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SGIENGE. 



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series of invaluable investigations, especially upon 

 the fishes. 



Those of us vpho had the good fortune to know 

 Prof. Goode personally recall his singular charm of 

 character, his genial interest in the work of others, 

 his true scientific spirit. We have thus lost one of 

 our ablest fellow-workers and one of the truest and 

 best of men. 



The resolution was adopted unanimously by 

 a rising vote. Charles L. Bristol, 



Secretary. 



ANNUAL MEETING OP THE NEW YORK SECTION 

 OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY. 



The annual meeting of the New York Sec- 

 tion of the American Chemical Society was 

 held at the College of the City of New York 

 on Friday, October 9th, at 8:15 p. m. 



The following officers were elected: Dr. Wm. 

 McMurtrie, chairman ; Dr. Durand Woodman, 

 secretary and treasurer ; Dr. Charles A. Dore- 

 mus. Prof. A. A. Breneman, Dr. Albert C. 

 Hale, members of the executive committee ; 

 Dr. Wm. McMurtrie, Dr. Chas. F. McKenna, 

 Dr. Chas. A. Doremus, delegates to the Scien- 

 tific Alliance of New York. 



Papers were read and discussed as follows : 

 On ' Some Disputed Points about the Light of 

 Carbon,' by Woodbridge H. Birchmore. On 

 ' The Conversion of Cows' Milk into a Substi- 

 tute for Human Milk,' by Henry A. Bunker. 



Committees were appointed to cooperate with 

 other scientific bodies in New York for the 

 purpose of securing a lecture from Prof. Henri 

 Moissan before his return to France, and to 

 arrange the programs for the meetings of the 

 Section during the year. 



The prospects of the Chemical Club were re- 

 ported as very encouraging. 



Durand Woodman, 



Secretary. 



THE ACADEMY OF SCIENCE OP ST. LOUIS. 



At the meeting of the Academy of Science of 

 St. Louis, held October 19, 1896, Mr. Trelease 

 exhibited living flowers of Catasetum Gnomics, 

 demonstrating the extreme irritability of their 

 tentacles and the precision with which the 

 pollinia become attached to any object touching 

 either tentacle. Mr. J. B. S. Norton presented 

 a list of the Ustilaginese of Kansas, together 



with the result of germinations of about one- 

 half of the entire number. Three persons were 

 elected to active membership. 



William Trelease, 

 Recording Secretary. 



SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS. 

 THE AMERICAN GEOLOGIST, OCTOBER. 



Dinicfhys Prentis-Clarki : E. W. Claypole. 

 A new species of this interesting genus of 

 Devonian fishes is described. 



The Fort Union Formation : Walter Harvey 

 Weed. The conclusion long ago expressed by 

 Newberry now seems to be definitely settled, 

 viz., that the Fort Union beds are lower Ter- 

 tiary and entirely distinct from the Laramie 

 proper which is upper Cretaceous. The series 

 in Montana is as follows ; beginning with the 

 lower Laramie (= Cretaceous), Livingston 

 (transition), Fort Union (Eocene). 



N. H. Winchell and U. S. Grant describe a 

 volcanic ash from the north shore of Lake 

 Superior. The existence of such deposits in 

 this region has generally been doubted. No 

 craters or vents have as yet been located. 



A very complete synopsis of the geological 

 papers presented at the Buffalo meetings of the 

 Geological Society and the American Associa- 

 tion is given by Warren Upham. 



The ' Augen ' Gneiss area. Pegmatite veins 

 and Diorite dikes at Bedford, N. Y., je le- 

 scribed at length by Luquer and Ries. The 

 ' augen ' are considered as the result of meta- 

 morphism by pressure of granitic or aplitic rocks, 

 together with a granulation of the minerals from 

 shearing, the unsheared portions of the rock 

 remaining as 'augen.' The pegmatite veins 

 and diorite dikes are of later origin as their 

 component minerals are in their normal condi- 

 tion without signs of dynamic action. 



James M. SaSbrd notices a ' New and impor- 

 tant source of Phosphate rock in Tennessee. ' It 

 differs conspicuously from any other deposit in 

 the State in not being an original rock deposit, 

 but one which has been produced by the leach- 

 ing out of limestones rich in phosphates. This 

 has raised the percentage of calcium phosphate 

 to from 60 to 80 per cent. The age of these de- 

 posits is determined to be Trenton and their 

 thickness ranges from three to eight feet. 



