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SCIENCE. 



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chemistry in 1855 and raathematics pure and 

 applied; in 1872 he became professor in the 

 course then including machines and exploita- 

 tion of mines, and became director of the 

 School of Mines in 1887, where he remained 

 until the end of the XlXth century, nearly a 

 half-century of continuous service, sub- 

 stantially all at I'Ecole des Mines. His prin- 

 cipal works had meantime been published, on 

 'Mines and Mining' and on ' Thermodsmamics 

 and Motor-Machines.' He had been called to 

 serve on several international juries, and on 

 varioiis commissions, and had earned many 

 honors, including that of Member of the In- 

 stitute in 1884 and of 'grand-officier' of the 

 Legion of Honor in 1900. 



In replying to the cordial and eloquent ad- 

 dresses of MM. Carnot and Lemonnier, M. 

 Haton stated that alumni of the school had 

 supplied 39 members of the Institute and 8 

 ' Correspondents ' : 



" Hommes d'aciion, hardis explorateurs, chez 

 de grandes industries, ingenieurs charges de 

 la conduite des travaux ou des affaires, ils sou- 

 tiennent dans le monde entier le hon renom de 

 I'^cole." 



The Compte Rendu, as its frontispiece, has 

 an excellent portrait of M. Haton de la Gou- 

 pilliere. It indicates that its original retains 

 his youth and vigor wonderfully and we may 

 hope for him many more years of active, fruit- 

 ful and honorable life. His friends in this 

 country will cordially unite with those about 

 him in wishing for him 'many happy new 

 years.' R. H. Thurston. 



SCIENTIFIC NOTES AND NEWS. 



Professor E. C. Pickering has completed 

 twenty-five years of service as director of the 

 Harvard College Observatory, and in recogni- 

 tion of the fact the staff of the Observatory has 

 presented him with a silver cup. 



The condition of Professor Eudolf Virchow, 

 who recently suffered an injury from a fall, 

 causes apprehension to his physicians. 



Dr. W. W. Keen, who is at present in India, 

 recently fell from his horse, fracturing one of 

 his clavicles. The accident was not serious. 



The daily papers state that President Roose- 



velt has overruled the decision of Secretary 

 Long to send Capt. Charles H. Davis, superin- 

 tendent of the Naval Observatory, to sea. 



Dr. Henry B. Kummel was appointed state 

 geologist of New Jersey by the board of mana- 

 gers of the Geological Survey at their meet- 

 ing on January 10. Mr. Kiimmel has been 

 connected with the Survey since 1892, and 

 since 1899 has been assistant state geologist^ 

 being in charge of the work since Dr. Smock's 

 resignation last July. He is a graduate of 

 Beloit College, A.B. 1889, and did post-gradu- 

 ate work in geology at Harvard University, 

 and the University of Chicago, from which he 

 received the degrees of A.M. and Ph.D. re- 

 spectively. He was elected a fellow of the 

 Geological Society of America in 1895. 



Samuel McCune Lindsay, assistant pro- 

 fessor of sociology in the University of Penn- 

 sylvania, has been nominated for Commission- 

 er of Education in Porto Rico. 



The Paris Academy of Medicine has 

 awarded its Hugo prize of $200 for the best 

 work on the history of medicine to Dr. Melanie 

 Lapinska for her book on the history of women 

 physicians. 



Dr. Charles H. Burnett, a well-known 

 writer on diseases of the ear, died at Brjm 

 Mawr, Pa., on January 30, aged sixty-one years. 



Lieutenant von Siegsfeld, after a balloon 

 ascension from Potsdam to study artificial res- 

 piration, was killed in the descent. 



The American Philosophical Society, Phila- 

 delphia, has arranged for a general meeting on 

 April 3 and 4, and a large number of scientific 

 men from all parts of the country have signi- 

 fied their intention of being present. Members- 

 wishing to present papers are asked to com- 

 municate the titles to the secretaries without 

 delay, so that they may be inserted in the pre- 

 liminary program which will be issued as soon 

 after February 15 as practicable. Members 

 expecting to attend the meeting are requested 

 to notify the secretaries at as early a date as 

 possible so as to facilitate the arrangements 

 for their entertainment. 



The 'Leopoldiniseh-Carolinische Akademie 

 deutscher Naturforscher,' now in Halle, cele- 



