. Discovery. Science. DISCOVERY A MONTHLY POPULAR JOURNAL OF KNOWLEDGE Vol. II, No. 24. DECEMBER 1921. PRICE Is. NET. DISCOVERY. A Monthly Popular Journal of Know- ledge. Edited by Edward Liveing, , Rothersthorpe, Northampton, to whom all Editorial Communications should be addressed. (Dr. A. S. Russell continues to act as Scientific Adviser.) Published by John Murray, 50A Albemarle Street, London, , to whom all Business Communications should be addressed. Advertisement Office: 34 Ludgate Chambers and 32 Ludgate Hill, London, Annual Subscription, 12s. 6d. post free ; single number
. Discovery. Science. DISCOVERY A MONTHLY POPULAR JOURNAL OF KNOWLEDGE Vol. II, No. 24. DECEMBER 1921. PRICE Is. NET. DISCOVERY. A Monthly Popular Journal of Know- ledge. Edited by Edward Liveing, , Rothersthorpe, Northampton, to whom all Editorial Communications should be addressed. (Dr. A. S. Russell continues to act as Scientific Adviser.) Published by John Murray, 50A Albemarle Street, London, , to whom all Business Communications should be addressed. Advertisement Office: 34 Ludgate Chambers and 32 Ludgate Hill, London, Annual Subscription, 12s. 6d. post free ; single numbers, IS. net ; postage, 2d. Binding cases for Vol. I, 1920, are now ready. Price 2s. 6d. net each ; postage y^d. Editorial Notes During the last few weeks public interest has in various ways been directed to questions concerning the development of national and international com- munications. A prophetic speech, mostly relating to air communications, was delivered by our Director of Civil Aviation, Major-General Sir Frederick Sykes, at the annual dinner of the Institute of Traasport on October 10; Lord Curzon gave expression during the last Parliamentary session to what we believe is a steadily growing popular wish—the desire for the Channel railway tunnel; the Richborough Ferry, first t'mployed for war purposes, has recently been found of great use in the transport of fruit trains, coming from the south of France, across the Channel; the French Press, prompted by the present state of affairs in Morocco, has been discussing the possibilities of a railway tunnel under the Straits of Gibraltar, for which a not too ambitious scheme providing for a single tube 18 feet in diameter has been drawn up by the well-known Spanish engineer, Sefior Rubio y Bellue ; as to ventures less far afield and of more local importance, the London Traffic Combine has submitted a scheme to the Government for extending the London underground railways in con- nection with the Government's proposal of guara
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