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SCIENCE. 



TITLES OF PAPERS. 



1. Magnetic survey of Missouri. — Francis E. NipHer. 



2. On the effect of prolonged stress upon the strain in 



timber. — R. H. Thurston. 



3. Numerical elements of the orbits of the seven Electrical 



Vortices, to whose motions atmospheric storms are 

 principally due, with the processes by which they have 

 been derived, and examples given of the application of 

 the formula by which their positions on the surface of 

 the earth can be computed for any given time. — Thomas 

 Bassnett. 



4. Universal Energy of light. — Pliny Earl Chase. 



5. A new system of interest, discounts, etc. — James W. 



Robinson . 



6. The constitution of the "Atom" of science. — Mts.A. B. 



Blackwell. 



7. Canons, as I have seen them, with some thoughts as to 



their origin. — Wm. Brass. 



8. The unification of geological nomenclature. — Richard 



Owen. 



9. Recent discoveries, measurements, and temperature ob- 



servations made in Mammoth Cave, Ky. — H. C.Hovey. 



10. A remarkable case of retention of heat by the Earth. — 

 H. C. Hovey. 



11. Coal dust as an element of danger of mining ; shown 

 by the late explosion in the Albion Mines, in Nova 

 Scotia. — H. C. Hovey. 



12. The successful administration of nitrous-oxide for den- 

 tal and surgical operations. — C. P. Hoivland. 



13. An Iso-picraminic acid. — Charles W. Dabney, Jr. 



14. Development of Sugar in M-aize and Sorghums. — Peter 

 Collier. 



15. A revision of the anatomy of the ethmoid bone in the 

 mammalia. — Harrison Allen. 



16. The life unit in plants. — Byron D. Hals ted. 



17. On Bopyrus manhattensis from the gill-cavity of Palae- 

 monetes vulgaris Stimpson. — Carl F. Gissler. 



18. The uncivilized mind in the presence of higher phases 

 of civilization. — Otis T.Mason. 



19. The stone images and idols of the mound-builders. — 



Wm. Mc Adams. 



20. Some remarkable relics from mounds in Illinois. — 



Wm. Mc Adams. 



21. Stone implement showing glacier marks. — Wm. Mc- 

 Adams. 



22. The occurrence of Cretaceous fossils near mouth of 

 Illinois river. — Wm. Mc Adams. 



23. Mound-builders' skeleton. — Watson C. Holbrook. 



24. Stone implements in the drift. — Watson C. Holbrook. 



25. Prehistoric hieroglyphics. — Watson C. Holbrook. 



26. A contribution to Croll's theory of secular climatal 

 changes.— W. J. McGee. 



27. Influence of forests upon streams. — David D. Thompson. 



28. Alchemy, the cradle of Chemistry. Illustrated by lan- 

 tern views. — H. Carrington Bolton. 



29. The great primordial force. — H. R. Rogers. 



30. " Mixed " or "New Process " sugars. With methods 

 and results of analysis. — H. W. Wiley. 



31. Amylose. Its nature and method of manufacture. Its 

 optical properties. — H. W. Wiley. 



32. Relation of reducing power as measured by Fehling's 

 solution to the rotatory power of commercial glucose 

 and grape sugar. — Second paper. — //. W. Wiley. 



33 On a new material suitable for stop-cocks artd stoppers 

 for reagent bottles, — //. W. Wiley. 



34. The stereoscope, and vision by optic divergence. — W. 

 Le Conte Stevens. 



35. The nitrogenous constituents of grasses. — Clifford 

 Richardson. 



36. Mineralogical Notes. — Benjamin Si Hi man. 



37. On the influence of the structure of the nerve-fibres 

 upon the production and conduction of nerve-force. — 

 //. D. Schmidt. 



38. The recurrence of faunas in the Devonian Rocks of 



New York. — //. S. Williams. 



39. Note on some Fish remains from the Upper Devonian 

 of New York. — //. 5. Williams. 



40. Note on specimens of Ptilophyton and associated fos- 

 sils eoliected by Dr. H. S. Williams, in the Chemung 

 Shales of Ithaca, N. Y. — J. W. Dawson. 



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Composition and quality of American Wines. — Henry 



B. Parsons. 



On Dibromiodacrylic and Chlorbromiodacrylic Acids. 



— C. F. Mdbery and Rachel Lloyd. 



On Chlortribrompropionic Acid. — C. F. Mabety and H 



C. Weber. 



Alhazen's Problem : its history and bibliography, 

 together with various solutions of it. — Marcus Baker. 

 Is the law of repetition the Dynamic Law underlying 

 the Science of Chemistry? — Miss Virginia K. Bowers. 

 A study of blcod during a protracted fast. — Lester 

 Curtis. 



A contribution to the study of Bacterial Organisms, 

 and commonly found on exposed mucus surfaces, and 

 in the alimentary canal of healthy individuals. — Geo. 



M. Sternberg. 



Suggestions for improvement in the manufacture of 

 glass, and new methods for the construction of large 

 telescopic lenses. — G. W. Holley. 



On the electrical resistance and co-efficient of expan- 

 sion of incandescent platinum. — E. L. Nichols. 

 On recent deep-sea soundings in the Gulf of Mexico 

 and Caribbean Sea, by the U. S. Coast Survey. — J. E. 



Hilgard. 



Symmetrical method of Elimination in Simple Equa- 

 tions, by the use of some of the principles of Determ- 

 inants. — Jas. D. Warner. 



A Musical Local-telegraph alphabet. — -William Boyd. 



An Improved Sonometer. — W. Le Conte Stevens. 



A new and improved freezing Microtome. — Thomas 



Taylor. 



A new and Improved Freezing apparatus for use in 

 Surgical and Dental Practice, being a substitute for 

 the ether spray. — Thomas Taylor. 



Bacteria and Micrococci, and their relations to plant cul- 

 ture. — Thomas Taylot . 



Electricity, Magnetism, Gravitation. Their phenomena 

 considered as the manifestation of one force. — -S. S. 



Parsons. 



The Berea Grit of Ohio. — Edward Orion. 

 The Gold-bearing drift of Indiana. — Geo. Sutton. 

 On the amount of Glacial erosion in Ohio, Indiana and 

 Illinois, with some deductions therefrom. — E. W. 



Claypole. 



On the Discovery of an Archemediform Tenestellid in 

 the Upper Silurian Rocks of^Ohio. — E. W. Claypole. 



Life-history of the Buckeye" Stem-borer. Sericoris in- 

 strutana Clem. — E. W. Claypole. 



Some needed reforms in the use of Botanical Terms. — 



Charles R. Ridlcr. 



Digital differentiation. — A. J. Howe. 

 The excavation of the Grand Canon of the Colorado 

 River.— C. E. Dutton. 



On the cause of the Arid climates of the Far West. — 



C. E. Dutton. 



Evolution and its place in Geology. — Edward S. Ed- 

 munds. 



A Short study of the Features of the Region of Lower 

 Great Lakes, during the Great River Age ; or notes on 

 the Origin of the Great Lakes of North America. — J. 



W. Spencer. 



On the inhabitants of N. E. Siberia, commonly called 



Chukchis and Namollo.— W. H. Dall. 



A Lawgiver of the Stone Age. — Horatio Hale. 



Ilex cassine, the Black Drink of the Southern Indians. — 



John G. Henderson. 



Was the antelope hunted by the Indians on the prairies 

 of Illinois ? — John G. Henderson. 



Agriculture and Agricultural Implements of the Ancient 

 Inhabitants of the Mississippi Valley. — John G. Hen- 

 derson. 



Houses of the Ancient Inhabitants of the Mississippi 

 Valley. — John G. Henderson. 



Comparative Differences in the Iroquis Group of Dia- 

 lects. — A/rs. Erminnie A. Smith. 



Typical thin sections of the rocks of the cupriferous 

 series in Minnesota. — N. H. Winchell. 

 The limited biological importance of synthetic achieve- 

 ments in Organic Chemistry. — Albert B. Prescott. 

 On a mesal cusp of the deciduous mandibular canine 

 of the domestic cat, Felis domestica. — Burt G. Wildet. 



