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American Journal of Science and Arts, January.—Prof. Stock-well here gives a detailed account of the principal periodic inequalities in the motions of the moon arising from the oblateness of the earth.—Prof. Leconte contributes further ideas on the glycogenic function of the liver. He represents that waste tissue is not burned or changed into final products at once, but circulates as incombustible matter dissolved in the blood, is carried to the liver, and there prepared for final combustion and elimination. Only thereafter does it unite with O to form CO2 and H2O.—Dr. Nichols proposes an optical method for measurement of high temperatures; it corresponds to one of three methods proposed by M. Crova, who, however, ignored the serious practical difficulties, especially in the varying values of the emissive and absorptive capacity of different bodies.—The first results from a new diffraction-ruling engine (which appears to be a very perfect piece of work) are given by Mr. Rogers.—Mr. Hill's electrodynamometer for measuring large currents has been noticed in our column, also Mr. Todd's observations on solar parallax from the velocity of light.—Mr. Levison describes certain curious electrolytic phenomena capable of exhibition to an audience.—Prof. Marsh describes new characters of Mosasauroid reptiles, Mr. Whitfield new fossil crustaceans from the upper Devonian rocks of Ohio, and there are also geological papers on the Henry Mountains and the Wappinger Valley limestone.
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Scientific Serials . Nature 21, 361–362 (1880). https://doi.org/10.1038/021361c0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/021361c0