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  2. SCIENTIFIC.

    Our old friend the sea serpent has found a champion in Mr. R. A. Proctor, who is rather angry because someone has suggested that he has changed his mind on this subject. What is notable is that one of his ...

    Article : 467 words
  3. LITERATURE

    Some persons into whose hands this book will fall will read every word of it. The history of Arctic Exploration ranks in interest with the most fascinating records of travel and histories of wars. ...

    Article : 1,984 words
  4. Scientific Gleanings.

    From recent researches it appears that chlorophyl, the remarkable substance to which the vegetable world owes the colour of its foliage, is made up of two colouring matters—a green and a yellow—the relative proportions being ...

    Article : 1,096 words
  5. Lamp Explosions.

    These have been sufficiently numerous and damaging to make it necessary to note well what may be amongst the causes. For instance, if a lamp be filled up to the socket or nozzle of the burner, and then lighted at full ...

    Article : 409 words
  6. Mrs. Marcus Clarke's Benefit.

    At the benefit entertainment, tendered to Mrs. Clarke (widow of the late Marcus Clarke), the following prologue, written by Mr. Frank Hutchinson, was read:— "After life's fitful fever he sleeps well [?] ...

    Article : 418 words
  7. Animal Colouration.

    This is a most interesting subject, as all students of animal and plant life know. What are the causes at work to produce it? In regard to animals it has been thought that it is a provision of nature for their ...

    Article : 338 words
  8. Literary Notes.

    Messrs. Chatto and Windus will publish in a few days their book en "London Society," which, it is said, contains some very lively reading. George Eliot's Life has already appeared in the Tauchnitz ...

    Article : 246 words
  9. Dr. Klein on Cholera.

    Dr. Klein has recently reviewed accepted theories on cholera. Two main theories are held. One of them is supported by a large section of the Indian medical staff, being that cholera is non-infections and ...

    Article : 384 words
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