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DEVELOPMENT OF THE EGG AS SEEN BY THE EMBRY- OLOGIST. DR. GEORGE L. STREETER ..................................... . .. 495
SCIENCE IN THE LIVE-STOCK INDUSTRY. DR. J. R. MOHLER 507 LEPROSY IN THE UNITED STATES. PROFESSOR WILLIAM W.
FORD ............................................................................................. 513 THE HAZARD OF THE AUTOMOBILE. DR. JAMES A. TOBEY 519 WHAT THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION DOES.
T. SWANN HARDING ............................................................ 522 SELLING ENTOMOLOGY. AUSTIN H. CLARK ............................................................ 527 SCIENCE SERVICE RADIO TALKS:
THE INDIANS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. DR. WALTER HOUGH .............5......3............................ ... 537
TELLING THE NATION'S TIME. CAPTAIN FREDERICK HELL-
WEG ..............539 HOW UNITED STATES PAPER MONEY IS MADE. A. W.
HALL .............542 PHILOSOPHICAL IMPLICATIONS OF MODERN PHYSICAL
SCIENCE. PROFESSOR J. RUD NIELSEN .. 546 THE GASEOUS EXPLOSIVE REACTION. PROFESSOR F. W.
STEVENS ......................................... 556 THE PROGRESS OF SCIENCE:
Albert Abraham Michelson; The Franklin Medal Awards of The Franklin Institute; Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier; The Pasadena Meeting of The American Association for the Advancement of Science .566
INDEX .575
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T HIS lamp and scale reading device has no telescope. It may be attached to any L & N reflecting type galvanom-
eter. It throws a bright spot of light, split by an index line, on the scale. This spot is visible at any angle from which the scale can be viewed. The room need not be darkened. No table space is required.
The device is designed for null rather than deflection mea- surements. The effective sensitivity of the galvanometer is one- half that which is obtained when a 1-meter reading device is used.
No. 2111 LAMP AND SCALE READING DEVICE COM PLETE .............................................. $45.00
For No. 2239 Wall Type Galvanometers.
No. 2112 LAMP AND SCALE READING DEVICE COM PLETE .............................................. $50.00
For Nos. 2500, 2285 and 2290 Shelf Type Galvanometers.
