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. 



Friday, February 5, 1904. 

 contents: 



The American Association for the Advance- 

 ment of Science: — 



Section B, Physics: Professor Dayton C. 



Miller 201 



Section F, Zoology: Professor C. Jubson 

 Hereiok 210 



The American Society of Zoologists, Central 

 Branch: Professor Frank Smith 221 



Scientific Books: — 



Morgan's Evolution and Adaptation: Pro- 

 fessor Basiiford Dean 221 



Scientific Journals and Articles 22 



Societies and Academies: — 



The Washington Academy of Sciences. The 

 Philosophical Society of Washington: 

 Charles K. Wead. Section of Astron- 

 omy, Physics and Chemistry Of the New 

 York Academy of Sciences: Dr. Charles C. 

 Trowbridge. The New York Section of the 

 American Chemical Society: Dr. H. C. 

 Sherman i 225 



Discussion and Correspondence: — 



Convocation Week: Professor Jas. Lewis 

 Howe, Dr. H. W. Wiley, Dr. John M. 

 Clarke, Professor O. T. Mason. Soil 

 Work in the United States: Professor E. 

 W. HiLCARD 2:^8 



Special Articles: — 



The Classification of the Rocks of the Wat- 

 kins Olen: H. S. W 234 



Current Notes on Meteorology : — 



Meteorological Society of Japan; Protec- 

 tion of Peach Trees from Frost; The Me- 

 teorology of the Sdntis; South African 

 Meteorology: Professor R. DeC. Ward... 2.36 



The Missouri Botanical Garden 237 



The Department of Economics and Sociology 

 of the Carnegie Institution 238 



Scientific Notes and Neics 238 



University and Educational News 240 



MSS. intended for publication and books, etc., intended 

 for review should be aent to the Editor of Science, Garri- 

 8on-on-Hud8on, N. Y. 



AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE AD- 

 VANCEMENT OF SCIENCE. 

 - SECTION B, PHYSICS. 



The annual meeting of Section B, 

 Physics, of the American Association for 

 the Advancement of Science, in affiliation 

 with the American Physical Society, was 

 held in St. Louis, from December 28 to 

 31. The sessions were universally pro- 

 nounced successful and enjoyable. The 

 attendance varied from forty to seventy- 

 five, and was representative of the middle 

 west, while there was also present a num- 

 ber of the prominent members from the 

 east, and a few from tlie Pacific coast. 



The retiring vice-president, Professor E. 

 F. Nichols, of Columbia University, was 

 unable to be present. The section passed a 

 resolution expressing its disappointment in 

 not having the opportunity of listening to 

 the expected vice-presidential address. 



The presiding officers were Professor E. 

 H. Hall, of Harvard University, vice-presi- 

 dent of Section B, and Professor A. G. 

 Webster, of Clark University, president of 

 the American Physical Society. The other 

 officers of the section who were in attend- 

 ance were Dayton C. Miller, secretary; D. 

 B. Brace, councilor, and the following 

 members of the sectional committee — E. H. 

 Hall, D. C. Miller, Ernest Merritt, D. B. 

 Brace, A. G. Webster and F. E. Nip her. 



For the next meeting to be held in Phila- 

 delphia, from December 28 to 31, 1904, the 

 vice-president is Professor W. F. Magie, of 

 Princeton University. The other officers 

 for the Philadelphia meeting, so far as 

 now determined, are: retiring vice-presi- 



