O. ^USCELLANEOUS. 675 



founded by the munificence of a private individual, Mr. E. A. 

 Stevens. While noticing these institutions, regret is ex- 

 pressed by the editor that there is nothing whatever in Great 

 Britain which even approaches either of the establishments 

 referred to. 1 A, August 29, 1873, 106. * 



APPOINTMENT OF PKOFESSOE C. A. WHITE TO BOW' DOIN 



COLLEGE. 



Professor Charles A. White, State Geologist of Iowa, and 

 late professor in the Iowa State University, has been appoint- 

 ed a professor in the new department of geology and miner- 

 alogy of Bowdoin College. 5 Z>, August, 1873, 511. 



RAILROAD IN NICARAGUA. 



According to the Panama Star and Herald, Mr. Henry 

 Meiggs Keith has just executed a contract with the govern- 

 ment of Nicaragua for the construction of a railroad w^hich 

 is to put Leon in connection with the port of Corinto. This, 

 it is understood, will not interfere with the w^ork on the 

 Costa 'Rica railroad, commenced some time ago under his di- 

 rection. Panama Star and Herald, May 9, 1873. 



DESTITUTE CONDITION OF LOUIS TEASER. 



Our English readers will res-ret to learn that Mr. Louis 

 Eraser, at one time prominently connected with the Zoolog- 

 ical Society of London, author of the " Zoologia Typica," and 

 a professional taxidermist of high repute, is suffering from des- 

 titution, in his old age, in British Columbia. On the 7th of 

 April last a communication was presented before the meeting 

 of the Academy of Sciences of San Francisco on this subject 

 by Mr. Henry Edwards, one of the members, and an appeal 

 for assistance was made to the friends of science. This was 

 answered by contributions on the part of several members, 

 but it is not stated to w^hat extent. San F]xincisco Bulletin. 



RESEARCHES OF PAUL BERT. 



For several years past M. Paul Bert, of Paris, Professor of 

 Physics in the Faculty of Science, has been making very ex- 

 tensive and laborious investigations upon respiration in com- 

 pressed atmospheres, and on other points of great physiolog- 

 ical interest. It is stated in Les Mondes that this has been 



