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    • The Seventeen-Year Cicada - Nature

      Nature· 4 days ago

      THE Cicadidae are an interesting group of insects, which chiefly inhabit warm countries. In classical times they were known under the name of Tettix, and the loud stridulation of the males attracted ...

    • Scientific Serials - Nature

      Nature· 4 days ago

      American Journal of Science and Arts, February.—The first article is an obituary notice of Sir W. E. Logan, lead before the Natural History Society of Montreal last October.—Mr. W. B. Taylor ...

    • Scientific Serial - Nature

      Nature· 4 days ago

      American Journal of Science, July.—Geology of the Shonkin Sag and Palisade Butte Laccoliths in the Highwood Mountains of Montana, by W. H. Weed and L. V. Pirsson.—On the manganese ...

    • Scientific Intelligence from America* - Nature

      Nature· 4 days ago

      AT a recent meeting of the New York Lyceum of Natural History, Professor D. S. Martin described the remarkable deposit of magnetic iron at Cornwall, Pennsylvania, and exhibited the group of ...

    • Snowflakes - Nature

      Nature· 4 days ago

      IN your issue of January 20 (p. 271) is an interesting sketch of the snowstorm of January 7, 1887, with mention of snowflakes 31/2 inches long. Without vouching for the exact details I send ...

    • Societies and Academies - Nature

      Nature· 4 days ago

      The method involves distillation with dilute hydrochloric acid and measurement of the resulting carbon dioxide. The process is complete in 60-70 min., and the results are as accurate as those ...