July 11, 1902.] 



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abolition of the use of curare. (3) The aboli- 

 tion of the application by way of experiment 

 to the conjunctiva of any matter or substance 

 for absoi-ption. (4) The abolition of all ex- 

 periments in which the animal is kept alive 

 after an operation under anesthetics (Certi- 

 ficate B). (5) The abolition of all experi- 

 ments as an illustration of- lectures in a med- 

 ical school where, as at present, the animals 

 are kept under an anesthetic during the whole 

 of the experiment, and killed before recover- 

 ing consciousness (Certificate C). (6) To 

 kill or to administer, and keep under, a respir- 

 able anesthetic every animal which has been 

 subjected to an operation not calculated to 

 give pain, should it begin to suffer pain after 

 the operation (Certificate A). (7) The pres- 

 ence of an inspector during and throughout 

 the whole course of every experiment which is 

 calculated to cause pain, although the animal 

 is under an anesthetic and is killed before 

 regaining consciousness. (8) No license to 

 be granted for more than one experiment or 

 for one series of not more than six connected 

 and consecutive experiments. (9) Every li- 

 cense shall specify the time and place of each 

 experiment or series of experiments. (10) A 

 detailed chronological report of the descrip- 

 tion, course and result of each experiment is 

 to be sent to the Secretary of State within 

 seven days after the completion of each ex- 

 periment. 



The Electrical World and Engineer states 

 that the committee for the ' Galileo Ferraris 

 Award,' instituted in 1898, and composed of 

 the representatives of the executive committee 

 for the General Italian Exliibition, held in 

 Turin, in 1898, of the chamber of arts and 

 commerce, of the Eoyal Academy of Science 

 and of the Koyal Industrial Museum in Turin, 

 have decided to open an international competi- 

 tion for the award of said prize on the occasion 

 of the unveiling of the monument to Ferraris, 

 in Turin, in the latter half of the month of 

 September next. The award is 15,000 lires 

 ($3,000), together with the compound interest 

 accumulated since the year 1899 up to the day 

 of the award. It will be granted to the in- 

 ventor of some practical application of elec- 



tricity likely to lead to noteworthy progress. 

 Competitors may submit either pamphlets, 

 projects and drawings, or machines, apparatus 

 and appliances relating to their invention. 

 The jury, composed of the aforesaid committee, 

 shall have full power to cause practical ex- 

 periments to be made upon the inventions en- 

 tered for competition, and upon the correspond- 

 ing apparatus. Competitors are to file their 

 application and deliver their credentials apper- 

 taining to their invention not later than Sep- 

 tember 15, 1902, at the office of the secretary 

 of the committee, care of the Adminstrative 

 Committee on the First International Exhibi- 

 tion of Modern Decorative Art in the build- 

 ings of the Chamber of Commerce and Art, 

 28 Via Ospedale, Turin, Italy. 



The deep well borings of the United States, 

 made for water, oil and gas, are the subject of 

 a statistical report by N. H. Darton, in the 

 series of Water^Supply and Irrigation Papers 

 of the United States Geological Survey. The 

 list of deep wells is arranged by States, in al- 

 phabetical order, and appears in two pamphlets 

 known as Water-Supply Papers Nos. 57 and 

 61. All wells 400 feet or over in depth are 

 carefully listed. Depth, diameter, yield per 

 minute, and other characteristic data are given, 

 and many instructive details are noted indi- 

 cating for what purpose the borings were ori- 

 ginally made, the character of the product ob- 

 tained, and whether the wells are in use or 

 abandoned. For the benefit of persons desir- 

 ing more detailed information concerning wells 

 in any partieiilar region, references are given 

 to the literature or other sources from which 

 the data were obtained. 



VNIVERSITY AND EDUCATIONAL NEWS. 



President Eemsen, of the Johns Hopkins 

 University, has succeeded in securing the mil- 

 lion-dollar endowment fund, to which we have 

 called attention. This money is to be used for 

 supporting the educational work of the uni- 

 versity and not for the erection of buildings 

 on the new site, as has in some places been 

 stated. 



Alumni and friends of Amherst College have 

 given $65,000 to build an observatory for the 



