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ventor who fifty years ago made experiments 

 in connection with wireless telegraphy, was un- 

 veiled on, September 14, at Dundee, Scotland, 

 by Sir William Preece. 



We regret to learn that Edward W. Claypole, 

 professor of geology at Throop Institute, Pasa- 

 dena, Cal., died quite suddenly at Long Beach, 

 Cal., on August 17, aged sixty-six years. 

 Professor Claypole was an Englishman and 

 had degrees of A.B. and Sc.D. from the Uni- 

 versity of London. He came to this country 

 in 1872 and through the influence of Rev. 

 Ed. Everett Hale, was appointed professor of 

 natural science at Antioch College, Ohio, where 

 he served until 1881. He was paleontologist 

 to the second Geological Survey of Pennsyl- 

 vania for two years and professor of geology at 

 Buchtel College, Ohio, from 1883 to 1897, when 

 he sought the milder climate of Southern Cali- 

 fornia in the interest of his wife's frail health. 

 Dr. Claypole was a geologist noted on two con- 

 tinents. He was a fellow of the Geological 

 Societies of London, Edinburgh and America, 

 and a fellow of the American Association, hav- 

 ing served at diflferent times as both section 

 president and secretary of geology. He had 

 published ' The Lake Age in Ohio ' and was a 

 frequent contributor to American and foreign 

 scientific journals. 



Dr. Abram Litton, who for fifty years filled 

 the chair of chemistry both at Washington 

 University and the St. Louis Medical College, 

 died at his home in St. Louis on September 22 

 aged eighty seven years. 



The position of assistant pomologist in the 

 Bureau of Plant Industry of the Department 

 of Agriculture will be filled as the result of a 

 civil service examination on November 2. The 

 examination is entirely on the subjects of the 

 ofiice, and applicants are not required to be 

 present at any special place. On October 22, 

 an examination will be held to fill the position 

 of assistant in the Dairying Division of the 

 Bureau of Animal Industry at a salary of $1,- 

 200. The examination will be held in any city 

 in the United States where rural free delivery 

 has been established. 



The subject of the Fiske Fund Prize Essay 

 ($200) for the year 1902 is ' Serumtherapy in 



the Light of the Most Recent Investigations.' 

 Further information may be obtained from the 

 secretary of the Board of Trustees of the Fiske 

 Fund, Dr. Halsey DeWolf, 212 Benefit Street, 

 Providence, R. I. 



Mr. W. C. Mills, curator of the Ohio State 

 Archeological and Historical Society, has re- 

 turned to Columbus, Ohio, from a successful 

 season of exploration in various part of Ohio. 

 He excavated the noted Adena Mound, situated 

 in sight of Chillicothe and perhaps the largest 

 mound in the Scioto Valley, being 26 feet high 

 and 445 feet in circumference. The mound 

 contained about 6,000 cubic yards, all of which 

 was turned over and examined. Thirty -two 

 skeletons with many implements and ornaments 

 were found. One specimen is a very fine carv- 

 ing about 8 in. long, representing the human fig- 

 ure. In execution it is not surpassed by any of 

 the objects found in mounds in the Scioto Valley. 



The German Mathematical Society held its 

 annual meeting from September 22d to 28th 

 at Hamburg in aflBliation with the Congress 

 of German Men of Science and Physicians. 

 Twenty-one papers are to be found on the 

 program issued in advance of the meeting, and 

 it is stated that the Society would consider the 

 publication of a monthly journal in the place of 

 the present Jahresbericht. 



We learn from the London Times that the 

 Congress of the International Association for 

 Testing Materials was held at Budapest, from 

 September 9 to 14, under the* presidency of 

 Professor L. vonTetmajer, and was largely at- 

 tended by engineers from all parts of the world. 

 The delegates present included four from Eng- 

 land, 41 from Austria, three from Belgium, 

 nine from Denmark, two from the United 

 States, 36 from France, 152. from Hungary, 70 

 from Germany, three from Norway, 12 from 

 Italy, 26 from Russia, one from Roumania, three 

 from Spain, one from Servia, ten from Switzer- 

 land and five from Sweden. After an in- 

 augural presidential address and address of 

 welcome from the Hungarian authorities, a 

 representative of each country was elected an 

 honorary president of the congress, Mr. Ben- 

 nett H. Brough being chosen for England, and 

 Professor H. M. Howe for the United States. 



