August 30, 1901.] 



SCIENCE. 



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Elihu Thomson ; Professor Edward L. Nichols, 

 of Cornell University, and Albert L. Colby, of 

 Pennsylvania. 



According to Nature the Paris correspondent 

 of the Chemist and Druggist states that with a 

 view to giving an impetus to the study of ap- 

 plied chemistry in Paris, it has been decided to 

 build additional laboratories at the Conserva- 

 toire des Arts et Metiers. The initial expense 

 is estimated at 500,000f. (20,000?.), and the 

 annual upkeep at something over 3,000Z. The 

 laboratories will also be used for experiments 

 in physics and mechanics. 



The German Government has sent an expe- 

 dition to German East Africa for the purpose of 

 organizing a systematic effort for the prevention 

 of malaria. The expedition is under the com- 

 mand of Dr. Ollwig, Staff-Surgeon a la suite 

 serving with the Imperial forces in East Africa. 



A North German Lloyd steamer has been 

 chartered to leave Sydney, N. S. W., on Octo- 

 ber 11 for Kerguelen Land, conveying pro- 

 visions and dogs for the German Antarctic ex- 

 pedition on board the steamer Gauss. 



The book on ' Mosquitoes ' by Dr. L. O. 

 Howard, recently reviewed in this journal by 

 Professor Packard, is being translated into 

 Spanish. 



The Station of the U. S. Fish Commission 

 on the Great Lakes, with headquarters at pres- 

 ent at Put-in-Bay, Ohio, is collecting the liter- 

 ature of fresh-water fauna and flora, and Pro- 

 fessor H. S. Jennings, who has charge of the 

 Station, will be glad to receive from authors 

 and others publications in these subjects. 



M. Marey, the president of the International 

 Committee on Physiological Instruments, will 

 be glad to have sent to him at Boulevard Deles- 

 sert, No. II., Paris, new physiological apparatus 

 for presentation at the International Congress 

 of Physiology to be held at Turin next month. 



For the last week for which the report is at 

 hand, the deaths from the plague in India num- 

 bered 1,125. At the same period last year 

 there were only 200 deaths. 



We learn from Nature that the annual awards 

 of prizes by the Reale Accademia dei Lincei, of 

 Rome, are as follows : The Royal prize for 

 chemistry has been adjudged to the late Pro- 



fessor Amerigo Andreocci for his researches on 

 heterocyclic compounds and on the santonine 

 group, and other papers. The Royal prize for 

 philosophy and moral science has been ad- 

 judged to the late Professor Carlo Giussani. In 

 political science and jurisprudence no award 

 has been made, and the same is true of the 

 Santoro prize relating to agricultural zoology. 

 The two prizes instituted by the Minister of 

 Public Instruction in favor of teachers in 

 secondary schools for work in natural science 

 have been divided, awards being given to Pro- 

 fessors Liberto Fantappie (Viterbo), Antonio 

 Neviani (Rome), De Toni (Venice), and Gia- 

 como Trabucco (Florence). Two ' Ministerial ' 

 prizes of a similar character for philosophical and 

 social sciences are awarded to Professors Luigi 

 Einaudi (Turin) and Aurelio Covotti (Palermo). 

 The annual meeting of the Fellows of the 

 Royal Botanic Society, according to the report 

 in the London Times, was held on August 10, 

 in the museum in the society's gardens at 

 Regent's Park. Mr. C. Brinsley Marlay pre- 

 sided. The Duke of Teck was elected presi- 

 dent, Mr. G, J. Marjoribanks treasurer, and 

 the Marquis of Breadalbane, Earl Howe, the 

 Earl of Aberdeen, Sir Henry Oakley, Sir J, 

 Blundell Maple, M.P., Mr. J. Fletcher, Dr. R. 

 C. A. Prior and Mr. W. Sowerby were re- 

 elected members of the council. The 62d an- 

 nual report stated that the negotiations with 

 the Department of Woods and Forests had 

 been concluded and a new lease of the gardens 

 had been granted for 31 years. The accounts 

 showed that the year's working had resulted 

 in a profit of £285, being nearly double that of 

 the previous year. The number of fellows on 

 the books was 2,124, which showed a steady 

 increase in number, 88 new fellows having 

 joined the society during the year. The gar- 

 den's club continued to form one of the attrac- 

 tions of the society, 41 fellows of the society 

 having joined the club during the year ; and 

 the past season had been a very successful one. 

 The chairman, in moving the adoption of the 

 report, said that the prospects of the society 

 were decidedly better than they had been for 

 some years past. Their lease had been re- 

 newed and a large number of their debentures 

 — viz., £5,700 — had been taken up. The so- 



