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The Quaternary Deposits at Ringneill Quay and Ardmillan, Co. Down: Plates XX, XXI

The Quaternary Deposits at Ringneill Quay and Ardmillan, Co. Down: Plates XX, XXI

Aeromonas Causes Severe Skin Lesions in Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss): Clinical Pathology, Haematology, and Biochemistry

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The Second Tablet of "Išum and Erra"

The Babylonian poem sar gimir dadmē (perhaps best entitled in English “Isum and Erra”) has been available to scholars in its hitherto most complete form since 1969 in the admirable edition of L. Cagni. Now excavations conducted by the Iraqi Department of Antiquities and Heritage at Me-Turnat (modern Tell Haddad) have produced a first-millennium tablet in Babylonian script from the Neo-Assyrian Period occupation of the site, giving the text of tablet II of the composition. Previously the second tablet could be reconstructed as three separate broken passages (totalling 112 lines) with two lacunae. The new tablet, IM 121299 (TH 319), restores the first lacuna (four lines in length), completes some broken lines and restores part of the second lacuna (at least 29 lines), establishing altogether about 45 new lines of the text, some admittedly only to a very fragmentary degree. The whole tablet must be at least 159 lines long. Unfortunately the Me-Turnat tablet is damaged, and is rather poorly written by an apprentice scribe who has made a number of evident mistakes and incorrectly formed signs. Nonetheless the text of the poem is substantially increased by it. For a photograph, see Plate XX.

Part of the Third Century Roman limes at Zairwan

In the Library of the Institute of Archaeology, London, there is a collection of aerial photographs of Iraq taken by the R.A.F. during the 1930s. One of a pair, taken near Zairwan (36° 26′ N; 41° 59′ E) demands publication for the information it gives on the extent and structure of the Roman limes (Plate XX).The photograph shows a stretch of wall with faces of large orthostats and filled with material whose nature cannot be determined from the picture. The wall runs along a low ridge. There are remnants of other structures against the wall and others, less well preserved, spreading down the slope of the ridge. These structures seem to be of poor masonry and almost certainly post-date the wall itself. There is no reason to suggest that they have any rôle in connection with the functioning of the wall. On the other side of the ridge are clear traces of what is probably a road with small mounds running along either side of it.Zairwan is north of Jebel Sinjar and to the north-east of the important town of Singara. It stands at the foot of the mountains and gives its name to a pass of no great quality running through them.

A Hittite Cylinder Seal in the Yale Babylonian Collection

Recently Professor Harald Ingholt generously donated to the Yale Babylonian Collection a Hittite cylinder seal from the empire period, which has received the inventory number YBC 16575. The piece, which is of copper and measures 24·5 × 11 mm., is in excellent condition and shows little sign of wear – see Plate XX and Figure 1. According to Professor Ingholt, he purchased the seal in the 1930s in the bazaar of Beirut, a city which lies outside of the area controlled by the Hittite empire at the greatest extent of its expansion, but which at the time of the acquisition of the seal was linked by daily train service to Adana in Cilicia, the rail line running through the heart of what had once been the southern domains of the Hittites.

Morainic Limits and Their Relationship to Raised Shorelines in the East Scotland Highlands

THE STUDY of Pleistocene shorelines in Highland Britain is made difficult by their discontinuous nature, and by their differing longitudinal gradients resulting from varying isostatic recovery. To help in resolving these difficulties in Easter Ross and Sutherland, the study was begun by mapping all definite moraines within the probable range of the Late-glacial sea. The reasons for this will become apparent in the following detailed description of the Beauly Firth. This proceedure is a basic and essential preliminary to shoreline study and is being applied to all East Highland Firths. It aids in the recognition and verification of doubtful shoreline features, and gives a framework for the preparation of a shoreline diagram. The account confines itself in detail to the features on the northern shore of the Beauly Firth (Fig. Ia), since the southern shore is identical in evolution, apart from complications introduced by several deltas and ice contact slopes. The northern shore fronts the Black Isle peninsula and is composed of Middle Old Red Sandstone. This varies from the red sandstone exposed at Tarradale quarry to the conglomerates of Ord Hill farther east. The major trend of the geological structures is orientated at an angle of fifty degrees with the shoreline. The whole of the coastal zone (here defined as the zone which has undergone marine re-working of sediments in Lateand Post-glacial times) is composed of incoherent glacial, fluvioglacial and marine deposits. Thus the solid geology has had no morphological bearing on the shoreline during the period under consideration. The Beauly Firth witnessed one of the most important Late-glacial readvances in the Scottish Highlands, namely, the Kessock Readvance. The glacial features of this readvance extend along the northern side of the Firth rising to a height of 200 feet O.D. and appear in the landscape as hummocks, massive ice-contact slopes, small eskers and kettles. The whole series slopes eastward and, passing through two kame terraces, ends in a massive high level delta at Kessock (Fig. ib and ic). This 'high terrace' (A. G. Ogilvie, 1923) or 'higher beach' (J. Horne and L.W. Hinxman, I 94) has been interpreted as a remnant of a great fluvioglacial apron. Although cited by W. B. Wright (I937, p. 372 and Plate XX) as an example of the 'o00 foot raised beach', this explanation was rejected by Ogilvie on the basis of its surface unevenness and height range. Ogilvie states that its seaward edge varies from 84 feet at the Point to 5o feet on the west, but this is interpreted as a result of the younger and lower beaches having cut back into either incised meltwater distributaries or into slump features both caused by a relative fall of sea-level. Ogilvie's 'wavecut notch' at 80 feet could well have the same origin. The material exposed in small sections on the delta is rounded to sub-rounded, but no single exposure is extensive enough to allow an estimation of the sorting or bedding. The general morphology and situation of the 'high terrace', and its intimate relationship with the

Electron-optical and electron-diffraction study of a disordered structural state in the transformation goethite-hematite (Plate XX)

SummaryPrevious X-ray observations by J. Lima-de-Faria and P. Gay on the transformation goethite-hematite indicate that in the process of state change at low temperatures, maxima of scattered X-ray intensity occur as satellites to strong and diffuse Bragg maxima due to hematite. These maxima define a repeat distance of about 32 Å. Corresponding satellite maxima have been observed using electron diffraction technique and satellite maxima flanking the direct beam (000) have been used to obtain a direct electron optical image of the disordered state at high magnification. Such photographs show a mainly regular fringe system with spacing of approximately 30 Å. Dislocation patterns were also observed.

The alteration of pyrochlore to columbite in carbonatites in Tanganyika (With Plates XX and XXI.)

SummaryThe formation of columbite has been observed in two carbonatites in south-west Tanganyika where it is due to autometasomatism following the emplacement of the bodies. Disoriented aggregates of columbite crystallites are formed as pseudomorphs after eubo-octahedra of pyrochlore in sövite. This alteration is accompanied by the addition of Fe, conversion of amphibole and biotite in the sövite to a ferruginous tale. the formation of an iron-bearing carbonate, and the introduction of colloform silica: Ca and Na are lost in part. The general alteration of the sövite can be ascribed to the influx of iron-bearing solutions at relatively low temperature and high pressure.

The Boxhole meteoritic iron, Central Australia (With Plates XX and XXI.)

The Boxhole meteorite crater has been described previously. It is in Central Australia at latitude 22° 37′ 30´″ S., longitude 135° 11′ 59″ E. During the single afternoon that was spent examining this great crater, nearly 200 yards across, most of the time was occupied with taking measurements and photographs, and only a few shale-balls were found in the way of meteoritic material. Mr. Joe Webb, who lives nearby, was instructed to continue the search, and in due course he sent down to Adelaide three pieces of iron weighing respectively 17 lb. 9 oz., 1 lb. 8 oz., and 5 oz., shown in figs. 1 and 3, together with six more shale-balls. This material was purchased by the South Australian Museum. Two other small pieces of iron have been obtained by the author from other sources.

Correction to Stratigraphy of Hoxbar Formation, Oklahoma: ERRATUM

Correction to Stratigraphy of Hoxbar Formation, Oklahoma: ERRATUM

Book Review Fertility and Sterility in Marriage. Their Voluntary Promotion and Limitation . By Th. H. Van de Velde, M.D. Translated by F. W. Stella Browne. pp. xix, 448 (including bibliography), Plates xx. Covici, Friede, New York. Price $7.50.

Book Review Fertility and Sterility in Marriage. Their Voluntary Promotion and Limitation . By Th. H. Van de Velde, M.D. Translated by F. W. Stella Browne. pp. xix, 448 (including bibliography), Plates xx. Covici, Friede, New York. Price $7.50.

The Mbosi meteoric iron, Tanganyika Territory. (With Plates XIX and XX)

The meteorite is situated on the western slope of Marengi Hill, about 150 yards from the top of the hill and close to the boundary of Mr. Jennes's farm. This place is 10 miles south-east of the Mbosi mission station in Rungwe (formerly Langenburg) district. The latitude and longitude are approximately 9°7′ S., 33°4′ E. The locality lies between Lakes Tanganyika and Nyasa, south of Lake Rukwa, and about 23 miles from the border of Northern Rhodesia.

A Roman law concerning piracy

When L. Aemilius Paulus visited Delphi after the crowning victory of Pydna his eye rested on a lofty pedestal, upon which his vanquished enemy, Perseus, was intending to set up a golden statue of himself. He determined that his own figure should occupy the vacant place, and his orders to this effect were carried out. No trace of the statue (or group) has been recovered, but there are considerable remains of the sculptured frieze, representing the cavalry skirmish which formed the prelude to the battle of Pydna, and it has been possible to reconstruct the monument in the Museum at Delphi with the surviving blocks and a free use of plaster to fill the gaps (fig. 54 and plate xx).

The Genus Parmeliopsis of Nylander

(With Plate XX) The writer's interest in the group of lichens to be discussed in this paper was first aroused by collecting from an old fence in Needham, Massachusetts, a small, gray, foliose lichen, densely covered with isidia, and suggesting Parmelia rudecta Ach., but lacking the white punctations of that species. In subsequent collecting the lichen was found to grow also on the bark of pines, and proved to be common in Massachusetts, although apparently not much collected. A comparison with material in the Tuckerman Herbarium showed that the plant was what he had called Cetraria aleurites (Ach.) Th. Fr. But when the European authorities were consulted, it was found that there was much confusion in their interpretation of the Lichen aleurites of Acharius. Visits to the leading European herbaria in 1912-1913, including the original herbarium of Acharius now in the Botanical Museum at Helsingfors, gave an opportunity to study first hand the problem of Lichen aleurites and its allies. These lichens have been known by American students under the names used in Tuckerman's Synopsis of North American Lichens: Cetraria aleurites, Cetraria aleurites var. placorodia, Parmelia amnbigua, and Parmelia ambigua var. albescens. Tuckerman thus considered two of these to be varieties of the other

On the Root of Medullosa anglica

Journal Article On the Root of Medullosa anglica: With Plate XX Get access E. A. NEWELL ARBER, M.A., F.G.S. E. A. NEWELL ARBER, M.A., F.G.S. Trinity CollegeCambridgeUniversity Demonstrator in Palaeobotany Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Annals of Botany, Volume os-17, Issue 2, March 1903, Pages 425–434, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.aob.a088923 Published: 01 March 1903

On some points in the Anatomy of the Ophioglosseae1

Journal Article On some points in the Anatomy of the Ophioglosseae1: With Plate XX Get access L. A BOODLE, F.L.S. L. A BOODLE, F.L.S. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Annals of Botany, Volume os-13, Issue 3, September 1899, Pages 377–394, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.aob.a088738 Published: 01 September 1899

The cranial nerves of amblystoma punctatum. With plates XIX and XX

Journal of Comparative NeurologyVolume 4, Issue 4 p. 193-207 Studies from Neurological Laboratory of Dension University The cranial nerves of amblystoma punctatum. With plates XIX and XX C. Judson Herrick, C. Judson HerrickSearch for more papers by this author C. Judson Herrick, C. Judson HerrickSearch for more papers by this author First published: December 1894 https://doi.org/10.1002/cne.910040402Citations: 9AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat Citing Literature Volume4, Issue4December 1894Pages 193-207 RelatedInformation

Scientific Serials

THE Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science for March 1892, contains:—On a new branchiate Oligochæte (Branchuira soweirbyi), by Frank E. Beddard, M. A. (plate xix.). This annelid, found in mud from the “Victoria regia tank” in the Royal Botanical Gardens, Regent's Park, London, is remarkable for the unusual contractility of its body, which suggested a leech or flat worm rather than a Chtætopod. It consists of about 120 segments. When magnified the orange-coloured digestive tract traversed by the bright blood vessels is seen, and at the posterior end of the body there is a series of delicate dorsal and ventral processes; these latter are segmentally arranged, developed in pairs upon the last sixty segments or so of the body. There is no connection between the setae and these processes, as in Bourne's Chætobranchus, also found in the same tank. This worm is referred to the Tubificidæ, without having any certain affinities to any of the known genera.“On the formation of the germ-layers in Crangon vulgaris, by W. F. R. Weldon, M.A. (plates xx. to xxii.). The author's conception of the early development differs widely from that of Kingsley.—On the pigment cells of the retina, by I. S. Boden and F. C. Sprawson. The retinal pigment cells are not, as usually represented, invariably hexagonal; in specimens taken from the eyes of sheep, ox, rabbit, kitten, pig, hen, and frog, while hexagonal cells were the most numerous, heptagonal cells were frequently found and scattered at intervals. Cells with tour, five, eight, nine, ten, and eleven sides were found.—Observations upon the development of the segmentation cavity, the archenteron, the germinal layers, and the amnion in mammals, by Dr. Arthur Robinson (Plates xxiii. to xxvii.). There is a general description of the development of the ova of the rat and mouse up to the period of the completion of the blastodermic vesicle, and a comparison with the results obtained by Fraser, Duval, and Selenka: there is a description of the formation of the mesoblast and of the chorda dorsalis, followed by a comparison of the ova of the rat and mouse with the ova of other mammals and the lower vertebrates and by a description of the formation of the amnion and a discussion of the relation of amnion formation to “inversion,” and by a description of the formation of the cœlom.

A Monograph of the British Stromatoporoids. Part III.—Description of Species. Pages 159–202; Plates XX–XXV

(1891). A Monograph of the British Stromatoporoids. Part III.—Description of Species. Pages 159–202; Plates XX–XXV. Monographs of the Palaeontographical Society: Vol. 44, No. 208, pp. 6-202.

Scientific Serials

THE Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science for June 1890 contains:—On the embryology of a scorpion (Euscorpius italicus), by Malcolm Laurie (Plates xiii.–xviii.). The development of this scorpion, of which very elaborate details are given, would appear not to agree closely with any other Arachnid type as yet described; the development of the central and lateral eyes entirely confirms the descriptions of Lankester and Bourne, as well as those of Parker, but Patten's conclusions are shown to be without foundation. The mode of formation of the ventral nervous system is exceptional among Invertebrates, resembling rather that of Chordata.—On the morphology of the compound eyes of Arthropods, by S. Watase (Plate xix.). Reprinted, with a short introduction by the editor, from a recent number of the “Studies from the Biological Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University.”—On the structure of a species of earthworm belonging to the genus Diachæta, by Frank Beddard (Plate xx.). This new species, D. windlei, is from the Bermudas.—On Hekatero-branchus shrubsoli, a new genus and species of the family Spionidæ, by Florence Buchanan (Plates xxi. and xxii.). This worm was found at Sheppey in soft mud, usually covered by an inch or so of brackish water; in addition to the figures of the anatomical details there are coloured portraits of this Annelid.—An attempt to classify earthworms, by Dr. W. B. Benham. Some idea may be formed of the progress made within the last twenty years in our knowledge of this group when we state that the author enumerates and gives analyses of nine families of Lumbricomorpha, containing thirty-two genera and over 200 species. The author wishes the following correction made:—In Fig. 39, which illustrates the anatomy of Lumbricus, the œsophageal pouch (CP) is placed in somite xi.; followed by a pair of calciferous glands in the same somite and a second pair in somite xii. The pouch (CP) should be in somite x.