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and holds as well for New England and the rest of North America 
as for a aor Dana, in his recent paper on New Haven 
Geology, d the same distinction areas the drift that was 
deposited oy glaciers over the land, and by glaciers over waters. 
Dr. Rob n also presents ihe: glacier theory for Scotland 
in an arhole cor before the Geological Society of London on 
June 22, entitled—On the Physics of Arctic Ice as explanatory of 
the Glacial remains in Scotland. 
5. Meteorite Irons.——The Museum of pees has = 
ceived an iron meteorite from Atacama havi maxim bane 
eter of a third of a meter, and weighing 51 “kilograms. “The iron 
contains about 6 per cent of nickel. 
ermak has studied the meteoric iron which fell at Lodran, 
near Moultan in India, on the Ist of October, 1868, a fragment of 
which was sent to the Vienna museum by Mr. Oldham, Niccoli- 
ferous iron constitutes about 32 per cent of it; and but for the 
iron, the meteorite is identical with exileasil: chr solite rocks. 
d h 
magnetic pyrites and chromic iron. e chrysolite contains 12 
per cent of protoxyd of iron.— JL’ Institut, July 20. 
6. Fall of a Meteorite in mites a Co., Georgia.—Prof. J. Law- 
RENCE Smiru states in a lette o Prof. Brush, dated corpse 
Ky., July 18th, 1870, that a shen stone fell in Stewart county, 
Georgia, in October, 1 1869. He adds that a-desoription of its fall 
and phenomena by Prof, Willet, and an oe ee of it by himself, 
will be sent for the next number of t ournal. 
. Prof. Hetmuoxrz takes the ie of Physics at Berlin made 
vacant by the death of Magnus. He will enter upon his new du- 
ties in April next.— Nature, July 28. 
Prof. J. Watson has been ee by the Paris pares s of 
: sd 
. the oceurrence of a Peat bed fevaaath deposits of Drift 
in Southwestern Ohio.—The author of the article on this subject, 
at 4 54, is Professor Epwarp Orr TON. 
oodward on the Magnes d Electric Lights for 
Piccembcennigh y.—The dituatrhtioun vor this article, on pages 
298 meri 301, of the last volume of this Journal, should be trans- 
pos 
OBITUA 
Jacos P. Giraup, Jr., the SeitiBOlOiNG died at wdotn ase Bg 
on Tuesday, July 19th, i in the fifty-ninth year of his a A par- 
udu an 
r dy. 1841 he 
bd in 134, “A more val of Sixteen New S ecies of Texas foe 
in the country aie rita hing te y. of AG dubon’s types o pre 
sented to Vassar College. nm addition he bequeathed to Vassar 
