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change, and serves to indi 

 cate the exact instant of 

 noon. 



The method of synchroniz- 

 ing clocks is becoming rapidly 

 popular throughout the world, 

 and has been patented in most 

 civilized countries. It is al- 

 ready in use in Australia and 

 South America, and in some 

 of the countries on the Conti- 

 nent of Europe. In this coun- 

 try, at New Haven, Connecti- 

 cut, a " Standard Time Com- 

 pany " Las been formed, who 

 have bought the patent for 

 the whole of the American 

 Continent, and are now en- 

 gaged in manufacturing syn- 

 chronizers. An effort will be 

 made by them to bring about 

 a concerted system of time- 

 signaling throughout the coun- 

 try. Local affiliated compa- 

 nies will be formed, and there 

 is little doubt that the great 

 simplicity and practical suc- 

 cess of the method, combined 

 with its cheapness, will se- 

 cure its extensive adoption 

 in all the large cities of the 

 country. 







A MASTODON IN AN OLD BEATER-MEADOW.* 



By SAMUEL LOCKWOOD, Ph. D. 



ON the 7th of June, 1882, a farmer, while cutting a drain through 

 a meadow on his farm at Freehold, New Jersey, observing the 

 appearance of bones, stopped the workmen, and sent for me to inspect 

 the place. This I did the next morning. Approaching the spot, I 



* " On a Mastodon Americanits (Cuvier), found in a Beaver-Meadow at Freehold, New 

 Jersey, by Samuel Lockwood." Read at the Montreal meeting of the American Asso- 

 ciation for the Advancement of Science, August, 1882. 



