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Front MatterSource: The Scientific Monthly, Vol. 26, No. 4 (Apr., 1928), pp. i-viiiPublished by: American Association for the Advancement of ScienceStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/8120 .
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ORIGIN OF OUR PRESENT MATHEMATICS. PROFESSOR G. A. MILLER ................................ 295
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PHARAOH'S DOCTOR. ANTHONY J. LORENZ .. 306 BOTANICAL EXPLORATIONS IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS.
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