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that they were now attempting to put the 

 schedule into practical use. He added for 

 the whole Committee that they did not 

 maintain the schedules in their entirety. 



Professor Armstrong pointed out that the 

 introduction of a special science like Me- 

 chanics was contemplated and was entirely 

 possible under the scheme. He quoted the 

 following from the report : " It will be neces- 

 sary to provide a separate volume, to be 

 sold apart, for each science to be distin- 

 guished by a registration letter ; and in 

 some sciences. Zoology in particular, there 

 will, doubtless, be a demand for separate 

 volumes dealing with special sections of a 

 science." "The extent to which the sub- 

 division of the Book Catalogue into parts is 

 carried will necessarily depend on the de- 

 mand arising in practice." 



Mr. Otlet thought that the matter had 

 been somewhat cleared up and favored the 

 subdivision referred to. Anthropology, he 

 said, comprehended nearly all the sciences 

 not included in the other sciences — such as 

 theology, anthropometry, questions rela- 

 tive to the various human races, their in- 

 dustrial occupations, etc. — the concomitant 

 subjects would be nourishment, and hence 

 agriculture, costume, hunting, navigation, 

 etc. Under communication of ideas gram- 

 mar and the sciences connected with it 

 would come in history, religion, supersti- 

 tion, sociology, slavery, social organiza- 

 tions, all of which would have to be con- 

 sidered. 



M. Korteweg said that the subdivision 

 of sciences would also create great difficul- 

 ties ; he favored the exclusion of Political 

 Geography. Professor Dai'boux said that 

 he was in practical accord with what had 

 been said, but still thought that Mechanics 

 should form a separate class. Dr. Graf de- 

 sired that Anatomy be separated from 

 Zoology and be placed in a separate class. 

 Dr. Boltzmann suggested that the first 

 class be General Science. Meteorology, he 



thought, should be connected with Physical 

 Geography. Chemistry should stand be- 

 tween Crystallography and Mineralogy. 

 Anatomy should be in a separate class. 

 The questions raised concerning Mechanics 

 and Anthropology were of great importance, 

 but he thought that the Conference was not 

 ripe for their solution. 



Professor Armstrong said that the ques- 

 tion raised about Mechanics was a practical 

 one, whereas the definition of the limits of 

 Geography and Anthropology was a scien- 

 tific matter, and suggested that the latter be 

 dealt with first. 



Dr. Heller suggested, instead of the term 

 Geography, that of Geo-Physics ; this would 

 include physical geography and meteorol- 

 ogy and exclude political geography. He 

 thought, too, that experimental psychology 

 might be included under Anthropology. 



Professor Armstrong, to bring the discus- 

 sion to a conclusion, moved that Geography 

 be limited to mathematical and physical 

 geography, to the exclusion of political 

 and general geography. In doing so he 

 pointed out, however, that this action might 

 lead to the Geographical Catalogue, being 

 of no use to the general geographical stu- 

 dent and not being subscribed for. 



Dr. Adler stated that travels were of 

 great importance to naturalists and anthro- 

 pologists and had been included in the Bib- 

 liography published by the German Geo- 

 graphical Society. Dr. Duka also favored 

 their retention, but Dr. Mond dissented, 

 holding that this view deviated from the 

 original intention of the Catalogue. The 

 motion to limit the scope of Geography as 

 above stated finally prevailed. 



After a brief discussion by Professors 

 Armstrong, Boltzmann, Darboux and Deni- 

 ker, a resolution was adopted that after 

 Zoology, Anatomy be entered on the list as 

 a separate subject. 



The following resolution was then unani- 

 mously agreed to : 



