SCIENC 



Editorial Committeb : S. Nkwcomb, Mathematics ; E. S. Woodward, Mechanics ; E. C. Pickering, 



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



J. Le CoNTE, Geology; W. M. Davis, Physiography; Hbnry F. Osborn, Paleontology; 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. Bowditch, Physiology; 



J. S. Billings, Hygiene ; J. McKeen Cattell, Psychology; 



J. W. Powell, Anthropology. 



Friday, Maech 16, 1900. 



CONTENTS: 



Daniel Garrison Brinion (with Plate) 401 



The Facilities afforded ty the Office of Standard 

 Weights and Measures for the Verijicatioyi of 

 Electrical Standards and Electrical Measuring 

 Apparatus: Dr. Frank a. Wolff, Jr 403 



The Establishment of a National University 410 



Association of American Anatomists: Dr. D. S. 

 Lamb.. 414 



Scientific Books : — 

 Aurivillius on Shopalocera ^Ethiopica : Dr. J. 

 W. Holland. Willey^s Zoological Sesults: 

 Dr. G. H. Parker. MacMillan on Minnesota 

 Plant Life: Professor Charles E. Bessey.. 421 



Scientific Journals and Articles 426 



Societies and A cademies : — 



New York A cademy of Sciences ; Section of Biol- 

 ogy : Professor Francis E. Lloyd. Section 

 of Geology and Mineralogy: Dr. Alexis A. 

 JULIEN. Torrey Botanical Cluh : Professor 

 E. S. Burgess. Philosophical Society of Wash- 

 ington : E. D. Preston. GeoUgical Society of 

 Washington: Dr. F. L. Ransome. Biological 

 Society of Washington : F. A. LuCAS 426 



Discussion and Correspondence : — 

 Infinitesimals: C. S. Pkirce 430 



Current Notes on Physiography : — 

 Deflection of Rivers by Sand-reefs ; Development 

 of the Severn ; Landquart and Landwasser ; River 

 Gorges opposite Lateral Fans; An Avalanche 

 Trade on ML Shasta: Professor W. M. 

 Davis 433 



Zoological Notes : — 

 Regeneration and Liability to Injury : H. C. B.. 435 



Comfort and Productivity : R. H. Thurston 435 



Scientific Notes and News 436 



University and Educational News 440 



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

 for review should be sent to the responsible editor, Profes- 

 sor, J. McKeen Cattell, Garrison-ou-Hudson, N.. Y. 



DANIEL GARRISON BRINTON. 

 The Memorial meeting in honor of the 

 late Dr. Daniel Garrison Brinton was held 

 at the hall of the Historical Society of 

 Pennsylvania on the evening of the 16th of 

 January, under the auspices of the Amer- 

 ican Philosophical Society, by twenty-six 

 learned societies. The societies represented 

 at the meeting were : 



Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 



American Antiquarian Society. 



American Association for the Advancement of Sci- 

 ence. 



American Folk Lore Society. 



American Museum of Natural History. 



American Oriental Society. 



American Philosophical Society. 



Anthropological Society of Washington, D. C. 



Bureau of American Ethnology. 



Chester County Historical Society. 



Field Columbian Museum. 



Geographical Society of Philadelphia. 



Historical Society of Pennsylvania. 



Jefferson Medical College. 



Loyal Legion. 



Modern Language Association of America. 



New Jersey Historical Society. 



Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of Philadel- 

 phia. 



Oriental Club of Philadelphia. 



Peabody Academy of Science. 



Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and 

 Ethnology. 



Smithsonian Institution. 



United States National Museum. 



University of Pennsylvania. 



Wyoming Historical and Geological Society. 



