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to telegraphy ; of Dr. Peter D. Keyser, an emi- 

 nent ophthalmologist of Philadelphia, formerly 

 professor of this subject at the Medical Chirur- 

 gical College and surgeon to the Wills Eye 

 Hospital; of Dr. Olaus Dahl, professor of 

 Scandanavian languages in the University of 

 Chicago ; and of Mr. Luther H. Tucker, editor 

 of The Cultivator and Country Gentleman. 



The late Professor Tilanus founded a gold 

 medal, to be given every live years by the Uni- 

 versity of Amsterdam for a contribution to 

 medicine or natural science. It was conferred 

 this year for the first time on Dr. Zwaardemaker, 

 of Utrecht, for his work on 'Physiology of Smell. ' 



The Paris Faculty of Medicine has awarded 

 the Lacaze Prize of 10,000 francs to Professor 

 Nocard, of Alfort, for his researches on tuber- 

 culosis. 



Professor Oscab Liebeeich, director of the 

 pharmacological laboratory of Berlin University, 

 has received the oflicer's cross of the French 

 Legion d'Honneur. 



The following further awards of medals are 

 recorded in Nature: The Albert Medal of the 

 Society of Arts to Professor David Edward 

 Hughes, F.R.S., "in recognition of the services 

 he has rendered to arts, manufactures and 

 commerce by his numerous inventions in elec- 

 tricity and magnetism, especially the printing 

 telegraph and the microphone;" and a gold 

 medal of the Sooiete Industrielle du Nord de la 

 France to M. Moissan, in recognition of his 

 scientific investigations. The Royal Academy of 

 Belgium has awarded gold medals, of the value 

 of 600 francs, to Dr. C. De Bruyne, of Ghent, for 

 his essay on the influence of phagocytes in 

 the development of the invertebrata ; to M. G. 

 Cesaro, of Trooz (Liege), for his essay on Bel- 

 gian minerals ; to MM. J. F. Heymans and O. 

 Van der Stricht, of Ghent, for their conjoint 

 paper on the peripheric nervous system of 

 Amphioxus ; and to M. Jean Massart, for his es- 

 say on the cicatrisation of plants. 



Professor E. E. Barnard gave an illus- 

 trated lecture at Oxford University on March 

 1st. Sir Clements Markham will lecture before 

 the London Royal Geographical Society on 

 March 22d, on ' Some Considerations in Polar 

 Explorations.' 



Professor W. LeContb Stevens, of the 

 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has written 

 to Professor J. K. Rees, of Columbia Univer- 

 sity, Secretary of Metrological Society : ' ' For 

 reasons which have been fully set forth orally, 

 I regret that it will not be possible for me to 

 accept the Secretaryship of the Metrological 

 Society. My interest in the objects which the 

 Society is endeavoring to attain is not on this 

 account in the least diminished, and I shall con- 

 tinue to spend such time and exert such influ- 

 ence as I may be able to command in furthering 

 these objects." 



The German government has appropriated 

 20,000 Marks for the investigation of the foot 

 and mouth disease, and the work has been en- 

 trusted to Professor Lcefiler, of Greifswald, and 

 Dr. Frosch, of the Koch Institute. 



Professor Bbno Eedmann, of Halle, has 

 been awarded 600 Marks by the Berlin Academy 

 of Sciences for researches in experimental psy- 

 chology. 



The trustees of Cornell University will build 

 for Professor Harris a naptha launch to be used 

 for the transportation of students studying pale- 

 ontology. It is expected to use the boat dur- 

 ing the summer holidays for field work. 



It is reported in the Engineering News that 

 the largest spectroscope in the world has just 

 been completed by John A. Brashear, of Alle- 

 gheny, Pa., the well-known astronomical in- 

 strument maker. It was made for the private 

 research laboratory of Dr. Hans Hauswaldt, of 

 Magdeburg, Germany. The instrument con- 

 tains a concave difli-action grating with 110,000 

 lines per inch, made on the famous ruling ma- 

 chine of Professor Henry A. Rowland, of the 

 Johns Hopkins University. 



Another secret method of color photography 

 has been recently exhibited in London, the ex- 

 hibitor being this time an Englishman, Mr. 

 Bennetto. The pictures are said to show colors 

 very well, but until the nature of the process is 

 explained the matter is scarcely one coming 

 within the range of scientific discussion. 



A BILL has been introduced into the Minne- 

 sota Legislature providing for the appointment 

 of a State phrenologist, who must examine not 

 less than 2,000 Minnesota heads annually ! 



