SCIENCE 



Editoeial Cojimittbe : S. Newcomb, Mathematics ; E. S. Woodward, Mechanics ; E. C. Pickeeino, 



Astronomy ; T. C. Mendenhall, Physics ; R. H. Thurston, Engineering ; Ira Remsen, Chemistry ; 



Joseph Le Conte, Geology ; W. M. Davis, Physiography ; Henry F. Osborn, Paleontology ; 



W. K. Brooks, C. Hart Mberiam, Zoology ; S. H. Scuddee, Entomology ; C. E. Bessey, 



N. L. Britton, Botany ; C. S. Minot, Embryology, Histology ; H. P. Bowditch, 



Physiology ; J. S. Billings, Hygiene ; William H. Welch, Pathology ; 



J. McKebn Cattell, Psychology ; J. W. Powell, Anthropology. 



Friday, October 5, 1900. 



CONTENTS: 



The Nobel Prizes for Scientific Discoveries 497 



Address of the President of the Anthropological Sec- 

 tion of the British Association : John Rhys 502 



Camphor secreted by an Animal {Polyzonium) : Dr. 



O. F. Cook 516 



Progress in Meteorological Kite Flying : Dr. S. P. 



Fergusson 521 



Scientific Books : — 



Publications of the Volta Bureau : Professor 

 W. K. Brooks. Vanutberghe^s Exploitation tech- 

 nique et commerciale des foreis : Professor B. 

 E. Fernow. Beinhardt's Technic of Mechanical 

 Drafting : PROFESSOR F. N. WiLLSON. Books 



Received 523 



Scientific Journals and Articles 529 



Notes on Inorganic Chemistry: J. L. H 530 



Experimental Stations in Hawaii and Porto Eico... 531 



Scientific Notes and News 532 



University and Educational News 536 



MBS. intended for publication and books, etc., intended 

 for review should be sent to the responsible editor, Profes- 

 sor J. McKeen Cattell, Garrison-on-Hudson N. Y. 



THE NOBEL PRIZES FOB SCIENTIFIC DIS- 

 COVERIES.'' 

 LAWS AND REGULATIONS. 



The three corporations awarding the 

 Nobel prizes are : 



1. The Eoyal Academy of Sciences, at 



* Summary received by the Department of State 

 from the legation of Sweden and Norway, dated 

 Washington, September 11, 1900, inclosing copy (in 

 French) of the Jaws and regulations relating to the 

 Nobel bequest. 



Stockholm, founded in 1739. The King is 

 the protector of the Academy, which num- 

 bers 100 Swedish and Norwegian members 

 and 75 foreign members. 



2. The Swedish Academy, at Stockholm, 

 instituted in 1786. The King is the pro- 

 tector. The members, exclusively Swedish, 

 are limited to 18. 



3. The Carolin Institute of Medicine and 

 Surgery, at Stockholm, established in 1815. 

 The number of professors is 22. 



OBJECT OF THE ENDOWMENT. 



The Nobel endowment is based on the 

 will of Dr. Alfred Bernhard Nobel, engi- 

 neer, drawn up November 27, 1895. The 

 stipulations are as follows : 



" The remainder of the fortune which I 

 shall leave shall be disposed of in the 

 following manner : The capital, converted 

 into safe investments by the executors of 

 my will, shall constitute a fund the interest 

 of which shall be distributed annually as a 

 reward to those who, in the course of the 

 preceding year, shall have rendered the 

 greatest services to humanity. The sum 

 total shall be divided into five equal por- 

 tions, assigned as follows : 



"1. To the person having made the most 

 important discoverj"^ or invention in the de- 

 partment of physical science. 



" 2. To the person having made the most 

 important discovery or having produced 

 the greatest improvement in chemistry. 



