Decejibek 2, 1898.] 



SCIENCE. 



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published by the illustrious Russiau. It is pur- 

 posed to issue it, inserting as frontispiece the 

 beautiful portrait from the bust of Lobachevski 

 made by The Open Court from a photograph 

 furnished by Dr. G. B. Halsted, accompanying 

 his life of Lobachevski in The Open Court for 

 July, 1898. 



The Sylvester Memorial Committee has met 

 in London and closed its accounts. The 

 entire amount collected was about £875. It 

 ■was decided to establish a medal in bronze, to 

 be given every three years, together with the 

 interest on the fund for that period, for distin- 

 guished work in mathematics. Of the two ap- 

 pointed to collect subscriptions in America, one. 

 Dr. Cyrus Adler, was present at the meeting in 

 London. 



The French Minister of the Interior has 

 awarded a bronze metal to M. Imbeaus for his 

 contributions to hygiene. Dr. Calmette, of the 

 Pasteur Institute, of Lille, has been made an 

 oiBcer of the Legion of Honor. 



Professor J. Mare Baldwin, of Princeton 

 University, has been elected a member of the 

 French Institute of Sociology. 



Dr. D. G. Brinton is giving, at the Dresel 

 Institute, Philadelphia, a course of lectures en- 

 titled ' The New Lands, Present and Prospec- 

 tive, of the United States.' 



The lecture season of the Imperial Institute, 

 London, was inaugurated on November 14th, 

 by a lecture on Trinidad, with some account 

 of the recent hurricane in the West Indies, by 

 Mr. Henry Carraciolo, the delegate from Trini- 

 dad to the recent International Zoological Con- 

 gress. 



The Christmas course of lectures, specially 

 adapted to young people, at the Royal Institu- 

 tion will be delivered this year by Sir Robert 

 Ball, Lowndean professor of astronomy and 

 geometry in the University of Cambridge. The 

 subject will be 'Astronomy,' and the lectures, 

 which will be illustrated by models and the 

 optical lantern, will deal with the sun, the 

 moon, the inner planets, the great planets, 

 shooting stars and new methods. The first 

 lecture will be delivered on Tuesday, December 

 27th, at 3 o'clock, and the remaining lectures 



on December 29 and 31, 1S9S, and on January 

 3, 5 and 7, 1899. 



A memorial meeting in honor of Dr. William 

 Pepper was held at the University of Pennsyl- 

 vania on November 29th. If the announce- 

 ments on the program were carried out. Gov- 

 ernor Hastings presided and addresses were 

 made as follows : Dr. S. Weir Mitchell for 

 the trustees of the University, Dr. James Tyson 

 for the medical faculty and the College of 

 Physicians, General I. J. Wister for the institu- 

 tion which bears his name, Daniel Baugh for 

 the arch£eological and paleontological museums, 

 Hampton L. Carson for the General Alumni So- 

 ciety, Frederick Fraley for the American Philo- 

 sophical Societj', Professor W. P. Wilson for the 

 Philadelphia Commercial Museums and John 

 Thompson for the free libraries of the city. 

 Mayor Warwick will then speak for Dr. Pep- 

 per's work as a citizen. 



The death is announced of Sir John Fowler, 

 the engineer, at the age of eighty-one years. 

 Sir John Fowler had charge of a large number 

 of important engineering works, but is best 

 known for the construction of the great bridge 

 across the Firth of Forth. 



The provisional program of the State Science 

 Teachers' Association, for the approaching 

 meeting in New York, is as follows : 



Tlmrsdaij, December S9lh. 11:00 A. M. — Opening 

 Session ; Address o£ Welcome, by President Seth Low ; 

 Response by retiring President of the Association, 

 Professor E. L. Nichols ; Introduction of President- 

 elect, Professor Chas. W. Hargitt. 11:30 A. M.— 

 Paper by Dr. Davenport, of Harvard University, on 

 ' Zoology as a Condition for Admission to College ; ' 

 Discussion opened by James E. Peabody, Boys' and 

 Girls' High School, New York, followed by Mr. 

 Arthur E. Hunt, Manual Training High School, 

 Brooklyn, and others. 2:15 P. M. — Report of Com- 

 mittee of Nine, by Professor Cooley. 3:00 P. M. — 

 Union Meeting with the American Naturalists. 8:00 

 P. M. — Annual Address by the President. 9:00 P. 

 M. — Reception. 



Friday, December 30th. 9:30 A. M.— Sectional 

 Meetings. A. Biology: Chairman, Professor Charles 

 L. Bristol, of New York University ; Introductory 

 paper, by Professor G. F. Atkinson, of Cornell Uni- 

 versity. B. Earth Science : Chairman, Professor A. 

 P. Brigham, of Colgate University. C. Nature 

 Study : Chairman, Professor Chas. B. Scott, Oswego 



