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No. LXXIII. 
CONTENTS. 
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IS 80 . 
Vrticles. page 
1. The History of Evolutionism i 
2. Scientific Progress of the Past 
Year. By Wm. Spottis- 
woode, D.C.L., LL.D., 
P.R.S 8 
3. The Hon. Henry Cavendish : 
his Life and Character . . 25 
4. English and American Phy- 
sique. By George M. 
Beard, M.D 33 
Reports on New Inventions. 
The Thomas and Gilchrist Pro- 
cess for Eliminating Phos- 
phorus in the Manufacture of 
Steel. By W. Mattieu Wil- 
liams, F.R.A.S 42 
Reports — continu ' d . page 
Professor B irff’s Process fur Pre- 
venting the Corrosion of Iron 46 
Lectures. 
Oil Water and A : r. By Prof. 
Tyndall, D.C.L., LL.D., F.R.S. 49 
Analyses of Books. 
How to Work with the Micro- 
scope 66 
Annals of Chemical Medicine . . 68. 
Mind in the Lower Animals in 
Health and Disease 69 
On the Structure and Affinities of 
the “Tabulate Corals” of the 
Palaeozoic Period 72 
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