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problem. Professor Theodore B. Comstock, Mining and
EDWIN G. DEXTER.
Metallurgical Engineer, 534 Stimson Building, Los
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS.
Angeles, Cal.
Robert A. Cooley, Zoologist and Entomologist,
MEMBERSHIP OF THE AMERICAN Montana Agricultural College, Bozeman, Mont.
ASSOCIATION. A. Beekman Cox, Civil Engineer, Cherry Valley,
N.Y.
THE following have completed their mem-
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for the
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Advancement of Science during the month
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St., Salt Lake City, Utah. Dr. Charles W. Dabney, President of University
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General Electric Co., Schenectady, N. Y. Isaac N. Danforth, M.D., 70 State St., Chicago,
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bridge, Mass. Francis H. Davenport, M.D., 419 Boylston St.,
Boston, Mass.
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tronomy, Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge, Major George M. Derby, Corps of Engineers, U. S.
Mass. A., 3232 Prytania St., New Orleans, La.
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ico.
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missioner, Box 231, Columbus, O. gist, 751 St. Marks Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y.
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Boston, Mass. Ave., St. Louis, Mo.
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Mass.
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land, 1310 Continental Building, Baltimore, Md. New Montgomery St., San'Francisco, Cal.
Miss Emily R. Gregory, Ph.D., Biological Labora-Dr. Milton J. Lichty, Physician and Surgeon, East
tory, S. Harpswell, Maine. Market St., Alliance, O.
General Eugene Griffin, First Vice-president Gen- John Littlefield Tilton, Professor in Simpson Col-
eral Electrical Company, 44 Broad St., New York,lege, Indianola, Ia.
N. Y. James Lyman, Assistant Engineer, General Elec-
Lyman Hall, President of Georgia School of trical Tech-Co., 1047 Monadnock Building, Chicago, Ill.
nology, Atlanta, Ga. Henry McCalley, Chief Assistant State Geologist,
Judson B. Ham, Teacher of Natural Science, University,
State Ala.
Normal School, Johnson, Vt. C. A. H. McCauley, Colonel and Deputy Quarter-
Dr. Henry J. Harnly, Professor of Biology, McPher-master-General, United States Army, Manila, P. I.
son College, McPherson, Kan. Charles H. AMcMahan, Mining Engineer, Sombrerete
Dr. Chauncey G. Hellick, Architect and Engineer, Mining Co., Sombrerete, Zacatecas, Mexico.
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and Arts, Dubuque, Ia. Miss Nellie M. Mason, Teacher of Science in Ab-
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Academy, Andover, Mass.
Louis, Mo. Ellwood V. Matlack, Secretary and Manager, La-
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605 Union Trust Building, St. Louis, Mo. Earle A. Merrill, 26 Courtland St., New York, N. Y.
Frederick J. Hillig, S. J., Professor of Sciences, Russell L. Morris, Professor of Civil and Mining
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Miss Caroline J. Hitchcock, Teacher, High School, W. Va.

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trict Telegraph Co., 1447 Lawrence St., Denver, Cleveland,
Colo. Ohio.
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Dean of College of Science and Engineering, Univer- Dr. Theodore R. Running, Professor of Mathe-
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George P. Singer, Professor of Physics, CentralEngland, Cambridge University Press; New
State Normal School, Lock Haven, Pa. York, The Macmillan Company. 1901. Pp.
Dr. Robert L. Slagle, President State School of
368.
Mines, Rapid City, S. D. It was in 1863 that Dr. Atkinson first put
Edwin E. Slosson, Professor of Chemistry, Uni-
before English readers his excellent translation
versity of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyo.
of Ganot's ' Elments de Physique,' a book
Martin Smallwood, Professor of Biology and Geol-
ogy, Allegheny College, Meadville Pa.
which quickly won favor by its good arrange-
C. C. Sprague, 1900 Locust St., St. Louis, Mo. ment and lucidity. In the first edition he
William Stanley, Great Barrington, Mass. graciously apologized for the use of the metric
system. It has passed through fifteen or more
Dr. Halbert S. Steensland, Director of Patholog-
editions
ical Laboratory, College of Medicine, Syracuse, N. Y. since its introduction. A demand soon
Frederick G. Strong, Box 959, Hartford, Conn. arose for the more elementary course by the
H. A. Surface, Professor of Zoology, Pennsylvania
same French author, as a text-book for the
State College, State College, Pa. middle and upper classes of schools preparatory
James Taussig, Jamestown, R. I.
to college. The popularity of this is mani-
Wilber J. Teeters, Instructor in Pharmacy, State
fested by the appearance now of its ninth edi-
University, Iowa City, Iowa.
Wm. Mayo Venable, Civil and Electrical Engi-
tion, a considerable part of which- had been
neer, 713 Hennen Building, New Orleans, La. prepared for the press before the death of Dr.
Atkinson. The present volume has all the ex-
Dr. Alex S. von Mansfelde, 'Quality Hill,' Ash-
land, Nebr. cellences of its predecessors, the illustrations
Frederick K. Vreeland, Electrical Engineer, Box being abundant, and some of them possibly a
1877, New York, N. Y. trifle too expensive. Colored lithographs of
Miss Kate Elizabeth Williams, 1450 Pearl St., metallic spectra and of Geissler tube discharges
Denver, Colo.
were formerly fashionable, but in a general
Wm. C. Woodward, Consulting Electrical Engi- treatise to-day they seem almost out of date.
neer, Union R. R. Co., Providence, R. I.
For the general reader it would be hard to find
Alfred F. Wuensch, 1556 Detroit St., Denver, Colo.
a more pleasant and satisfactory book than this
SCIENTIFIC BOOKS.
volume. For American school purposes, how-
ever, it is too diffuse; and it seems adapted
RECENT BOOKS ON PHYSICS.
only for recitational purposes where oral an-
Natural Philosophy for General swers Readers and
are given to questions relating to descrip-
Young People. Translated from Ganot's
tive details and general principles. Physics is
'Cours 6lementaire de physique,' by E. AT-
nothing if not a quantitative science. This
KINSON. Ninth edition, revised by A. W. idea is best instilled into the elementary stu-
REINHOLD. Longmans, Green & Co. 1900. dent, even though his mathematical attainments
Pp. 752.,
be not sufficient to warrant the use of complex
Elements of Physics. By C. HANFORD HEN- problems.
DERSON and JOHN F. WOODHULL. D. Apple- The present volume illustrates the difficulty
ton & Co. 1900. Pp. 388. of maintaining a text-book up to date by slight
A Brief Course in General Physics. By GEORGEmodifications and additions applied in succes-
A. HOADLEY. American Book Company. sion to a long series of new editions. As years
1900. Pp. 463, pass on, the necessity for omissions becomes as

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