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it is magnetic. Its weight is estimated at 500 pounds, The force with 
which it  etreck the rocks at the time of its fall had so shattered one en 
as to ee the discoverers to break off a piece that te at eleven 
ou 
unequaily distributed in its mass. In one part the shh and cobalt are 
largely in excess of the _ pro while i in other parts iron forms the 
chief ingredient. Thes tals are aggregated and highly crystallized. 
A coating of the oxyd of i ee: half an inch thick has taken the place of 
the shining black crust observed on aérolites when they first reach the 
earth, The Jess oxydizable metals, nickel and cobalt, still remain in 
their metallic state in this coating of iron rust.” 
It is pretty certain from this not satisfactory description, that this is an 
example of an iron meteor-mass found where it has fallen, the ~~ 
of the mass and of the adjacent rocks being rarely observed. It w 
tions of the methods of reduction adopted, and r rine! on other points 
of interest, and then proceeds with the tables of seus 
was appointed Professor of Mathematics at the Acole ‘Militaire j in 1777, 
In 1785, after the last of 0d me above mentioned were made, 
he left France as astronom of LaPeyrouse se’s expedition as see the 
trious throughout the course of the expedition, having established an 
astronomical observatory at each of the ports visited. But his com- 
mander did ~ allow him to send any of bis results home, and none e of 
them were sa 
V. MISCELLANEOUS SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE. 
. The American Association.—The American Association for the Ad- 
vancement of Science, after a suspension of its meetings for five years in 
consequence of the war, its fifteenth meeting at Buffalo, N. Y., com- 
capes. on Wednesday, August 15th, and continuing until ‘uesday, 
"The aes cers of the meeting were: Pres. F. A. P. Barwarp of Colum- 
bia College, President ; Dr A. A. Goutp of Boston, Vice President ; 
Prof. Extas Looms of Yale College, General Secretary ; Prof, Josupy 
VERING of Harvard nig Permanent Secretary ; Dr. A, L. pt a 
of Philadelphia, Treasurer. 
