Friday, January 13, 1911 



CONTENTS 

 The American Association for the Advance- 

 ment of Science: — 

 The Broader Aspects of Research in Ter- 

 restrial Magnetism: Db. L. A. Baube .... 41 



Charles Otis Whitman: F. R. L.; Professob 

 Albert P. Mathews 54 



Scientific Notes and News 58 



University and Educational News 62 



Discussion and Correspondence: — 

 Inorganic Nomenclature: Professor J. H. 

 Ransom. Coastal Subsidence in Massachu- 

 setts: De. Charles W. Townsend. Cal- 

 endar Heform: Dr. Samuel G. Barton. 

 International Congresses : D". F. A. Bathee 63 



Scientific Books: — 



Lankester's Monograph of the Okapi: De. 

 F. A. Lucas. Tohirivinsky on the Artifi- 

 cial Production of Minerals : G. F. K. ... 65 



Soientifio Journals and Articles 68 



Special Articles: — 



Visual Sensations from the Alternating 

 Magnetic Field: Dr. Knight Dunlap. The 

 Oerm-cell Determinants in the Eggs of 

 Chrysomelid Beetles : De. R. W. Hegnee . . 68 



The American Association for the Advance- 

 ment of Science: — 



Report of the General Secretary: Pro- 

 fessor i^'BEDERIC E. ELEMENTS 72 



Section A — Mathematics and Astronomy: 

 Peofessor G. a. Miller 74 



Societies and Academies: — 



The Botanical Society of Washington: Dr. 

 W. W. Stockbeegeb. The Philosophical 

 Society of Washington: Dr. R. L. Fabis. 

 The Northeastern Section of the American 

 Chemical Society: Kenneth L. Mabk ... 77 



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

 review should be se2t to the Editor of Science, Garrison-on" 

 Hudson. N, Y. 



'tBE broader ASPECTS OF RESEARCH IN 

 TERRESTRIAL MAGNETISM' 

 It has become the custom — fortunately 

 or unfortunately as the case may be — that 

 the retiring presiding officers talk on a 

 particular subject, announced some time 

 ahead, instead of being permitted to in- 

 dtilge in merely general reviews, as is the 

 case in some organizations. Before I had 

 a chance to think definitely on the matter, 

 request was received from the permanent 

 secretary four months ago that the title be 

 furnished him at the earliest possible 

 moment. 



My original desire was to have the op- 

 portunity of talking to you on some more 

 general subject than the one I have finally 

 chosen. The topic, magnetism in general — • 

 a review of our fundamental ideas, the 

 status of researches on the question "What 

 is a Magnet" — appealed to me strongly. 

 In connection with my researches in terres- 

 trial magnetism, I have naturally been ob- 

 liged to look occasionally out beyond and 

 raise questions on the general problem of 

 magnetism. "When not only the permanent 

 secretary, but the secretary of this section 

 and the present chairman, began to make 

 inquiries as to my subject, I had to settle 

 upon something. And when I turned to 

 your chairman for assistance in coming to 

 a decision, and submitted to him several 

 topics, e. g., "The General Problem of 

 Magnetism," "The Physical Bearing of 

 Pi-oblems of Terrestrial Magnetism," etc., 

 he indicated his preference for one relating 



'Address as retiring vice-president and chair- 

 man of Section B (Physics), American Associa- 

 tion for the Advancement of Science, given at 

 Minneapolis, Minn., December 29, 1910. 



