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SCIENCE. 



[N. S. Vol. IX. No. 228. 



SCIENTIFIC NOTES AND NEWS. 



Dr. a. C. Lane has been appointed State 

 Geologist of Michigan in succession to Dr. L. 

 L. Hubbard. 



Professor F. L. O. Wadswoeth has re- 

 signed his position on the staff of Yerkes Ob- 

 servatory. 



A BRONZE tablet, placed by the Corporation 

 on the house in Bath in which Sir William Her- 

 schel once lived, was unveiled on April 22d. 

 Sir William Ball made an address, in the course 

 of which he stated that it was in the back gar- 

 den of this house that the planet Uranus had 

 been discovered and many other important as- 

 tronomical observations had been made. 



The death is announced of Dr. Friedrich 

 Karl Christian Ludwig Biichner. He was born 

 in 1824 and after practicing medicine became 

 decent at Tiibingen, from which position he was 

 dismissed in consequence of the materialistic 

 doctrines in his book on 'Matter and Force,' 

 published in 1865. Thereafter he practiced 

 medicine at Darmstadt. Biichner was well 

 known for his series of popular works on phys- 

 ical science and the theory of evolution, as well 

 as for numerous contributions to physiology, 

 pathology and other sciences. 



Professor Charles Friedel, the eminent 

 French chemist, has died at the age of sixty-six 

 years. Born at Strassburg, he studied chem- 

 istry in Paris under Wurtz and became a cura- 

 tor of mineralogy in the School of Mines and in 

 1884 professor of organic chemistry at the Sor- 

 bonne. He was elected member of the Paris 

 Academy in 1878, succeeding Eegnault. He 

 made important contributions to organic chem- 

 istry and was much interested in applications of 

 chemistry to the arts. 



Mr. James Hogg, a well-known London 

 ophthalmic surgeon and writer upon scientific 

 topics, died in London on April 23d, aged 82 

 years. In addition to numerous publications 

 on diseases of the eye he wrote many books, in- 

 cluding ' A Manual of Photography ' (1845), 

 ' A Manual of Domestic Medicine ' (1848), Eng" 

 lish Forests and Forest Trees ' (1853), ' Ex. 

 perimental and Natural Philosophy ' (1854), 

 ' The Microscope, its History, Construction and 

 Applications' (1854, the loth edition 1898), 



' Colour Blindness ' (1863), ' Boarding-out of 

 Pauper Children ' (1870), ' Microscopic Exami- 

 nation of Water ' (1874) and ' Arsenical Wall 

 Paper Poisoning ' (1879-89). 



Professor G. C. Swallow, who has been 

 State Geologist of Missoui-i and Kansas and pro- 

 fessor in the University of Missouri, died on 

 April 20th, at the age of 82 years. 



We regret also to record the following 

 deaths : Dr. Bijke, professor of natural his- 

 tory, at Leiden, at the age of 85 years ; the 

 botanist Dr. Gremley, at Egelshofen, aged 66 

 years ; Surgeon-Major Dr. C. C. Wallich, aged 

 83 years ; Graf Abbe Castracane at Kome ; 

 Dr. L. V. Babs, sometime professor of chemistry 

 at the University of Freiberg, aged 80 years ; 

 Dr. M. D. Lwow, professor of chemistry in the 

 Institute of Technology in St. Petersburg, and 

 Mr. Joseph Wolf, the naturalist and illustrator 

 of many important English works on natural 

 history. 



The Cambridge Anthropological Expedition 

 under Dr. A. C. Haddon has arrived at Singa- 

 pore on its way to England. 



Me. Edward H. Harriman, of New York, 

 has invited a number of scientific men to accom- 

 pany him as his guests on an expedition to 

 Alaska. The party will leave Seattle about the 

 end of May, on a large steamer chartered and 

 fitted up specially for the expedition. They ex- 

 pect to take the 'inside passage ' route to Lynn 

 Canal, and then, after visiting Sitka, proceed 

 westward along the coast to Yakutat Bay, 

 Prince William Sound, Cook's Inlet and Kadiak 

 ' Island. Numerous places will be visited which 

 are out of reach of ordinary travelers, and stops 

 will be made to admit of scientific work. Steam 

 launches, tents, camp outfit, packers and so on 

 have been bountifully provided, so that the 

 largest amount of work may be done in the 

 shortest time. Among those who have accepted 

 Mr. Harriman's generous invitations to go on 

 this expedition are Professor William H. 

 Brewer, of Yale ; John Burroughs, the well- 

 known writer ; F. V. Coville, Botanist of the 

 U. S. Department of Agriculture ; Dr. William 

 H. Dall, of the Smithsonian, who has already 

 visited Alaska 13 times ; W. B. Devereaux, 

 Mining Engineer; D. G. Elliott of the Field 



