Ligustrum Quihoui.--1 figure.
Raphiolepis Japonica.--1 figure.
Rivina Lævis.
Apples in Store.
IV. ELECTRICITY, LIGHT, HEAT. ETC.--Before it happened.--
How the telegraph gets ahead of time.
The Ader Relay.--By R.G. BROWN.
The Platinum Water Pyrometer.--By J.C. HOADLEY. 2 figures.
--Description of apparatus.--Heat carriers.--Manipulating.
V. HYGIENE AND MEDICINE. ETC.--The British Sanitary Congress.
--Address of President Galton.--The causes of disease. Researches
of Pasteur, Lister, Koch, Klebs, etc--Germ theory of
malaria.--Cholera.--The water question.--Effects of sewering.--
Influence of smoke and fogs.--Importance of a circulation of air.
--Health conditions of different classes.--Economic advantages of
sanitary measures.
Psychological Development in Children.--By G.J. ROMANES.
The Racial Characteristics of Man.
Eccentricity and Idiosyncrasy.--By DR. WM. A. HAMMOND.
Pyorrhea Alveolaris--By DR. J.M. RIGGS.--A curious disease
of the teeth and its treatment.
Sulphur as a Preservative against Marsh Fever.
VI. ARCHITECTURE, ART, ETC.--The New Parliament Building,
Berlin. 4 figures.--Thiersch's design.--Portrait, Prof. Thiersch.
--Wallot's design.--Portrait of M.P. Wallot.
VII. ASTRONOMY, ETC--On Determining the Sun's Distance by a
New Method.--By T.S.H. EYTINGE.
Professor Haeckel on Darwin.
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