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Dr. P. F. RAyMOND, the successor of Char- 
cot in the chair of nervous diseases at the 
Saltpétriére, has been elected a member of the 
Paris Academy of Medicine. 
THE University of Michigan has conferred 
the degree of S.M. on Dr. Charles F. Brush, of 
Cleveland, and Professor W. W. Campbell, of 
Lick Observatory. They are both graduates 
of the University of Michigan. 
Proressor H. A. Priuspry, of the Phila- 
delphia Academy of Natural Sciences, has re- 
ceived the degree of Doctor of Science from the 
University of Iowa. 
WE learn with regret of the death of W. W. 
Norman, professor of biology at the University 
of Texas, from typhoid fever at Boston. 
At the approaching meeting of the French 
Association for the Advancement of Science at 
Boulogne a monument of Duchenne, known for 
his contributions to electro-therapeutics will be 
unveiled. The Association will for the first 
time have a Sub-section of Electro-physiology. 
THE Maryland Geological Survey has estab- 
lished a laboratory for the physical analysis of 
soils, and Mr. C. W. Dorsey, of the U.S. De- 
partment of Agriculture, has been detailed to 
superintend the work. A full outfit of ap- 
paratus similar to that used by Professor Whit- 
ney in the physical determination of soils has 
been installed, and work will be continued dur- 
ing the coming year upon the soils of Mary- 
land, in conjunction with the geological survey- 
ing of the same area. The Survey has further 
recently had constructed by. Mr. Henry J. 
Williams, of Boston, a very elaborate calorim- 
eter for the determination of the calorific 
power of coal, preparatory to the investigations 
of the coal formations of Maryland, which will 
afford the subject for an exhaustive report at 
an eaily date. 
WE learn from the American Geologist that 
the Minnesota Academy of Natural Sciences 
will send to the Greater American Exhibition 
at Omaha a collection illustrating the natural 
history of the Philippine Islands. The collec- 
tion will comprise nearly 1,000 birds, a large 
number of vertebrates, including huge bats and 
snakes, a collection of shells and corals, and an 
elaborate ethnographical display. 
SCIENCE. 
[N.S. Von. X. No. 236. 
THE observations at the Magnetic Observa- 
tory at Vienna have had to be discontinued on 
account of the electric tramways and electric 
light wires. Terrestrial Magnetism states that 
the Director of the Observatory, Professor Pern- 
ter, has submitted a plan to the Austrian gov- 
ernment for a new Observatory, to be situated 
some distance from Vienna, and to be provided 
with instruments of the latest construction. 
WE learn from the National Geographic Maga- 
zine that Col. W. 8. Brackett, of Peoria, Ill., has 
organized and equipped an expedition to deter- 
mine the geological and mineralogical features 
of the almost unknown region lying between 
Buffalo Hump, in Idaho county, Idaho, and the 
Nez Perce Pass, in the Bitter Root range. The 
party numbers twelve men, all experienced 
mountaineers, some of whom have been in that 
country since 1862. 
Tue U. S. Fish Commission steamer Fish 
Hawk has arrived at Woods Holl and will be 
used for biological work throughout the summer. 
In compliance with a request of Governor 
Roosevelt, the Hon. Andrew H. Green, Presi- 
dent of the Society for the Preservation of 
Scenic Historic Places and Objects, has ap- 
pointed a committee to confer with the New 
Jersey commission in regard to the preservation 
of the Palisades. The committee consists of 
Edward D. Adams, Abram G. Mills, George F. 
Kunz, Fred. S. Lamb and Edward Payson Cone, 
all of New York City. 
SurGEon J. C. Boyp, of the Navy, one of 
the United States delegates to the recent Tuber- 
culosis Congress in Berlin, has returned to 
Washington, and is preparing a report for the 
Department on the work of the Congress. Dr. 
Boyd thinks that the results of the Congress are 
important. 
AT a meeting of the American Fisheries So- 
ciety, held at Niagara Falls June 28th and 29th, 
it was voted to hold the next annual meeting 
at the Station of the U. 8. Fish Commission, 
Woods Holl, Mass. 
UNDER the auspices of the Royal Horticul- 
tural Society of London an International Con- 
ference will be held this month on the hybridiza- 
tion of plants. The U.S. Department of Agricul- 
ture will be represented by Mr. H. J. Webber. 
