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MODERN THEORIES OF THE UNIVERSE. SIR JAMES Hop- WOOD JEANS .............12......................... ............. ... 12

THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE EGG AS SEEN BY THE PHYSI- OLOGIST. DR. CARL G. HARTMAN .............................17..................... 17

THE CONTROL OF FOG. PROFESSOR ALEXANDER MCADIE .28

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