CONTENTS OF VOLUME XLIX.
Number 289.
Page - Art. I.—Late Glacial or Champlain Subsidence and Reëlevation of the St. Lawrence river basin; by W. Upham. (With Plate I)
1 - II.—Automatic Mercury Vacuum Pump; by M. I. Pupin
19 - III.—Graphical Thermodynamics; by R. de Saussure
21 - IV.—Application of the Schroeder-Le Chatelier Law of Solubility to Solutions of Salts in Organic Liquids; by C. E. Linebarger
48 - V.—Preliminary Notice of the Plymouth Meteorite; by H. A. Ward
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SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE.
Chemistry and Physics—Diammonium, Curtius and Schrader: Nitrogen Trioxide, Lunge and Porschnew, 56.—Physical Properties of Nitrogen Monoxide, Villard: Use of the Refractive Index for determining Critical Temperatures, Chappuis, 57.—Constants of Refraction of Carbonyl Compounds, Nasini and Andeblini: Electrolysis of Copper Sulphate in Vacuo, Gannon, 58.—Propagation of Electromagnetic Waves in Ice and on the Dielectric Power of this Substance, M. Blondlot, 59.—Rotation of magnetic lines, E. Lecher: Magnetization of iron and nickel wire, Klemencic: New Storage Battery, M. L. Caillelet and E. Collardeau, 61.—Resemblances between the grouping of figures on soap films and the arrangement of stars and nebulæ, Quincke, 62.
Geology and Mineralogy—Glacial succession in Europe, 62.—Changes of level in the region of the Great Lakes in recent geological time, F. B. Taylor, 69.—Introduction to Geology as historical science, 71.—Alabama, Geological Survey, E. A. Smith: Manual of Geology, J. D. Dana: Bulletin of the Department of Geology, University of California, 72.—Mineral Resources of the United States, D. T. Day, 73.—Physikalische Krystallographie und Einleitung in die krystallographische Kenntniss der wichtigeren Substanzen, P. Groth: Manual of Microchemical Analysis, H. Behrens: Handbuch der Mineralogie, C. Hintze. 74.
Botany—Lehrbuch der Botanik, Frank: Lehrbuch der Botanik, K. Giesenhagen: Lehrbuch der Botanik, F. Pax: Lehrbuch der Botanik, E. Strasburger, F. Noll, H. Schenk, A. F. W. Schimper, 75.—Student's Text-Book of Botany, S. H. Vines, 76.—Practical Physiology of Plants, F. Darwin and E. H. Acton: Practical Flora for Schools and Colleges, O. R. Willis, 77.—Pflanzen-Teratologie, systematisch geordnet, O. Penzig: Practical Botany for Beginners. F. O. Bower, 78.
Miscellaneous Scientific Intelligence—New Tables of the Planets: Ostwald's Klassiker der exakten Wissenschaften, 79.
Obituary—Lewis R. Gibbes: Father Denza, 80.
