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SCIENCE. 



[N. S. Vol. II. Xo. 41. 



Zoology is impressed with the desirability 

 of introducing the custom of placing all 

 publications on record at some central 

 agency together with the date of publica- 

 tion; 



■ 2, That a committee be appointed to ob- 

 tain the approval of these resolutions by 

 publishing societies at home and abroad; 



3, That a copy of these resolutions be 

 transmitted to the British Association for 

 the Advancement of Science, the Zoological 

 Society of London, the Australasian Asso- 

 ciation for the Advancement of Science, the 

 Association Francaise, the Soc. Zool. de 

 France, der Versammlung der ISTaturfor- 

 scher und Aerzte, and the International 

 Congress of Zoologists. 



The following committee was appointed: 

 S. A. Forbes, Champaign, 111.; E. A. Birge, 

 Madison, Wis.; W. A. Locy, Lake Forest, 

 111.; Geo. Dimmock, Canoble Lake, jST. H. 



Following were elected ofiScers of the 

 Section for coming year: Vice-President, 

 Theodore Gill, Washington, D. C; Secre- 

 tary, D. S. Kellicott, Columbus, Ohio. 



Charles W. Hargitt. 



Syeacuse, jST. Y. 



THE INDEXING OF CHEMICAL LITERATURE. 



The committee on indexing chemical 

 literature, consisting of H. Carrington Bol- 

 ton, chaii-man, F. W. Clarke, Albert R. 

 Leeds, Alexis A. Julien, John W. Langley, 

 Albert B. Prescott, Alfred Tuckei-man, pre- 

 sented to the Chemical Section of the A. A. 

 A. S. its thirteenth annual report, which is 

 as follows: 



During the twelve months which have 

 elapsed since the last report the following 

 bibliogi-aphies have been printed: 



1. Indexes to the Literature of Cerium 

 and Lanthanum. By W. H. Magee. 

 Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, No. 

 971. Washington, 1895. 43 pp. 8vo. 



2. Index to the Literature of Didymium, 

 1842-1893. By A. C. Langmuir. Smith- 



sonian Miscellaneous Collection, No. 972. 

 Washington, 1895. 20 pp. 8vo. 



These bibliographies of three associated 

 metals fill an important gap in chemical 

 literature. That by Dr. Langmuir is re- 

 printed from the School of Mines Quarterly 

 (Vol. XV.), at the request of your Commit- 

 tee. Both indexes are arranged chrono- 

 logically and provided with author-indexes. 



3. Bibliographj' of Aceto Acetic Ester. 

 By Paul H. Sej^mour. Smithsonian Mis- 

 cellaneous Collections, No. 970. Washing- 

 ton, 1894. 148 pp. 8vo. 



This bibliography was compiled by the 

 author under the direction of Prof. Albert 

 B. Prescott. and by him submitted to the 

 Committee who recommended its publica- 

 tion August 22, 1892. It consists of a series 

 of carefully prepared, critical abstracts of 

 original papers arranged chronologically 

 with author- and subject-indexes. 



After issuing the twelfth annual report 

 the attention of the Committee was directed 

 to two contributions to the bibliography of 

 chemical and pharmaceutical periodicals by 

 Dr. Friedrich Hoffmann, editor of PJiarma- 

 ceutische Rundschau, viz.: 



4. Die Deutsch-sprachlichen pharmaceu- 

 tischen Zeitschriften. Pharm. Rundschau, 

 New York, Vol. XII., pp. 7-10 (Jan., 1894) 

 and p. 28 (Feb., '94). 



5. English-sprachliche pharmaceutische, 

 chemische und botanische Zeitschriften 

 Nord-Amerika's. Pharm. Rundschau, New 

 York, A^^ol. XII., pp. 131-136 (June, 1894). 



Several chemists have made reports of 

 progress. 



Prof. Henry Trimble, of Philadelphia, 

 states he continues to collect references to 

 the literature of the Tannins with the 

 expectation of further publication at no 

 very distant date. 



Prof. Arthur M. Comey reports that his 

 Dictionary of Solubilities, Vol. I., is nearly 

 all in type, and should appear early in the 

 autumn. 



