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SCIENCE 



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chology, who spoke on " Tlie Introduction to 

 Science." The Physical Science Club is com- 

 posed of members of the teaching staff, grad- 

 uate students and qualified undergraduates in 

 the physical sciences. The members meet 

 each week for the presentation of research 

 work, special papers and general discussion. 



At the completion of its fiftieth volume. 

 The American Chemical Journal, founded 

 and edited by Dr. Ira Remsen, will be dis- 

 continued as a separate publication and will 

 be incorporated, from January, 1914, with the 

 Journal of the American Chemical Society. 



Pursuant to arrangements made at the 

 Eighteenth International Congress of Ameri- 

 canists, in London, 1912, the Nineteenth Con- 

 gress will meet in America in 1914 in two 

 sessions, the first at Washington, from October 

 5 to 10, and the second at La Paz, Bolivia. 

 The session at Washington will be held 

 under the auspices of the Smithsonian Insti- 

 tution, in cooperation with the George Wash- 

 ington University, Georgetown University, 

 the Catholic University of America, the An- 

 thropological Society of Washington, and the 

 Washington Society of the Archeological 

 Institute of America. During the session an 

 excursion will be made to the highly interest- 

 ing aboriginal quarry and workshop at Piney 

 Branch, District of Columbia; and following 

 the congress it is expected that two excursions 

 will be arranged, one to Ohio for the exami- 

 nation of ancient mounds, the other to New 

 Mexico for the study of ancient ruined pueblos 

 and cliff-dwellings, as well as of the present 

 Pueblo Indians in their native environment. 

 The officers of the organizing committee are: 

 President — ^William H. Holmes; Secretary — 

 Ales Hrdlicka; Treasurer — Clarence P. Nor- 

 ment. 



Word has been received in Cambridge that 

 the collection of Egyptian objects made by 

 Professor Reisner for the Harvard University 

 Museum has been partially destroyed on the 

 way to America. The ship which was bring- 

 ing it caught fire and was forced to return to 

 a German port. The extent of the damage has 

 not yet been determined. The collection con- 

 sisted of prehistoric skeletons, pottery, flints 



and a series of Egyptian anatomical remains. 

 We learn from the Electrical World that at 

 a meeting in Brussels on October 13 a " Com- 

 mission Internationale Scientifique de Tele- 

 graphie sans Pil " was established for the 

 scientific study of radio-telegraphic waves and 

 their phenomena. The president is Mr. W. 

 Duddell, of London; the secretary, M. Robert 

 Goldschmidt, of Brussels; the vice-president, 

 Professor W. Wien, of Jena. On and after 

 January 1, 1914, at least until March 1, 1914, 

 certain test messages will be sent from a sta- 

 tion in Brussels at hourly intervals, on a wave- 

 length of 3,300 in. Check measurements of 

 the wave frequency, group frequency, power 

 and other details will be made and recorded at 

 Brussels. Observers are invited to measure 

 these signals, as often, and at as many differ- 

 ent places, as possible. It is hoped that na,- 

 tional committees may be regularly appointed 

 to cooperate in the movement, the objects of 

 which are to increase the knowledge of elec- 

 tric radiation and meteorology. The distance 

 from Brussels to New York is in the neighbor- 

 hood of 4,000 statute miles, and to Chicago 

 about 5,000; so that the signals which one can 

 hope to receive in this country from Brussels 

 are likely to be very weak. However, if the 

 limiting distance at which these signals can 

 be detected is determined in America, that 

 fact will have significance and utility. 



The Journal of the American Medical Asso- 

 ciation states that an attempt is being made 

 to establish, at the Army Medical Museum, 

 Washington, D. C, an extensive library and 

 lantern and stereoscopic slides of radiographs, 

 representing the work of radiographers who 

 have done particularly notable work along cer- 

 tain lines. Enough slides have already been 

 received to make the collection of value for 

 reference and for teaching purposes at the 

 Army Medical School. Those who have al- 

 ready contributed to the collections are Dr. 

 Lewis Gregory Cole, New York City, slides of 

 stomach, lung and kidneys; Dr. William H. 

 Dieffenbach, New York City, slides of diseases 

 of bones; Dr. Kennon Dunham, Cincinnati, 

 Ohio, stereoscopic slides of the lungs; Dr. 

 Walter C. Hill, Cleveland, Ohio, slides of dis- 



