December 13, 1895.] 



SCIENCE. 



80c 



published by the Bailway Master Mechanic in 

 its issue for November. 



world's record. 



DETAILS. — L. S. & M. S. 



1 mile was made at the rate of 92.3 miles per hour 



8 consecutive miles " " 85.44 " 



33 " " " " 80.6 



85 " " " " 72.92 



181.5 " " (including stops) 68.67 " 



181.5 " " (deducting stops) 69.67 " 



289.3 " ". (including stops) 65.14 



289.3 " " (deducting stops) 66.68 " 



422.7 " " (including stops) 64.45 " 



422.7 " " (deducting stops) 65.89 " 



510.1 " " (including stops) 63.614 " 



510.1 " " (deducting stops) 65.073 " 



In the last trial the work was done so easily, 

 and the train moved so smoothly, that it is 

 thought that the iigures may be considerably 

 improved upon. The English run included but 

 two stops, the New York Central run three, 

 and the Lake Shore &ve. The latter employed 

 engines with steam cylinders 17 by 24 inches; 

 the Central used 10 by 24, and the British en- 

 gines were all larger. The Central train 

 weighed over 250 tons, including engine; and 

 the English, unusually light, even for English 

 trains, weighed less than one-half as much. 

 The latter could not carry passengers enough 

 to pay costs ; the former could carry 218 pas- 

 sengers. Neither, however, carried an ordinary 

 load. The American line holds the record for 

 a single, special, fast run over a long route, as 

 well as that for a single mile — over 100 miles 

 an hour by engine ' 999 ' — while the English, 

 'West Coast,' road has the fastest regularly 

 scheduled long-distance train. 



GENERAL. 



The annual meeting of the American Mathe- 

 matical Society will be held at Columbia Col- 

 lege, New York, on Friday afternoon, December 

 27th. The following nominations reported by 

 the Council will be acted upon: President, Dr. 

 G. W. Hill; Vice-President, Prof. Hubert A. 

 Newton ; Secretary, Prof. P. N. Cole ; Treas- 

 urer, Prof. R. S. Woodward ; Librarian, Prof. 

 Pomeroy Ladue ; Committee of Publication, 

 Prof Thomas S. Fiske, Prof. Alexander Ziwet 

 and Prof Frank Morley ; Members of Council 

 to serve until December, 1898, Prof. E. W. 

 Hyde, Prof. W. Woolsey Johnson and Prof. B. 

 O. Peirce. The President, Dr. G. W. Hill, will 

 deliver an address at this meeting entitled 

 ' Some Remarks on the Progress of Celestial 

 Mechanics since the Middle of the Century.' 

 Further information may be obtained from the 

 Secretary, Prof. Thomas S. Fiske, Columbia 

 College. 



The American Physiological Society will hold 

 its eighth annual meeting in Philadelphia, Pa., 

 on Friday and Saturday, December 27th and 

 28th, 1895. The sessions will be held at the 

 University of Pennsylvania and at Jefferson 

 Medical College. A Smoke-talk will be held 

 upon the evening of Thursday, December 26th. 

 The headquarters of the Society will be at the 

 Lafayette Hotel, Broad street, near Chestnut 

 street. Members of the Society will please 

 inform the Secretary, Prof. Frederic S. Lee, 

 Columbia College, at their earliest convenience 

 whether they intend to be present at the meet- 

 ing and what communications they desire to 

 make. Those who will require apparatus or 

 other necessities for the making of demonstra- 

 tions will please communicate with Dr. E. T. 

 Reichert, University of Pennsylvania. 



The American Psychological Association will 

 meet at the University of Pennsylvania, on 

 Friday, December 27th, at 10 A. M. , and will 

 continue in session through Saturday afternoon. 

 Members should notice the information regard- 

 ing local arrangements and railroad rates given 

 in the circular issued by the local committee. On 

 Saturday morning at 10 o'clock there will be a 

 discussion on ' Consciousness and Evolution, ' in 

 which Profs. James, Cope, Baldwin and Dewey 

 are expected to take part. 



