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heat in its passage through the walls of the bells, an effect that goes on 
accumulating without cessation—the air situated above the water dilates, 
and by its pressure causes a jet to rise, attaining sometimes in Mouchot’s 
trials a height of nearly 33 feet. When the water is exhausted, a sereen 
placed before the sun will cool the interior and cause the water to return, 
or a new supply may be introduced through the supply-pipe. ie 
times the shade “aio over the apparatus by ner caused i 
oat much to their surprise.— Les Mondes, Sept. 
Method of hesthigitiip the larves of Weevils. sable, Marsaux has used 
splithaiine with success for exterminating the larves which for some 
years have suas fas the ges in the — . eras The poison- 
fatty solid, has first to be reduced to powder r and mixed with fine, st 
sa t is powdered by means of an iron cylinder, or a wooden pestle 
armed with iron.—Les A/ondes, Sept. 8, 
12. British Association.—The British Association met at Bath o 
Wednesday, the 14th of September. In the accounts of the oui 
which have reached us from England, the only American name men- 
tioned among those of “distinguished Foreigners” is * Commodore Maury 
of the Confederate States.” Sir Charles Lyell delivered his inaugural 
— in the theater of Bath. Besides the usual scientific meetings, 
several geological and archeological a conversa- 
zione in ee “ Assembly-rooms,” Thursday night; a discourse in the the- 
ater, Friday evening, by Professor Roscoe ; another by Be Livingstone, 
onday ; and a Microscopical soirée, Tue he session close 
t the recent meeting 2788 tickets were sold, making for the income 
from this source £2964. The balance in hand is tate to be £3622, 17s. 
The oa, SERRE has, also, funds in Consols to the amount of £8500. 
The ches in science, carried forward under the auspices of the 
Aasocintion, nese in ein ee while for the present year the large sum 
of £2037 has just been 
The Report for the meeting in 1863 has been issued, making a volume 
of more than a thousan 
British Association will meet next year at Birmingham, when Sir 
Charles Lyell will surrender his presidency to Prof. Phillips, of Oxford. 
13. tity to the British Association, at Bath, on a uniform system 
ness Rap f mitorenes.--The Committee of the British Association re- 
M.P. (who was aes of 
Com ons, and who conducted the meas- 
i tk h Parliament), the Master of 
