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SCIENCE 



[N. S. Vol. LIII. No. 1367 



issued by tlie United States Geological Sur- 

 vey, Department of the Interior. 



The output of the essential minerals in 

 1913, the latest normal year, may at least be 

 regarded as a measure of the " quick assets " 

 possessed by each nation, and the first part 

 of the World Atlas of Commercial Geology 

 has therefore been planned to show the dis- 

 tribution of mineral production in 1913. 



The practical value of this exhibit of the 

 world's mineral assets is evident. Experience 

 gained during the World War emphasizes the 

 advantage of an adequate supply of raw mate- 

 rials close at hand, yet that there are certain 

 economic limits to domestic independence in 

 raw materials is clearly shown by the readjust- 

 ments already made. The more facts we 

 possess bearing upon the relative quantity and 

 the relative availability of the mineral re- 

 sources of our own and of other countries, the 

 better able will be our captains of industry to 

 decide whence they should derive their raw 

 material. The mines of the United States 

 should be looked upon primarily as tributary 

 to the many mills, shops, and factories in 

 which the skilled labor of the country may 

 find its opportunity for a livelihood. The 

 output of raw minerals measures only the 

 first step in industry. 



More than a score of geologists have 

 cooperated in the preparation of this atlas, 

 which was first undertaken during the World 

 War as a part of the task of keeping Amer- 

 ican industries supplied with raw material 

 and is to be regarded therefore as a by- 

 product of the war-time activities of the Geo- 

 logical Survey. 



AWARDS OF THE LOUTREUIL FOUNDATION 

 OF THE PARIS ACADEMY 



Among the awards made this year, as we 

 learn from the report in Nature, are the fol- 

 lowing: 



(1) 10,000 francs to Charles AUuaud and to E. 

 Jeannel, for the study of the zoological and botan- 

 ical material collected by them in the high moun- 

 tains of eastern Africa and for the publication of 

 the results. 



(2) 5,000 francs to Jules Baillaud, for the es- 



talblishment of a recording microphotometer of the 

 type suggested in 1&12 by P. Koch. 



(3) 3,000 francs to Henry Bourget, director of 

 the Marseilles Observatory, for the Journal des 

 Ohservateurs. 



(4) 2,000 francs to Clement Oodron, for his re- 

 searches on the sawing of metals. 



(5) 5,000 francs to the School of Anthropology, 

 for the publication of the Eevue d'Anfhropologie. 



(6) 4,000 francs to J^istin Jolly, for the publi- 

 cation of a work on blood and hssmatoporesis. 



(7) 7,000 francs to Louis Joubin, for the publi- 

 cation of the results of the Preneh Antarctic Ex- 

 pedition. 



(8) 3,000 francs to the late Jules Laurent, for 

 the publication (under the direction of Gaston 

 Bonnier) of a work on the flora and geography of 

 the neighborhood of Kheims. 



(9) 3,000 francs to Henri Brocard and Lgon 

 Lemoyne, for the publication of the second and 

 third volumes of their work entitled "Courbes 

 ggomfitriques remarquables planes et gauches. " 



(10) 2,000 francs to A. Menegaux, for the 

 Bevue frangaise d'Omifhologie. 



(11) 5,000 francs to Charles Nordmann, for his 

 researches on stellar photometry. 



(12) 8,000 francs to the Zi-Ka-Wei Observatory, 

 in China (director, E. P. Gauthier), for recording 

 time-signals from distant centers. 



(13) 2,000 francs to O. Parent, for his studies 

 on a group of Diptera. 



(14) 10,000 francs to G. Pruvot and G. Eaco- 

 vitza, directors of the Archives de Zoologie ex- 

 p6rimentale et g6n6rale, for this publication. 



(15) 6,000 francs to Alcide Eailliet, for the pub- 

 lication of researches on the parasites of the do- 

 mestic animals of Indo-China. 



(16) 4,000 francs to J. J. Eey, for the publica- 

 tion of a botanical geography of the Central 



(17) 10,000 francs to Maximilien Eingelmann, 

 for researches relating to the physical and me- 

 chanical constants of metals intended to be used 

 in the construction of agricultural machines. 



(18) 12,000 francs to the Academy of Sciences, 

 for the establishment of a catalogue of scientific 

 and technical periodicals in the libraries of Paris. 



It was pointed out by the council in 1917, that, 

 although the special object of this foundation was 

 the promotion of original research, up to that time 

 requests for assisting work to be carried out ac- 

 cording to a well-defined scheme had been exceed- 

 ingly few in number. 



