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naval reserves. He will have charge of the de- 

 partments of astronomy and navigation in the 

 ISTaval Cadet School at N"ewport, E. I. 



Professor Eichard W. Husband, of Dart- 

 mouth College, whose services have been loaned 

 to the State Committee on Public Safety, will 

 write a complete history of New Hampshire's 

 'part in the war. Men have been named to 

 compile statistics in the cities and towns. 



Popular Astronomy states that Dr. F. 0. P. 

 Henroteau, of Brussels, has been appointed 

 Martin Kellogg Fellow in the Lick Observa- 

 tory for the year 1917-18. Since leaving Brus- 

 sels, in August, 1914, Dr. Henroteau has spent 

 fourteen months in work at Stonyhurst Col- 

 lege Observatory, in England, and nearly a 

 year and a half at the Detroit Obsei-vatory, 

 Ann Arbor, Michigan. Mr. Holger Thiele has 

 also been appointed fellow in the observatory 

 for the year 1917-18 and is now in residence. 

 Mr. Thiele was assistant in the observatory at 

 Bamberg, Bavaria, in 1900-01, in the observa- 

 tory at Copenhagen 1901-07 and in the observ- 

 atory at Bergdedorf, Hamburg, from 1908 to 

 February, 1917. 



Dr. J. C. Witt, for the past two years en- 

 gaged in industrial research at the Bureau of 

 Science, Manila, has been appointed technical 

 director of the Eizal Cement Company. This 

 company operates the only cement mill in the 

 Philippine Islands. 



At the Museum of the University of Penn- 

 sylvania, Dr. G. B. Gordon, the director of 

 the museum, is away on a six months' leave of 

 absence and Dr. W. C. Farabee has been ap- 

 pointed acting director in his place; Mr. H. 

 U. Hall, assistant curator of the section of 

 general ethnology, is now with the Second 

 Pennsylvania Field Artillery at Camp Han- 

 cock, Augusta, Georgia; Mr. B. W. Merwin, 

 assistant curator in the American section, has 

 left the museum for military service, and is 

 stationed at Macon, Georgia. 



Mr. W. Elmer Ekblaw of the University 

 of Illinois, has been appointed research asso- 

 ciate in geology in the American Museum of 

 Natural History for the years 1917 and 1918, 

 in recognition of his record and services on 



the Crocker Land Expedition during the years 

 1913 to 1917. 



Honorary membership in the Chemists' 

 Club, New York City, was conferred upon 

 Professor Grignard, of the French Mission, at 

 a joint meeting of the New York Section of 

 the Society of Chemical Industry, American 

 Chemical Society and the American Electro- 

 chemical Society, on October 19. An address 

 was made by Professor Grignard. 



Owing to the resignation on account of ill 

 health of Mr. W. B. Worthington, president 

 of the Institution of Civil Engineer of Great 

 Britain, Mr. H. E. Jones, a vice-president, has 

 been nominated president for the ensuing 

 year. 



At the annual statutory meeting of the 

 Eoyal Society of Edinburgh, held on October 

 22, the following office-bearers and members 

 of council were elected: President, Dr. J. 

 Home; vice-presidents, the Eight Hon. Sir J. 

 H. A. Macdonald, Professor E. A. Sampson, 

 Professor D'Arcy Thompson, Professor J. 

 Walker, Professor G. A. Gibson, and Dr. E. 

 Kidston; General Secretary, Dr. C. G. Knott; 

 Secretaries to Ordinary Meetings, Professor 

 A. Eobinson and Professor E. T. Whittaker; 

 Treasurer, Mr. J. Currie; Curator of Library 

 and Museimi, Dr. A. C. Mitchell; Councillors, 

 Dr. J. H. Ashworth, Professor C. G. Barkla, 

 Professor C. E. Marshall, Dr. J. S. Black, Sir 

 G. A. Berry, Dr. J. S. Flett, Professor M. 

 Maclean, Professor D. Waterson, Professor F. 

 O. Bower, Professor P. T. Herring, Professor 

 T. J. Jehu, and Dr. A. Lauder. 



Professor E. C. Jeffrey, of Harvard Uni- 

 versity, gave a lecture on " The Origin of 

 Coal " at Wellesley College, on November 6. 



The three hundred and thirty-fourth meet- 

 ing of the American Institute of Electrical 

 Engineers was held in the Auditorium of the 

 Engineering Societies Building, New York, on 

 November 9. The paper of the evening was 

 entitled " An experimental method of obtain- 

 ing the solution of electrostatic problems with 

 notes on high-voltage bushing design," by Mr. 

 Chester W. Eice, of the General Electric 

 Company. 



