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Physics. — ^The Absorption Coefficients of Soft X Rays . . By C. D. Miller 441 
Pathology. — ^Further Evidence as to the Relation Between Crown Gall and 
Cancer , , . . By Erwin F. Smith 444 
Zoology. — Locomotion of Sea-Anemones By G. H. Parker 449 
Zoology. — ^The Behavior of Sea- Anemones By G. H. Parker 450 
'Petrology. — A Contribution to the Petrography of Japan 
■ By J. P. iddings and E. W. Morley 452 
Physiology. — ^Is There a Temperature Coefficient for the Duration of Life? 
By Jacques Loeb and J. H. Northrop 456 
Astronomy. — On the Suggested Mutual Repulsion of Fraunhofer Lines . . 
By Charlei E. St. John 458 
Physics. — ^An Attempt to Detect the Mutual Influence of Neighboring 
Lines in Electric Furnace Spectra Showing Anomalous Dispersion . . 
\ By Arthur S. King 461 
Ch emistry. — Synthesis of the Base C3H4ON2 Derived from Methyl-Amino- 
methyl-3,4-Dihydroxyphenylcarbinol . . . . . By Chas. A, Rouiller 464 
Geology. — Extinguished and Resurgent Coral Reefs . . By W. M. Davis 466 
Geology. — ^The Origin of Certain Fiji Atolls . . . . . By W. M. Davis 471 
Physics. — Interferometer Methods Based on the Cleavage of a Diffracted 
Ray . . By C. Barus 475 
Genetics. — On the Inheritance of Certain Glume Characters in the Cross 
Avena Fatua X A. Sativa var. Kherson . . . . , By Frank M. Surface 478 
Zoology. — A Comparison of the Rates of Regeneration from Oldi and from 
New Tissue By Charles Zeleny 484 
Zoology. — ^The Effect of Successive Removal Upon the Rate of Regenera- 
tion By Charles Zeleny 487 
Geology. — The Geologic R6le of Phosphorus . ... By Eliot Blackwelder 490 
Geology. — Dominantly Fluviatile Origin Und£!r Seasonal Rainfall of the 
Old Red Sandstone By Joseph Barrell 496 
Geology. — The Influence of Silurian-Devonian Climates on the Rise of Air- 
Breathing Vertebrates .By Joseph Barrell 499 
Chemistry. — Density of Radio-Lead from Pure Norwf.gtan Cleveite . . 
By T. W. Richards and C. Wadsworth, 3d 505 
National Research Council. — Preliminary Report of the Organizing Com- 
mittee TO THE President of the Academy. By George E. Hale, Chairman 507 
