ESTABLISHED 1861. 
Quarterly, Half-a-Crown; Annual Subscription, Ten •SbilHnys, 
THE 
POPULAR SCIENCE REVIEW, 
A 
QUARTERLY SUMMARY OF SCIENTIFIC FROGfeESS, 
AND MISCELLANY OF ENTERTAINING AND INSTRUCTIVE ARTICLES 
ON SCIENTIFIC SUBJECTS. 
Edited by HENRY LAWSON, M.D., 
Author of “A Popular Manual of Physiology’’ Co-Lecturer on Physiology and 
Histology, St. Mary's Medical School . 
VOLUME IV. 
Five Quarterly Parts , 696 pp. of Letter-press , numerous Woodcuts , and 24 whole- 
page Plates, by first-rate Artists , price 14s. Qd., containing the following 
interesting Articles :— 
Extraordinary Ships. By S. J. Mackie, 
F.G.S. With 18 Woodcuts and Plates 
of “ Cigar-ship ’’ and “ Connector- 
ship.” 
Good Food. By Dr. Lankester, F.R.S. 
On the Origin of our Local Floras, By 
Harland Coultas. With Map of Dis¬ 
tribution of Flowering Plants. 
Metamorphism of Rocks, &e. By Pro¬ 
fessor Ansted. 
The Metric System. By James Spear, 
Esq. With Plate of Weights and 
Measures. 
Recent Investigations into the Natural 
History of the Red Coral. By the Edi¬ 
tor. With Coloured Plate. 
What is a Stimulant? By Dr. Anstie. 
Source of Heat in the Sun. By Robert 
Hunt, F.R.S. With Woodcuts and 2 
Coloured Plates. 
On New Food for Infants.. By Baron 
Liebig. (This Article was the means 
of introducing “ Liebig’s Food for 
Infants ” into this country.) 
Vegetables, Fruit, and Water, as Sources 
of Intestinal Worms. By Spencer 
Cobbold, M.D., F.R.S., F.L.S. 
The Anatomy and Physiology of Fora- 
minifera. By Professor Williamson, 
F.R.S. With Tinted Plate. 
Waves of Heat and Waves of Death. By 
B. W. Richardson, M.A., M.D. 
30 
Origin of Kitchen-Gdr’den Plants. By 
Harland Coultas. With Plate df Wild 
Parsnip, Carrot, Radish, Turnip, &c. 
Geology of Mineral Springs. By Francis 
Bond, M.D., B.A., F.C.S. Wirh Plate. 
Train Signalling in Theory and Practice. 
By Charles V. Walker, F. R.S., F.R. A.S. 
With Woodcuts and Plate, showing the 
arrangement of Signal-room. 
Extract of Meat. By Charles Boner. 
On Sponges, By Robert Patterson, F.R.S. 
With Tinted Plate of Structure. 
The Physical Phenomena of other Worlds. 
By Robert Hunt, F.R.S. With Co- 
loiired Plate of Spectra. 
Migrations of European Birds. By A. 
Leith Adams, M.A., M.B., F.G.S., 
F.L.S. 
On the Difficulties in Identifying many 
of the Lower Kinds of Algae. By J. 
Braxton Hicks, M.D., F.R.S., F.L.S. 
With Coloured Plate. 
On the Oldest Known Fossil— Eozoon 
Canudense— its Pla'ce, Structure, and 
Significance. By Professor T. Rupert 
Jones, F.G.S. With Coloured Plate 
of 10 Sections. 
Balloon Ascents and their Seiehtific Im¬ 
portance. By James Giarsher, F.R.S. 
With Tinted Plate, showing the Ar¬ 
rangement of Instruments in Car of 
Balloon. 
