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Front MatterSource: The Scientific Monthly, Vol. 44, No. 6 (Jun., 1937), pp. i-ivPublished by: American Association for the Advancement of ScienceStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/16196 .
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IN.DEX .................... 583
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