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Sir E. Rutherford, Sir J. J. Thomson, and Prof. T. W. Richards of Har- 

 vard have been elected members of the Royal Danish Academy of Science. 



The following appointments have been made by certain of the scientific 

 societies during the last quarter : 



Royal Astronomical Society. — President, Prof. A. Fowler ; Secretaries, 

 Dr. A. C. D. Crommehn and the Rev. T. E. R. Phillips. 



Physical Society. — President, Sir W. H. Bragg. Secretaries, Dr. D. Owen 

 and Mr. F. E. Smith, F.R.S. 



Institute of Chemistry. — President, Sir. H. Jackson. 



Chemical Society. — Dr. H. R. Le Sueur succeeds Prof. S. Smiles as one of 

 the honorary secretaries. 



Geological Society. — President, R. D. Oldham. Secretaries, Dr. H. H. 

 Thomas and Dr. H. Lapworth. 



Marine Biological Society. — President, Sir E. Ray-Lankester. Chairman 

 of Council, Sir A. Shipley. 



Optical Society. — President, Mr. R. S. Whipple. 



Malacological Society. — President, G. K. Guide. Secretary, A. E. Salis- 

 bury. 



Society of Antiquaries. — President, Sir. C. Hercules Read. 



Institution of Civil Engineers. — President, M. J. A. Brodie. 



Mr. F. E. Smith, F.R.S. , has been appointed Director of the Scientific 

 Research and Experimental Department of the Admiralty, under the control 

 of the Third Sea Lord. It is intended that this department should keep the 

 Navy in touch with outside scientific establishments, and, by working in 

 close association with the Naval Staff, ensure that the work of the various 

 naval experim.ental stations should proceed with full knowledge of the latest 

 scientific methods and discoveries. 



The Founder's medal of the Royal Geographical Society has been awarded 

 to Mr. H. St. John B. Philby for his two journeys in South-central Arabia 

 during the years 19 17-18. The Patron's medal goes to Prof. Jovan Cvijic, 

 Rector of the University of Belgrade, for his studies of the geography of the 

 Balkans. 



We regret to note that the deaths of the following scientific men have 

 been announced during the past quarter : Dr. J. G. Bartholomew, the 

 cartographer ; Capt. E. W. Creak, C.B., F.R.S., Superintendent of the Ad- 

 miralty compass department ; Dr. G. E. Fisher, Professor of Mathematics, 

 University of Pennsylvania ; Prof. A. K. Huntingdon, lately Professor of 

 Metallurgy at King's CoUege, London ; Prof. Charles Lapworth, Professor 

 of Geology in the University of Birmingham ; Mr. J. S. MacArthur, 

 industrial chemist ; Prof. J. A. McClelland, Professor of Experimental 

 Physics in University College, Dublin ; Dr. Rudolph Messel, F.R.S., 

 President of the Society of Chemical Industry ; Prof. W. Pfeffer, For. Mem. 

 R.S., the plant physiologist, famous for his work on Osmotic Pressure ; Lucien 

 Poincare, Vice-rector of the University of Paris ; Dr. J. E. Reynolds, one-time 

 Professor of Chemistry in the University of Dublin ; Dr. P. A. Saccardo, the 

 distinguished mycologist and professor emeritus of Royal University of Padua ; 

 L. T. O'Shea, Professor of Applied Chemistry in the University of Sheffield ; 

 Mr. H. C. Stewardson, chief clerk and assistant treasurer of the B.A. ; Sir 

 A. Stuart, Professor of Physiology in the University of Sheffield ; Prof. 

 Waldemar Voigt, of Gottingen, well known for his work on Magneto Optics. 



A fund is in course of collection for the erection of a memorial in West- 

 minster Abbey to the late Lord Rayleigh. Donations should be sent to the 

 Hon. Treasurers, Sir R. T. Glazebrook and Sir A. Schuster, at 63 Grange 

 Road, Cambridge. 



The fund for the rebuilding of the Laval University of Montreal, which 

 was recently destroyed by fire, now amounts to $3,500,000. 



The Carnegie Corporation of New York has allotted $5,000,000 for the use 



