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Our Astronomical Column - Nature
Nature· 22 hours agoTHE COMPANION TO SIRIUS.—In a letter to the Observatory for April, the Rev. T. E. R. Phillips directs attention to the fact that the companion to Sirius is now readily visible in instruments ...
The Claude Process for Ammonia Synthesis - Nature
Nature· 21 hours agoThe work of compression of a gas at constant temperature varies as the logarithm of the pressure, so that if the work of compression from i to 200 atm. At high pressures, however, the percentage ...
Our Astronomical Column - Nature
Nature· 18 hours agoVARIABLE STARS.—As many of the ephemerides of these stars that were formerly available are discontinued or inaccessible owing to the war, M. Luizet has prepared a useful set of ephemerides for ...
Dr. J. E. Myers, O. B. E - Nature
Nature· 22 hours agoJ. E. MYERS has been appointed principal of the Manchester College of Technology. Since that date, he has been continuously associated with University teaching and administration as lecturer ...
Malaria-Therapy by Means of Infected Mosquitos - Nature
Nature· 22 hours agoTREATMENT of general paralysis of the insane by means of induced malaria, commenced in 1917, has been adopted everywhere. In the early days of malaria therapy, the fever was ...
[Obituaries] - Nature
Nature· 21 hours agoSTEENSBY, whose death at the early age of forty-five is announced by the Times, was professor of geography in the University of Copenhagen. Prof. Steensby came to the conclusion that the Eskimo ...
University and Educational Intelligence - Nature
Nature· 18 hours agoLONDON.—The Education Committee of the London County Council has approved a grant of 26,140l. Increased grants are given to the Evening School of History at University College, 140l.; to Italian ...
The Value of Insectivorous Birds - Nature
Nature· 18 hours agoWITH reference to Sir Herbert Maxwell's comments on my article in NATURE of July 25, I think he has overlooked one of the causes I mentioned in connection with the present scarcity of our insectivorous ...
The Motion of the Perihelion of Mercury - Nature
Nature· 22 hours agoMr. Jeffreys will surely admit that a periodic disturbance of this kind, acting parallel to the minor axis of the orbit, would certainly affect the longitude of perihelion, without affecting ...
Jaffa Cakes artwork in Northern Quarter 'defaced' as bitter row rumbles on
Manchester Evening News via Yahoo News UK· 16 hours agoThe McVities factory has been part of Greater Manchester since it was first built in 1917. Alongside...
