Nature (journal)/Volume 1/Number 6
A WEEKLY ILLUSTRATED JOURNAL OF SCIENCE
“To the solid ground
Of Nature trusts the mind which builds for aye.”—Wordsworth
No. 6]
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1869
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[All Rights are Reserved
CONTENTS
| PAGE | ||
| Science and the Public Health. By Prof. W. H. Corfield | 155 | |
| Science Education in Germany. I. The German University System. By Prof. H. E. Roscoe, F.R.S. | 157 | |
| A Point in Muscular Physics | 159 | |
| The Projected Channel Railways | 160 | |
| Dana's Mineralogy. By Prof. N. Story Maskelyne | 161 | |
| Bell's New Tracks in North America (With Illustrations) | 163 | |
| Our Book Shelf | 165 | |
| The Deep-Sea Dredging Expedition in H.M.S. "Porcupine." Natural History (continued). By J. Gwyn Jeffreys, F.R.S. | 166 | |
| Scholarships and Exhibitions for Natural Science in Cambridge | 168 | |
| Letters to the Editor:— | ||
| Mental Progress of Animals | 169 | |
| The Suez Canal.—Edw. Rae | 169 | |
| The Poles of Mars | 170 | |
| Lectures to Ladies | 170 | |
| The American Eclipse.—W. Crookes, F.R.S. | 170 | |
| Notes | 170 | |
| Astronomy | 172 | |
| Geology | 173 | |
| Societies and Academies. Diary. Books Received | 173–178 | |