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Table of Contents

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November 1881
The Industrial Type of Society	1
Deterioration of American Oyster-Beds I	29
Volcanoes, their Action and Distribution	43
Physical Education XI	56
A Half-Century of Science I	65
The Discovery of Organic Remains in Meteoric Stones	83
The Available Energy of Nature	87
The Duration of Human Life	95
Worry	102
American Climate and Character	109
Sketch of George Jarvis Brush	117
Correspondence	122
Editor's Table	123
Literary Notices	127
Popular Miscellany	135
Notes	143
December 1881
Deterioration of American Oyster-Beds II	145
Physical Education XII	156
The Rise and Progress of Paleontology	165
Studies of Vortex-Rings	175
Equality and Inequality in Sex	184
A Half-Century of Science II	193
Catholicism, Protestantism, and Suicide	220
A Map Review	225
North America in the Ice Period	229
An Experience in Science-Teaching	242
Disease-Germs	244
M. Paul Broca	261
Correspondence	267
Editor's Table	268
Literary Notices	275
Popular Miscellany	284
Notes	288
January 1882
Earth-Worms and their Wonderful Works	289
Astronomy in High-Schools	300
Time-Keeping in Paris	304
Jurassic Birds and their Allies	312
What Is Transcendental Physics?	315
New Guinea and its People	324
Sanitary Relations of the Soil I	332
Progress of Copyright Law	340
Volcanic Products	347
The Chemistry of Coffee and Tea	359
The Anatomy of an Old Anecdote	369
The Bunsen Lamp	378
The Colorado Desert	384
Professor John W. Powell	390
Entertaining Varieties	398
Correspondence	403
Editor's Table	404
Literary Notices	409
Popular Miscellany	420
Notes	430
February 1882
The Seven World-Problems	433
How Animals Breathe I	448
Dreams and the Making of Dreams	461
Sanitary Relations of the Soil II	468
Longevity of the Oyster	477
A Glimpse Through the Corridors of Time	479
Epidemic Convulsions	498
Extension of the Signal Service	507
The Fundamental Problems of Physiological Chemistry	512
A Botanist of the Ninth Century	523
Wild Animals as Man's Associates	528
The Philadelphia Academy	531
A Little Matter	538
Vibration of Rocks in Patapsco Valley, Maryland	541
M. Sainte-Claire Deville	543
Entertaining Varieties	548
Correspondence	553
Editor's Table	554
Literary Notices	557
Popular Miscellany	566
Notes	574
March 1882
Science and the Woman Question	577
Muscular Expression of Nervous Conditions	584
Sir Charles Lyell	591
To Eat and to Be Eaten	609
Materialism and Positivism	615
The Sirens of the Sea	621
The Machinery of Elective Government	628
Sound and Radiant Heat	650
Effects of Lightning on Rocks and Soil	655
Longevity of Plants	657
Soda, a Remedy for Burns and Scalds	663
The Gulf Stream and the Panama Canal	665
Recent Wonders of Electricity I	669
Quackery Within the Profession	681
Sketch of Professor B. A. Gould	683
Entertaining Varieties	688
Editor's Table	696
Literary Notices	700
Popular Miscellany	710
Notes	719
April 1882
Chinese Immigration: A Sociological Study	721
The Scholastic Prelude to Modern Science	735
How Animals Breathe II	752
Has Science Yet Found a New Basis for Morality?	753
Fossil Seeds	778
The Unaweep Canyon	781
Recent Wonders of Electricity II	786
Modern Explosives	794
The Germ Theory	801
Dean Swift's Disease	806
Hyacinth-Bulbs	817
The Javanese Calendar	820
Sketch of M. Louis Pasteur	823
Entertaining Varieties	830
Correspondence	842
Editor's Table	844
Literary Notices	847
Popular Miscellany	855
Notes	862
Index	865