April 13, 1888.] 



SCIENTIFIC NEWS. 



359 



ANNOUNCEMENTS. 



Guy's Hospital Medical School. — The Michael Harris 

 prize in anatomy, value ^10, has been awarded to Mr. J. H. 

 Bryant, of Ilminster ; the Beany prize in pathology, value 30 

 guineas, to Mr. E. H. Starling, of Bombay ; and the Golding 

 Bird prize for diagnosis, value 33 guineas, to Mr. R. D. 

 Mothersole, of Colchester. 



Horticultural Exhibition at Cologne. — Information 

 has been received at the Foreign Office from the German 

 Ambassador in London that it is proposed to hold at Cologne 

 next August, on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the 

 foundation of the Horticultural Society "Flora," an Inter- 

 national Horticultural Exhibition, under the patronage of Her 

 Majesty the Empress Augusta. The Royal Horticultural 

 'Society have consented to act as a committee on behalf of 

 any British horticulturists or others who may desire to talte 

 part in the Exhibition. 



Danish Exhibition in London. — An Anglo-Danish Exhi^ 

 bition and Fete will be held during the summer months at 

 South Kensington under the direct patronage of the Prince 

 and Princess of Wales, and of the Crown Prince and Princess 

 of Denmark, in aid of the rebuilding of the British Home for 

 Incurables at Clapham. All communications, except those 

 relating to space in the arcades and quadrants, to be addressed 

 to E. Ironside Bax, Secretary, Anglo-Danish Exhibition and 

 Fete, South Kensington, S.W. Applications for space must 

 be made on the official forms obtainable at the Exhibition 

 offices, South Kensington, from Joseph Davis, the Manager 

 for this department. 



The Melbourne Centennial Exhibition. — The Royal 

 Commission for the Melbourne Centennial Exhibition are 

 engaged in forming a loan collection of works of art, and the 

 works already placed at their disposal for exhibition at 

 Melbourne, though not yet very numerous, are of remarkable 

 quality. Contributions are promised from the collections of 

 the Queen, the Prince of Wales, the Duke of Westminster, 

 Lord Rosebery, Lord Brassey, Sir T. Bazley, Sir Charles 

 Tennant, Messrs. T. Agnew and .Sons, Mr. W. Agnew, Mr. 

 Gillilan, Mr. Abraham Haworth, Major Shuttleworth, Mr. 

 Gregory, and other collectors, and the commission have every 

 hope of obtaining a collection which will be representative of 

 the best modern British art and wortliy of so remarkable an 

 occasion as the centenary of the settlement of Australia. 

 They will be glad to receive offers of further contributions at 

 their office. No, 69, Spring Gardens, up to the end of this 

 month. 



Victoria University. — The Yorkshire College having 

 been affiliated as one of the colleges of the Victoria Univer- 

 sity, a resolution confirming the affiliation was carried on 

 March 28th, at a special meeting of the governors of the col- 

 lege at Leeds. Mr. F. S. Powell, M.P., presided, in the ab- 

 sence of Lord Ripon, and said he had taken the deepest 

 interest in the college for many years. Its growth had been 

 to him a source of great pride. He recently had the honour, 

 with Mr. Bryce and other gentlemen, to introduce a 

 Bill into Parliament, giving power to the Victoria University 

 to hold property in mortmain up to a certain amount, which 

 might be of considerable service, and also of giving the 

 University privileges possessed by other such bodies to the 

 effect that where the graduates of other Universities were 

 eligible for any appointment the same eligibility should be 

 held to extend to the graduates of the Victoria University. 



Institution of Mechanical Engineers. — The ordinary 

 general meeting will be held on Thursday evening, the 3rd of 

 May, and Friday afternoon, the 4th of May, at 25, Great George 

 Street, Westminster, by kind permission of the Council of 

 the Institution of Civil Engineers. The chair will be taken 

 by the President, Edward H. Carbutt, Esq., at half-past seven 

 p.m. on Thursday evening, and at half-past two p.m. on 

 Friday afternoon. 



The following papers will be read and discussed, as far as 

 time permits : — Third Report of the Research Committee on 

 Friction : Experiments on the Friction of a Collar Bearing. 



Description of the Emery Testing Machine ; by Mr. Henry 

 R. Towne, of Stamford, Connecticut, U.S.A. Supplementary 

 Paper on the use of Petroleum Refuse as Fuel in Locomotive 

 Engines ; by Mr. Thomas Urquhart, Locomotive Superin- 

 tendent, Grazi and Tsaritsin Railway, South-East Russia. 

 The anniversary dinner will take place on Friday evening, 

 the 4th of May. 



Exhibition or Safety Appliances. — We learn from 

 Indiisti-ies that it is proposed to hold next year in Berlin an 

 exhibition of appliances for insuring safety to life and limb in 

 manufacturing operations. One of the objects of the exhibi- 

 tion is to bring about such legislative changes as will tend to 

 the greater safety of workmen. The promoters have already 

 organised sixteen separate Committees, which will deal with 

 the following branches of the subject : — I., Safety appliances 

 on moving machinery generally, coupling gear, winding 

 machinery, etc. ; II., appliances for use with motors and 

 boilers; III., fire risk in artificial lighting; IV., safety 

 appliances against poisonous gases, liquids, etc., and wearing 

 apparel for the purpose. Committes V. to XII. deal with 

 safety appliances to be used in the following trades ; Metals 

 wood-working textiles, paper and leather, articles of food, 

 chemicals, glass and pottery, mining and quarrying, and build- 

 ing. Committees XIII. and XIV. deal with safety appliances 

 for traffic on land and water ; XV. deals with agriculture and 

 forestry ; whilst XVI. is charged witli collecting, arranging, and 

 classifying the literature on the subject. Prospectuses and 

 regulations may be obtained, post free, from the Director of 

 the Exhibition, Herr Max Schlesinger, Kochstrasse 3, Berlin. 

 Applications for space must reach this gentleman not later 

 than the ist July. 



Paris Universal Exhibition, 1S89. — At the first meeting 

 of the executive council of the British section, held under the 

 presidency of the Lord Mayor at the Mansion House, the 

 financial aspect of the section was fully discussed. Inasmuch 

 as the British Government have decided not to provide funds 

 in aid of the section, it is necessary that exhibitors should 

 make a payment in proportion to the space which the)' occupy, 

 in order to cover the charges for completing, fitting up, and 

 decorating the courts, for general maintenance and guardian- 

 ship, and for the other necessary expenses of the section. 

 The council resolved to reduce these charges to the lowest 

 possible amount consistent with a due regard for the proper 

 representation of the manufacturing interests of the country 

 — viz., 5s. per square foot. It is their intention that the ut- 

 most economy shall be exercised, and the strictest super- 

 vision will therefore be enforced over all the outgoings. But 

 at the same time they are determined that the contributions 

 of this country shall be shown in a manner worthy of the 

 occasion- and of the reputation which Great Britain has 

 gained in former international exhibitions. It was also de- 

 cided that in the event of there being any surplus at the close 

 of the exhibition, it should be disposed of in accordance with 

 the decision which might be arrived at by a meeting of exhi-. 

 bitors and guarantors called for the purpose. Several impor - 

 tant additions to the guarantee fund were reported. The 

 sum guaranteed already exceeds _£i2,ooo, and the council" 

 trust that as soon as a public appeal is made it will be con- 

 siderably augmented. As the object of the council will be to 

 insure a collective exhibition of the very highest class, it will 

 be their aim to secure the assistance ot manufacturers and 

 others who can most worthily represent the country, and not 

 merely to fill up all the available space. They will be glad 

 to hear from firms of high standing who intend to exhibit, 

 and to give thera all the information in their power if they 

 will apply at the offices of liie British Section, No. 2, Wal- 

 brook (Mansion-house), E.C. 



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Transpjvrency of the Atmosphere. — According to 

 M. L. A. Marte! {Comptes Rcndiis), the exceptional trans- 

 parency of the atmosphere before rain, under a cloudy 

 sky and especially about sunrise, is due to the absence. or. 

 the suspension of the ordinary evaporation. 



