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vided into 10 decimal hours, each hour iuto 

 10 ' ces ' (abbreviation of centijour), each 

 ce into 10 ' decices ' or decimal minutes, and 

 the latter into ' centices,' ' millices,' ' dim- 

 ices,' etc. 



M. M. Delebecque and Le Eoyers re- 

 port to the Paris Academy that they have 

 found that the quantity of air dissolved in 

 water in the Lake of Geneva is independent 

 of the pressure of the water, being slightly 

 greater (owing to the decrease of tempera- 

 ture) at the bottom than at the surface. 



The Societe cV encouragement pow- Vindustrie 

 nationale held its annual meeting for the 

 distribution of the awards of the Society on 

 June 28th. A large number of prizes and 

 medals were awarded, among which may be 

 mentioned the large prize of 12,000 francs 

 awarded every six years for the invention 

 most useful to French industry, which was 

 given to M. G. Lippmaun for the invention 

 of color photography. The large gold 

 medal awarded every three years for the 

 work that has exercised the greatest influ- 

 ence on French industry during the sis 

 preceding years was awarded to the ' Comite 

 de I'Afrique franjaise ' for their publica- 

 tions. Among the prizes is one awarded to 

 the artisan who has worked for the greatest 

 number of years in a chemical factory. 



At the meeting of the Astronomical and 

 Physical Society of Toronto, held July 9th, 

 Mr. Thomas Lindsay read the introductory 

 chapter to ,a series of papers which it is his 

 intention to present as an historical sketch 

 of the Greenwich Nautical Almanac, which 

 was claimed to be next to the Bible the 

 greatest production of the printing press. 



A STATE civil service examination will be 

 held in Albany on August 6th for candi- 

 dates for the position of fish culturist in the 

 State Fish, Game and Forest Commission. 

 The salary is $3,000. 



The British Medical Journal states that 

 the following names of distinguished scien- 



tific and medical men will be given to dif- 

 ferent Paris streets: Trousseau, Charcot, 

 David Ulysse Trelat, Milne Edwards, Jean 

 Baptiste Dumas. 



The Pan-American Congress of Religion 

 and Education met at Toronto from the 18th 

 to the 25th of July. 



A SPECIMEN of the egg of the great auk 

 was recently sold in London for £173-5-0. 

 This specimen, which is perfect, was taken 

 in Iceland some 60 or 70 years ago and 

 comes from the collection of Baron d'Ham- 

 onville. 



Henry Holt & Co. announce for publi- 

 cation an authorized translation of Paul- 

 sen's ' Introduction to Philosophy,' by Prof. 

 Fi-ank Thilly, of the University of Missouri, 

 with a preface by Prof. William James, of 

 Harvard University. 



At the meeting of the Paris Academy of 

 Sciences, on June 4th, Prof. Fuchs was 

 elected correspondent in geometry in the 

 place of Weierstrass; Dr.Nansen was elected 

 correspondent in the section of geography, 

 succeeding Nordenskiold, and Dr. Lavaran 

 correspondent of the section of medicine 

 and surgery in the place of Hannover. 



The Botanical Gazette announces the death 

 of Julian Deby, known for his study of 

 diatoms. 



UNIVERSITY AND EDUCATIONAL NEWS. 



The University of Pennsylvania has 

 issiied an appeal asking for an endowment 

 fund of 85,000.000 to meet the immediate 

 requirements of the University. Mr. 

 Thomas McKean has given without re- 

 strictions a sum of $50,000 in addition to 

 the 850,000 given a few month ago. A 

 contribution of 810,000 has also been re- 

 ceived from Mr. Richard F. Loper to name 

 a house in the new dormitory. It is stated 

 that this is the thirteenth contribution of a 

 similar kind that has been received. 



