vessels strengthened by outside extemporized armor of cable or rails, and a squadron collected with Fasano channel as a base of operations. Unceasing drills and exercises, especially at concentrated fire, were held, and as soon as a nucleus of a fleet was obtained, drills underway, tactical and divisional evolutions were pushed. The ceaseless activity of the leader inspired emulation in all his juniors, and even with the few weeks of preparation the Austrian fleet was ready to meet its superior opponent. The author's account of the battle of Lissa will become the standard one to be referred to by students of naval engagements. The careful attention to details, the impartial relating of the stirring events of that July morning will recommend itself to every reader, impressing him with its authenticity. H. G. D. [AMERICAN.] NOTES ON THE YEAR'S NAVAL PROGRESS, JULY, 1896. This number contains 235 pages of interesting data profusely illustrated, divided under seven separate parts, as follows:-I. Notes on ships and torpedo-boats. II. Notes on ordnance and armor. III. Notes on small arms. IV. Notes on boilers. V. Notes on voice tubes. VI. Notes on cellulose. VII. Naval manoeuvres, 1895. SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN. OCTOBER 3, 1896. Military Balloons. Puget Sound Dry Dock. The Lifeboat William F. James. OCTOBER 10. Largest Ship in the World. OCTOBER 17. boats. Facts about Divers. Contracts for Torpedo OCTOBER 24. The Highest Balloon Ascent. Measurement of Hallucinations. The Indiana in a Gale of Wind. Motion of Projectiles in a Gun. OCTOBER 31. Bullets Fused by Impact. The Danube Ship Canal. The Ocean Mail Service. NOVEMBER 7. A New Port for Russia. St. Paul and Lucania. NOVEMBER 14. The German Kite Balloon. Preventing Boiler Incrustation. NOVEMBER 21. Coast-defense Monitor Amphitrite. Sinking of the Battle-ship Texas. Corn Pith Cellulose. NOVEMBER 28. French Experiments with Melinite. Wire Gun Construction. The Brown Wire-wound Gun. DECEMBER 5. Armor vs. Shot. New Harbor Mail Transport. American Shipbuilding. Tests of Smokeless Powders. DECEMBER 12. Modern Application of Storage Battery. Massachusetts Turret Tests. DECEMBER 19. Japan's Merchant Marine. Armored Torpedo-boats. DECEMBER 26. Armor for Fortifications. Secretary Herbert JOURNAL OF THE UNITED STATES ARTILLERY. SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER, 1896. On the Rifling of Cannon. Notes on European Sea-coast Fortifications. The Bicycle and its Adaptability to Military Purposes. History of the Sea-coast Fortifications of the United States-I., Portland, Maine. Resistance of Air to the Motion of Projectiles. NOVEMBER-DECEMBER. The New Polarizing Photo-chronograph at the U. S. Artillery School. Notes on European Seacoast Fortifications. The Bicycle and its Adaptability to Military Purposes. Field Shrapnel and Cannon of the Future. Seacoast Artillery and Submarine Mine Defense. History of the Sea-coast Fortifications of the United States. THE UNITED SERVICE. Li OCTOBER, 1896. Some Ships of the Ancients. The Yorktown Campaign of September and October, 1781. At Sea. Hung Chang. NOVEMBER. Is an Increase of the Regular Army Necessary? Napoleon's Voyage to St. Helena. The Home Squadron under Commodore Conner in the War with Mexico. TECHNOLOGY QUARTERLY, AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY OF ARTS. JUNE-SEPTEMBER, 1896. Description and Computation of a Twenty-four Hour Duty Test on the Twenty Million Gallon Leavitt Pumping Engine at Chestnut Hill. Notes on the Best Form of Cross-section for the Coils of a Galvanometer. PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. AUGUST, 1896. The Joly Process of Color Photography (with one plate). ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING. NOVEMBER, 1896. Superheated Steam. Some Notes on Flywheels. Methods of Fuel Testing. DECEMBER. Elements of Complex Quantities and Vectors with Reference to their Use in Alternating-current Work. Methods of Fuel Testing. ENGINEERING NEWS AND AMERICAN RAILWAY JOURNAL. OCTOBER 22, 1896. The Proposed Canadian Fast Transatlantic Steamer Service. OCTOBER 29. Indurite, or Smokeless Powder. NOVEMBER 19. The Application of Photography to Surveying. eel Canal-boats. Speed Trials of a Screw-propelled Ferry at. NOVEMBER 26. Naval Practice in Ship Rivets and Riveting. DECEMBER 3. The Sinking of a Wharf at St. Johns, New Brunswick. DECEMBER 10. The Latest American Battle-ships. DECEMBER 24. Mathematical Theory of the Lippincott Plani meter. BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY. No. 3, 1896. The Indians of British Columbia. A Graphic History of the United States. Dr. Nansen's Arctic Journey. AMERICAN CHEMICAL JOURNAL. NOVEMBER, 1896. On the Diffusion of Sulphides through Steel. On the Influence of Heat Treatment and Carbon upon the Solubility of Phosphorus in Steels. IRON AGE. OCTOBER 1, 1896. The Bessemer Steamship Company's Lake Fleet. A Nickel-steel Boiler. OCTOBER 8. The Geary Water-tube Boiler. Damascus Gunbarrels. OCTOBER 15. Transatlantic Mail Service. The Gledhill Builtup Gun. Our New Battle-ships. OCTOBER 22. Recent Developments and Standards in Armor and Heavy Ordnance. Where Ships are Built and Owned. NOVEMBER 5. Shipping Facilities at Brooklyn. The Naval Bureau of Ordnance. Casting Aluminum. NOVEMBER 19. New Lake Vessels. NOVEMBER 26. The United States Battle-ships and Class. DECEMBER 3. The Origin of the Bessemer Process. Another Vessel Contract at Chicago. The Japanese Steel Works Commission. Rapid-fire Guns. DECEMBER IO. A High-speed Corliss Engine. Aluminum Manufacture in Europe. DECEMBER 24. American and English Methods of Manufacturing Steel Plates. Thrust Bearings for Propeller Shafts. JOURNAL OF THE ASSOCIATION OF ENGINEERING SOCIETIES. NOVEMBER, 1896. Boiler Efficiency, Capacity, and Smokelessness, with Low-grade Fuels. AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NAVAL ENGINEERS. NOVEMBER, 1896. On Crank-shafts. Tests of Riveted Joints JOURNAL OF THE UNITED STATES ARTILLERY. SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER, 1896. On the Rifling of Cannon. Notes on European Sea-coast Fortifications. The Bicycle and its Adaptability to Military Purposes. History of the Sea-coast Fortifications of the United States-I., Portland, Maine. Resistance of Air to the Motion of Projectiles. NOVEMBER-DECEMBER. The New Polarizing Photo-chronograph at the U. S. Artillery School. Notes on European Seacoast Fortifications. The Bicycle and its Adaptability to Military Purposes. Field Shrapnel and Cannon of the Future. Seacoast Artillery and Submarine Mine Defense. History of the Sea-coast Fortifications of the United States. THE UNITED SERVICE. OCTOBER, 1896. Some Ships of the Ancients. The Yorktown Campaign of September and October, 1781. At Sea. Li Hung Chang. NOVEMBER. Is an Increase of the Regular Army Necessary? Napoleon's Voyage to St. Helena. The Home Squadron under Commodore Conner in the War with Mexico. TECHNOLOGY QUARTERLY, AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY OF ARTS. JUNE-SEPTEMBER, 1896. Description and Computation of a Twenty-four Hour Duty Test on the Twenty Million Gallon Leavitt Pumping Engine at Chestnut Hill. Notes on the Best Form of Cross-section for the Coils of a Galvanometer. PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. AUGUST, 1896. The Joly Process of Color Photography (with one plate). ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING. NOVEMBER, 1896. Superheated Steam. Some Notes on Flywheels. Methods of Fuel Testing. DECEMBER. Elements of Complex Quantities and Vectors with Reference to their Use in Alternating-current Work. Methods of Fuel Testing. ENGINEERING NEWS AND AMERICAN RAILWAY JOURNAL. OCTOBER 22, 1896. The Proposed Canadian Fast Transatlantic Steamer Service. OCTOBER 29. Indurite, or Smokeless Powder. NOVEMBER 19. The Application of Photography to Surveying. Steel Canal-boats. Speed Trials of a Screw-propelled Ferry |