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making its existence known, as well as of con- 

 tributing to its efficiency and completeness 

 by endeavoring to secure the indexing of sci- 

 entific publications at the time of issue, in 

 accordance with the plan adopted by the Royal 

 Society." Lord Eeay announced that the 

 British Academy was taking steps to publish 

 a similar catalogue for philology, and the 

 other branches of learning not included among 

 the sciences of nature. 



M. Boutroux gave a brief account of the 

 work completed and contemplated in connec- 

 tion with the preparation of a complete edi- 

 tion of the works of Leibniz. Professor 

 Waldeyer presented, on behalf of the commis- 

 sion for investigating the anatomy of the 

 brain, a report of the sitting of the committee 

 of May 24. The report stated that a meeting 

 had beeij held of the invited members of the 

 central commission and of the seven special 

 conmiissions for brain investigation, and that 

 there were present members both of the central 

 commission and of the special commissions. 

 Professor Waldeyer was elected chairman in 

 place of the late Professor His, of whose 

 memory Mr. Cunningham spoke in warm 

 terms. 



Professor Fredericq presented the report of 

 the late Professor Marey on the work of the 

 Institut Marey, and moved the following reso- 

 lution — " The International Association of 

 Academies approves the nomination of MM. 

 Lippmann, Amagat, Charles Eichet, Blix, 

 Einthoven, Griitzner, Langendorflf, Schenck, 

 Athanasiu as new members of the Marey In- 

 stitut. After having considered the report 

 of the late Professor Marey, dated May 5, 

 1904, on the work of the institute, the asso- 

 ciation congratulates the committee of the 

 Marey Institut in having obtained in France 

 recognition as being of public utility, and 

 thus secured the permanence of this inter- 

 national scientific organization. The associa- 

 tion expresses its best wishes for the success 

 of the scientific work undertaken at the in- 

 stitute." 



Sir A. Geikie, on behalf of the International 

 Geological Congress, moved the following 

 resolution : " The International Association 

 having received and considered a reference 



made to it by the International Geological 

 Congress held at Vienna, 1903, resolves to 

 ask the International Geodetic Association to 

 take into consideration whether and (or) in 

 what way it can undertake or promote inter- 

 national cooperation in the investigation of 

 the following subjects : ' Precise determination 

 of levels in mountain chains subject to earth- 

 quakes, with the view of ascertaining whether 

 such chains are stable or are undergoing move- 

 ments of elevation or depression.' ' Measure- 

 ments of the value of gravity with the object, 

 so far as geological questions are concerned, 

 of throwing light on the internal distribution 

 of masses in the earth, and on the rigidity or 

 isostasy of the terrestrial crust.' " 



The president proposed Vienna as the place 

 of meeting of the next general assembly in 

 1907. The proposal was adopted unanimously. 



SCIENTIFIC NOTES AND NEWS. 



At the jubilee celebrations of the Univer- 

 sity of Wisconsin the degree of doctor of 

 laws was conferred on a number of delegates, 

 including Henry Prentiss Armsby, director of 

 the Pennsylvania Agricultural Experiment 

 Station; Thomas C. Ohamberlin, professor of 

 geology. University of Chicago; Professor W. 

 G. Farlow, Harvard University; Dr. Daniel 

 Coit Gibnan, president of Carnegie Institu- 

 tion; the Hon. James Wilson, secretary of 

 agriculture; Eobert S. Woodward, dean of the 

 faculty of pure science, Columbia University; 

 F. P. Mall, professor of anatomy, Johns Hop- 

 kins University; E. L. Mark, Hersey pro- 

 fessor of anatomy. Harvard University; Pro- 

 fessor S. L. Penfield, professor of mineralogy, 

 Sheffield Scientific School, Yale University. 



The Chemical Society of London has 

 elected as foreign members Professor E. W. 

 Morley, of the Western Reserve University; 

 Professor F. W. Clarke, of the U. S. Geolog- 

 ical Survey, and Professor A. H. Becquerel, 

 Professor C. A. L. de Brusm, Madame Curie 

 and Professor C. T. Liebermann. 



Columbia University has conferred its doc- 

 torate of science on Professor Hugo De Vries, 

 the eminent botanist of the University of 

 Amsterdam. 



