SCIENCE 



Editokial Committee : S. Newcomb, Mathematics ; E. S. Woodward, Mechanics ; E. C. Pickeeing, As- 

 tronomy ; T. C. Mendenhall, Physics ; E. H. Thurston, Engineering ; Ira Eemsen, Chemistry ; 

 J. Le Conte, Geology; W. M. Davis, Physiography; O. C. Maesh, Paleontology; "W. K. Beooks, 

 Invertebrate Zoology ; C. Haet Mereiam, Vertebrate Zoology ; S. H. Scuddee, Entomology ; 

 N. L. Britton, Botany ; Henry F. Osboen, General Biology ; H. P. Bowditch, 

 Physiology ; J. S. Billings, Hygiene ; J. MoKeen Cattell, Psychology ; 

 Daniel G. Beinton, J. "W. Powell, Anthropology. 



Peiday, ]S"ovember 29, 1895. 



CONTENTS: 



Meteorology in the University : Cleveland Abbe.. 709 



Geologic Atlas of the United States 714 



American Fossil Brachiopoda: Charles Sohu- 

 chert 722 



Astro-photographic Work to be earned out at Columbia 

 College Observatory : HAROLD Jacoby 724 



Current Notes on Anthropology ( XIII. ) .- — 

 Ancient 3Ietal Industry in the Caucastis ; Alleged 

 Western Origin of Chinese Culture ; A Neio The- 

 ory about the 3Iediterranean Bace; Prehistoric 

 Trephining in Bussia: D. G .Brinton 726 



Current Notes on Physiography {XIX. ): — 

 A Limestone Desert in the Alps ; Morainic Amphi- 

 theater of Ivrea ; The Deforesting of Mountains : 

 W. M. Davis 727 



Scientific Notes and News : — 



Winter Meetings of the Scientific Societies ; Field 

 Work in Geology in the University of Kansas ; The 

 Biological Experiment Station of the University of 

 Illinois; Snakes in Oregon ; General 728 



University and Edticational News 732 



Discussion and Correspondence: — 



Experimental Psychology in America : G. Stan- 

 ley Hall. I'he Brehm Cuts Again : Elliott 

 COUES. Quaternions: VICTOR C. AlDEESON... 734 



Scientific Literature : — 



Harrop and Wallis' The Forces of Nature; Hous- 

 ton and A. S. Kennelly's Alternating Electric Cur- 

 rents. The 3Iagnetic Besurvey of Austria and 

 Hungary: L. A. Bauer. Crosby' s Tables for the 

 Determination of Common Minerals : Lea McI. 

 LuQUER. Castillo's Fauna fosil de la Sierra de 

 Catorce, en San Luis Potosi : J. B. Woodwoeth. 

 An Introduction to General Biology : T. H. MOR- 

 GAN 736 



Scientific Journals : — 

 American Chemical Journal : J. Elliott Gil- 

 pin 741 



Societies and Academies : — 



Netv York Academy of Sciences, Biological Sec- 

 tion : Bashfoed Dean. The Torrey Botanical 

 Club : H. H. EusBY. National Geographic So- 



ciety of Washington : W. F. M. Geological Con- 

 ference of Harvard University. Academy of 

 Science, St. Louis: A. "W. Douglas 742 



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METEOROLOGY IN THE UNIVEBSITY."^ 

 The atmospliere presents to us a purely 

 material and mechanical aspect, and it is this 

 which rivets the attention of the physicist 

 properljr so-called. He views the storm thun- 

 dering over his head, the floods devastating 

 the earth, the droughts destroying the crops, 

 the hurricane lashing the ocean, and asks, 

 is there not order and law in the midst of 

 this confusion ? It is for such a physicist, 

 for the meteorologist proper, for him who 

 would under.stand the daily weather map 

 and would predict the weather from day to 

 day on a rational basis, as the engineer pre- 

 dicts the performance of his unbuilt engine 

 or the chemist the behavior of some novel 

 untried combination, that I would j^lead. 

 Such a student needs a collegiate course 

 that shall fully recognize dynamic me- 

 teorology as one of the subjects in which 

 candidates for the degree of ' Doctor of 

 Philosophy ' may prepare for examination. 

 Thus you will solve the problem as to what 



*An extract from a report presented in 1893 to 

 President Seth Low, of Columbia College, recom- 

 mending the establishment of courses in meteorol- 

 ogy and a meteorological laboratory in connection 

 with the University. 



