SCIENCE. 



[Vol. XV. No. 362 



CALENDAR OF SOCIETIES. 

 Royal Meteorological Society, London. 



Dec. iS. — The following is a list of the 

 papers read at the meeting: "Report of 

 the Wind Force Committee on the Factor of 

 the Kew pattern Robinson Anemometer," 

 by Mr. W. H. Dines, who has made a large 

 number of experiments with various ane- 

 mometers on the whirling machine at Herr- 

 ham ; " On testing Anemometers," by Mr. 

 W. H. Dines, B.A ; " On the Rainfall of the 

 Riviera," by Mr. G. J. Symons, F.R.S ; and 

 " Report on the Phenological Observations 

 for 1889," by Mr. E. Mawley. This latter 

 paper was a discussion of observations on 

 the flowering of plants, the appearance of in- 

 sects, and the song and nesting of birds, etc. 



Philosophical Society, Washington. 



Jan. 4. — The following Communications 

 are expected : H. A. Hazen, Brocken Spectra ; 

 W. J. McGee, On the Southern Extension of 

 the Columbia Formation. 



Academy of Sciences, New York. 



Jan. 6. — The Regular Business Meeting 

 will be held, after which the following paper 

 is announced : — W. Goold Levison, Notes 

 on Fyrotechnical Photography (illustrated 

 with the lantern). 



Boston Society of Natural History. 



Jan. I. — F. W. Putnam, G. Frederick 

 Wright, W. O. Crosby, Warren Upham and 

 G. H. Barton, Discussion of the question of 

 "The Climatic Conditions of the Glacial 

 Period." 



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