July 20, 1893] 



NATURE 



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Rolleston. The address will be illustrated by plans and sections, 

 and two models will be exhibited showing the entrenchment 

 before and after excavation. 



A NUMBER of water-colour drawings, executed by the artists 

 of the Archjeological Survey of Egypt, are being exhibited at 

 the residence of the Marquis of Bute, K.T., 83, Eccleston 

 Square, S.W., and will remain on view until Saturday next. 

 The collection of drawings comprise sketches by Mr. Percy 

 Buckman of various sites of historical interest in the provinces 

 of Minich and Assint, a large number of facsimile drawings of 

 wall paintings in tombs of the ancient and middle kingdoms in 

 the same province by Mr. Buckman, Mr. Blackven, and Mr. 

 Howard Carter, as well as many architectural drawings from the 

 tombs by Mr. John Newberry. Cards for admission to the ex- 

 hibition may be had on application at the offices of the Egypt 

 Exploration Fund, 37, Great Russell Street, W.C. 



The new laboratories at Guy's Hospital were opened on 

 July 17 by Sir John Lubbock, Bart., M.P., F.R.S., a number 

 of men of science being present. In the course of his remarks 

 Sir John Lubbock said that great and brilliant as had been the 

 discoveries in science during the last fifty years, that of the next 

 would be grander still. He based his belief on three grounds. 

 First, because while knowledge was finite science was infinite ; 

 secondly, because new processes and inventions were constantly 

 being applied to research ; thirdly, the number of investigators 

 was greater and would go on increasing. He hoped that in 

 the laboratories opened that day new steps would be taken in 

 the triumphal progress of science. Sir John Lubbock subse- 

 quently presented the scholarships, medals, and prizes, to the 

 successful students, and delivered an interesting address in 

 which he pointed out the necessity of administering kindly 

 advice and sympathy "to a mind diseased " as well as medicine 

 to the body. 



Mr. R. Lydekker is about to visit the museums of Buenos 

 Ayres and La Plata in order to examine the collections of fossil 

 mammals and birds, a grant for that purpose having been made 

 to him by the Royal Society. 



The Japanese section of the Cornwall Counties Fisheries Ex- 

 hibition, shortly to be held at Truro, is being organised by a com- 

 mittee of the Council of the Japan Society, and promises to be 

 attractive and interesting. Numerous exhibits, illustrating the 

 fisheries of Japan, are now on their way to England, and many 

 collectors of Japanese works of art have promised to lend objects 

 representing fish and fishing. 



The British Consul at Porto Rico has reported to the Foreign 



Office that it is proposed to hold an exhibition in that city in 



November next to commemorate the four hundredth anniversary 



of the discovery of the island of Porto Rico. The exhibits will 



include agricultural and industrial implements and machinery, 



and other objects that are or may become articles of commerce. 



;>ace will be granted to exhibitors free of charge, and must be 



,jplied for by September I. All exhibits will be admitted free 



if customs duty. 



I'rom September 3rd to 6th a meeting will be held at 



ausanne in connection with the Societe Helvetique des 



ciences Naturelles. There will be a general assembly of the 



^wiss geological, botanical, and entomological societies, and 



also various geological and zoological excursions. A detailed 



programme of the excursions can be had on application to one 



of the Secretaries, Prof. E. Bugnion, or M. A. Nicati, 



I^ausanne. 



The SociJie de Topographic de France intend to erect a 

 statue of Cassini, the author of the first topographical map of 

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France, in the town of Clermont-eu-Beauvais (Oise), not far 

 from Thury. It is a remarkable fact that the family of Cassini 

 had, in a century and a half, five representatives as Members of 

 the Academy of Sciences, of which four were directors of Paris 

 Observatory, the third of them — Cesar Francois Cassini, of 

 Thury (17 14-1784),— being the one whose memory will be 

 honoured. 



A Reuter's telegram reports that the steamer Falcon, with 

 Lieut. Peary and the members of the American Polar Expedition, 

 sailed on July 15 from St. John's, Newfoundland, for Bowden 

 Bay, the autumn quarters of the expedition. 



The arrangements are now completed for the celebration of 

 the jubilee of the Rothamsted agricultural experiments at the 

 Laboratory, Harpenden-common, on Saturday, the 29th inst., 

 at 3 p.m., under the presidency of Mr. Herbert Gardner, M.P., 

 President of the Board of Agriculture. The proceedings will 

 commence with the dedication by Mr. Gardner of a granite 

 memorial, erected in front of the Rothamsted Laboratory, to 

 commemorate the occasion. Addresses of congratulation wilt' 

 then be presented to Sir John Lawes and Dr. Gilbert on behalf 

 of the subscribers to the Rothamsted Jubilee Fund and various 

 learned societies, including the Royal, Royal Agricultural, 

 Chemical, Linnean, and other leading scientific institutions. 

 Sir John Lawes will also be presented with his portrait, which 

 has been painted by Mr. Hubert Herkomer, R.A., for the 

 subscribers to the Jubilee Fund. Afterwards there will be a 

 reception at Rothamsted by Lady Lawes. The Rothamsted 

 Laboratory, where the ceremony will take place, adjoins 

 Harpenden-common, and is distant about half a mile from the 

 Harpenden station of the Midland Railway Company. 



It is reported that disastrous floods and landslips, caused by 

 heavy rains and cloudbursts, have occurred in Tyrol, the 

 principal scene of destruction being the upper and lower Inn 

 Valleys, the Oetzthal, and the Zillerthal. Many houses have 

 been swept away, together with the inhabitants and their cattle, 

 while others have been buried by landslips. 



Some very heavy falls of rain occurred in the southern part of 

 England on Saturday and Sunday last, owing to the passage of 

 a small and shallow cyclonic disturbance, which travelled quickly 

 to the eastward. The amounts recorded in sever.il localities 

 exceeded an inch within twenty-four hours, while at Eastbourne 

 the fall was from two to three inches, or more than the average 

 amount for the month of July. The accumulation of water at 

 the latter place was due to the intensity of the fall during a short 

 period ; the amount recorded during the whole day has fre- 

 quently been exceeded at other places. 



In a recent number of the new Russian journal {Archives des 

 Sciences Biologiques publih par V Instilut ImpMal de Medecine 

 Experimentale a St. Pclersbourg, vol. i. no. 5) an account is 

 given of the latest endeavours to secure protection against 

 glanders. It would appear from the experiments here recorded 

 that as a means of diagnosing glanders the " malleine " (ex- 

 tracted from cultures of the glanders bacillus) is of great value. 

 On being inoculated into horses suspected of having glanders, 

 and into healthy animals or horses suffering from some other 

 disease respectively, the diiTerent effect produced was constant 

 and very clearly defined. In the case of the former, the exist- 

 ence of glanders was indicated by a distinct rise in tempera- 

 ture, from i°'5 to 3° C, and the formation of a tumour, whilst in 

 the latter the temperature did not rise, or only very slightly, 

 and an insignificant tumour, or none at all, was produced at the 

 place of inoculation. Innumerable experiments on horses by 

 various investigators confirm these results, and as a proof of the 

 importance which is attached to these researches, it may be men- 



