April 11, 1902.] 



SCIENCE. 



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Mr. Sherburne W. Bornham, clerk of the 

 U. S. Circuit Court since 1892, has resigned 

 his position to devote his time to astronomy. 

 Mr. Burnham was senior astronomer at the 

 Lick Observatory in California when he ac- 

 cepted the Federal court clerkship. 



Dr. W. r. Drev'fus, assistant in chemistry 

 in Columbia University, has been appointed 

 chemist to the Department of Public Charities 

 in New York City. 



Dr. Leonidas H. Laidley, of St. Louis, has 

 been appointed medical director of the St. 

 Louis World's Fair. 



Professor Virchow's health is said to be 

 quite satisfactory. The fracture of the femur 

 has united, and he gets up every day, but it 

 will be some time before he will be able to re- 

 sume his university work. 



M. Santos-Dumont, the Brazilian aeronaut, 

 is a passenger on the Deutschland, due to 

 arrive this week in New York. 



Professor Samuel L. Penfield, of Yale 

 University, will lecture on April 22 under the 

 auspices of the department of geology of Co- 

 lumbia University on 'Possibilities in Geog- 

 raphy resulting from the Revival of an 

 Ancient Method of Map Making.' 



The portrait of Benjamin Franklin, exe- 

 cuted by Gainsborough at the time of the 

 sigTiing of the Treaty of Paris, and lately 

 given to the University of Pennsylvania by the 

 class of 1852, has been hung in the University 

 Library. 



A MEMORIAL bronze tablet has been placed 

 on the Albany (N. Y.) Academy in memory 

 of Joseph Henry, stating that his experiments 

 in electricity were made in that building while 

 he was acting as professor of mathematics. 



The death is announced of Charles Letour- 

 neau, professor of the history of civilizations 

 in the Paris School of Anthropology, secre- 

 tary-general of the Paris Society of Anthro- 

 pology, and a member of the commission for 

 preserving the Megalithic Monuments of 

 France. Among Professor Letourneau's many 

 noteworthy works may be mentioned: 'La 

 sociologie d'apres I'ethnographie ' ; 'L'evolution 



de la morale'; 'L'evolution du mariage et de 

 la famille'; 'L'evolution de la propriete'; 

 'L'evolution politique dans les diverses races 

 humaines,' and 'L'evolution juridique dans les 

 diverses races humaines.' 



John M. D. Meiklejohn, professor of the 

 theory, history and practice of education at 

 the University of St. Andrew's, is dead. He 

 was the author of many works, including a 

 translation of Zant's 'Critique of Pure 

 Reason.' 



The British National Physical Laboratory 

 was formally opened on March 19. Sir Will- 

 iam Huggins, president of the Eoyal Society, 

 presided, and addresses were made by the 

 Prince of Wales, Lord Rayleigh, Lord Kelvin 

 and others. 



The Dudley Observatory at Albany, N. Y., 

 recently celebrated its fiftieth anniversary, an 

 address being made on the occasion by Mr. 

 Lewis Boss. 



A cablegram has been received at San Fran- 

 cisco, stating that the U. S. Fish Commission 

 steamship Albatross arrived in Honolulu on 

 March 24. The vessel is under command of 

 Conunander Chaimcey Thomas, U. S. Navy, 

 and has on board Dr. C. H. Gilbert, J. C. Sny- 

 der, and W. K. Fisher, of Stanford University, 

 and Professor Nutting, of the University of 

 Iowa, who will make a collection of fishes and 

 marine vegetation. Very rough weather was 

 encountered on the trip. The Albatross spent 

 several days dredging and sounding. She will 

 remain in port about six days, and then con- 

 tinue her exploring expedition around the dif- 

 ferent islands. 



Mr. Zenas Crane, of Dalton, Mass., has 

 announced his intention to give Berkshire 

 County a Museum of Natural History and 

 Art. The building will cost $40,000, and Mr. 

 Crane will give his collection of natural his- 

 tory and works of art, valued at $20,000. 



Mr. Andrew Carnegie has offered to erect 

 a public library at Havana at a cost of $250,- 

 000 on his usual conditions. The municipal 

 council has voted to send a letter to Mr. Car- 

 negie saying that it had been informed that he 

 would give Havana this sum for a public 



