Popular Science Monthly/Volume 29

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Table of Contents

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May 1886
The Difficulties of Railroad Regulation	1
An Economic Study of Mexico II	11
Development of the Moral Faculty	29
De Candolle on the Production of Men of Science	34
The Problem of Crystallization	46
The Factors of Organic Evolution II	54
Food Accessories and Digestion	63
Photographing the Heavens	71
How Alcoholic Liquors are Made	75
The Care of Pictures and Prints	83
The Evolution of Language	98
The Science of Flat-Fish, Or Soles and Turbot	107
Sketch of Francis Galton	117
Correspondence	122
Editor's Table	125
Literary Notices	127
Popular Miscellany	135
Notes	142
June 1886
Evolution Bounded by Theology	145
An Economic Study of Mexico III	153
What May Animals Be Taught?	168
Primitive Clocks	182
The Factors of Organic Evolution III	192
Ethnology of the Blackfoot Tribes	204
Rafinesque	212
Counting Unconsciously	221
The Millennium of Madness	226
The Principles of Domestic Fireplace Construction	230
Scratching in the Animal Kingdom	245
The Poisons in Spoiling Food	250
Eels and their Young	254
Sketch of George Engelmann, M.D.	260
Editor's Table	266
Literary Notices	269
Popular Miscellany	279
Notes	287
July 1886
An Economic Study of Mexico IV	289
Earthquakes and Other Seismic Movements	305
An Experiment in Silk-Culture	317
The Influence of Exercise Upon Health	322
Transportation and the Federal Government	335
Bohemian Glass	346
Geological Climate in High Latitudes	352
Animal and Plant Lore I	367
The Origin and Structure of Meteorites	374
The Care of the Brain	386
Rustless Iron	393
The Development of Minerals	397
Sketch of Gerard Mercator	404
Correspondence	411
Editor's Table	412
Literary Notices	415
Popular Miscellany	425
Notes	431
August 1886
Woods and their Destructive Fungi I	433
An Economic Study of Mexico V	444
The Extension of Scientific Teaching	458
A Canadian Chapter in Agrarian Agitation	462
Genius and Precocity I	469
The Progress of Psychical Research	482
Causes of the Present Commercial Crisis	491
The Physical Laboratory in Modern Education	504
Mineral Springs of Eastern France	508
Good Time and its Ascertainment	519
Recent Progress in Chemistry	523
The Prediction of Natural Phenomena	538
Sketch of Oswald Heer	546
Editor's Table	554
Literary Notices	556
Popular Miscellany	567
Notes	574
September 1886
Ex-President Porter on Evolution	577
Genius and Precocity II	594
Woods and their Destructive Fungi II	604
In the Lion Country	617
Some Outlines from the History of Education I	626
Hereditary Diseases and Race-Culture	639
Evolution in Architecture	642
Indian Medicine	649
The Antarctic Ocean	660
Some Economics of Nature	666
The Nature of Pleasure and Pain	681
Sketch of Frederick Ward Putnam	693
Editor's Table	698
Literary Notices	700
Popular Miscellany	710
Notes	718
October 1886
The Distribution of Wealth	721
Meteorites, Meteors, and Shooting-Stars	733
Some Outlines from the History of Education II	747
The Microbes of Animal Diseases	761
A Psychological Study of Fear	771
Some Peculiar Habits of the Cray-Fish	784
Le Play's Studies in Social Phenomena	787
Universal Time	795
A Bald and Toothless Future	803
Life on a Coral Island	806
Are Black and White Colors?	814
The Philosophy of Diet	818
German Paleontological Museums	827
Nitrification	831
Sketch of General John Newton	834
Correspondence	841
Editor's Table	842
Literary Notices	845
Popular Miscellany	856
Notes	863
Index	865