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  JOURNAL 
  OF 
  THE 
  WASHINGTON 
  ACADEMY 
  OF 
  SCIENCES. 
  VOL. 
  12, 
  NO. 
  4 
  

  

  SCIENTIFIC 
  NOTEsS 
  AND 
  NEWvS 
  

  

  By 
  a 
  proclamation 
  of 
  President 
  Harding, 
  signed 
  January 
  24, 
  a 
  593-acre 
  

   tract 
  in 
  the 
  Nevada 
  National 
  Forest 
  has 
  been 
  set 
  aside 
  as 
  the 
  Lehman 
  Caves 
  

   National 
  Monument. 
  The 
  area 
  remains 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  National 
  Forest, 
  but 
  

   can 
  be 
  used 
  for 
  no 
  purposes 
  which 
  interfere 
  with 
  its 
  preservation 
  as 
  a 
  national 
  

   monument. 
  The 
  caves 
  are 
  in 
  a 
  limestone 
  formation 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  Mt. 
  

   Wheeler, 
  at 
  an 
  altitude 
  of 
  7200 
  feet, 
  and 
  contain 
  a 
  remarkable 
  series 
  of 
  

   stalactites 
  and 
  stalagmites. 
  

  

  The 
  Pick 
  and 
  Hammer 
  Club 
  met 
  at 
  the 
  Geological 
  Survey 
  on 
  Saturday, 
  

   February 
  4. 
  Professor 
  H. 
  A. 
  Brouwer 
  and 
  the 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  Club 
  dis- 
  

   cussed 
  informally 
  the 
  tectonic 
  theory 
  presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  BrouwER 
  before 
  the 
  

   Academy 
  and 
  the 
  Geological 
  Society 
  on 
  February 
  2. 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  meeting 
  of 
  the 
  Petrologists' 
  Club 
  on 
  January 
  17, 
  E. 
  T. 
  Allen 
  

   discussed 
  Chemical 
  sources 
  of 
  volcanic 
  energy, 
  and 
  L. 
  H. 
  Adams, 
  Physical 
  

   sources 
  of 
  volcanic 
  energy. 
  C. 
  S. 
  Ross 
  presented 
  a 
  brief 
  note 
  on 
  A 
  peculiar 
  

   type 
  of 
  igneous 
  rock 
  in 
  Montana. 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  meeting 
  of 
  the 
  Physics 
  Club 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Standards 
  on 
  January 
  

   27, 
  Professor 
  Leonard 
  T. 
  Troland, 
  of 
  Harvard 
  University, 
  spoke 
  on 
  The 
  

   interrelation 
  of 
  physics 
  and 
  psychology. 
  This 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  first 
  of 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  

   lectures 
  on 
  the 
  borderline 
  between 
  physics, 
  psychology, 
  and 
  physiology. 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  25th 
  annual 
  meeting 
  of 
  the 
  local 
  Audubon 
  Society 
  on 
  January 
  25, 
  

   Dr. 
  A. 
  A. 
  Allen, 
  of 
  Cornell 
  University, 
  discussed 
  Birds 
  and 
  their 
  relation 
  to 
  

   man. 
  

  

  Professor 
  H. 
  A. 
  BrouwER, 
  of 
  the 
  Geological 
  Institute, 
  University 
  of 
  Delft, 
  

   Holland, 
  visited 
  Washington 
  in 
  February. 
  Dr. 
  BrouwER 
  will 
  give 
  a 
  series 
  

   of 
  lectures 
  at 
  the 
  University 
  of 
  Michigan, 
  in 
  exchange 
  with 
  Professor 
  William 
  

   H. 
  HoBBS, 
  who 
  is 
  now 
  lecturing 
  at 
  Delft. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Edwin 
  F. 
  Wendt, 
  formerly 
  a 
  member 
  of 
  the 
  Engineering 
  Board, 
  

   Department 
  of 
  Valuation, 
  Interstate 
  Commerce 
  Commission, 
  has 
  opened 
  an 
  

   office 
  in 
  Washington 
  for 
  the 
  general 
  practice 
  of 
  engineering 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  

   the 
  valuation 
  and 
  regulation 
  of 
  railroads, 
  telegraphs, 
  and 
  other 
  common 
  

   carrier 
  properties. 
  

  

  