Popular Science Monthly/Volume 40

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Table of Contents
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November 1891
University Extension 1
The Development of American Industries Since Columbus: Iron and Steel Industry VI 15
Do We Teach Geology? 41
Dress and Adornment III 44
Some of the Possibilities of Economic Botany I 57
Lessons from the Census II 75
Reef-Knot Nets 83
The Ethics of Confucius 87
The Origin of Painting 100
High Life 108
Sketch of James Curtis Booth 116
Editor's Table 123
Literary Notices 126
Publications Received 134
Popular Miscellany 135
Notes 142
December 1891
The Development of American Industries Since Columbus: Pottery Industry I 145
Progress and Perfectibility in the Lower Animals 170
Type-Casting Machines 180
Breathe Pure Air 192
Dress and Adornment IV 194
Some of the Possibilities of Economic Botany II 207
The Lost Volcanoes of Connecticut 221
The Training of Dogs 236
Silk Dresses and Eight Hours' Work 245
Dust 251
Sketch of Dimitri Ivanovich Mendeleef 261
Correspondence 267
Editor's Table 268
Literary Notices 272
Publications Received 280
Popular Miscellany 281
Notes 287
Obituary Notes 288
January 1892
The Development of American Industries Since Columbus: Pottery Industry II 289
New Chapters in the Warfare of Science: Theology and Political Economy 323
Remarkable Bowlders 340
Tail-Like Formations in Men 347
Communication with the Planets 361
The Musk Ox 364
Lessons from the Census III 368
An Experiment in Education I 377
The Aviator Flying-Machine 392
The Population of the Earth 400
Sketch of Elias Loomis 405
Correspondence 413
Editor's Table 414
Literary Notices 416
Publications Received 423
Popular Miscellany 424
Notes 431
Obituary Notes 432
February 1892
Personal Liberty 433
The Story of a Strange Land 447
Lessons from the Census IV 459
Stilts and Stilt-Walking 467
The Development of American Industries Since Columbus: Musical Instruments I 473
Electricity in Relation to Science 497
The Nationalization of University Extension 500
Is Man the Only Reasoner? 506
An Experiment in Education II 517
Homely Gymnastics 524
New Observations on the Language of Animals 528
Recent Oceanic Causeways 540
Universe of Stars 545
Sketch of William Edward Weber 548
Editor's Table 554
Literary Notices 556
Publications Received 563
Popular Miscellany 564
Notes 575
Obituary Notes 576
March 1892
New Chapters in the Warfare of Science: Astronomy I 577
Domestic Animals in India 597
Lessons from the Census V 607
Wayside Optics 616
The Development of American Industries Since Columbus: Musical Instruments II 623
Moral Educability 647
The Australian Marsupial Mole 650
Justus von Liebig 655
Cotton Industry in Brazil 666
Darwinism in the Nursery 674
Sketch of William Ferrel 686
Correspondence 696
Editor's Table 698
Literary Notices 701
Publications Received 710
Popular Miscellany 710
Notes 719
Obituary Notes 720
April 1892
Agassiz at Penikese 721
New Chapters in the Warfare of Science: Astronomy II 729
Involuntary Movements I 743
Science and Fine Art I 751
Bacteria in our Dairy Products 763
The Great Earthquake of Port Royal 774
Lessons from the Census VI 785
The Development of American Industries Since Columbus: Musical Instruments III 793
Variations in Climate 804
Bad Air and Bad Health I 814
Sketch of John and William Bartram 827
Correspondence 840
Editor's Table 842
Literary Notices 846
Publications Received 852
Popular Miscellany 853
Notes and Obituary Notes 864
Index 865