192 Scientific Intell'fgx'nce. — Geology. 



year. The geologists afterwards adjourned to the Imperial 

 -Topographical Bureau, where all the great maps now in pro- 

 gress of the different parts of the empire were displayed, — On 

 Saturday 9.^d September^ a great meeting was held, at which it 

 was determined that the next meeting shall be held at Breslaw. 

 -Bonn and Pyrmont were also proposed, but Breslaw was car- 

 ried by an immense majority. Several medical and physiologi- 

 cal papers were read, by Professor Willbrand, Professor Czer- 

 mak, &c. &c. ; and an account of the geology of some parts 

 of Silesia, by Professor Glocker. — Monday, 23 J September. 

 Geological section. A paper was read by Boue on the types of 

 European formations, accompanied by remarks, tending, I be- 

 lieve, to prove that it is unnecessary to separate the transition 

 -from the primitive formation. Waldauf von Waldenstein gave 

 a general outline of the investigations made during the last ten 

 years on the geology of the Austrian States, and particularly 

 mentioned Buch, Boue, Partsch, Lill Von Lilienbach, Mur- 

 chison, Count Sternberg, llosthorn, Mohs, Zippe, Riepl, Anker, 

 Prevost, Breunner, &c. &c. The same gentleman then exhibited 

 various sections, lately made by Count Breunner, of the forma- 

 tions of the Ziller Thai in the Tyrol. Dr Schreibers read a paper 

 on meteoric iron, and Prof. Scherer an account of a meteoric 

 stone which fell in 1826, and proposed a new theory on the origin 

 of meteorites in general. INI. Partsch exhibited his splendid and 

 detailed geological maps of Austria, Transylvania, &c., also a 

 panoramic geological view of the environs of Vienna. Professor 

 Zippe explained his geological map of Bohemia and part of Mo- 

 ravia. Professor Riepl, his map of the eastern part of the Alps. 

 Professor Zeune read a notice on storms in the China seas. An 

 interesting account of the Labyrinth of Crete, founded on per- 

 sonal observation, was read ; rocks, &c. from Egypt, were exhi- 

 bited. Professor Glocker read an account of the rarer minerals 

 found in Silesia and Moravia. Bonnsdorf read a notice on the 

 decomposition of a variety of granite in Finland. — On Wednes- 

 day 26th^ the last general sitting took place, and' formed the 

 conclusion of the Versammlung of 1832. Reports of the pro- 

 ceedings in the different sections were read by the respective 

 secretaries ; some short papers ; and a farewell address by Lit- 



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