584 ANNUAL KECORD OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. 



the experimental trial of apparatus as far as this is practi- 

 cable. Experiments on the river or the sea will take place 

 at Antwerp or Ostend, and the factory owners have signified 

 their desire to co-operate in aiding the conduct of such trials 

 as can only be made in workshops and factories. 



The following is a summary of the several heads or classes 

 under which exhibition is desired : 



Class I. Preservation of life in case of fire. 



Class II. All apparatus, engines, etc., for the preservation of life in or on 

 water, or for the prevention of danger to the same. 



Class III. Apparatus for the prevention of accidents in crowded thorough- 

 fares, tram-ways, and railways. 



Class IV. Assistance in time of war. 



Class V. Medical and sanitary arrangements for the preservation of pub- 

 lic health. 



Class VI. Means of prevention of accidents and of safety as applied to in- 

 dustry. 



Class VII. Domestic and private medical arrangements. 



Class VIII. Medicine, surgery pharmacy in connection with the preced- 

 ing classes. 



Class IX. Institutions for improving the condition of the working classes. 



Class X. Health in connection with agriculture. 



TWELFTH CONGRESS OF THE ITALIAN" SCIENTIFIC ASSOCIATION. 



The twelfth congress of the Italian Scientific Association 

 was held at Palermo, beginning on the 29th of August. 



ROYAL SOCIETY'S CATALOGUE OF LEARNED SOCIETIES AND 



SCIENTIFIC PAPERS, 1864-73. 



The catalogue of such memoirs and articles as have been 

 issued during the decade from 1864 to 1873, in the publica- 

 tions of learned societies and scientific magazines, promised 

 some time since, will be soon made ready for printing by the 

 Royal Society of London. The necessary funds for its com- 

 pletion have been granted by the council of the society, and 

 it is expected that the British government will furnish the 

 means for printing it, as it did for the six volumes covering 

 (in one series) the years 1800 to 1803. It seems that those 

 six volumes cost in all 8936 125., of which 3720 15s. Gd. 

 were spent in the preparation of the work for press, and de- 

 frayed by the Royal Society, and the rest was expended for 

 printing, paper, and binding at the cost of the government. 

 The work has been a public benefaction to all persons in- 



