SCIENCE. 



[Vol. XIV. No. 360 



Dec. 9-14. 



U.S. Geological Survey. Topographical Maps of 

 Portions of New Hampshiie, Massachusetts, Rhode 

 Island, Connecticut, Virginia, West Virginia. North 

 CaroHna, Georgia, Alabama, Texas. New Mej ' 

 Kansas, Iowa, Wisconsin. Washington, Governm 

 1889. 30 maps. i°. 



CALENDAR OF SOCIETIES. 

 Anthropological Society, Washington, 

 Dec. 17. — William A. Croffut, Attempts 

 to Promote Prosperity by Limiting Produc- 

 tion ; Henry L. Reynolds, Human Foot- 

 Prints in Dakota. 



Nevy York Academy of Sciences. 

 Dec. 23. — H. Carrington Bolton, The 

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Engineers' Club, St. Louis. 

 Dec. 18. — The executive committee an- 

 nounced the result of the ballot for officers 

 for 1890 as follows : president, F. E. Nipher ; 

 vice-president, George Burnet; secretary, 

 William H. Bryan ; treasurer, Charles W. 

 Melcher ; directors, E. D. Meier and S. Bent 

 Russell ; librarian and manager, J. B. John- 

 son ; manager, J. A. Seddon. Professor 

 Nipher, on taking his seat, thanked the club 

 for the honor conferred upon him, and ex- 

 pressed his intention of doing the utmost 

 for the benefit of the club and the advance- 

 ment of the profession. He then called upon 

 retiring President Meier for an address. 

 Col. Meier responded at some length, with a 

 paper treating of the advances made during 

 the year, particularly in the directions of 

 civil, mechanical, mining, and electrical en- 

 gineering. Instances of remarkable work 

 done in these branches are noted. He also 

 considered questions of local interest, the 

 numerous engineering projects on hand in 

 the vicinity, the world's fair in St. Louis 

 viewed from an engineering standpoint, the 

 prosperity of the club and plans for its 

 future, and the desirability of a closer 

 union among engineers of the country. 

 The secretary read a communication from 

 the chairman of the executive committee of 

 the Liederkranz, which body has undertaken 

 the work of erecting a monument to Capt. 

 James B. Eads. The communication sug- 

 gested the desirability of co-operation be- 

 tween the Liederkranz and the Engineers' 

 Club of St. Louis, in the direction indicated. 

 President Nipher announced the receipt of a 

 telegram from Professor Potter, stating that 

 he had been detained, and expressing regret 

 that it would be impossible for him to present 

 the paper on " Fuel Gas " announced for the 

 evening. Professor J. B. Johnson, chairman, 

 presented a report for the committee on na- 

 tional public works. President Nipher an- 

 nounced that the proposed visit of Professor 

 T. C. Mendenhall to the city had been de- 

 ferred until about the middle of January, so 

 that it would be necessary to defer further 

 action about the banquet to be given him. 

 Mr. Nils Johnson showed the club a pump- 

 valve which had been operated under a press- 

 ure of 550 pounds for fifteen minutes with 

 ordinary hydrant water. 



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