(368 ANNUAL RECORD OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. 



the publication of transactions and proceedings of its meet- 

 ings. The organization was effected on the 17th of January- 

 last, and consists of M. Fizeau as p-esident, M. Bertin as vice- 

 president, and M. d'Almeida as general secretary. 12 A^May 

 22,1873,73. 



"la nature," a new erench journal. 



A new weekly scientific journal has lately been started in 

 Paris under the direction of M. Tissandier. This bears the 

 name Xa Nature^ a somewhat unfortunate designation, as it 

 is in dancrer of beinu; confounded with its older and well-es- 

 tablished contemporary of the same name in London. Each 

 number embraces sixteen pages, and is illustrated with en- 

 gravings. The subscription price is twenty francs in Paris, 

 and thirty when mailed to foreign countries. 3 B^June 12, 

 1873,233. 



FRENCH association for the advancement op science. 



The meeting of the French Association for the Advance- 

 ment of Science opened on the 21st of August at Lyons, un- 

 der the presidency of M. de Quatrefages. The only Amer- 

 ican scientist present was Dr. H. C. Yarrow, Acting Assistant 

 Surgeon, U. S. A. 12 ^4, August 14, 1873, 333. 



LYONS institution FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EXPERI- 

 MENTAL SCIENCE. 



An important enterprise has lately been initiated by the 

 municipal administration of Lyons, in France, in the form of 

 an establishment entitled the Lyons Institution for the Ad- 

 vancement of Experimental Science, and intended to be a 

 worthy rival of the richest establishments in Germany, France, 

 or England. The report of the committee appointed to pre- 

 pare a plan for this enterprise has recently appeared, and 

 contemplates, among other provisions, for biological science, 

 first, a large central laboratory, in which investigations of 

 any kind can be prosecuted ; second, a central apparatus 

 room ; third, a laboratory of biological chemistry ; fourth, 

 one of biological physics ; fifth, one of osteology ; sixth, 

 a room for investigations into the disease caused by parasit- 

 ic animals, including that of the silk-worm ; seventh, a post- 

 mortem room ; eighth, a room for delicate dissections and 



