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of originality. He had immense persistence 

 and enthusiasm, well attested by his accom- 

 plishments against great odds. A mere study 

 of his life is in itself thrilling. He leaves an 

 honored name of which his family may well 

 be proud. He was an extremely likeable man, 

 a loyal son of his university who brought 

 much honor tO' his alma mater. 



Frank Strong 

 tjniveksity of kansas 



TEE BONAPAETE FUND OF TEE PABIS 

 ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 



The committee appointed to deal with the 

 allocation of the Bonaparte Fund for the year 

 1914, has, we learn from Nature, made the 

 following proposals, which have been unanim- 

 ously adopted by the academy: 



1. 2,000 francs to Pierre Breteau, to enable him 

 to pursue his researches on the use of palladium 

 in analysis and in organic chemistry. 



2. 2,000 francs to M. Chatton, to give him the 

 means of continuing his researches on the para, 

 sitic Peridinians. 



3. 3,000 franca to Fr. Croze, to enable him to 

 continue his work on the Zeeman phenomenon in 

 band and line spectra, the amount to be applied to 

 the purchase of a large concave grating and a 16- 

 cm. objective. 



4. 6,000 francs to Dr. Hemsalech, for the pur- 

 chase of a resonance transformer and a battery of 

 condensers for use in his spectroscopic researches. 



5. 2,000 francs to P. Lais, director of the Vati- 

 can Observatory, to assist in the publication of 

 the photographic map of the sky. 



6. 2,000 francs to M. Pellegrin, to facilitate the 

 pursuit of his researches and the continuation of 

 his publications concerning African fishes. 



7. 2,000 francs to Dr. Trousset, to aid him in 

 his studies relating to the theory of the minor 

 planets. 



8. 2,000 francs to M. Vigouroux, to assist him 

 in continuing his researches on silicon and its dif- 

 ferent varieties. These researches, in which it is 

 necessary to make use of hydrofluoric acid, neces- 

 sitate the nse of expensive receivers. 



9. 3,000 francs to M. Alluaud, for continuing 

 the publication, undertaken with Dr. R. Jeannel, 

 of the scientific results of three expeditions in 

 eastern and central Africa. 



10. 9,000 francs to be divided equally between 



MM. Pitard, de Gironeourt, and Lecointre, all 

 members of the scientific expedition to Morocco 

 organized by the SocifitS de G-fiographie. 



11. 2,000 francs to Professor Vasseur, to assist 

 him in his geological excavations in a fossil-bear- 

 ing stratum at Lot-et-Garonne. 



12. 3,500 francs to Dr. Mauguin, for the con. 

 tinuation of his researches on liquid crystals and 

 the remarkable orientation phenomena presented 

 by these singular bodies when placed in a mag- 

 netic field. The grant will be applied to the con- 

 struction of a powerful electromagnet. 



13. 2,000 francs to Dr. Anthony to meet the cost 

 of his researches on the determinism of the 

 morphological characters and the action of pri- 

 mary factors on the course of evolution. 



14. 4,000 francs to Professor Andoyer, a first 

 instalment towards the cost of the calculation of 

 a new table of fifteen figure logarithms. 



15. 4,000 francs to M. Bgnard, to enable him to 

 continue his researches in experimental hydrody- 

 namics on a large scale. 



16. 2,000 francs to Dr. Chauvenet, to enable 

 him to continue his researches on zirconium and 

 its complex combinations. 



17. 2,000 francs to Professor Francois Frauck, 

 for the chronographic study of the development of 

 the embryo, with special examination of the 

 rhythmic function of the heart. 



18. 2,000 francs to Professor Sauvageau, for 

 the pursuit of his studies on the marine algK. 



SCIENTIFIC NOTES AND NEWS 



The gold medal of the Royal Astronomical 

 Society has been conferred on Professor A. 

 Fowler for his work in astrophysics. 



The Berlin Anthropological Society has 

 awarded its Eudolf Tirchow Medal to Dr. 

 Karl Poldt, emeritus professor of anatomy 

 in Vienna. 



Professor Fritz Haber and Professor E. 

 Willstatter, both of the Kaiser Wilielm Insti- 

 tute for Chemistry, have been elected mem- 

 bers of the Berlin Academy of Sciences. 



Dr. Hans Meyer, known for his explorations 

 in Africa, has been elected honorary professor 

 of colonial geography in the University of 



Dr. Pierre Weiss, professor of physics in 

 the Zurich Technical School, has been awarded 



