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NATURE 
Australian Fossil Remains exhibited by the trustees of the Aus- 
tralian Museum, by G. Krefft, curator and secretary; a Cata- 
logue of the Marine Mollusca of New Zealand, by Capt. F. W. 
Hutton, assistant geologist ; and a paper on the Geographical 
Relations of the New Zealand Fauna, by the same. 
WE have received from the Science and Art Department the 
following list of Queen’s Medallists in the Science Examination, 
May 1873; we regret that want of space compels us to give only 
the gold and silver medallists.—Practical Plane and Solid Geo- 
metry: Atkinson, Roger, Crewe Mech. Inst., gold; Milling- 
ton, F. H., Patricoft Mech. In., silver—Machine Construction 
and Drawing: Daltry, Thomas L., Newcastle, Elswick Mech. 
In,, gold; Atkinson, Roger, Crewe Mech. In., silver.—Mathe- 
matics: McAlister, Donald, Liverpool In., gold; Edwards, 
Harry H., Liverpool In., silver. — Theoretical Mechanics : 
McAlister, Donald, Liverpool In., gold; Sisson, William, New- 
castle Mech. In,, silver.—Applied Mechanics : Millington, Fred, 
H., Paticroft Mech. In., gold (obtained gold medal in 1872) ; 
Dixon, Samuel, Manchester Mech. In., gold; Daltry, Thomas 
L., Newcastle, Elswick Mech. In., silver.—Acoustics, Light, and 
Heat: Martin, T. W., Newton Abbott, gold; McAlister, D., Liver- 
pool Inst., silver. —Magnetism and Electricity: McAlister, Donald, 
‘ Liverpool Inst., gold; Louis, Henry, Islington Sci. and Art 
Sch,, silver.—Organic Chemistry: Whiteley, John, Halifax 
W. M. Coll., gold ; Taylor, William D., Belfast, W, M. Inst., 
silver.—Geology : Dowlen, Ethelbert, Woking, St. John’s, gold ; 
Southeran, Arthur, Marske Inst., silver—Vegetable Anatomy 
and Physiology: Dowlen, E., Guildford Science, silver.—Navi- 
gation: Windass, John T., Hull Nay. Sch., gold; Daws, 
Thomas, Plymouth, Courtenay Street Sch., silver.—Nautical 
Astronomy : Lawson, Henry, Hull Nav. Sch., silver (obtained 
silver medal in 1872) ; Ashford, Joseph, Hull Nav. Sch., silver. 
—Steam : Fairweather, James, Glasgow, Anderson Univ., gold ; 
Daltry, Thomas L., Newcastle, Elswick Mech. Inst., silver.— 
Physical Geography: Forbes, James L., Torphins Sci. Sch., 
gold; Armstrong, J. W., Blackburn School of Science and Art, 
silver. 
Mr. J. Woop-Mason, of Queen’s College, Oxford, is to offi- 
ciate as Professor of Comparative Anatomy and Curator of the 
Comparative Anatomy Section of the Medical College Museum, 
Calcutta, during the absence, on furlough, of Dr. J. Anderson. 
Messrs. LONGMANS announce the following among their 
forthcoming scientific publications:—A new volume of Trans: 
atlantic Travel, entitled ‘‘ The Atlantic to the Pacific ; What to 
See, and How to See it,” by John Erastus Lester, M.A., author 
of ‘* The Yo-Semite, its History, Scenery, and Development.” 
A study of Asiatic savage life, entitled ‘‘A Phrenologist 
amongst the Todas, or the Study of a Primitive Tribe in South 
India—History, Character, Customs, Religion, Infanticide, 
Polyandry, Language,” by William E. Marshall, Lieut.-Col. of 
H.M. Bengal Staff Corps. A second Supplement to Watts’s 
“ Dictionary of Chemistry.” The first Supplement, bringing the 
record of chemical discovery down to the end of the year 1869, 
was published in 1871. The second Supplement, now in course 
of preparation, is intended to bring the record of discovery down 
to the end of 1872, including also the more important additions 
to the science published in the early part of 1873. This Sup- 
plement will form a volume of about 800 pages, and is expected 
to be ready in the year 1874. The author has been fortunate in 
securing the co-operation of several of his former contributors. 
A new work on ‘‘Sidereal Astronomy,” by R. A. Proctor. 
“Introduction to Experimental Physics, Theoretical and Prac- 
tical, including Directions for Constructing Physical Apparatus 
and for Making Experiments,” by Adolf F. Weinhold, Professor 
in the Royal Technical School at Chemnitz, translated and 
edited (with the author’s sanction) by Benjamin Loéwy, 
F.R.A.S., with a Preface by G. C. Foster, F.R,S., Professor 
of Physics in University College, London. ‘A Treatise on iM 
Practical, Solid, or Descriptive Geometry, embracing Ortho: 
graphic Projection and Perspective or Radial Projection,” | 
W. T. Pierce, Architect, late Lecturer on Geometrical Drawing — 
at King’s College, London, and at Harrow School, ‘‘On the ‘ 
Sensations of |Tone, as a Physiological Basis for the Theory — 
of Music,” by H. Helmholtz, Professor of Physiology, formerly — 
in the University of Heidelberg, and now in the University of — 
Berlin, translated from the third German Edition by Alexander 
J. Ellis, F.R.S., formerly Scholar of Trinity College, Cam- 
bridge. Orga Chemistry,” by H. E. Armstrong, Ph.D., 
Professor of Chemistry in the London Institution; ‘‘A Manual © 
of Qualitative Analysis and Laboratory Practice,” by T. E. 
Thorpe, F.R.S.E., Professor of Chemistry in the Andersonian — 
University, Glasgow, and M. M. Pattison Muir; ‘* Tele- 
graphy,” by W. H. Preece, C.E., Divisional Engineer Post 
Office Telegraphs, [and J. Sivewright, MA., Superintendent 
(Engineering Department) Post Office rT alberest tive ee Elements _ 
of Machine Design, with Rules and Tables for designing and — 
drawing the Details of Machinery,” adapted to the use of Me- | 
chanical Draughtsmen and Teachers of Machine Drawing, by 
W. Cawthorne Unwin, B.Sc. Assoc. Inst., C.E., Professor of 
Hydraulic and Mechanical Engineering at Cooper’s Hill Col- 
lege; ‘* Principles of Mechanics,” by T. M. Goodeve, M.A., 
Lecturer on Applied Mechanics at ‘the Royal School of Mines, 
and formerly Professor of Natural Philosophy in King’s College, 
London, These five works form part of the series of text-books 
now being published by the Messrs. Longmans, 
AmonG Messrs. [Macmillan’s announcements of ‘forthcoming 
works are—‘‘On the Theory of Sound,” by Lord Rayleigh, 
F.R.S. ; ‘* Contributions to Solar Physics,” by J. Norman Lockyer, 
F, RS. , with numerous illustrations ; ‘‘ Cave Hunting,” by W. 
Boyd Dawkins, F.R.S., being researches on the evidence a 
caves respecting the endy inhabitants of Europe ; “The Ori 
and Metamorphoses of Insects,” by Sir John Lubbock, F.R Re d 
(vol. ii. NATURE Series) ; [and a new edition of Canon pg 
“ Glaucus,” 
DuRinG the ensuing season Messrs. H. S, King and Co. will 
publish the following new volumes of their ‘* International Scien- 
tific Series” :—‘‘ Mind and Body,” by Alex. Bain, LL.D. ; 
“* Animal Mechanics,” by J. Bell Pettigrew, M.D., F.R.S. ; 
“ Principles of Mental Physiology,” by W. B. Carpenter, LL.D., 
F.R.S.; ‘On the Conservation of Energy,” by Prof. Balfour 
Stewart; ‘‘The Animal Machine, or, Aérial and Terrestrial 
Locomotion,” {by Prof, C. J. Marey ; ‘* The Study of Sociology,” 
by Herbert Spencer. With the exception of the last-nam 
work, the whole of the above will be illustrated.—Messrs. H. S. 
King and Co, also announce the following books of interest to 
scientific men :—‘‘ Studies of Blast-furnace Phenomena,” by M. 
L. Gruner, translated by L. D. B. Gordon; “The Norman 
People and their Existing Descendants in the British Dominions 
and the United States of America,” and ‘‘The History of the 
Natural Creation,” a series of popular Scientific Lectures on the 
Theories of Progression of Species, by Prof. Emst Heeckel. 
Mr. VAN VoorsT has recently published new editions of 
‘* Blackwall’s Researches in Zoology, illustrative of the Structure, 
Habits, and Economy of Animals,” and Salvin and Brodrick’s 
‘* Falconry in the British Isles.” 
Pror. E. D. Cop has been bold enough, in the August num- 
ber of the Penn Monthly (Philadelphia), to portray his conception 
of the general external appearance of the new gigantic mammal 
from Wyoming, named Zinoceras anceps by Marsh, and Zoxo- 
lophodon cornutus by himself, The result isan elephantine form, 
with elephantine knees, feet, ears, and tail; bovine preputial | 
sheath ; and a head with two pairs of somewhat cervine horns, | 
and an anterior pair of simple but diverging processes. A pro- 
boscis about half as long as the head is made to project for- 
