June 11, 1897.] 



SCIENCE. 



915 



In the last Chemical News Delafontaine 

 gives an account of further researches on 

 the more deeply colored of the rare earths. 

 This recent work was with Fergusonite 

 from Bluffton, Texas, and he confirms the 

 existence of the element philippium, dis- 

 covered by him nearly twenty years ago, 

 but whose independent existence as an ele- 

 ment has been questioned by Roscoe and 

 other observers. It is more closely related 

 to terbium and cesium than to other rare 

 earths, but is distinguished from both by 

 marked reactions and the deep color of its 

 oxid and subnitrate. 



J. L. H. 



SCIENTIFIC NOTES AND NEWS. 



THE BEITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCE- 

 MENT OF SCIENCE. 



The officers of sections at the Toronto meet- 

 ing have now been selected, although others 

 may subsequently be added to the list. All the 

 ofEicers expect to attend the meeting and Ameri- 

 can men of science who are able to be present 

 will thus have the privilege of meeting many of 

 the leaders in science of Great Britain. The 

 officers are as follows : 



A.' — MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCE. 



President, Prof. A. R. Forsyth, M.A., D.Sc, F.R.S. 

 Vice-Presidents, E. T. Glazebrook, M.A., F.R.S. ; 

 Prof. A. Johnson. M.A., LLD. ; Prof. O. J. 

 Lodge, D.Sc, F.R.S. 

 Secretaries, J. C. Glashan ; Prof. W. H. Heaton, M.A. 

 [Eecorder) ; J. L. Howard, D.Sc. ; Prof. J. 

 G. McGregor, D.Sc, F.R.S.E. 

 B.— chemistey. 

 President, Prof. W. Ramsay, Ph.D., F.R.S. 

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 R. Dunstan, M.A., F.R.S. ; Prof. B. J. Harring- 

 ton, Ph.D., F.G.S.; Prof. W. H. Pilce, M.A., 

 Ph.D. ; Prof. W. C. Roberts-Austen, C.B., 

 F.R.S.; T. E. Thorpe, Ph.D., F.R.S. 

 Secretaries. Prof. W. H. Ellis, M.A., M.B. ; Arthur 

 Harden, Ph.D., JM.Sc. (Recorder) ; C. H. 

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C. — GEOLOGY. 



President, Dr. G. M. Dawson, C.M.G., F.R.S., F.6.S. 



Vice-Presidents, Prof. C. Le Neve Foster, D.Sc, 



F.G.S., F.R.S.;Dr. H. Woodward, F.R.S., F.G.S. 



Secretaries, Prof. A. P. Coleman, Ph.D. ; G. W. 



Lamplugh, F.G.S. ; Prof. H. A. Miers, 



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President, Prof. L. C. Miall, F.R.S., F.L.S. 



Vice-Presidents, Prof. W. A. Herdman, F.R.S.; Prof. 



R. Meldola, F.R.S.; Prof. E. B. Poulton, F.R.S.; 



Prof. R. Ramsay Wright, M.A., B.Sc. 



Secretaries, W. Garatang, M.A., F.Z.S., (Eecorder); 



W. E. Hoyle, M.A.; Prof. E. E. Prince, B.A. 



E. — GEOGEAPHY. 



President, J. Scott Keltie, LL.D., Sec. R.G.S. 

 Vice-Presidents, President N. Burwash, LL.D.; Major 

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 Ravenstein, F.R.G.S. 

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W. Fremantle, K.C.B.; Prof. J. Mavor. 



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LL.B., F.S.S. (Recorder) ;'Piot Adam 



Shortt, M.A. 



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President.— G. F. Deacon, M. Inst.C.E. 

 Vice-Presidents, Prof. W. E. Ayrton, F.R.S.; Prof. H- 

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 C.E.; Prof. John Galbraith, M.A. 

 Secretaries, Prof. T. Hudson Beare, F.R.S.E. (Re- 

 corder); Prof. Callendar; Prof. Dupuis ; 

 W. A. Price. 



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Vice-Presidents, E. W. Brabrook, Pres. Anth. Inst. ; 



G. L. Gomme, F.S.A. ; R. Munro, M.D., 



F.R.S.E. 



Secretaries, A. C. Chamberlain, Ph.D.; H. O. Forbes, 



LL.D.; J. L. Myres, M. A., F.S.A. (Recorder). 



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President, Prof. Michael Foster, M.A., LL.D., 



Sec R.S. 



Vice-Presidents, W. H. Gaskell, M.D., F.R.S. ; Prof. A. 



B. Macallum, M.B., Ph.D.; Prof. A. D. WaUer, 



M.D., F.R.S. 



Secretaries, Prof. Rubert Boyce, JI.A. (Recorder); A 



Kirchmann, Ph.D. ; Prof. C. S. Sherrington, 



M.D.. F.R.S.; Dr. L. E. Shore. 



K.— BOTANY. 



President, Prof. H. Marshall Ward, D.Sc, F.R.S., 

 F.L.S. 



