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NATURE 



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Rotary Puddling Furnaces," by Mr. James Robertson, Glasgow ; 

 "On the Rise of Iron Steamship Building on the Clyde;" 

 " On further Improvements in Spencer's Revolving Puddling 

 Machine," by Mr. Adam Spencer, West Hartlepool ; "On the 

 Westward Development of the Iron Manufacture in the United 

 States," by Mr. T. Guilford Smith, Philadelphia. 



The Annual Meeting of the Association of German Natu- 

 rnlistj and Phjsicians will be held at Leipzig, from Aug. 12 

 to Aug. iS. 



A MATHEMATICAL society of Paris has been formed, on the 

 plan of the similar societies of London, Moscow, and Berlin, 

 having for its object to encourage mathematical studies and in- 

 crease mathematical hnowledge, and to form a bond of union 

 of those interested in the mathematical sciences. Among its 

 original members are JIM. Chasles, Serret, Ossian Bonnet, 

 Kesal, Bouiget, Mannheim, Laurent, Halplien, de Polignac, 

 Ribeaucourt, Lemoine, Laguerre, Gros, Brisse, and Andre. The 

 Society proposes publishing a Bulletin of its Proceedings. 



Wf. regret to learn that Prof. H. E. Rcscoe is laid by from a 

 serious accident — a kick from a horse. The injuries, however, 

 wt understand, are only such as complete rest will repair. 



Judgment has been given by Loid Gifford, in the Court of 

 Ses4on at Edinburgh, in favour of Jliss Jex Blake and other 

 lady students in their action against the Senatus Academicus, 

 asserting their right to complete at the University their full 

 medical curriculum, and to graduate on the same footing as 

 male medical students. The judgment finds the ladies entitled 

 to all the privileges of medical students, and to graduate in 

 medicine at the University. The laws of Scotland, continues 

 the judge, hardly as they bear against women in some respects, 

 have never gone so far as to forbid their cnteiing the medical 

 profession. 



We are glad to observe that a movement which we noted in 

 April last has succeeded in giving a well-earned reward to Mr. 

 James Lindsay, Experimental Assistant to the Professors of 

 Natural Philosophy in Edinburgh University for the last fifty-four 

 years. A meeting was held in Edinburgh on the 24th, presided 

 over by Prof. Sir R. Christison, Bart., M.D., who, in a few 

 words, pointed out the great merit which had induced Mr. 

 Lindsay's friends to present him with this manifestation of their 

 respect, and gave a sketch of his long connection with the Natu- 

 ral Philosophy chair at the University. The subscriptions 

 amounted in all to 235/. ; the list of subscribers including the 

 names of H.R. H. the Duke of Edinburgh, the Marquis of 

 Tweeddale, the Duke of Argyll, Dr. Lyon Playfair, M.P., Mr. 

 Cailyle, Prof. Tyndall, Prof Sir R. Christison, Sir W. Thom- 

 ; on, W. M. Rankine, Tait, &e. 



Mr. J. LowTHiAN Bell, of Newcastle-on-Tyne, has been 

 elected an honorary member of the United Slates Mining and 

 Engineering Institute, in recognition of his labours. 



It has been determined to erect a statue in Berlin to the 

 memory of Albert von Graefe, the eminent oculist. The names 

 of some of the most distinguished surgeons of Europe are on 

 the committee. 



We understand that the Royal College of Chemistry will re- 

 sume its operations at the commencement of the Autumn Term, 

 in the new laboratories at South Kensington. 



The Museum at Thomhill, Dumfriesshire, is now open to tlie 

 public on Saturdays from one o'clock. Admission will be by 

 free tickets, which may be obtained by application at the museum, 

 and a description will be given of some special class of objects. 

 On other days of the week, Sunday excepted, n^!- i s un will be 



by tickets for which the charge of sixpence will be made. To 

 the museum will be added a small library of selected books, 

 which may be had on loan ; also a library of books for consulta- 

 tion at the museum. This library consists of about two thousand 

 volumes. A few periodicals will also be added. A descriptive 

 catalogue of the museum and a catalogue of the library are in 

 preparation. 



The most recent publication of the Geological Survey con- 

 sists of the explanation of quarter-sheet 9S S.E., illustrating the 

 geology of the neiglibourhood of Kirkby Lonsdale and Kendal, 

 by Messrs. Aveline, Hughes, and Tiddeman. It contains the 

 usual sketch of the physical geography of the district, and lists 

 of the fossils of the various formations, and is illustrated by 

 several sections. 



Mr. W. R. Haywakd has in preparation a new work, which 

 will be called "The Botanist's Pocket-Book." It is intended as 

 a handy pocket companion for the botanist in the field, to enable 

 him to identify on the spot the plants he may meet with in his 

 researches. It will contain the characteristics of species and 

 varieties, the botanical name, common name, soil, and situation, 

 colour, growth, and time of flowering, of every plant, arranged 

 under its own order. The volume will be published by Bell and 

 Daldy, York Street, Covent Garden. 



An excellent compendium of our present knowledge of the 

 sun and the phenomena of its atmosphere, from the pen of Prof. 

 Young, has just been published by Chatfield and Co., of New 

 Haven. This author, it is well known, has himself occupied a 

 very prominent part in the history of more recent discoveries in 

 regard to the sun, and the article referred to is the substance of a 

 lecture delivered at New Haven during the past winter. This 

 has, however, been materially modified, so as to bring the subject 

 up to the present state of our knowledge, as rendered necessary 

 by the rapid progress made in the science of solar physics. 



In the form of a 4to pamphlet is printed " Discussion of the 

 anemometrical Results furnished by the Anemometer at Sand- 

 wick Manse, Orkney, 1863-1868, from the Appendix to the 

 Quarterly Weather Report for 1871. 



We have received three papers by Prof. O. C. Marsh, on 

 "The Discovery of Additional Remains of Pterosauria, and of 

 the Dermal Scutes of Mosasauroid Reptiles;" "The Structure 

 of the Skull and Limbs in Mosasauroid Reptiles," and a "Pre- 

 liminary Description of Hesperornis Regalis." These have 

 already been alluded to in our risniin' of the contents of Silli- 

 jjian^s yoityiial. 



We have a reprint from the Geological Magazini' of Mr. James 

 Geikie's valuable and interesting papers " On Changes of 

 Climate during the Glacial Epoch." The author has made 

 several additions and alterations, one of the most valuable addi- 

 tions being a summary of the general results arrived at in the 

 memoir in a series of thirty-six short paragraphs. 



The Nolidilatt ties Verdns fur Erdkunde nud verwandle 

 ^Visseitscliaftenzu Darmstadt unddesMiitelrlieinisehen Geologischcu 

 Vereins lor 1S71 contains a host of valuable papers and statistical 

 tables connected with all branches of geography — physical, 

 political, and social, and the sciences connected therewith, espe- 

 cially meteorology and geology, relating to the Grand Duchy of 

 Plesse-Dannstadt. W"e notice especially two very elaborately- 

 constructed charts of the meteorological observations taken 

 during the years 1870 and 1S71. 



The Chemical N'nvs contains a paper by Mr. Hugo Tamm 

 on "A Ferro-Tungstine, a New and Interesting Mineral," which 

 Mr. Tamm desires to designate " Crookesite." This name, 

 however, having been already appropriated, Mr. Crookes prO' 



