SCIENCE 



Editokial Committee : S. Newcomb, Mathematics ; E. S. Woodwabd, Mechanics ; E. C. Pickeeinq, 



Astronomy; T. C. Mendenhall, Physics ; E. H. Thueston, Engineering; lEA Eemsen, Chemistry; 



J. Le Conte, Geology; "W. M. Davis, Physiography; O. C. Maesh, Paleontology; W. K. Brooks, 



C. Haet Mekeiam, Zoology; S. H. Souddee, Entomology; C. E. Bessey, N. L. Beitton, 



Botany; Hkney F. Osboen, General Biology; C. S. Minot, Embryology, Histology; 



H. P. BowDiTCH, Physiology; J. S. Billings, Hygiene; J. McKeen Cattbll, 



Psychology; Daniel G. Bbinton, J. W. Powell, Anthropology. 



Fbiday, April 15, 1898. 



CONTENTS: 



The Development of Pure Food Legislation : W. D. 

 BiGELOW 505 



Color-vision : Peofessoe W. Le Conte Stevens..513 



The Eparierial Bronchial System of the 3Iaimnalia : 

 Peofessoe G. S. Huntington 520 



Singular Stress-strain Belatiuns of BuVber : PEO- 

 FESSOE E. H. Thueston 522 



Bradney Beverly Griffin: E. B. W 523 



Current Notes on Meteorology : — 



Thirst in the Desert ; Weather Cycles in India ; 

 Electrical Storms in California ; Blue Hill Observa- 

 tory Bulletins; Recent Publications: R. DeC. 

 Waed 524 



Owrrent Notes on Anthropology : — ■ 



The Human Cranial Norm; Korean Ethnography ; 

 Tribes encountered by Cortes; Criminology of 

 Ilinors: Peofessoe D. G. Beinton 525 



Scientific Notes and News : — 



American Subscriptions to the Sylvester Memorial 

 Fund ; Senatorial Document on the Prevention of 

 Cholera ; Reprints of Bare Works on Meteorology 

 and Terrestrial Magnetism ; General 526 



University and Educational News 532 



Discussion and Correspondence : — 



Astronomical Research and Teaching : Peofes- 

 soe Geoege E. Hale. 3Irs. Piper, the Medium : 

 J. MoK. C 532 



Scientific Literature : — 



Parker and Haswell's Text-book of Zoology : E. B. 

 W. Traite de Zoologie: De. W. H. Dall. 

 Trelease's Botanical Observations of the Azores : 

 T. D. A. COCKEEELL. Thruston on the Antiqui- 

 ties of Tennessee; von Ltischan on Volkerkunde 

 der deutschen Schuttgebiete : PEOFESSOE D. G. 

 Beinton 535 



Societies and Academies : — 



Section of Biology of the New York Academy of 

 Sciences: Gaey N. Calkins 540 



New Books 540 



MSS. Intended for publication and books, etc., intended 

 for review sbould be sent to the responsible editor, Prof. J. 

 McKeen Cattell, Garilson-on-Hudaon, N. Y. 



THE DEVELOPMENT OF PURE FOOD LEGIS- 

 LATION* 



It has become customary for the retiring 

 President of the Chemical Society of "Wash- 

 ington to present an address on some subject 

 of interest to chemists. If the theme 

 happens to be one which is attracting the 

 attention of thoughtful people generally it 

 is none the less welcome for that reason. 

 We are Americaa citizens first, then 

 chemists. 



For the honor of addressing the Pure 

 Food Congress this evening I am indebted 

 to a happy coincidence, in point of time of 

 the meeting of the Chemical Society with 

 the assembly of this Congress. 



The chosen topic will not, I trust, prove 

 uninteresting to the larger audience, though 

 it was selected and much of the material 

 collected before the call for the present 

 Congress was issued. I ask your attention 

 for a short time to a review of legislation 

 concerning food adulteration. 



The foods and food stuffs of the most 

 civilized people of early historic times 

 were, as compared with ours, few and 

 simple. They had no market filled with 

 all manner of foods in an advanced state of 

 preparation. The food materials they sold 

 and bought were mainly raw and crude, 



* Address of the retiring President of the Chemical 

 Society of Washington, delivered before a joint 

 session of the Society and the Pnre Food Congress, 

 March 2, 1898. 



