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Cambridge, at the age of 49; and on July 6th, of 

 Mr. James Emerson, to whom we owe a system 

 of heating cars by steam from the engine and 

 other inventions. 



Mr. H. Harries read a paper before the 

 Royal Meteorological Society on June 17th, on 

 'Arctic Hail and Thunderstorms,' in which he 

 showed that the commonly accepted opinion 

 that hail and thunderstorms are almost, if not 

 quite, unknown in the Arctic regions is incor- 

 rect. He had examined 100 logs of vessels 

 which had visited the Arctic regions, and found 

 that out of that number no fewer than 73 

 showed that hail was experienced at sometime 

 or other. Thunderstorms were not so frequent 

 as hail, but they have been observed in seven 

 months out of the twelve; the month of great- 

 est frequency being August. Mr. Harries is 

 of the opinion that the breeding place of thun- 

 derstorms in these high latitudes is in the 

 neighborhood of Barent's Sea. 



UNIVERSITY AND EDUCATIONAL NEWS. 



The foundation plans for a four-story build- 

 ing for Barnard College were submitted to the 

 Department of Buildings by Lamb and Rich, 

 architects. The new building will be of brick, 

 terra cotta and Indiana limestone. It will be 

 erected on the new site, the block bounded by 

 119th and 120th stree.ts, the Boulevard and 

 Claremont avenue. The cost of construction is 

 estimated at $132,000. 



A LECTURESHIP in Comparative psychology, 

 under a bequest of Dr. William Anderson of 

 the value of £350 per annum, has been estab- 

 lished in Aberdeen University. The appoint- 

 ment will be made at the next meeting of the 

 University Court. 



Mr. Ernest Gardiner, recently director of 

 the British school at Athens, has been elected 

 to the Yates chair of archaeology. University 

 College, London, which has been vacant since 

 the death of Reginald Stuart Poole. 



Prof. Sigmund Exner has been chosen 

 Rector of the University of Vienna for the year 

 1896. 



Dr. F. a. Were, nowdirector of the experi- 

 mental station in Java, has been appointed 



professor of botany in the University of Munich 

 in the place of Prof. Rauwenhoff, who has re- 

 tired. 



We learn from the Academische Rundschau 

 that the first University Extension courses in 

 Russia have been opened by professors in the 

 University of Odessa. The numbers present at 

 those courses having the largest attendance 

 were as follows : anatomy 350, bacteriology 

 340, physics 300, zoology 280, chemistry 150, 

 botany 150, mineralogy 130. The courses ex- 

 tend from the first of October to the middle 

 of December, and from the middle of January to 

 the end of April, the fee charged for each 

 course for the term being only three roubles 

 (about $1.50). 



On the occasion of the recent coronation of 

 the Czar he gave 300,000 roubles (about $150,- 

 000) for the foundation of a students' dining 

 hall in the University of Moscow. 



A BUILDING devoted to physical chemistry 

 was dedicated at Gottingen on June 4th, the 

 address being made by the director, Prof. 

 Nernst. 



At a meeting of the convocation of the Uni- 

 versity of London, on June 23d, Mr. Riviugton 

 was elected a member of the Senate, 963 votes 

 being given him as compared with 846 for Sir 

 Joseph Lister. The vote is regarded as on the 

 whole favorable to the establishment of a teach- 

 ing University of London, for, though Sir Joseph 

 Lister, who favors the plan, was defeated by a 

 majority of 117 votes, at the election in 1895 

 the candidate in favor of the plan was defeated 

 by a majority of 498 votes. 



DISCUSSION AND CORRESPONDENCE. 



REMARKS ON PROF. W. S. FRANKLIN' S REVIEW 

 AND THE NOTE SIGNED ' M. ' 



To THE Editor of Science : In Vol. III. , 

 No. 74, of this Journal, Prof. W. S. Franklin 

 publishes a review of my papers on Solar and 

 Terrestrial Magnetism ; in Vol. III., No. 76, a 

 note endorsing his position, signed 'M,' is to 

 be found. In its manner and matter Prof. 

 Franklin's article is so unusual that it had not 

 occvirred to me to be desirable to answer it till 

 ' M.,' after apologizing for the manner, implies 

 that the matter is deserving attention. But, in 



