January 4, 1900J 



NATURE 



importance of his taking charge of the whole camp and 

 giving all the necessary orders for conducting the opera- 

 tions during the general rehearsals and the eclipse it- 

 self. He eventually agreed to this, and the procedure 

 and time signals were arranged between us. To me, an 

 old eclipser, it was a beautiful thing shortly afterwards 

 to see the splendid drill commenced in eclipse form, along 

 all lines, going on to the sound of the bugle. 



It was found that with such a large number of volunteers 

 we could practically undertake almost every kind of work 

 which had ever been attempted during an eclipse. The 



Commandership (K.C.B.) ^f the Order of the Bath, and 

 Major-General Festing has been created a Companion of the 

 same Order (C.B.). Dr. Patric Manson, medical advi.».er to 

 the Colonial Office, has been appointed a Companion of ihe 

 Order of St. Michael and St. George (C.M.G.). 



A WEI.L-A TTENDEi) meeting of the members of the Paljeonlo- 

 graphical and Ray Societies was held at the Geological Society's 

 Apartments, Burlington House, on Tuesday, December 19 ; the 

 Rt. Hon. Sir John Lubbock, Bart., M.P., President of the Ray 

 Society, in the chair. The object of the joint meeting was to 



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-Preparing f^r a rehearsal. Captain Chisholm- Batten and time-party at the eclipse cluck. 



observers were divided into twenty-two groups, each in 

 charge of a responsible person. 



The groups of observers svere as follows : — 



(i) Time. 



(2) 6-inch prismatic camera. 



(3) 9-inch 



(4) Integrating spectro- 

 scope. 



(5) 6inch equatorial. 



(6) Coronagraph. 



(7) Discs. 



(8) Sketches of corona with- 

 out discs. 



(9) si-inch equatorial. 



(10) Observations on stars. 

 {11) Shadow-bands. 



(12) Meteorological obser- 

 vations. 



(13) Hand spectroscopes. 



(14) Prisms for rings. 



(15) Polariscope. 



(16) Landscape colours. 



(17) ,, cameras. 



(18) Shadow phenomena. 



(19) Kinematograph for 

 eclipse. 



(20) Kinematograph for 

 shadow. 



(21) Contact observations. 



(22) Observations on 

 natives, animals, &c. 



NORM.\N LOCKYER. 



( Fo be conltttued. ) 



NOTES. 

 The list of " New Year's Honours" includes the following 

 names of men distinguished by their scientific attainments : — 

 The dignity of a peerage has been conferred upon Sir John 

 Lubbock, Bart. Dr. Lauder Brunton has received the honour 

 >f knighthood. Captain Abney has been promoted to a Knight 



NO. 1575, VOL. 61] 



present to the Rev. Pror. Wiltshire, the hon. sec. of both the 

 above-named societies, his portrait in oils, an illuminated 

 address, and a cheque for 138/. — the balance of the sum sub- 

 scribed after defraying expenses — in recognition of the services 

 rendered by him to these societies and to palaeontology and 

 zoology during a period of more than thirty years. The portrait 

 WAS executed by Miss Atkinson ; the illuminated address i^y Miss 

 G. M. Woodward. Amjng those present were Dr. Henry 

 Woodward, F. R.S., President of the Palseontographical Society, 

 the Rt. Rev. Bishop Mitchinson, Master of Pembroke, Oxford, 

 Prof. T. McKenny Hughes, F.R.S., and Prof. W. J.Lewis, the 

 Rev. R. A. Bullen, the Rev. G. F. Whidborne, V. P. Pal. Soc , 

 the Rev. H. H. Winwood, Dr. W. T. Blanford, F.R.S., 

 Mr. John Hopkinson, Prof. T. Rupert Jones, F. R.S., Sir Owen 

 Roberts, Dr. D. H. Scott, F.R.S , Mr. F. W. Rudler, F.G.S., 

 and Mr. A. Strahan ; many ladies were also present. The pre- 

 sentation address was made by Sir John Lubbock, and the Rev. 

 Prof. Wiltshire responded. Speeches were also made by Dr. 

 Woodward, Prof. T. McKenny Hughes, Rev, G. F. Whidborne, 

 and the Rev. H. H, Winwood; 132 subscribers took part in 

 the testimonial. 



A CoNGRKS d'Histoiredes Sciences will be held in connection 

 with the Paris Exhibition. As the development of all branches 

 of scientific knowledge will be considered, the Congress will be 

 of wide interest. Prof. Paul Tannery is the president of the 



