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ARRHENIUS. A TEXT-BOOK OF ELECTRO-CHEMISTRY. By SVANTE ARRHENIUS, Professor of Physics at the University of Stockholm. Translated from the German Edition by JOHN MCCRAE, Ph.D. With 58 Illustrations. 8vo, 9s. 6d. net.

BENNETT AND MURRAY. A HANDBOOK OF CRYPTOGAMIC BOTANY. By A. W. BENNETT, M.A., B.Sc., F.L.S., and GEORGE R. MILNE MURRAY, F.L.S. With 378 Illustrations. Svo, 16s.

BOSE. RESPONSE IN THE LIVING AND NON-LIVING. By JAGADIS CHUNDER BOSE, M.A., Cantab., D. Sc. Lond., Professor, Presidency College, Calcutta. With 117 Illustrations. 8vo, 10s. 6d.

This volume describes experimental investigations on animal, vegetable, and inorganic substances regarding their response to stimulus. These researches show that the effects of fatigue, stimulants, depressants, and poisons are alike in the organic and inorganic, and demonstrate that the response phenomena in the living" have been foreshadowed in the " non-living".

CHAPMAN. THE FORAMINIFERA: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF PROTOZOA.

By FREDERICK CHAPMAN, A.L.S., F.R.M.S., formerly Assistant in the Geological Laboratory of the Royal College of Science; Palæontologist to the National Museum, Melbourne. With 14 Plates and 42 Illustrations in the Text. 8vo, 9s. net.

CROOKES. SELECT METHODS IN CHEMICAL ANALYSIS (chiefly inorganic). By Sir W. CROOKES, F.R.S., V.P.C.S. Editor of The Chemical News". Third Edition, re-written and enlarged. Illustrated with 67 Woodcuts. Svo, 21s. net.

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DRUDE. THE THEORY OF OPTICS.

By PAUL DRUDE, Pro-
Translated from the

fessor of Physics at the University of Giessen.
German by C. RIBORG MANN and ROBERT A. MILLIKAN, Assistant
Professors of Physics at the University of Chicago. With 110 Diagrams.
8vo, 15s. net.

FRANKLAND.

MICRO-ORGANISMS IN WATER, THEIR SIGNIFICANCE, IDENTIFICATION AND REMOVAL. Together with an Account of the Bacteriological Methods Involved in their Investigation. Specially Designed for the Use of those connected with the Sanitary Aspects of Water Supply. By Professor PERCY FRANKLAND, Ph.D., B.Sc. Lond., F.R.S., Fellow of the Chemical Society; and Mrs. PERCY FRANKLAND, Joint Author of "Studies on Some New MicroOrganisms Obtained from Air". With 2 Plates and numerous Diagrams. 8vo, 16s. net.

FRANKLAND. BACTERIA IN DAILY LIFE.
FRANKLAND, F.R.M.S. Crown 8vo, 5s. net.

By Mrs. PERCY

HELMHOLTZ.-WORKS by HERMANN L. F. HELMHOLTZ, M.D., late Professor of Physics in the University of Berlin.

ON THE SENSATIONS OF TONE AS A PHYSIOLOGICAL BASIS FOR THE THEORY OF MUSIC. Second English

Edition; with numerous additional notes and a new Additional Appendix, bringing down information to 1885, and specially adapted to the use of Musical Students. By ALEXANDER J. ELLIS, B.A., F.R.S., F.S.A., etc., formerly Scholar of Trinity College, Cambridge. With 68 Figures engraved on Wood, and 42 Passages in Musical Notes. Royal 8vo, 28s. POPULAR LECTURES ON SCIENTIFIC SUBJECTS.

68 Woodcuts. 2 vols. Crown 8vo, 3s. 6d. each.

HERSCHEL. OUTLINES OF ASTRONOMY.

With

By Sir JOHN F. W. HERSCHEL, Bart., K.H., etc., Member of the Institute of France. Twelth Edition, with 9 Plates, and numerous Diagrams. 8vo, 12s.

HOFF. THE ARRANGEMENT OF ATOMS IN SPACE. By J. H. VAN 'T HOFF. Second, Revised and Enlarged Edition. With a Preface by JOHANNES WISLICENUS, Professor of Chemistry at the University of Leipzig; and an Appendix, "Stereochemistry among Inorganic Substances," by ALFRED WERNER, Professor of Chemistry at the University of Zürich. Translated and Edited by ARNOLD EILOART.

Crown 8vo, 6s. 6d. HUDSON AND GOSSE. THE ROTIFERA OR "WHEEL ANIMALCULES". By C. T. HUDSON, LL.D., and P. H. GOSSE, F.R.S. With 30 Coloured and 4 Uncoloured Plates. In 6 Parts. 4to, price 10s. 6d. each; Supplement, 12s. 6d. Complete in Two Volumes, with Supplement, 4to, £4 4s.

**The Plates in the Supplement contain figures of almost all the Foreign Species, as well as of the British Species, that have been discovered since the original publication of Vols. I. and II.

JOUBERT. ELEMENTARY TREATISE ON ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM. By G. CAREY FOSTER, F.R.S., Fellow and Emeritus Professor of Physics in University College, London; and ALFRED W. PORTER, B.Sc., Fellow and Assistant Professor of Physics in University College, London. Founded on JOUBERT'S "Traité Elémentaire d'Electricité". With 374 Illustrations and Diagrams. 8vo, 10s. 6d. net. KLÖCKER. FERMENTATION ORGANISMS. A Laboratory Handbook. By ALB. KLÖCKER, Assistant in the Carlsberg Laboratory, Copenhagen. Translated from the German by G. E. ALLAN, B.Sc., Lecturer in the University of Birmingham, and J. H. MILLAR, F.I.C., formerly Lecturer in the British School of Malting and Brewing, and revised by the Author. With 146 Illustrations. 8vo, 12s. net. LINDLEY AND MOORE. THE TREASURY OF BOTANY, OR POPULAR DICTIONARY OF THE VEGETABLE KINGDOM with which is incorporated a Glossary of Botanical Terms. Edited by J. LINDLEY, M.D., F.R.S., and T. MOORE, F.L.S. With 20 Steel Plates and numerous Woodcuts. 2 Parts. Fcap. 8vo, 12s. MACDOUGAL.-WORKS by DANIEL TREMBLY MACDOUGAL, Ph.D., Director of the Laboratories of the New York Botanical Garden. PRACTICAL TEXT-BOOK OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. With 159 Illustrations. 8vo, 7s. 6d. net

ELEMENTARY PLANT PHYSIOLOGY.

Crown 8vo, 3s.

With 108 Illustrations.

MELLOR.

HIGHER MATHEMATICS FOR STUDENTS OF CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS. With Special Reference to Practical Work. By J. W. MELLOR, D.Sc., late Senior Scholar, and 1851 Exhibition Scholar, New Zealand University; Honorary Research Fellow, the Owens College, Manchester. With 142 Diagrams. 8vo, 12s. 6d. net.

MENDELÉEFF.

WORKS BY D. MENDELÉEFF.

THE PRINCIPLES OF CHEMISTRY. Translated from the Russian (Seventh Edition) by GEORGE KAMENSKY, A.R.S.M., of the Imperial Mint, St. Petersburg, and Edited by THOMAS H. POPE, B.Sc., F.I.C. With 110 Illustrations. 2 vols. 8vo, 32s. net

AN ATTEMPT TOWARDS A CHEMICAL CONCEPTION OF THE ETHER. Translated from the Russian by GEORGE KAMENSKY, A.R.S.M. 8vo, 2s. net.

MEYER. OUTLINES OF THEORETICAL

CHEMISTRY.

By LOTHAR MEYER, Professor of Chemistry in the University of Tübingen. Translated by Professors P. PHILLIPS BEDSON, D.Sc., and W. CARLETON WILLIAMS, B.Sc. 8vo, 9s.

MEYER.

THE KINETIC THEORY OF GASES. Elementary Treatise with Mathematical Appendices. By Dr. OSKAR EMIL MEYER, Professor of Physics at the University of Breslau. Second Revised Edition. Translated by ROBERT E. BAYNES, M.A., Student of Christ Church, Oxford, and Dr. Lee's Reader in Physics. 8vo, 15s. net.

MORGAN. ANIMAL BIOLOGY. An Elementary Text-Book. By
C. LLOYD MORGAN, F.R.S., Principal of University College, Bristol.
With numerous Illustrations. Crown 8vo, Ss. 6d.

PLIMMER. THE CHEMICAL CHANGES AND PRODUCTS
RESULTING FROM FERMENTATION.
PLIMMER, D.Sc. Lond. 8vo, 6s. net.

By R. H. ADERS

PROCTOR.--WORKS by RICHARD A. PROCTOR.
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PROCTOR.-WORKS by RICHARD A. PROCTOR-continued.

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THE STARS IN THEIR SEASONS.
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OUR PLACE AMONG INFINITIES a Series of Essays contrasting our Little Abode in Space and Time with the Infinities around Us. Crown 8vo, 3s. 6d.

ROUGH WAYS MADE SMOOTH.
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NATURE STUDIES. By GRANT
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STRENGTH: How to get Strong and keep Strong, with Chapters on Rowing and Swimming, Fat, Age and the Waist. With 9 Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 2s.

REYNOLDS. EXPERIMENTAL CHEMISTRY for Junior Students. By J. EMERSON REYNOLDS, M.D., F.R.S., Professor of Chemistry, Univ. of Dublin. Fcap. 8vo, with numerous Woodcuts.

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DARWIN, AND AFTER DARWIN: an Exposition on the Darwinian Theory, and a Discussion on Post-Darwinian Questions. Part I. THE DARWINIAN THEORY. With Portrait of Darwin and 125 Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 10s. 6d. Part II. POST-DARWINIAN QUESTIONS: Heredity and Utility. With Portrait of the Author and 5 Illustrations. Crown Svo, 10s. 6d. Part III. POST-DARWINIAN QUESTIONS: ISOLATION AND PHYSIOLOGICAL SELECTION. Crown 8vo, 5s.

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ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING FOR ELECTRIC-LIGHT ARTISANS AND STUDENTS. (Embracing those branches prescribed in the Syllabus issued by the City and Guilds Technical Institute.) By W. SLINGO and A. BROOKER. With 383 Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 12s.

SORAUER. A POPULAR TREATISE ON THE PHYSIOLOGY OF PLANTS. For the Use of Gardeners or for Students of Horticulture and of Agriculture. By Dr. PAUL SORAUER, Director of the Experimental Station at the Royal Pomological Institute in Proskau (Silesia). Translated by F. E. WEISS, B.Sc., F.L.S., Professor of Botany at the Owens College, Manchester. With 33 Illustrations. 8vo, 9s. net.

TEXT-BOOKS OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY.

Edited by Sir WILLIAM RAMSAY, K.C.B., F.R.S.

THE PHASE RULE AND ITS APPLICATIONS. By ALEX. FINDLAY, M.A., Ph.D., D.Sc., Lecturer and Demonstrator in Chemistry, University of Birmingham. With 118 Figures in the Text, together with an "Introduction to the Study of Physical Chemistry" by Sir WILLIAM RAMSAY, K.C.B., F.R.S., Editor of the Series. Crown 8vo, 5s.

** Sir William Ramsay's "Introduction to Physical Chemistry" is also issued separately, price 1s.

ELECTRO-CHEMISTRY.

PART I.-GENERAL THEORY. By R. A. LEHFELDT, D.Sc., Professor of Physics at the East London Technical College. Including a Chapter on the Relation of Chemical Constitution to Conductivity, by T. S. MOORE, B.A., B.Sc., Lecturer in the University of Birmingham. Crown 8vo, 5s.

CHEMICAL STATICS AND DYNAMICS, INCLUDING THE THEORIES OF CHEMICAL CHANGE, CATALYSIS, AND By J. W. MELLOR, D.Sc. (N.Z.), B.Sc. (Vict.).

EXPLOSIONS.

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THORPE.

A DICTIONARY OF APPLIED CHEMISTRY. By T. E. THORPE, C.B., B.Sc. Vict., Ph.D., F.R.S., Treas. C.S., Director of Government Laboratories, London. Assisted by Eminent Contributors. To be published in 3 vols. 8vo. Vols. I. and II., £2 2s. each; Vol. III., £3 3s.

TILDEN.

PROGRESS OF

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A SHORT HISTORY OF THE
SCIENTIFIC CHEMISTRY IN OUR OWN TIMES.
WILLIAM A. TILDEN, D.Sc. Lond., D.Sc. Dub., F.R.S., Fellow of the
University of London, Professor of Chemistry in the Royal College of
Science, London. Crown 8vo, 5s. net.

TUBEUF. DISEASES OF PLANTS DUE TO CRYPTOGAMIC PARASITES. Translated from the German of Dr. CARL FREIHERR VON TUBEUF, of the University of Munich, by WILLIAM G. SMITH, B.Sc., Ph.D., Lecturer on Plant Physiology to the University of Edinburgh. With 330 Illustrations. Royal 8vo, 18s. net.

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