June 19, 1903.] 



SCIENCE. 



987 



Africa: a retrospect and prospect, by Mr. C. M. 

 Stewart; close binary systems, by Dr. Alex. W. 

 Roberts ; determination of mean temperature, etc., 

 from observations made at second-order stations 

 on the Table Land, by Mr. J. E. Sutton; some re- 

 cent work on the discharge of electricity from 

 heated bodies, by Professor J. C. Beattie. 



In Section B, (1) on the occurrence of an 

 epidemic among the domesticated animals in 

 Mauritius in which Trypanosoma ta were found in 

 the blood; (2) note on the correlation of several 

 diseases occurring among animals in South 

 Africa; (3) on the production of a malarial 

 form of South African horse sickness, by Dr. 

 Alex. Edington; the minerals of some South Afri- 

 can granites, by Mr. F. P. Mennell; on the classi- 

 fication of the Theriodonts and their allies, by 

 Dr. R. Broom; (1) some morphological and biolog- 

 ical observations on the genus Anacampseros ; (2) 

 on some stone implements in the Albany Museum, 

 by Dr. S. Schonland. 



In Section 0, some aspects of South African 

 forestry, by Mr. D. E. Hutohins; dry crushing of 

 ore preparatory to the extraction of gold, by 

 Mr. Franklin White; sewage disposal in Cape 

 Colony, by Mr. J. Edward Fitt. 



In Section D, the library system of South Africa 

 in comparison with those of England and America, 

 by Mr. Bertram L. Dyer; iteration as a factor in 

 language, by Professor W. Ritchie; common sense 

 and examination, by Mr. P. A. Barnett; Cape 

 Dutch, by Professor W. S. Logeman; how we get 

 knowledge through our senses, by Rev. Dr. F. C. 

 Kolbe. 



The example set by the British Association 

 of arranging for receptions and other social 

 functions to lighten the intellectual fare pro- 

 vided was followed at Cape Town, and the ex- 

 cursions, conversazioni, etc., were well at- 

 tended and much appreciated. 



SCIENTIFIC NOTES AND NEWS. 



The University of Pennsylvania has con- 

 ferred its Doctorate of Laws on Dr. Charles 

 D. Walcott, director of the U. S. Geological 

 Survey, and on Dr. F. P. Venable, now presi- 

 dent and formerly professor of chemistry at 

 the University of North Carolina. The uni- 

 versity has conferred its doctorate of science 

 on Colonel William Gorgas, U.S.A. 



Columbia University has conferred the de- 

 sTee of Doctor of Science on Dr. J. J. Thom- 



son, Cavendish professor of physics at Cam- 

 bridge University, and on Mr. Peter Cooper 

 Hewitt, known for his researches and inven- 

 tions in electrical science. 



Oxford UNmEESiTY will confer its Doctorate 

 of Science on M. Henri Poincare, professor 

 of mechanics at Paris, and on Mr. M. H. N. 

 Story-Maskelyne, formerly professor of miner- 

 alogy in the university. 



By a vote of the Corporation of Harvard 

 College a bronze tablet has been placed in the 

 Museum of Comparative Zoology under the 

 portrait of Dr. Alexander Agassiz. The tablet 

 bears this inscription : ' Alexander Agassiz. 

 This memorial of his great serviced to science 

 and the University, given by his friends, is 

 placed here by special vote of the President 

 and Fellows and Board of Overseers.' 



The Albert Medal of the Society of Arts, 

 London, for the year 1903, has been awarded 

 to Sir Charles Augustus Hartley, K.C.M.G., 

 in recognition of his services, extending over 

 forty-four years, as engineer to the Inter- 

 national Commission of the Danube, which 

 have resulted in the opening up of the navi- 

 gation of that river to ships of all nations, 

 and of his similar services, extending over 

 twenty years, as British commissioner on the 

 International Technical Commission of the 

 Suez Canal. 



A CHAPTER of the scientific society of the 

 Sigma Si has recently been organized at the 

 University of Michigan with Professor J. P. 

 McMurrich as president. 



According to the American Geologist Mr. 

 Bailey "Willis has accepted the position 

 of leader of the Carnegie Geological Expedi- 

 tion to China, which has as its object the 

 investigation of the Cambrian of that country. 

 He will be assisted by Mr. Eliot Blackwelder, 

 of the University of Chicago. Mr. Willis ex- 

 pects to leave Washington in July, to attend 

 the International Congress of Geologists at 

 Vienna, and to go to China via Siberia. Dr. 

 H. Foster Bain has accepted an appointment 

 as geologist on the United States Geological 

 Survey, and during Mr. Bailey Willis's ab- 

 sence in China will be acting editor of geo- 

 logic folios. He is to take up the study of 



