Nature (journal)/Volume 1/Number 4
A WEEKLY ILLUSTRATED JOURNAL OF SCIENCE
“To the solid ground
Of Nature trusts the mind which builds for aye.”—Wordsworth
No. 4]
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1869
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[All Rights are Reserved
CONTENTS
| PAGE | ||
| A Scientific Census. By Prof. Leone Levi | 99 | |
| Depths of the Sea. By David Forbes, F.R.S. | 100 | |
| Physical Meteorology. By Balfour Stewart, F.R.S., Director of the Kew Observatory | 101 | |
| Prehistoric Times. By E. B. Tylor. (With Illustrations.) | 103 | |
| The Origin of Species Controversy. By A. R. Wallace | 105 | |
| The Plants of Middlesex. By W. Carruthers | 107 | |
| Our Book Shelf. By E. J. Mills, D.Sc. | 108 | |
| Notes on Stalactites. By W. C. Roberts, F.C.S. (With Illustration.) | 109 | |
| The Sharpey Physiological Scholarship. | 109 | |
| The Isthmian Way to India. (With Map.) | 110 | |
| Letters to the Editor:— | ||
| The Meteor of November 6th.—Sir Wm. Armstrong, F.R.S. | 112 | |
| Lectures to Ladies.—M. | 112 | |
| Notes. | 112 | |
| Astronomy. | 113 | |
| Botany. | 115 | |
| Chemistry. | 116 | |
| Physics. | 116 | |
| Physiology. | 117 | |
| Societies and Academies. | 117 | |
| Diary. | 122 | |
| Books Received. | 122 | |