AUGUST 15, I912] 
NATURE 
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Prof. Jules Walsch, Poitiers; and Prof. 
Worcester, Mass. 
The University of St. Andrews will confer, on 
September 6, the honorary degree of LL.D. on 
the following guests of the association :—Prof. 
Charles -Barrois, professor of geology in the 
University of Lille, the doyen of French geologists, 
and author of many well-known publications on the 
igneous and metamorphic rocks of Brittany; Prof. 
Fano, professor of physiology in the University of 
Florence, and editor of the Archivio di Fisiologia; 
Prof. E. Gley, professor of physiology in the Collége 
de France, and one of the editors of the Journal de 
Physiologie et de Pathologie générale; M. Yves 
Guyot, of Paris, the well-known writer on political 
and economic science, editor of the Journal des 
Economistes; Prof. H. J.. Hamburger, professor of 
physiology in the University of Gréningen, dis- 
tinguished for his researches on osmotic phenomena 
in relation to physiology, and for his- studies of 
chemotaxis, phagocytosis, and absorption; Prof. 
Paul Heger, emeritus professor of physiology in the 
University of Brussels; Prof. Charles Julin, professor 
of zoology in the University of Liége, who is’ especi- 
ally known for his many important investigations 
into the anatomy and embryology of the Ascidians; 
Prof. H. Jungersen, professor of zoology in the 
University of Copenhagen, and director of the 
Museum of Zoology, a leading authority on the 
comparative anatomy and classification of fishes; 
Prof. H. Kayser, professor of physics in the Uni- 
versity of Bonn, the eminent authority on spectro- 
scopy; Prof. A. Kossel, professor of physiology in 
the University of Heidelberg, and editor of the 
‘Handbuch der Physiologischen Chemie’; Prof. 
Franz Keibel, professor of comparative embryology 
in the University of Freiburg; Prof. F. Lindemann, 
of Munich, the distinguished mathematician and 
philosopher; Prof. S. J. Meltzer, professor of physio- 
logy and pharmacology in the Rockefeller Institute, 
New York, and president of the American Physio- 
logical Society; Prof. Hans Meyer, professor of 
pharmacology in the University of Vienna, well 
known for his many writings on experimental 
pharmacology, and especially on the theory of 
narcosis; Dr. C. G. J. Petersen, of Copenhagen, a 
leading authority in all matters connected with the 
economic treatment and scientific study of fishery 
questions; Prof. Max Verworn, of Bonn, editor of the 
‘“Handbuch fiir Allgemeine Physiologie,’’ and cele- 
brated for his very numerous writings, both experi- 
mental and philosophical, on physiological and 
psychological subjects. 
Webster, 
NOTES. 
WE regret to have to record the death of Prof. Forel, 
which, according to a Reuter message, took place at 
Morges on August 7, at seventy-one years of age. 
WE regret to notice the announcement of the 
death, at the age of fifty-nine years, of M. Lucien 
Lévy, president of the Mathematical Society of 
France in rgIft. 
Tue death is announced, at the age of ecighty-three 
years, of Dr. T. L. Rogers, who, in 1883, was_presi- 
dent of the psychological section of the meeting at 
Liverpool of the British Medical Association, and also 
was one of the promoters of the work of organising 
the London School of Tropical Medicine. 
We notice with regret the announcement of the 
death, on August 7, in Tenerife, of Mr. R. H. M. 
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Bosanquet, F.R.S., at seventy-one years of age. 
Mr. Bosanquet was elected a fellow of the Royal 
Society in 1890 for his work in various departments 
of physics—chiefly acoustics, light, and magnetism. 
Ar the annual meeting of the German Geological 
Society, held at Greifswald on August 8, a Palzonto- 
logical Society was founded. The organ of the new 
society, the Palaeontologische Zeitschrift, will be pub- 
lished by the house of Gebriider Borntraeger, Berlin. 
WE learn from the Revue Scientifique that the late 
M. Osmond, the metallurgist, whose death was an- 
nounced recently (see Nature, July 4), bequeathed 
4oo0ol. to the Société de Secours des Amis der Sciences 
and 4oool. to the Société d’Encouragement pour |’in- 
dustrie nationale. 
An exhibition (which will remain open for twelve 
months) of appliances, fittings, materials, and products 
relating to sanatoria, tuberculosis dispensaries, and 
the treatment of tuberculosis will be opened on August 
26 at the offices of the Society of Medical Officers of 
Health, 1 Upper. Montague Street, Russell Square, 
W.C. 
A Birt for the control of messages by wireless 
telegraphy has been passed by the United States 
House of Representatives, and is now to go to the 
President. The measure prescribes heavy penalties 
for interference with messages on the high seas, 
gives the Government control over inter-State wire- 
less communication, and authorises the President to 
commandeer wireless stations in time of war. 
A Reuter message from Constantinople states that 
an earthquake shock, lasting at least ten seconds, was 
felt there at 3.35 a.m. on August 9, The earthquake 
appears to have been more severely felt on the 
southern shores of the Sea of Marmora than in Con- 
stantinople. The centre of the disturbance seems to 
have been the region of the Dardanelles. It is re- 
ported that there is scarcely a building at Gallipoli or 
Tchanak which is undamaged, and that many people 
have been killed or injured. 
Tue Departmental Committee on Boats and Davits 
appointed by the President of the Board of Trade to 
report as to the most efficient method of stowing, 
launching, and propelling ships’ boats, will be glad 
if inventors and others who desire to submit inven- 
tions or schemes for their consideration will do so by 
October 1, 1912. 
Tue seventy-third exhibition of the Royal Cornwall 
Polytechnic Society will be held at the Polytechnic 
Hall, Falmouth, Cornwall, on August 27-31 inclusive. 
Medals and prizes are offered in various departments, 
including fine arts, photography, mechanics, elec- 
trical appliances, ornamental art, natural history, 
mineralogy and chemistry, &c. Entries may be sent 
up to August 20. All communications should be 
addressed to Mr. E. W. Newton, secretary of the 
society, Camborne, Cornwall. 
By the death, on July 16, of Alfred Fouillée, in 
his seventy-fifth year, a psychologist of much 
originality and independence of judgment passed 
