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A philosophical essay on probabilities
Oct., I9O2. ]
Proceedings.
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Fir des Fusils de Chasse. Par Journde, Lieut-Colonel du 69e R d g i m e n t d'Infanterie. 2e edition, e n t i r e m e n t refondue. Paris: Gautlaier-Villars, 19o2. T h e work is a complete treatise on sporting-arms and a m m u n i t i o n . T h e first edition of this work, issued about twelve years ago, contained the results of a considerable n u m b e r of e x p e r i m e n t s m a d e with t h e old t y p e of sporting gunpowders t h e n in use. I n t h e present edition t h e a u t h o r has s u p p l e m e n t e d these results by a series of similar experiments made with the m o d e r n pyroxyline powders w h i c h have come largely into use for sporting-arms. W.
Tea:t-Book o[ Qualitative C~mislry for studies of water solutiou and massaction. By Albert B. grescott, Ph.D. and E u g e n e C. Sullivan, Ph.D. E l e v e n t h edition, entirely rewritten. New York: D. Van Nostrand Company, I9o2. (Price, $r.5o. ) T h e eleventh edition of this work h a s been t h o r o u g h l y modernized, a n d it can be c o m m e n d e d to teachers and students of the science. W.
.4 Philosophical Essay on Probabilities.
By Pierre Simon, Marquis de Laplace. Translated from t h e sixth French edition by Fred Wilson Truscott, Ph.D., Havre~ a n d F r e d ' k Lincoln Emory, M.E., Nor. Poly. Inst. First edition. F i r s t thousand. New York : J o h n Wiley & Sons. London: Chapman & Hall, Limited, I9o2. (Price, $2. )
T h e translators appear to have made a n elegant and admirable ]~n~lish version of the classic work of Laplace. W.
Franklin Institute. [Proceedings of lhe Staled Meeling held Wednesday, S~tember J7, z9oa.] HALL OF THE FRANKLIN INSTIT'U~rE, PHILADELPHIA, September I7, I9O2. "President JOHN BIRKINBINE in the chair. Additions to m e m b e r s h i p since last report, 17. T h e Secretary reported t h e resignations of Prof. A r t h u r Beardsley a n d H e n r y C. Brolasky from t h e Board of Managers. An election resulted in t h e choice of Mr. H e n r y T. Townsend in place of Professor Beardsley, and of Mr. Jawood L u k e n s in place of Mr. Brolasky. Under suspension of the rules, a m e n d m e n t s to the By-Laws, offered respectively by Profs. F. L. Garrison a n d L. F. Rondinella, were adopted, severally and collectively, as follows : ARTICL~ IlI.--Members. SEc. 7. Any m e m b e r whose dues are more t h a n three m o n t h s in arrears shall be notified by the Actuary. Should such dues t:ot be paid when they
Proceedings.
3t 7
Fir des Fusils de Chasse. Par Journde, Lieut-Colonel du 69e R d g i m e n t d'Infanterie. 2e edition, e n t i r e m e n t refondue. Paris: Gautlaier-Villars, 19o2. T h e work is a complete treatise on sporting-arms and a m m u n i t i o n . T h e first edition of this work, issued about twelve years ago, contained the results of a considerable n u m b e r of e x p e r i m e n t s m a d e with t h e old t y p e of sporting gunpowders t h e n in use. I n t h e present edition t h e a u t h o r has s u p p l e m e n t e d these results by a series of similar experiments made with the m o d e r n pyroxyline powders w h i c h have come largely into use for sporting-arms. W.
Tea:t-Book o[ Qualitative C~mislry for studies of water solutiou and massaction. By Albert B. grescott, Ph.D. and E u g e n e C. Sullivan, Ph.D. E l e v e n t h edition, entirely rewritten. New York: D. Van Nostrand Company, I9o2. (Price, $r.5o. ) T h e eleventh edition of this work h a s been t h o r o u g h l y modernized, a n d it can be c o m m e n d e d to teachers and students of the science. W.
.4 Philosophical Essay on Probabilities.
By Pierre Simon, Marquis de Laplace. Translated from t h e sixth French edition by Fred Wilson Truscott, Ph.D., Havre~ a n d F r e d ' k Lincoln Emory, M.E., Nor. Poly. Inst. First edition. F i r s t thousand. New York : J o h n Wiley & Sons. London: Chapman & Hall, Limited, I9o2. (Price, $2. )
T h e translators appear to have made a n elegant and admirable ]~n~lish version of the classic work of Laplace. W.
Franklin Institute. [Proceedings of lhe Staled Meeling held Wednesday, S~tember J7, z9oa.] HALL OF THE FRANKLIN INSTIT'U~rE, PHILADELPHIA, September I7, I9O2. "President JOHN BIRKINBINE in the chair. Additions to m e m b e r s h i p since last report, 17. T h e Secretary reported t h e resignations of Prof. A r t h u r Beardsley a n d H e n r y C. Brolasky from t h e Board of Managers. An election resulted in t h e choice of Mr. H e n r y T. Townsend in place of Professor Beardsley, and of Mr. Jawood L u k e n s in place of Mr. Brolasky. Under suspension of the rules, a m e n d m e n t s to the By-Laws, offered respectively by Profs. F. L. Garrison a n d L. F. Rondinella, were adopted, severally and collectively, as follows : ARTICL~ IlI.--Members. SEc. 7. Any m e m b e r whose dues are more t h a n three m o n t h s in arrears shall be notified by the Actuary. Should such dues t:ot be paid when they