SCIENCE 



A WEEKLY JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE, PUBLISHING THE 



OFFICIAL NOTICES AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION 



FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE. 



Editorial Committee : S. Newcomb, Mathematics ; R. S. Woodwaed, Mechanics ; E. C. Pickering, 

 Astronomy ; T. C. Mendenhall, Physics ; R. H. Thurston, Engineering ; Iba Remsen, Chemistry ; 

 Charles D. Walcott, Geology ; W. M. Davis, Physiography ; Henry F. Osborn, Paleon- 

 tology ; W. K. Brooks, C. Hart Merriam, Zoology ; S. H. Scudder, Entomology ; C. E. 

 Bessey, N. L. Britton, Botany ; C. S. Minot, Embryology, Histology ; H. P. Bow- 

 DiTCH, Physiology; J. S. Billings, Hygiene; William H. Welch, Pathol- 

 ogy ; J. McKeen Cattell, Psychology ; J. W. Powell, Anthropology. 



Friday, October 18, 1901. 



CONTENTS : 



The American Association for the Advancement of 

 Science : — 

 Section B {Physics) : Professor John Zeleny 585 



Section G {Botany) : Dr. Ernst Bessey 596 



Membership in the Association 602 



Address of the President of the Anthropological Sec- 

 tion of the British Association for the Advance- 

 ment of Science, I. : Professor J. D. Cun- 

 ningham 603 



Scientific Books : — 



Biemann's Die partiellen Differential-Gleichungen 

 der mathematischen Physik : R. S. W. Com- 

 stock's Text-book of Astronomy: Sidney D. 

 TOWNLEY 610 



Scientific Jotirnnis and Articles 613 



Societies and Academies : — 



Section of Astronomy, Physics and Chemistry of 

 the New York Academy of Sciences : Dr. F. L. 

 Tufts. The Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society : 

 Professor Charles B askerville 614 



Discussion and Correspondence : — 



An Institute for Bibliographical Research : Aksel 

 G. S. JosEPHSON. Discord : PROFESSOR Max 

 Meyer. A Correction: William J. Fox 615 



Current Notes on Physiography : — 



Mt. Ktaadn ; Norwegian Fiords ; The Origin of 

 Moels: PROFESSOR W. M. Davis 617 



The Phytogeny of the Toothed Whales : F. A. L 618 



Anthropology at the University of California 619 



Scientific Notes and News 620 



University and Educational News 623 



MSS. intended for publication and books, etc., intended 

 for review sbould be sent to ttie responsible editor, Pro- 

 fessor J. McKeen Cattell, Garrison-on-Hudson, N. Y. 



THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOB THE AD- 

 VANCEMENT OF SCIENCE. 



SECTION B, PHYSICS. 



The officers of this Section were : Vice- 

 President, D. B. Brace ; Secretary, John 

 Zeleny ; Member of Council, E. L. Nichols ; 

 Sectional Committee, D. B. Brace, John 

 Zeleny, B. W. Snow, L. B. Spinney, E. L. 

 Mchols ; Member of General Committee, 

 L. B. Spinney. 



A large number of papers of unusual im- 

 portance was presented before the Section, 

 so that a keen interest was maintained in 

 the meetings to the very end. The au- 

 thors of a number of the papers were ab- 

 sent but had representatives who were fa- 

 miliar with the subjects they presented, so 

 that beneficial discussions were possible 

 even in these cases. 



On Thursday forenoon, August 29, the 

 Section met with the American Physical 

 Society, and on the afternoon of the same 

 day there was a joint meeting of Sections 

 A and B. 



The following are the abstracts of the 

 papers that were presented : 



1. 'A Spectrophotometric Comparison of 

 the Kelative Intensity of Light from Car- 

 bon at Different Temperatures ' : Ernest 

 Blaker. 



The instrument used in this work was a 

 Lummer-Brodhun spectrophotometer, the 

 comparison source being an acetylene flame. 



