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EDITORIAL COMMITTEE: S. NEWcoMB, Mathematics; R. S. WooDWARD, Mechanics; E. C. PICKERING, 
Astronomy; T. C. MENDENHALL, Physics; R. H. THurRsTon, Engineering; IRA REMSEN, Chemistry; 
J. LE ContE, Geology; W. M. Davis, Physiography; HENRY F. OsBoRN, Paleontology ; W. K. 
Brooks, C. HART MERRIAM, Zoology; 8. H. ScUDDER, Entomology; C. E. Brssry, N. L. 
BRITTON, Botany; C. S. Minot, Embryology, Histology; H. P. BowpitcH, Physiology; 
J. S. Bintines, Hygiene; J. MCKEEN CATTELL, Psychology; 
J. W. PowELL, Anthropology. 
Fripay, Aucust 18, 1899. 
CONTENTS: 
Daniel G. Brinton, with Plate: W J M............. 193 
Presidential Address before the Society for the 
Promotion of Engineering Education: PRESI- 
DENT T. C. MENDENHALL,....0000....02cceneenneeeeee 196 
Work of the U. S. Geological Survey: BAILEY 
VWABIELG a ccncocecgdocasoossaqsconuncaosonaoDxcobococcoacodeE 203 
Scientific Books :— 
Poincaré’s Cours de physique mathématique: KR. 
S. W. Newsholme’s Elements of Vital Statistics : 
WALTER F. WILLCOX. Books received........... 213 
Societies and Academies :— 
Section A, Mathematics and Astronomy, and 
Section G, Botany of the American Association 
for the Advancement of Science..........60ec06 cee 217 
Discussion and Correspondence :— 
The Foehn Winds of Switzerland: PROFESSOR 
CHARLES BUNDY WILSON. The opening of 
the Mouth as Expression: HIRAM M. STANLEY 218 
Astronomical Notes : 
Observatory of Yale University ; Flower Observa- 
tory of the University of Pennsylvania ; Chamber- 
lin Observatory of the University of Denver ; 
Astronomical Objectives: PROFESSOR WINSLOW 
Notes on Physics: F. C. C 
Notes on Inorganic Chemistry: J. L. H............. 221 
Scientific Notes and News.........ssccsscrccceccneenscencees 222 
University and Educational News.......1.0.cc.ceeeeeeeee 224 
MSS. intended for publication and books, ete., intended 
for review should be sent to the responsible editor, Profes- 
sor J. McKeen Cattell, Garrison-on-Hudson, N. Y. 
DANIEL G. BRINTON. 
In the death of Dr. Brinton American 
science has suffered a grievous loss. Notably 
brilliant and versatile, endowed with excep- 
tional acumen, and an indefatigable worker, 
he investigated much of the broad field of 
anthropology with signal success ; a fluent 
and forceful speaker and a clear and cogent 
writer, he was remarkably successful in 
putting the results of his work before gen- 
eral auditors and readers as well as stu- 
dents; exceptionally public-spirited and 
appreciative of the normal human demand 
for better knowledge, he strove constantly 
to extend and improve instrumentalities for 
the diffusion of science. Thus through rich 
natural endowment, coupled with wise and 
persistent effort, he materially advanced the 
Science of Man and placed himself in the 
front rank of the anthropologists of the 
world. His activity continued undimin- 
ished (despite the weight of well-guarded 
suffering consequent on military service) 
until checked by the illness which termi- 
nated with his life. 
Born in Chester county, Pennsylvania, 
May 13, 1837, Daniel Garrison Brinton 
graduated from Yale (A.B.) in 1858, and 
from Jefferson Medical College (M.D.) in 
1861, and assimilated his thorough training 
during a year in Europe, with special studies 
in Paris and Heidelberg. Stimulated by 
the martial spirit of the time, he then re- 
turned and entered the Federal army as 
