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a call to Greifswald, and Dr. M. Miyoshi 

 has been appointed professor of botany in 

 the University of Tokyo. 



The Paris Academy has elected Prof. 

 Eetsins and Dr. Bergh, of Copenhagen, as 

 correspondents. 



According to the British Medical Journal, 

 in the discussion on the revision of the 

 British Pharmacopoeia, at the annual meeting 

 of the British Medical Association, Dr. 

 Donald MacAlister announced on behalf of 

 the editing committee that the metric sys- 

 tem would be introduced into the forth- 

 coming edition. To facilitate transition in 

 the pharmacopceial article the official pro- 

 portions will be given in the familiar British 

 measures as well as metrically. In all 

 gravimetric and analytical operations, how- 

 ever, the metric system alone will be made 

 authoritative. 



Me. W. E"elson Geeenwood, of Glasson 

 Dock, Lancaster, Eng., has addressed a 

 circular letter to the shipmasters through- 

 out Great Britain asking their opinions re- 

 garding the advisability of making a change 

 in time reckoning. Mr. Greenwood, who 

 publishes Tide-tables and a Nautical Al- 

 manac for the use of English seamen, is 

 himself favorable to the unification of the 

 civil, nautical and astronomical days. 



The papers by Mr. Borchgrevink before 

 the International Geographical Congress at- 

 tracted special interest. The Norwegian 

 explorer described his voyage on the steam- 

 whaler Antarctic during which he and his 

 companions landed on Cape Adair, being 

 the first to land on the Antarctic continent, 

 which may be twice the size of Eurojoe but 

 of which we at present know nothing. The 

 Congress unanimously passed the following 

 resolution : 



" The sixth Geographical Congress, as- 

 sembled at London, 1895, with reference to 

 the exploration of the Antarctic regions, ex- 

 presses the opinion that this is the greatest 



piece of geographical exploration to be un- 

 dertaken, and, in view of the additions to 

 knowledge in almost every branch of science 

 which would result from such scientific ex- 

 ploration, the congress recommends that the 

 several scientific societies throughout the 

 world should urge, in whatever way seems to 

 them most effective, that tliis work should be 

 undertaken before the close of this century." 

 Me. Binnie, the engineer of the London 

 County Council, has proposed a plan for a 

 new water supply for London. It is pro- 

 posed to bring the water from the valley of 

 the Wye in two covered aqueducts, the 

 largest in the world, the one 150, the other 

 176 miles in length. Each is to convey 

 200,000,000 gallons of water per day. 



Following the horseless carriage con- 

 test in France, one between Chicago and 

 Milwaukee is proposed for which prizes 

 amounting to $5,000 are offered. 



It is stated that astromonical observa- 

 tions on Mont Blanc will begin soon. The 

 Polar ' siderostat," superseding the ordi- 

 nary telescope, has reached Chamonix. 



The section of anatomy and histology at 

 the recent meeting of the British Medical Asso- 

 ciation was of special interest, as it was the 

 first time that a section for anatomy had been 

 made at the meetings of the Association. 



The Indian Survey Department has sent 

 out a scientific mission with the object of 

 establishing a longitudinal rectification be- 

 tween India and Greenwdch. 



John Wiley & Sons have published the 

 first thousand of the fifth edition of Pro- 

 fessor Mansfield Merriman's ' Treatise on 

 Hydraulics,' which has been revised and en- 

 larged by 43 pages, and a full alphabetical 

 index has been added. 



The American Antiquarian states that M. 

 Snares has given £40,000 to the French 

 Archeological School at Cairo. 



At the recent meeting of the Interna- 

 tional Geographical Congress papers were 



