planté’s Recherches sur "Vélectricité O30 0 549 
Proceedings of the American society of microscopists 460 
Recent works on the micro-chemistry of plants. . .. . 602 
Report of the commissioner of agriculture for 1883 - » 689 
Report of the observatory at ee Hungary... . . 664 
Report on sorghum sugar. . 2 Lise (eos ee 161 | 
Romer’s Bone-caves of Poland. ...... - 
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