Popular Science Monthly/Volume 3

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Table of Contents

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May 1873
Wave-Action in Nature	1
Instinct in Insects I	12
The Doctrine of Natural Selection	22
The Black Death in New England	28
The New Psychology	32
Ocean-Cables	38
The Study of Sociology X	45
The Borers of the Sea	60
On the Causes Which Operate to Create Scientific Men	65
The Sherman Astronomical Expedition	72
The Battle of Life Among Plants	75
The Hippopotamus and her Baby	85
Euthanasia	90
Freezing of Plants and Animals	96
Professor Tyndall's Deed of Trust	100
Sketch of Sir G. B. Airy	101
Correspondence	105
Editor's Table	113
Literary Notices	120
Miscellany	123
Notes	128
June 1873
The Constitution of Nebulae	129
The Hygiene of the Ear	139
Economy of Railway Locomotion	146
Instinct in Insects II	149
A Scientific Home Missionary	159
The Study of Sociology XI	172
Domestic Economy of Fuel I	193
Nature and Origin of the Drift-Deposits of the Northwest I	202
Some Observations on Niagara	210
State Geological Surveys	226
Natural Selection in Politics	230
Baron Liebig	232
Correspondence	235
Editor's Table	243
Literary Notices	247
Miscellany	249
Notes	255
July 1873
How the Sea-Depths are Explored	257
The Physiology of Death	270
Nature and Origin of the Drift-Deposits of the Northwest II	286
Domestic Economy of Fuel II	297
On the Hereditary Transmission of Acquired Psychical Habits	303
The Longevity of Trees	321
Early Hindoo Mathematics	334
The Study of Sociology XII	340
Venus on the Sun's Face	355
Evolution and Mind	359
In Quest of the Pole	363
John Stuart Mill	367
Editor's Table	389
Literary Notices	392
Miscellany	396
Notes	399
August 1873
Electric Telegraphs	401
The Study of Sociology XIII	419
Footprints in the Rocks	428
The Nature and Influence of Foods	441
Lunar Temperatures	448
The Problems of the Deep Sea	451
Condensed Milk in England	466
Lowly Vegetable Forms	469
The Weather and the Sun	479
Orientals at Vienna	493
The Morbid Effects of Heat	497
Sketch of Professor Coffin	503
Correspondence	509
Editor's Table	510
Literary Notices	513
Miscellany	519
Notes	527
September 1873
The Glass-Sponges	529
The Constitution of Matter	547
The Great Nebula in Orion	564
Old Continents	573
Magneto-Electric Illumination	584
The Study of Sociology XIV	594
The Intellectual Powers of Birds	614
Hypnotism in Animals I	618
Tongueless Speech	627
The Late Professor John Torrey, M.D. LL.D.	632
Editor's Table	639
Literary Notices	646
Miscellany	650
Notes	655
October 1873
Silk-Worms and Sericulture	657
Mental Science and Sociology	676
A National University	689
Agassiz and Darwinism	692
The Primary Concepts of Modern Physical Science I	705
Finding the Way at Sea	717
Secular Prophecy	732
Sympathetic Vibrations in Machinery	737
Speculation in Science	741
The Glaciers and their Investigators	746
The Moon	756
Editor's Table	762
Literary Notices	772
Miscellany	778
Notes	783
Index	785
Advertisements	790