﻿AUGUST 
  19, 
  1922 
  SCIENTIFIC 
  NOTES 
  AND 
  NEWS 
  341 
  

  

  nition 
  of 
  his 
  work 
  on 
  meteorites. 
  This 
  is 
  a 
  gold 
  medal 
  of 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  $200, 
  

   from 
  a 
  fund 
  established 
  in 
  1884 
  as 
  a 
  reward 
  for 
  "original 
  investigation 
  of 
  

   meteoric 
  bodies." 
  Because 
  of 
  the 
  rarity 
  of 
  investigators 
  in 
  this 
  field, 
  this 
  

   medal 
  has 
  not 
  been 
  given 
  since 
  1888. 
  

  

  The 
  American 
  Meteorological 
  Society 
  held 
  its 
  seventh 
  meeting 
  in 
  Wash- 
  

   ington 
  on 
  April 
  26. 
  In 
  addition 
  to 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  Weather 
  Bureau, 
  the 
  

   meeting 
  was 
  attended 
  by 
  representatives 
  of 
  the 
  Canadian 
  Meteorological 
  

   Service 
  and 
  the 
  Argentine 
  Weather 
  Service. 
  

  

  The 
  bird 
  collection 
  of 
  the 
  late 
  William 
  Palmer, 
  consisting 
  of 
  about 
  3,000 
  

   specimens, 
  bequeathed 
  to 
  the 
  U. 
  S. 
  National 
  Museum 
  in 
  his 
  will, 
  has 
  now 
  been 
  

   turned 
  over 
  and 
  catalogued 
  in 
  the 
  Division 
  of 
  Birds. 
  This 
  collection 
  is 
  very 
  

   important 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  District 
  of 
  Columbia 
  records 
  

   and 
  for 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  immature 
  and 
  molting 
  specimens 
  it 
  contains, 
  Mr. 
  

   Palmer 
  having 
  paid 
  especial 
  attention 
  to 
  the 
  study 
  of 
  molt 
  for 
  many 
  years. 
  

  

  The 
  annual 
  field 
  meeting 
  of 
  the 
  Petrologists' 
  Club 
  of 
  Washington 
  was 
  

   held 
  on 
  May 
  13, 
  1922, 
  under 
  the 
  guidance 
  of 
  S. 
  G. 
  Gordon 
  of 
  the 
  Academy 
  

   of 
  Natural 
  Sciences 
  of 
  Philadelphia 
  and 
  E. 
  T. 
  Wherry 
  of 
  Washington. 
  The 
  

   party 
  assembled 
  at 
  Perry 
  ville, 
  Maryland, 
  on 
  the 
  preceding 
  evening 
  and 
  

   began 
  the 
  excursion 
  the 
  following 
  morning 
  by 
  a 
  visit 
  to 
  the 
  granite 
  quarry 
  

   at 
  Rock 
  Run 
  near 
  Port 
  Deposit, 
  on 
  the 
  Susquehanna 
  River. 
  The 
  party 
  then 
  

   visited 
  the 
  pegmatite 
  dikes 
  in 
  the 
  serpentine 
  area 
  of 
  northern 
  Cecil 
  County, 
  

   and 
  studied 
  the 
  cross-section 
  of 
  the 
  mica 
  gneiss 
  and 
  phyllite 
  along 
  the 
  Sus- 
  

   quehanna 
  from 
  Bald 
  Friar, 
  Maryland, 
  to 
  Peach 
  Bottom, 
  Pennsylvania. 
  

   Problems 
  of 
  special 
  interest 
  on 
  this 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  trip 
  were 
  the 
  manner 
  of 
  in- 
  

   trusion 
  of 
  the 
  narrow 
  vertical 
  diabase 
  dike 
  in 
  the 
  gneiss 
  near 
  Haines, 
  and 
  

   the 
  question 
  as 
  to 
  whether 
  the 
  gneiss 
  is 
  the 
  metamorphosed 
  equivalent 
  of 
  

   the 
  Martinsburg 
  shale 
  or 
  represents 
  a 
  formation 
  of 
  much 
  earlier 
  age. 
  

  

  This 
  was 
  the 
  third 
  annual 
  field 
  meeting 
  of 
  the 
  Club. 
  The 
  first 
  excursion 
  

   was 
  held 
  on 
  May 
  18, 
  1920, 
  when 
  the 
  Club 
  examined 
  the 
  weathering 
  of 
  granite 
  

   at 
  the 
  Tilden 
  Street 
  quarries. 
  District 
  of 
  Columbia, 
  and 
  the 
  structure 
  of 
  the 
  

   gneisses 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Great 
  Falls, 
  Maryland, 
  under 
  the 
  guidance 
  of 
  

   G. 
  P. 
  Merrill 
  and 
  C. 
  N. 
  Fenner. 
  The 
  second 
  excursion 
  was 
  on 
  May 
  17, 
  

   1921, 
  and 
  included 
  visits 
  to 
  the 
  Cambrian 
  and 
  pre-Cambrian 
  rocks 
  near 
  Point 
  

   of 
  Rocks, 
  and 
  the 
  Triassic 
  sandstones 
  and 
  diabase 
  at 
  Dickerson, 
  Maryland. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  persons 
  have 
  become 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  Academy 
  since 
  the 
  

   last 
  report 
  in 
  the 
  Journal 
  (November 
  4, 
  1921, 
  p. 
  443). 
  Except 
  where 
  other- 
  

   wise 
  noted, 
  the 
  address 
  is 
  Washington, 
  D. 
  C. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Elmer 
  Darwin 
  Ball, 
  Dept. 
  of 
  Agriculture 
  ; 
  Prof. 
  Alan 
  Mara 
  Bateman 
  , 
  

   Dept. 
  of 
  Geology, 
  Yale 
  University; 
  Dr. 
  A. 
  F. 
  Beal, 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Standards; 
  

   Dr. 
  A. 
  W. 
  Boswell; 
  C. 
  E. 
  Chambliss, 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Plant 
  Industry; 
  Dr. 
  George 
  

   Whitley 
  Coggeshall, 
  Institute 
  of 
  Industrial 
  Research; 
  J. 
  S. 
  Conway, 
  

   Bureau 
  of 
  Lighthouses; 
  Dr. 
  Howard 
  Austin 
  Edson, 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Plant 
  In- 
  

   dustry; 
  Dr. 
  Maurice 
  Crowther 
  Hall, 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Animal 
  Industry; 
  Dr. 
  

   Leonard 
  Lee 
  Harter, 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Plant 
  Industry; 
  Dr. 
  Clyde 
  Evert 
  

   Leighty, 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Plant 
  Industry; 
  S. 
  K. 
  Lothrop, 
  Peabody 
  Museum, 
  

   Cambridge, 
  Mass. 
  ; 
  RussELL 
  A. 
  OaklEy, 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Plant 
  Industry; 
  R. 
  P. 
  

   Parrott, 
  General 
  Electric 
  Company; 
  E. 
  L. 
  PeffER, 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Standards; 
  

   Dr. 
  A. 
  G. 
  PiETERS, 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Plant 
  Industry; 
  Prof. 
  Charles 
  V. 
  Piper, 
  

   Bureau 
  of 
  Plant 
  Industry; 
  R. 
  L. 
  Sanford, 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Standards; 
  Prof. 
  

   Benjamin 
  Schwartz, 
  Univ. 
  of 
  the 
  Philippines, 
  Los 
  Banos, 
  P. 
  I.;C. 
  M. 
  

   Smith, 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Chemistry; 
  Dr. 
  W. 
  T. 
  Thom, 
  Jr., 
  Geological 
  Survey; 
  

  

  