Nature (journal)/Volume 1/Number 2
A WEEKLY ILLUSTRATED JOURNAL OF SCIENCE.
"To the solid ground
Of Nature trusts the mind which builds for aye."—Wordsworth.
No. 2.]
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1869.
[PRICE FOURPENCE.
Registered for Transmission Abroad]
[All Rights are Reserved.
CONTENTS
| PAGE | ||
| Dulness of Science. By F.R.S. | 43 | |
| The Atomic Controversy. | 44 | |
| Lectures to Ladies. | 45 | |
| Geology and Agriculture. By H. Woodward. (With Map) | 46 | |
| Vegetable Palaeontology. By J. D. Hooker. | 48 | |
| Harcourt and Madan's Practical Chemistry. By H. E. Roscoe. | 50 | |
| Baillon's History of Plants. By D. Oliver. (With Illustrations) | 52 | |
| Fick on the Transformation of Force. By M. Foster. | 53 | |
| Our Book Shelf. | 53 | |
| Earthquake-Waves in the Pacific. By R. A. Proctor. (With Illustration.) | 54 | |
| A New Form for Schools. | 56 | |
| The November Shooting-Stars. By R. A. Proctor. | 56 | |
| Penny Science Classes. | 57 | |
| Letters to the Editor. | 57 | |
| Notes. | 58 | |
| Astronomy. | 60 | |
| Chemistry. | 61 | |
| Physics. | 61 | |
| Physiology. | 62 | |
| Societies and Academies. | 62 | |
| Diary. | 64 | |
| Books Received. | 64 | |