The Curves of Life. Being an Account of Spiral Formations and their Application to Growth in Nature, to Science, and to Art. Sir Theodore Andrea Cook, M.A., F.S.A. 415 Illustrations and 11 Plates. Royal 8vo. 470 + xxxii pages. 12/6 net.
The World’s Meat Future. An Account of the Live Stock Position and Meat Prospects of all Leading Stock Countries of the World with Full Lists of Freezing Works. A. W. Pearse, F.R.G.S., Editor of “The Pastoral Review.” With an Introduction by Sir Owen Cox, K.B.E. Demy 8vo. 352 pages. 291 Illustrations. 2nd Ed. Price 21/- net.
Contents.—The World’s Meat Future. Summary of Meat Supplies. Trade and Empire. Australia. New Zealand. Argentina. Brazil. Uruguay. Paraguay. Chile. Patagonia. United States. Canada. Mexico. Venezuela. British Guiana. Ecuador. Colombia. Honduras. Bolivia. Peru. Rhodesia. South Africa. Madagascar. Morocco. British East Africa. South-West Africa. Egypt and Soudan. Sheep in Egypt and Southern Palestine. Nigeria. Abyssinia, Somaliland and the Cameroons. China. Siberia. The Pacific Islands (Fiji, New Caledonia, Sandwich Group). Japan. Innovation in Mutton Stowage. Dipping Cattle. Cattle Tick Eradication. Dehorning Cattle. Live and Dressed Weights. Venison. Statistical Study of Body Weights, Gains and Measurements of Steers during the Fattening Period, with Tables. List of Meat Canning and Preserving Works in Australia, New Zealand, Argentina, Patagonia, Uruguay, Paraguay, Brazil, Venezuela.
International Language and Science. Considerations on the Introduction of an International Language into Science. Translated by Prof. F. G. Donnan. Demy 8vo. 2/- net.
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Life and Letters of Joseph Black, M.D. Sir William Ramsay, K.C.B., F.R.S. With an Introduction dealing with the Life and Work of Sir William Ramsay, by F. G. Donnan, F.R.S. Demy 8vo. 168 pages. 7 Illustrations. 6/6 net.
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