Popular Science Monthly/Volume 7

 

DR. WILLIAM WHEWELL

 

 

THE

 

POPULAR SCIENCE

 

MONTHLY.

CONDUCTED BY E. L. Youman.




VOL. VII.

MAY, 1875, TO OCTOBER, 1875.




NEW YORK:
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY,
549 & 551 Broadway
1875.

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1875,

By D. APPLETON & CO.

In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

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Table of Contents

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May 1875
Sea-Anemones	1
The First Traces of Man in Europe II	10
Scientific Prophecy	17
The Chemical Radiations	19
On Some of the Results of the Expedition of H M S Challenger	26
Evolution and the After-Life	46
Address to Medical Students	62
The Deeper Harmonies of Science and Religion I	66
Modern Street-Pavements	80
Discourse on the Death of Lyell	90
The Physiology of Authorship	93
Sketch of Dr. William Whewell	105
Correspondence	108
Editor's Table	110
Literary Notices	114
Miscellany	120
Notes	127
June 1875
Toadstools and their Kindred	129
Are Languages Institutions?	142
The Conservative Design of Organic Disease	160
The Microscope and its Misinterpretations	177
The Migration of Inland Birds	183
Savagism and Civilization I	195
Forests and Rainfall	207
The Cyclone in the Universe	209
A Curious Question of Horses' Ribs	214
Geographical Work of 1874	218
Wood's Discoveries at Ephesus	223
Correspondence	229
Editor's Table	230
Literary Notices	235
Miscellany	245
Notes	255
July 1875
Anent Ants	257
The First and the Last Catastrophe	268
Sexual Cerebration	287
The Deeper Harmonies of Science and Religion II	301
The Biography of a Bird	315
Recent Polar Explorations	320
Savagism and Civilization II	332
Thunder-Showers	340
The Australian Fever-Tree	344
The Sun's Work	348
The Endowment of Scientific Research I	354
Sketch of William Robert Grove	363
Correspondence	365
Editor's Table	365
Literary Notices	368
Miscellany	377
Notes	382
August 1875
Physical Features of the Colorado Valley I	385
The Form of Lightning-Rods	399
The Higher Education	402
On the Motions of Sound	410
Telegraphic Determination of Longitude	426
The American Chipmunk	433
The Endowment of Scientific Research II	437
The Pyrophone	444
Animal Phosphorescence	453
The Glaciers of Norway	458
Infirmities of Speech	463
Arctic Ice-Travels	468
Distribution of Atmospheric Moisture	483
Correspondence	487
Editor's Table	488
Literary Notices	491
Miscellany	503
Notes	510
September 1875
Scientific Culture	513
Physical Features of the Colorado Valley II	531
A Popular Verdict: Robert Knox	542
Tempered Glass	554
Fresh-Water Mollusks	563
The Deeper Harmonies of Science and Religion III	573
The Great Iowa Meteor	588
House-Ventilation	596
Cranial Amulets	607
The Use of Narcotics	611
Sketch of Professor Hilgard	617
Editor's Table	619
Literary Notices	623
Miscellany	628
Notes	639
October 1875
Bats and their Young	641
Instinct and Intelligence	653
Monkeys from a Cold Climate	665
Physical Features of the Colorado Valley III	670
A New Antiseptic	680
The Mechanical Action of Light	683
The Cause of the Light of Flames	696
Mental Discipline in Education	699
The Colorado Potato-Beetle	704
Pasteur on Fermentation	709
Croll on Climate and Time	719
The Artificial Preparation of Organic Bodies	726
Earthquakes and their Causes	732
Animal Life in Madagascar	738
Sketch of Professor Stokes	742
Correspondence
Editor's Table	746
Literary Notices	750
Miscellany	755
Notes	767
Index	769