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Academy of Sciences, Sept. 20.—Résumé of the observations of the sun and of the planets Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and Uranus, made at the Par s Observatory during the year 1874, by M. Leverrier.—On a remarkable anatomical peculiarity of the rhinoceros, by MM. Paul and Henri Gervais.—Addition to the note relating to M. Bienayme's theorem, by M. J. Bertrand.—Chemical and spectroscopic characters of a new metal, Gallium, discovered in a blende from the Pierrefitte mine, Argeles Valley, Pyrenees, by M. Lecoq de Boisbaudran. An account of this metal has already appeared in our columns.—Theorem on the composition of co-variants, by M. C. Jordan.—Preliminary note on the function of the protective sheath in herbaceous Dicotyledons, by M. J. Veique.— On a vertical column of vapour observed from a balloon, by M. W. de Fonvielie.—On the development and structure of interior foliaceous glands, by M. Joannes Chatin.—Existence and development of the Avicula contorta zone in the Isle of Corsica, by MM. L. Dieulafait and Hollande.—On the theory of hail, by M. E, Renou.—On hailstones picked up at Criel-sur-Mer during the storm of August 12, 1875, by M. A. Landrin.
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Societies and Academies . Nature 12, 508 (1875). https://doi.org/10.1038/012508a0
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