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ic:-:. the eminent professor 

 a he=rt affection at Shore- 

 u-e 23rd. 



:r is active in Devonshire. 

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The Tve-:; -h;;;- :r-ua: ?.e 

 ton College Na.ur:' :;:er:e r : ;:e: . e— /iracirre 

 work done in ::--, :s : rar.i 7re ra:urdav 

 meetingsandle::ure£ arrear :; -a e heer. ;u;:e£s:-:". 

 Observations c: a Toiler, liiial ar i r..r:e:r; : iiial 

 character have bee- raaie, zz.t repcrrs ac^ear z-z. 

 other sections. 



A Fn-E-potiND meteorite, which fell last April 

 in an orchard near Namnr, in Belgiom, nearly 

 killing a young wiaii who was diggii;? there, has 

 been examined at the Universitv lab:ra:;rv a: 

 Ghent. It consists of a crystailir.e 5ibs:ar_ce. 

 containing iron, trolleite, ohvine, bronzite, and 

 chondrodite. 



' On June nth, the Falls of Foyers, in Scotland, 

 were diverted to the manufacture of aluminium, 

 which is obtained from the mineral bauxite, found 

 in quantity in co. Antrim, in Ireland. There it 

 is converted into aluminia, and shipped in the 

 form of white powder to Foyers, to be further 

 treated and turned into its metalic form, now 

 becoming generally used for many purposes. 



The Geologists' Association of Lo>"rc?' he.i 

 a series of interesting excursions at V, bi.Eur- 

 tide. They included the districts stirr:u-iirg 

 Chippenham, the headquarters being at the Angel 

 Hotel in that town. Calne was also explored, 

 and the underground quarries at Box of the Bath 

 Stone Finns were taken on the way back to 

 London, on the Tuesday. 



The July excursions of the London Geologists' 

 Association include one on the 4th to Potter's Bar 

 and Hatfield, conducted by ilr. A. E. Slater, 

 B.Sc. ; July nth, whole day to view the new 

 railway cuttings at Catesby, Northamptonshire, 

 led by Mr. Beeby Thompson. F.G.S. ; and from 

 July 27th to August 1st to West Somerset and 

 North Devon. Pjirticnlars may be obtained from 

 Mr. Horace W. Monckton, secretary of excursions, 

 10, King's Bench Walk, Temple, E.C 



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The opening of the Botanic Society's Gardens, 

 Regent's Park, on certain days in the week during 

 summer, to the general public, by payment, has 

 proved a great success. These are to be supple- 

 mented by six musical promenades on consecutive 

 Saturday afternoons, from June 20th, the admis- 

 sion being one shilling. 



The cases of rabies among dogs in the Metro- 

 politan district of London are reported as 25 in 

 January, 25 in February-, 22 in March, 11 in April, 

 and 10 from ist to 2i5t of May. During that 

 period, upwards of 20,000 dogs were " arrested " 

 by the police, most of which were destroyed. 



Professor Dr Adalbert Krcger. — A few 

 weeks since j this well-known Continental worker 

 passed away. He was bom at Marienbnrg in 

 1S32, and in 1853 obtained an appointment in the 

 Berlin Observatory. He later assisted Argelander 

 at Bonn. In i8fe, he became Director of the 

 Observatory at Helsingfors for a period of fourteen 

 years. Thence he took charge of the Gotha 

 Observatory until 1880. when he removed to Kiel, 

 where his work has been continued until his death, 

 in his sixty -fourth year. Dr. Kruger was Director 

 of the Bureau Central des Tel^^rammes Astro- 

 nomiques. and of the important Asironcmisclic 

 Nachrkhten. 



Lord Kelvin's jubilee celebrations ha^ e been 



conducted at G!as5cv. ,,::b the ^reat success they 

 deserved- Tbe ru~ber :f rers:n3 of consequence 

 in the scientir. : V :r-i - b: a£si£:eb is remarkable. 

 The ocean te.erraor. ::~oa-:e3 bed with each 

 otha: in sho.v:r_i :be:r ira:i:-:oe :;r \vithont his 

 invention of tbe ~:rr:r iab :r.;ne:er :be:r e listence 

 could not be c;n— er::ab. ;a::e5£:b^ I: ..as this 

 invention whi:b :r ::r Mr Tb:~0::r. bis knight- 

 hood in i8Gf, ari ^ei :r :: bis peerage in 1S92. It 

 has fallen tc tbe b: :: b:rb Kebbr :c occupy for 

 half a cent'ur; :be ;a— e or::eE::r:a. cbair at 

 Glasgow Univer;::;. L orioi :ba: perl; 0, he has 

 seen the stncp : :' 5 ::er. :e cbar.peb in public opinion 

 fromasubjec: e::ber b::le :b: ajb: about or actually 

 5::reb a: :o :be preHer: resoee: ir. -which it is held. 

 Tb:: ba= beer. Mr:elv :r:Oib: about by such men 

 as Lord Keb.or. .b: ba-e 5; ai—irablp abapted 

 the discoveries :f 5;ler:e :: tbe ao artaves of 

 commerce. V. i:b :be —as; :: pe:ple :r. :be oars 

 whenThomps:r. :::b :be :ba:r a: blaea-: 5::ro:e 

 was rarely corsiierri : : 

 after another enaoatei :r: 

 investigation , e a : b ro 1 r : = : e 

 personal con:::r: pe:ole 

 science and cease :: rail a: 



The extent :: l:r: liel la 5 s:ler::£; ez:uir; is 

 perfectlynnri . allei I: :; r:: :: : no:b :: ;a-. :bat 

 his researche e 1 a ; 1 a i e : a e b : 1 e r a r : e of p b y sics , 

 varied by n:e:barl:al ar: ra:oral ;:lences. The 

 great charm :: :b:: learrea :rraraer: of human 

 civilization is :be la;lal:v l:b ..xiich his explana- 

 tions, whether sotber. :r v rl::er are placed before 

 rb:5 1= lareelv attained by an 

 ibraree ::' ae:aliS, and whatever 

 :a:l:r ::r 5eb ab -ertisement it is 

 :ea :: :be slr.ple explanation of 

 lr:lple be —.a be :;r the moment 

 bar: :bl: :: :be secret of his great 

 orer. ::rr: —a::er how involved 

 sobje:: be ab ay; conmiands 

 ras: b:ra blel . :''r raav for many 

 50 area :: ::a:laoe the noble life 

 ol£::-.erv . bibn will pass his 



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 r. some way to their 

 :ar to beheve in 

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