June 12, 1896.] 



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bodies, from several of the learned Societies of 

 which he is a member, from student delegates 

 from other universities, and from the students 

 and graduates of the University of Glasgow. 

 It is expected that the honorary degree of LL.D. 

 will be conferred on the same day on several 

 of the distinguished foreign visitors. On Tues- 

 day evening, June 16th, the City will give a 

 banquet to Lord Kelvin, to which the visitors 

 who have come to do him honor have been 

 invited. On Wednesday, June 27th, the Senate 

 of the University will invite the visitors of the 

 University staff to sail down the Clyde. The 

 students of the University also invite the stu- 

 dents' delegates from other universities to a 

 similar trip. Representative scientific men — 

 about fifty in number — from America and the 

 British colonies, and from all the European 

 countries, and about 150 from the United King- 

 dom, have signified their iutention to be present. 



In addition to the expeditions from Amherst 

 College and from the Lick Observatory, Univer- 

 sity of California, parties are on their way from 

 London and Paris to observe the eclipse of the 

 sun from Japan. The English party includes 

 the Astronomer Eoyal, Prof. Christie, Prof. 

 Turner, of Oxford, and Captain Hills, of the 

 Royal Engineers. M. Deslandres has charge of 

 the French expedition. 



The Mayor of Bristol, at the instance of a 

 deputation representing University (College, 

 Bristol, and other scientific institutions of the 

 city, has invited the British Association to meet 

 at Bristol in 1898. The Association met at 

 Bristol in 1836 and in 1875. 



The Executive Committee of the New York ' 

 Zoological Society has decided to send Mr. Hor- 

 naday to Europe to inspect the zoological gar- 

 dens of Germany, Belgium, Holland, France 

 and England. A Scientific Council has been 

 appointed consisting of the following members: 

 William T. Hornaday, Chairman, Director New 

 York Zoological Park ; Madison Grant, Secre- 

 tary New York Zoological Society ; Prof. J. A. 

 Allen, curator of mammalogy and ornithology. 

 American Museum of Natural History ; Frank 

 M. Chapman, assistant curator ; Prof. Henry 

 F. Osborn, Da Costa professor of zoology, Co- 

 lumbia University ; Prof. Oilman Thompson, 



University of New York ; Dr. Tarleton H. 

 Bean, Superintendent New York Aquarium ; 

 Dr. George Bird, Grinnell, editor Forest and 

 Stream ; and William A. Stiles, Park Commis- 

 sioner and editor of Garden and Forest. The 

 Sinking Fund Commission of New York, au- 

 thorized by the Legislature to set aside land for 

 the Gardens of the Society, has postponed action 

 on the application of the Society for the use of 

 261 acres of land in Bronx Park. Mayor 

 Strong, it appears, is opposed to granting the 

 land. 



Peof. E. S. Woodwaed, Prof R. H. Thurs- 

 ton and Judge Arthur P. Greely have con- 

 sented to act as judges in the competition for 

 prize essays on ' The Progress of Invention dur- 

 ing the past fifty years,' proposed by the Scien- 

 tific American. 



We learn from Natural Science that the fol- 

 lowing changes have recently been made on the 

 staff of the British Geological Survey : A. Stra- 

 han, to be geologist on the English branch, in 

 place of J. R. Dakyns, who has retired after 34 

 years' service ; C. T. Clough, to be geologist on 

 the Scottish branch, in place of the late Hugh 

 Miller. The gentlemen are succeeded as assist- 

 ant geologists by Mr. T. Crosbee Cantrill, B. 

 Sc, and Mr. E. H. Cuuningham-Craig, in Eng- 

 land and Scotland respectively. Dr. Molen- 

 graaf, of Amsterdam, whose work in South 

 African geology is well known, has been ap- 

 pointed State Geologist by the Transvaal Gov- 

 ernment. 



The British Medical Journal for May 23d is 

 a special number commemorating the Jenner 

 Centennial, being entirely filled with interest- 

 ing accounts of Jenner and the subsequent prog- 

 ress of vaccination. 



Dr. Bashfoed Dean, Messrs. Calkins, Har- 

 rington, Griffin and a number of students from 

 Columbia University are about to start for 

 Port Townsend, Washington, and will spend 

 the summer in study and research on Puget 

 Sound. 



The Brooklyn Institute has undertaken to 

 collect $3,000 for the purchase of the William 

 Wallace Tooker collection of Indian relics. 



The Ncav York University has conferred the 

 degree of LL.D. on Prof. I. C. Russell, of the 



