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Pertlies, who made important discoveries in 

 prehistoric anthropology in the neighborhood 

 of Abbeville, died there in 1868. In 1832 he 

 found at Thuison, near Abbeville, the first 

 stone engravings, and in 1863, in the Motdin 

 Quignon cave, the remains of Quaternary man 

 with flint axes. The collections made by 

 Boucher de Perthes were bequeathed to the 

 state, and are preserved in the Museum of 

 Saint-Germain-en-Laye. 



W. R. Oassie, professor of physics at the 

 Royal Holloway College for Women and sec- 

 retary of the Physical Society, died on June 

 22, aged forty-seven years. 



Mr. George Sim, the Scottish naturalist, 

 died at Aberdeen on June 15, at the age of 

 seventy-three years. 



The annual visitation of the Greenwich 

 Royal Observatory took place on June 3, the 

 board of visitors being constituted as follows : 

 Lord Rayleigh, Mr. H. F. Newall, Professor 

 W. G. Adams, Professor J. Larmor, Professor 

 Sir J. Norman Lockyer, Lord Rosse, Principal 

 Sir A. W. Riicker, Captain Sir W. de W. 

 Abney, Professor Sir R. S. Ball, Professor R. 

 B. Clifton, Dr. J. W. L. Glaisher, Sir W. 

 Huggins, Mr. E. B. Knobel, Professor H. H. 

 Turner, Professor Sir G. H. Darwin, Rear 

 Admiral A. Mostyn Field (hydrographer of 

 the navy) and Mr. W. D. Barber (secretary). 

 A large number of gentlemen interested in 

 astronomy were present by invitation of the 

 astronomer royal, and took part in the inspec- 

 tion of the observatory and instruments. 



We learn from the London Times that the 

 proposals for the formation of a new institute 

 on the lines of the Iron and Steel Institute 

 in connection with the nonferrous metals are 

 taking definite shape. A further meeting 

 was held in London on June 10, and it is 

 understood that the movement has the coop- 

 eration and approval not only of copper smelt- 

 ers, copper wire drawers, copper and brass 

 founders and other metal manufacturers, but 

 also of boiler makers and marine engineers. 

 The leading firms of shipbuilders have also 

 announced their intention of supporting the 

 proposed institute, and of course shipbuilders 

 are among the largest consumers of brass and 



copper. The new institute is to be founded on 

 an international basis, and it is stated that the 

 manufacturers and metallurgists in France, 

 Germany, Sweden, the United States, and 

 other countries have announced their inten- 

 tion of supporting the proposed society. 



There will be held in Berlin from October 

 3 to 18, inclusive, 1908, an exhibition under 

 the auspices of the Brewers' College and In- 

 stitute for Experimental Research on the occa- 

 sion of its twenty-fifth anniversary. The 

 management of the exhibition is undertaken 

 by Professor M. Delbruck and Professor E. 

 Struve. The offices are in the Institute for 

 Brewing and Allied Trades, Seestrasse, Berlin 

 N. 65. A copy of the regulations governing 

 this international exhibition may be had by 

 addressing Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, Washing- 

 ton, D. C, also an entry form for a descrip- 

 tion of samples of hops and barley which any 

 one may desire to exhibit. Samples of barley 

 should consist of not less than 30 kilograms 

 and of hops 4 kilograms. Prizes will be 

 awarded and a jury will be appointed for that 

 purpose. It is hoped that the growers of hops 

 and barley in this country will take an active 

 part in this exhibit. Full instructions will 

 be found in the regulations referred to above. 



An International Congress of Historical 

 Science is to be held this year in Berlin from 

 August 6 to August 12. The work of the 

 congress will be carried on in general and 

 sectional meetings. There are eight sections, 

 as follows: (1) Oriental History; (2) History 

 of Greece and Rome; (3) Political History, 

 medieval and modern; (4) History of Civili- 

 zation and the History of Thought, medieval 

 and modern; (5) Legal, Social and Economic 

 History; (6) Ecclesiastical History; (7) His- 

 tory of Art; (8) Sciences subsidiary to His- 

 tory (Archives, Libraries, Chronology, Diplo- 

 matic, Epigraphy, Genealogy, Historical Geog- 

 raphy, Heraldry, Numismatics, Paleography, 

 Study of Seals). At the general meetings 

 lectures will be given by Professor Maspero, 

 Professor Cumont, Sir Frederick Pollock, Sir 

 William M. Ramsay and Professor Monod. 

 Copies of the program can be obtained from 

 the secretary of the congress. Dr. Caspar, 

 Kaiser-AUee 17, Berlin W. 15. 



