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tional institutions in the work, in which they 

 must cooperate if the problems are to be 

 solved. 



Dr. Elliot E. Downing, head of the bio- 

 logical department of the Northern State 

 Normal School,- Marquette, Michigan, has 

 leave of absence for a year and will spend it 

 largely at the biological laboratories of Eu- 

 rope. Miss Theodosia Hadley, assistant in the 

 department, will take his place during his 

 ahsense. Dr. Downing's address, until Octo- 

 ber first, is Woods Hole, Mass. 



The Romanes lecture will be delivered by 

 Lord Curzon, chancellor of Oxford Univer- 

 sity, on November 2. The subject will be 

 " Frontiers." 



The council of the British Association has 

 recommended the republication of Sir William 

 Hamilton's mathematical memoirs in an ac- 

 cessible form. 



Sm John Jackson has established in the 

 University of Edinburgh a fund for the en- 

 couragement of physical research in honor 

 of the late Professor Tait. The fund will 

 yield an annual income of about $1,000. 



We learn from Nature that Mr. Charles 

 Hawksley has commemorated the centenary 

 of the birth of his late father by offering the 

 sum of £1,000 to the council of the Institution 

 of Mechanical Engineers for the foundation 

 of a scholarship or premium. The offer has 

 been accepted by the institution, and the terms 

 on which the gift is to be held are under con- 

 sideration. 



Dr. William Thomson, emeritus professor 

 of ophthalmology in Jefferson Medical Col- 

 lege, Philadelphia, well known for his work 

 in ophthalmology and especially in color- 

 blindness, has died at the age of seventy-four 

 years. 



M. AuGUSTE PoNSOT, professor of physics at 

 Lisle, known for his researches on photog- 

 raphy and cryoscopy, has died at the age of 

 forty-eight years. 



Dr. Emil Petersen, professor of chemistry 

 at Copenhagen, has died at the age of fifty- 

 one years. 



The death is also announced of Dr. Schlag- 

 denhofen, director of the pharmaceutical fac- 

 ulty at Nancy. 



Section H — anthropology — of the British 

 Association, having passed a resolution to the 

 effect " That the council of the British Asso- 

 ciation be asked to impress upon His Maj- 

 esty's government the desirability of appoint- 

 ing an inspector of ancient monuments, fully 

 qualified to perform the duties of his ofSce, 

 with full powers under the aet, and with in- 

 structions to report periodically on his work 

 with a view to publication," the council 

 appointed a committee consisting of Sir 

 John Evans, K.C.B., Sir Edward Brabrook, 

 Mr. Sidney Hartland, Sir Norman Lockyer, 

 K.C.B., and Lord Balcarres, to report on the 

 proposal; and the report of the committee, 

 having been approved by the council, was sent 

 with a covering letter to the prime minister 

 on December 19, 1906. The president also 

 attached his signature to a memorial upon the 

 same subject drawn up by the council of the 

 Society of Antiquaries. It is understood that, 

 whilst no immediate action will be taken by 

 the government, the matter is receiving con- 

 sideration, with the object of placing all an- 

 cient monuments in the United Kingdom un- 

 der adequate protection and more effective 

 supervision. 



Arrangements for cooperation in the in- 

 vestigation of underground waters and of the 

 stratigraphy of Florida have been completed 

 between the U. S. Geological Survey and the 

 newly organized Geological Survey of Florida. 

 Mr. M. L. Fuller, of the national survey, will 

 have charge of the stratigraphic investiga- 

 tions, which will form a part of the broader in- 

 vestigations of the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal 

 Plains being conducted by the United States 

 and the local State Surveys under the direc- 

 tion of Mr. Fuller. The underground water 

 studies will be divided between the state and 

 the national surveys. 



UNIVERSITY AND EDUCATIONAL NEWS 



Two research studentships in science of the 

 value of £60 and £40, respectively, have been 

 founded at University College, London, by an 



