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-. Geological Society,—Quarterly Journal, Vol. XXXV, No. 137, 
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-. Nature,—Vol. XIX, Nos. 489—493. 
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No. 190. Foynting, J. If .—On a Method of using the Balance with great deli¬ 
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No. 191'. Thomson, W. —On a Machine for the Solution of Simultaneous Linear 
Equations. Thomson, J .—On the Flow of Water in Uniform Regime in Ri¬ 
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No. 192. Hartley, W. M. and Huntingdon, A. IT.—Researches on the Absorp¬ 
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land, E. —On Dry Fog. Stewart, R. and Eodgson, W .—Note on tho Inequa¬ 
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Kow Observatory. Favy, F. W .—Volumetric Estimation of Sugar by an 
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New Haven. Connecticut Academy of Arts - and Sciences,—Transactions, 
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