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journal articles on every chemical subject and 

 supply this information when called for, and 

 if desired, send the books containing the refer- 

 ences by express. 



It is even proposed to make arrangements to 

 have articles copied if necessary, and even to 

 have translations made. In other words, it 

 is hoped that with proper endowment and 

 proper support the Perkin Library will be- 

 come of the utmost value to the chemical pro- 

 fession. All that is necessary is the interest 

 and cooperation of the chemical profession and 

 some assistance from others. 



SCIENTIFIC NOTES AND NEWS. 

 On the occasion of the dedication of the 

 new engineering building of the University 

 of Pennsylvania on October 19, honorary de- 

 grees of doctor of science were conferred as 

 follows: Alexander MacKenzie, colonel of the 

 United States Engineers; Samuel Sheldon, 

 professor of physics and electrical engineering 

 in the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute; Mans- 

 field Merriman, professor of civil engineering 

 in Lehigh University; Frederick P. Stearns, 

 chief engineer of the Boston Metropolitan 

 Water Board; Edgar Marburg, professor of 

 civil engineering in the University of Penn- 

 sylvania; Charles Whiteside Rae, engineer in 

 chief of the United States Navy; Henry Wil- 

 son Spangler, professor of mechanical and 

 electrical engineering in the University of 

 Pennsylvania; M. M. H. Vetillart, representa- 

 tive of the government of France at the dedi- 

 cation; Frederick Winslow Taylor, consulting 

 mechanical engineer, of Philadelphia; Samuel 

 Matthews Vauclain; John Fritz, mechanical 

 engineer, Bethlehem, Pa., and Ramon Icar- 

 rola, representative of the Mexican govern- 

 ment. 



Sir David Gill, astronomer royal in South 

 Africa, is about to retire from the active 

 duties of the position. 



The third course of lectures on the Herter 

 foundation at the Johns Hopkins University 

 was delivered by Sir Almroth E. Wright, M.D., 

 F.R.S., late professor of pathology in the 

 Army Medical School, Netley, and pathologist 

 to the St, Mary's Hospital, London. The sub- 



ject of the lectures was ' The therapeutic in- 

 oculation of bacterial vaccines and its appli- 

 cation in connection with bacterial disease.' 



Dr. W. Osler delivered the Harveian ora- 

 tion at the College of Physicians, London, on 

 the eighteenth inst. 



The seventh annual Huxley memorial lec- 

 ture of the Anthropological Institute will be 

 given on November 1, when Professor W. M. 

 Flinders Petri e, F.R.S., will deliver an ad- 

 dress on ' Migrations.' 



The National Health Society will hold a 

 public meeting at University College, London, 

 on October 29, to discuss the subject of the 

 purity of the meat and milk supply. The 

 chair will be taken by Sir Frederick Treves, 

 and among the speakers announced are Sir 

 William Broadbent and Sir James Crichton- 

 Browne. 



The Bradshaw lecture before the Royal 

 College of Surgeons of England will be de- 

 livered by Mr. Edmund Owen, December 12, 

 the subject being ' Cancer : its treatment by 

 modern methods.' 



Mr. F. W. Levander has been nominated 

 for president of the British Astronomical 

 Association. The election will take place at 

 the annual meeting on October 31. 



Dr. Robert E. Coker has resigned the 

 Adam T. Bruce fellowship in biology in Johns 

 Hopkins University, having been appointed by 

 the Peruvian government to take charge of 

 the work in connection with the marine fish- 

 eries in Peru. 



Mr. Louis J. de Milhau, A.B. (Harvard, 

 '06), and Mr. John W. Hastings, A.B. (Har- 

 vard, '05), A. M.' (Harvard, '06), have been ap- 

 pointed members of the Peabody Museum staff 

 as ethnologists of the South American Expedi- 

 tion. 



Dr. G. C. Simpson, lecturer in meteorology 

 at the LTniversity of Manchester, hag" been ap- 

 pointed assistant to the director of observa- 

 tories under the Indian goverrunent. 



J. B. MowRY has been appointed commis- 

 sioner of forestry in Rhode Island. 



Mr. J. J. Dearborn, of the Harvard For- 

 estry School, has been appointed assistant to 



