SCIENCE 



A WEEKLY JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE, PUBLISHING THE 



OFFICIAL NOTICES AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION 



FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE. 



Editorial Committee : S. Newcomb, Mathematics ; B. S. Woodward, Mechanics ; E. C. Pickering, 

 Astronomy ; T. C. Mendknhall, Physics ; E. H. Thurston, Engineering ; Ira Remsbn, Chemistry ; 

 Charles D. Walcott, Geology ; W. M. Davis, Physiography ; Henry F. Osborn, Paleon- 

 tology ; W. K. Beooks, C. Haet Merriam, Zoology ; S. H. Scudder, Entomology ; C. E. 

 Bessey, N. Jj. Britton, Botany ; C. S. Minot, Embryology, Histology ; H. P. Bow- 

 DiTCH, Physiology ; J. S. Billings, Hygiene ; William H. Welch, Pathol- 

 ogy ; J. MoKeen Catxkll, Psychology ; J. W. Powell, Anthropology. 



Friday, January 24, 1902. 



The American Association for the Advance- 

 ment of Science: Section H, Anthropol- 

 ogy : Dr. George Grant MacCdrdy 121 



The American Cliemioal Society: J. L. H. .. 126 



The Association of American Anatomists .... 130 



A Plea for Greater Simplicity in the Lan- 

 guage of Science: T. A. Bickard 132 



Scientific Books : — ■ 



Rossing's Geschichte der Metalle: De. 

 Heney Careington Bolton. Durand on 

 Practical Marine Engineering: R. H. T. 

 Studies in Physiological Ghemistry : Db. 

 John A. Mandel. Hoernes on Primitive 

 Man: 0. T. Mason. Schimper's Nahrungs- 

 und Genussmittel : De. Eewin F. Smith. 

 Kidd's Use-Inheritance: A. S. P. Vaughan 

 on Fossil Gorals: J. F. Duerdon. General: 139 



Scientific Journals and Articles 145 



Societies and Academies: — 



Chemical Society of Washington: L. S. 

 MuNSON. Anthropological Society of 

 Washington : De. Waltee Hough 145 



Discussion and Correspondence: — 



Notes on Cuban Fossil Mammals: De. T. 

 Wayland Vaughan. The English Spar- 

 row in New Mexico: Peofessor T. D. A. 



COCKEEELL 148 



Shorter Articles: — 



Nejed, an Arabian Meteorite: Heney A. 

 Ward. Precaution in the Use of Gaso- 

 line: A. P. Saundees. On the Siphon: 

 Pbofessoe William Duane. Fossil Shells 

 of the John Day Region: De. Robt. E. C. 



Steaens 149 



Current Notes on Physiography : — 



The Isthmus of Panama; The G-recian 

 Archipelago; The Southern Urals: Peo- 

 fessor W. M. Davis 154 



The 8t7-eoker Collection of Lepidoptera and 

 the American Museum of Natural History. 156 



The Missouri Botanical Garden 157 



The National Geographic Society 157 



Scientific Notes and News 157 



id Educational News 160 



THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE 

 ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE. 



SECTION H, ANTHROPOLOGY. 



The winter meeting of Section H was 

 held in the lecture hall of Field Columbian 

 Museum, Chicago, on December 31, 1901, 

 and January 1-2, 1902; Dr. J. Walter 

 PeAvkes, of the U. S. National Museum, 

 presiding. 



At the opening session. Dr. Geo. A. Dor- 

 sey was chosen press secretary. Professor 

 Franz Boas was appointed to represent the 

 Section on a committee to revise the sched- 

 ule for measurements used in gymnasia. 

 This committee, made up of members of 

 various societies interested in physical 

 education, is to report at the next meeting 

 of the American Association for the Ad- 

 vancement of Physical Education. 



A committee to confer with delegates 

 from the Anthropological Society of Wash- 

 ington, D. C, and the American Ethnolog- 

 ical Society, with special reference to in- 

 creasing the usefulness of the American 

 Anthropologist, as well as facilities for 

 anthropological publication in general, was 

 chosen as follows: Dorsey (chairman), 

 Starr, Culin, Dixon, MacCurdy, Russell. 



At the vsanter meeting in Baltimore one 

 year ago a committee, consisting of F. W. 

 Putnam (chairman), J. W. Powell and 

 Geo. A. Dorsey, was appointed to 'take 

 preliminary steps for the reception of the 



