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of January, 1865. The building is to be of brick. Its regula- 
| be similar to those of the last London exhibition. Articles are 
to be received between the Ist of October and 12th of December, 1864, 
18. British Association—The next meeting of the British Associa- 
tion, to be held at Bath, will open on Wednesday, the 14th of Septem- 
Sir Charles Lyell is the President for the year. 
19. Sir Charles Lyell—Sir Charles Lyell, geologist, has been made a 
onet, under the title of Sir Charles Lyell, Baronet of Kinnordy, in the 
county of Forfar. 
20. Prize to Mr. Ruhmkorff.—The prize of 50,000 franes, offered by 
the Emperor Napoleon for the most useful application of electricity, 
has been awarded to Mr. Ruhmkorff for his induction coil. The king of* 
Hanover, having heard of the award, forwarded to Mr. Ruhmkorff a 
large gold medal “ pour le mérite.”— Reader, July 9. 
21. Prize to Mr. Sorel_—The prize founded by the Marquis d’Argen- 
teuil for the most useful discovery for the perfecting of French industry, 
has been awarded to Mr. Sorel, the inventor of the process of the “ zine- 
ae of iron,” known under the name of galvanizing iron.—Les Mondes, 
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22, Alger’s Cabinet of Minerals for sale.—The mineral cabinet of the 
i late Francis Alger is one of the best in the country, and will be a valu- 
3 acquision to any institution desiring a first rate collection. It can 
: be examined at the former residence of Mr. Alger, Fourth street, Boston. 
For terms, which it is stated will be low, reference should be made to 
SE Sewall, or Francis Alger, administrators of Mr. Alger’s estate. 
OBITUARY, 
Evan Puen, Ph.D., F.0.S., President of the Agricultural College of 
Pennsylvania, died at Bellefont, Pa., April 29, 1864, aged 36. 
r. Pugh was one of the most able scientific men of this country. A 
blacksmith’s apprentice at the age of nineteen, he bought the residue of 
his time, supported himself for one year at the manual labor Seminary at 
Whitestown, N, Y., and after teaching a private school for boys in Ox- 
Pa., his native place, for about two years, he went to Europe where 
he spent four years in the universities of Leipsic, Gottingen and Heidel- 
and in Paris, a most diligent and successful student of natural and 
Mathematical science. At Gdttingen he honorably sustained the examin- 
ations for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. : 
From the outset, his mind had been attracted toward agricultural 
Science and his studies shaped themselves more and more toward his fu- 
ture career, though he found time to study, as he had the capacity to 
‘Master, the highest mathematics. Before leaving Paris he addressed to 
Mr. J. B. Lawes the distinguished English agriculturist, so well known by 
the numerous and valuable researches carried on at his estate of Roth- 
se near London. 
the question, then so t 
_ &nd Ville, as to the assimilability of free nitrogen by vegetation. Mr. 
_ Lawes received this proposition favorably and signified his willingness to 
have the research carried on in his laboratory and to defray * Sacnlt, 
_ Provided Dr. Pugh could satisfy him of his ability to estimate nitrogen 
“With a certain aoe of sie Dr. Pugh repaired to Rothamstead, 
