Science Procntss A Quarterly Review of Selentife Thought and Affairs.
January 1638. "Edward Arnold, Lon don, 7/6, 31/2 per annum, 'The most recent issue of this well-known quarterly contains several leading articles, two of which may [be classified as' physical, three as jchemicol_and two as of biological appeal. The'first article, "Sound and Noise." by J. W. C. Kaye, is an interesting non-technical discussion of recent work undertaken by the Us tional Physical Laboratory with a view to noise abatement. It we may gauge interest by the volume of cor: to the Editor of the Daily News," this Jarticle alone should result in large sales of this issue to Shanghailanders, jespeciaily dwellers in certain avenues Im the French Concession. Mere Jenumeration of sone of the sub-titi should sufficiently whet the appetite lof the most unscientific, Early in the article we find the British standard definition of noise as "sound undesired by the recipient." Some of ithe subtitles ore: "The Measurement of Sound. and Noise" (on page 392 is given an Illustration: of the "noise thermometer!"), "Measurement ity," "Measurement of Loud-
"Road Transport.
"General Methods of Noise Abaterent," "Quiet Housing," "Alr-
tote Noises," "Absorption of Noise,"
Boone Nolies" "Structureborne for a climax, "The Flat of the Future. What a rich mins of titles for a Chiefly Noise To those who think of noise os one fof the curses brought by modern progress the following should be of Interest: lations (0-3 areas Complains against noe, and) resdivillzation" itself." Juvenal" (A.DAT) writes of sleep being impossible. Rome owing to the noise of herds of cattle and the rumbling of waggont the narrow winding street. The latter of the medieval town provoked many restrictive regulations In the Middle Ages noisy occupa were zoned.
that-a goldsmith night not next to professor since he disturbed the protestor by his hammering while the latter by hie learning enlightened the world. We find" embargoes eating in Eilzabeth's reign. known picture. of Hogarth's iiustrates the tumult of the streets in 174...
only in present days, however, that the question of no lee abatement has assumed social and Industrial sgnife "The Early History of Phosphorus; by J. R, Partington, is based on jmateriat from rare documents and clears vp certain disputed and doubt-(ul points in the history of the discovery of this element. This article is of more interest to the historicallyathded chemist than to-the ordinary Plant Study There follows "Some Aspects of the JPiant Virus Problem," by K. M. Smith, of Cambridge, "It is felt that the author succeeds in his object us show In this short article that ithe subject is not only an intensely Interesting one involving problems a fundamental biological importance bet fse of extreme economic important fand that plant virus workers realy have a definite problem in hand, Of general Interest 1s the author opinion that Instance, Inoculat common. supposed, Per ted mauve fom the Binnie of ie, nite, Buiey vane, Froaale. disease, ini those plants "a. vim Some of the mosaic viruses affecting ornamental plants may produce Ute effect on the plant other than thy hange in the Colour of the flower, He"Is quite likely therefore that ystematie enquiry, tute the. quest, would show that other familiar lowe variegation may. be no in part Virus infection. 'There seems," hoy. ever, to be a common element tu the Sppearance of thie type of varlepe. tion, Lo, a penciling or flecking' {he coisurs and a beale in the hard line dividing two colours, Plate I Fig. 2 gives an illustration lot tulle with variegated or "broken? Rowers cue to Infection with a view, [The article continues with an account lot the study of virus transmission and immunization, The closing paragraph is worth quoting entire:
Virus workers have Jong. dalle with the Iden that a virus rateht are attributes of lif, the suggestion of Stanley's view that virus may began acute. catalytic fed, then. Ube theory "of "spontaneous development of the virus-within the Host shoul
{present sti an open question a also be accepted, 1 is, howeve, mush work remains to be done before {ils question can be answered, Notes and Reviews Under "Notes" in this issue is found Jan account of the Bailey Lecture for 11095 on "The Dimensions and Struc ture of the Galaxy," the Report of the Food Investigation Board for 1934, an abstract of an article. on "A New Theory of Decay in Wood," and fa review of the Annual Report of the iCaleutts School of Medicine for 1994. The usual briefer book reviews com plete an exceedingly well-balanced [sen of this consistently superior
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