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THE
POPULAR SCIENCE
REVIEW.
A QUARTERLY MISCELLANY OF
ENTERTAINING AND INSTRUCTIVE ARTICLES ON
SCIENTIFIC SUBJECTS.
EDITED BY HENRY LAWSON, M.D.
VOLUME XIV.
LONDON:
ROBERT HARDWICKE, 192 PICCADILLY;
AND ALL BOOKSELLERS.
LONDON: PRINTED BY
SPOTTISWOUDE AND CO., NEW-STREET SQUARE
AND PARLIAMENT STREET
873 36-2
CONTENTS OF VOL. XIV.
MICROSCOPICAL STRUCTURE OF ROCKS. By the Rev. J. Magens Mello,
M.A., F.G.S. Illustrated
ANT-SUPPORTING PLANTS. By James Britten, F.L.S.
PAGE
Illustrated...
GUNPOWDER: ITS MANUFACTURE AND CONVEYANCE. By A. H.
...
40
Atteridge
ORIGIN OF OUR ENGLISH SCENERY. By H. B. Woodward, F.G.S...
INSECTS AND FLOWERS. By A. W. Bennett, M.A., F.L.S. Illustrated
COLOUR STUDIES WITH THE MICROSCOPE. By Henry Slack, F.G.S. 126
SAND-DUNES AND BLOWING SAND. By W. Topley, F.G.S.
THE COLORADO POTATO-BEETLE. By W. S. Dallas, F.L.S. Illustrated 143
ARCTIC EXPEDITION: ITS SCIENTIFIC AIMS. By R. Brown, F.R.G.S.
ON THE DISPOSAL OF THE DEAD. By Dr. Richardson, F.R.S.
UNBREAKABLE OR TOUGHENED GLASS: A NOVEL MODE OF MANUFAC-
TURE. By Perry F. Nursey, C.E.
THE ICE AGE-CLIMATE AND TIME.
RECENT RESEARCHES IN MINUTE LIFE.
TENDENCIES OF SYSTEMATIC BOTANY. By M. C. Cooke, M.A.
PAST AND COMING TRANSITS AND ARCTIC EXPLORATION. By Richard
A. Proctor
WAS MAN A CONTEMPORARY OF THE MAMMOTH? By J. D. Dana... 278
BIRDS WITH TEETH. By Henry Woodward, F.R.S. Illustrated 337
CARNIVOROUS PLANTS. By A. W. Bennett, M.A., F.L.S. Illustrated 351
OUR SUBMARINE DEFENCES. By Captain C. Orde Browne, R.A.