Established by Edward L. Youmans
APPLETONS'
POPULAR SCIENCE
MONTHLY
EDITED BY
WILLIAM JAY YOUMANS
VOL. LVI
NOVEMBER, 1899, TO APRIL, 1900
NEW YORK
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
1900
Copyright, 1900,
By D. APPLETON AND COMPANY.
EDWARD ORTON.
CONTENTS
| PAGE | |
| THE TRANSPLANTATION OF A RACE. | 513 |
| MODERN CITY ROADWAYS. | 524 |
| TYPICAL CRIMINALS. | 539 |
| A CENTURY OF GEOLOGY. | 546 |
| "SALAMANDERS" AND "SALAMANDER" CATS. | 556 |
| WHAT MAKES THE TROLLEY CAR GO. | 564 |
| A SURVIVAL OF MEDIÆVAL CREDULITY. | 577 |
| "RIBBON LIGHTNING." | 587 |
| CROSS-EDUCATION. | 589 |
| THE MORBID "SENSE OF INJURY." | 596 |
| EARLY EXPERIMENTS IN AIR FLIGHT. | 603 |
| SKETCH OF EDWARD ORTON. | 607 |
| EDITOR'S TABLE. | 614 |
| FRAGMENTS OF SCIENCE. | 618 |
| MINOR PARAGRAPHS. | 622 |
| PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. | 624 |
APPLETONS'
POPULAR SCIENCE
MONTHLY.
MARCH, 1900.
THE TRANSPLANTATION OF A RACE.
By N. S. SHALER,
DEAN OF THE SCIENTIFIC SCHOOL OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY.
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