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  2. SCIENCE NOTES. W. G. P.

    'A' very tantalising subject for the astronomer is the probable temperature of the stars. The recent progress of the science has rather complicated than simplified the problem. The ...

    Article : 425 words
  3. SERVICES OE A GREAT CITY.

    The civic spirit which made the [?]ansc Towns, the cities of Italy, and of the Netherlands commercially great has taken new paths in modern days. Despite the wealth ...

    Article : 2,472 words
  4. ELECTRIC LIGHT INSTALLA. TIONS.

    Sir,—In regard to the report of the acting city electrical engineer in the "Herald" "directing attention to the position taken by, the inspector of the Fire Underwriters' ...

    Article : 254 words
  5. MODERN SPECTROSCOPY.

    From the crude beginnings that had accomplished so much the spectroscope slowly became an instrument of precision, involving elaborate mathematical theory. Baly's ...

    Article : 499 words
  6. THE STORY OF THE SPECTROSCOPE.

    The fundamental discovery on which the work of the spectroscope is based was that of Newton, who in 1666 showed that when a ray of white light passes through a glass ...

    Article : 807 words
  7. INSURANCE AGENT.

    Sir,—I read with interest "F.C.S.'s" letter on the above subject. His remarks apply principally to the city agent, who undoubtedly has a very hard time, and 1 beg you will ...

    Article : 456 words
  8. ABSORPTION OF CAMPERDOWN.

    Sir,—The laboured effusions of your correspondent, Thos. A. Culbert (who, 1 believe, is an alderman), would be amusing were they not calculated to mislead—amusing in the variety of the topics cnosen— ...

    Article : 403 words
  9. STELLAR STATISTICS.

    A few statistics indicate better than anything clse the cnermous labours undertaken by astronomers. As was mentioned recently, only a few thousand of the many millions of ...

    Article : 501 words
  10. CONCERNING DRUGS.

    Pharmacology is only now becoming an exact science, for it could obviously be nothing more than empiricism until physiological chemistry had made very considerable ...

    Article : 527 words
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