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The Highest Inhabited House - Nature
Nature· 7 hours agoIt would be an easy matter for the inhabitants of the Tibetan Plateau to become acclimatised to that altitude, living, as they do, at a height of between 15,000 and 16,000 ft. I wonder, however ...
Societies and Academies - Nature
Nature· 8 hours agoBy the action of sulphuric acid upon bauxite, aluminium hydrate, or aluminium sulphate, a compound possessing the composition Al2O3.4SO3.4H2O is formed, which dissolves very slowly in cold water ...
Notes - Nature
Nature· 8 hours agoWE can only express, for the present, the deep regret with which we learn the death of Prof. F. M. Balfour, a regret which we are sure will be shared by all who know anything of Mr. Balf our's ...
Notes - Nature
Nature· 8 hours agoTHE following are some of the principal works in the various departments of science and in travel which are announced for publication during the present season. Messrs. Longman and Co. have ...
Use of Oxygen on the Mount Everest Expedition, 1938 - Nature
Nature· 8 hours agoTHERE were two types of oxygen apparatus ooo available to the Mount Everest Expedition of 1938. The other was a closed circuit apparatus in which pure oxygen is breathed. Now the essence of ...
Societies and Academies - Nature
Nature· 8 hours agoGENEVA Society of Physics and Natural History, December 5. LEON W. COLLET: The Jurassic-Cretaceous limit at the summit of Mont Ruan, 3,067 m. (Morcles stratum). The author shows that the limit ...
Geographical Notes - Nature
Nature· 9 hours agoTHE last survey of the Austrian Alps, we learn from the Proc. Thus the Marmolata, the highest dlomite, is reduced from 11,464 feet to 11,016 feet. The Antelao comes next, reaching, according ...
Bray Wheelers pair conquer the huge challenge of Le Marmotte!
Irish Independent· 9 hours agoLe Marmotte is a legendary cycling sportive that tests the limits of cyclists through its...
Note on Soroche (Mountain Sickness) in the Andes - Nature
Nature· 9 hours agoTHE effects of diminished atmospheric pressure on the human economy seem to vary so much with different individuals that a few facts of personal experience may be of some interest to those who ...
Societeis and Academies - Nature
Nature· 9 hours agoA careful study of this epidemic since its first appearance in Europe, together with some personal observations in Paris and other parts of France, have convinced the author that the disorder ...
