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SCIENCE. 



[N. S. Vol. XXIII. No. i 



In addition to a chair in the University of 

 Paris, the French government has given Mme. 

 Curie a pension of 12,000 francs. 



Professor Wilhelm Ostwald has resigned 

 the professorship of chemistry at the Univer- 

 sity of Leipzig, having earned the right to re- 

 tire with a pension. 



The family of the late Professor Langley, 

 of the Smithsonian Institution, has given over 

 to the institution the medals and decorations 

 that had been presented to him in recognition 

 of bis scientific researches. 



The class of 1909 of the Cornell Medical 

 School, on May 18, presented to Dr. Austin 

 Flint a silver loving cup in memory of his 

 retirement from the chair of physiology. Pro- 

 fessor Flint celebrated his seventieth birthday 

 on March 28. 



Mr. Chas. C. Adams, curator of the Univer- 

 sity Museum of the University of Michigan, 

 has accepted a curatorship at the Cincinnati 

 Museum. 



Dr. Gust. Eberhard has been promoted to 

 the position of observer in the Astrophysical 

 Observatory at Potsdam. 



Professor Eeichenow, curator in the Zoo- 

 logical Museum at Berlin, has been appointed 

 assistant director, and Dr. Vanhoeffen, of 

 Kiel, has been appointed curator. 



At the sixth annual session of the Ameri- 

 can Association of Pathologists and Bacteriol- 

 ogists, held last week at the Johns Hopkins 

 Medical School, officers for next year were 

 elected as follows: President, Dr. William H. 

 Welch, Johns Hopkins University; vice-presi- 

 dent. Dr. A. S. Warthin, University of Mich- 

 igan; secretary. Dr. H. C. Ernst, Harvard 

 Medical School; treasurer. Dr. H. W. Will- 

 iams, University of Buffalo. 



Professor Francis Gang Benedict, pro- 

 fessor of chemistry, Wesleyan University, ad- 

 dressed the Washington Academy of Sciences, 

 on May 17, on ' The Respiration Calorimeter 

 and Factors of Human Nutrition,' illustrated 

 by lantern slides. The paper was discussed by 

 Dr. J. B. Nichols, Professor E. B. Rosa, Dr. 

 C. F. Langworthy and others. 



Dr. L. a. Bauer, as lecturer on terrestrial 

 magnetism, gave the following course of il- 

 lustrated lectures at the Johns Hopkins Uni- 

 versity, May 23-25 : 



1. ' Principal Phenomena of the Earth's Mag- 

 netism.' 



2. ' Magnetic Surveys of Land and Oceanic 

 Areas.' 



3. 'Magnetic Observatory Work (Variation of 

 the Earth's Magnetism, Magnetic Storms, Earth- 

 quake and Volcanic Effects ) .' 



4. ' Recent Analyses of the Earth's Magnetic 

 Field.' 



The annual oration before the Medical So- 

 ciety of London was delivered by Professor 

 Kocher, of Berlin, on May 21. Professor 

 Kocher spoke on some contributions to the 

 pathology of the thyjoid gland. Subsequently 

 a conversazione was held. 



Professor Daniel S. Martin, of Brooklyn, 

 N. Y., lectured recently before the College of 

 Charleston Museum on ' The Occurrence of 

 Precious Stones in the United States.' 



President James B. Angell, of the Uni- 

 versity of Michigan, will give the baccalau- 

 reate address at Purdue University on June 

 3. The address at the graduating exercises on 

 June 5 will be given by Professor Albion W. 

 Small, of the University of Chicago. 



The 327th regular meeting of the Middle- 

 town Scientific Association was held in the 

 Scott Laboratory of Physics, Wesleyan Uni- 

 versity, on May 15. Norman Everett Gilbert, 

 professor of physics in Dartmouth College, 

 gave an address, illustrated with lantern slides, 

 on ' The Observation of a Solar Eclipse.' 



Dr. Don Armour, demonstrator of anatomy 

 at the Rush Medical College, has been ap- 

 pointed senior assistant surgeon in the Na- 

 tional Hospital, London, England. 



Mr. Marconi has been very ill during the 

 last month, but is now recovering. 



The vice-presidents of the Royal Institution 

 for next year are as follows : Lord Alverstone, 

 Sir William Huggins, O.M., Lord Kelvin, 

 O.M., Dr. Ludwig Mond, Lord Sanderson, 

 Sir James Stirling, Sir James Crichton- 

 Browne (treasurer) and Sir William Crookes 

 (honorary secretary). 



