THE

POPULAR SCIENCE

REVIEW.

A QUARTERLY MISCELLANY OF

ENTERTAINING AND INSTRUCTIVE ARTICLES ON

SCIENTIFIC SUBJECTS.

EDITED BY HENRY LAWSON, M.D.

VOLUME X.

LONDON:

ROBERT HARDWICKE, 192 PICCADILLY;

AND ALL BOOKSELLERS.

1871

Comparating

Aliseum

18 487
CONTENTS OF VOL. X.

Zoology
MAR 10 1942

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HITTING THE MARK; OR, CANNON-BALLS AND THEIR STRIKING

VELOCITY. By G. W. Royston-Pigott, M.A., M.D. Plate LXVII. 1

NATURAL SELECTION INSUFFICIENT TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF Man.

By the Rev. George Buckle, M.A. ...

14

POLYMORPHIC Fungi. By M. C. Cooke, M.A. Plate LXVIII. 25

THE ECLIPSE EXPEDITIONS. By R. A. Proctor, B.A., F.R.A.S. 37

NOTES ON BUTTERFLIES. By the Rev. C. Hope-Robertson, F.R.M.S.

Plate LXIX. ...

52

ON SLEEP. By Dr. Richardson, F.R.S.

58

THE DISCOPHORES, OR LARGE MEDUSÆ. By the Rev. Thomas

Hincks, B.A. Plate LXX. ...

117

THE ISSUES OF THE LATE ECLIPSE. By J. Carpenter, F.R.A.S. 130

GRAPTING; ITS CONSEQUENCES AND EFFECTS. By Maxwell T.

Masters, M.D., F.R.S. Plate LXXI.

141

COAL AS A RESERVOIR OF POWER. By Robert Hunt, F.R.S. 155

THE PLYMOUTH BREAKWATER FORt. By S. J. Mackie, C.E. Plate

LXXII.

164

SOUTH AFRICA AND ITS DIAMONDS. By T. Rupert Jones, F.G.S. ... 169

THE STRUCTURE OF Rock MASSES (FOLIATION AND STRIATION).

By David Forbes, F.R.S. Plate LXXIII.

229

BRITISH BEARS AND WOLVES. By W. Boyd Dawkins, M.A., F.R.S.,

F.G.S. ...

241

THE “Lotos” OF THE ANCIENTS. By M. C. Cooke, M.A. Plate

LXXIV.

254

GREENLAND. By William Pengelly, F.R.S., F.G.S.

267

OBSERVATIONS ON JUPITER IN 1870–71. By the Rev. T. W. Webb,

M.A., F.R.A.S.

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