The Ohio
Journal of Science
NOVEMBER,
Volume XVI.    1915    Number 1.


(Continuation of The Ohio Naturalist)

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Ohio State University Scientific Society

and of the

Ohio Academy of Science

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THE

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PUBLISHED BY THE
Ohio State University Scientific Society

Volume XVI   NOVEMBER, 1915   No. 1


TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introductory[ 1]
Lord—The Making of a Photographic Objective[ 3]
Transeau—Notes on the Zygnemales[17]
Organization of the Ohio State University Scientific Society [32]