448 Miscellaneous Intelligence. 
: Cubic Inches. 
In 1 imp. gallon the gases amounted to . 8:91 
Consisting of — 
Carbonic , - - - - 1:89 
eee, 8 oy ei Gare eee re 1-72 
Nitrogen, - - - - - - - . 5°30 
Ratio of oxygen to nitrogen gas, : 
Proc. Brit. Assoc., Pom The Reader, Oct: 8. 
On the Temperature of the Sexes ; ; by Dr. Davy.—The at. g 
Aristotle that a man possessed more warmth than a woman, had 
disputed; and it had been held by uae as the result of mo oe ge re- 
’ sear , that the temperature of women was slightly ee aia to that of 
men, "The author censidered the si opinion the more t; Taking 
the sit the temperature of males and females was as 10: 38 = 10°13. 
The r of some elaborate experiments recently instituted was that the 
six fowls hoes the Bb atte of 108°33 for the fordia to 107-79 for 
the latter— Proc. Brit. Assoc., from The Reader, Oct. 8 
n Crude Paraffin “Oil; by Dr. B. H. Paut. ~The author re- 
marked that very oe Aare ‘had hitherto been paid to that portion 
of crude paraffin oi hich was heavier than water, and its existence had 
d . He fed, however, that the oil obtained from cval, or any 
nage? oreesteae We! distillation at a moderate heat not exceeding low 
cisel} "the e same as the oils heavier than wae beg are contained i in the 
oe aad ockae bituminous minerals, which are exceptional in so far as 
they yield by distillation a _produet containing the light oils in much 
‘proportions e heavy oils—Proc. Brit. Assoc., from The 
Reader, Oct. 8. 
17. German Association —The twenty-ninth meeting of the German 
pocation, = this year at Giessen, was brought to a conclusion on the 
> after eg nis meeting, more than a pera — 
TS an associates ing. present. Spontaneous generar 
al theories were among the matters discussed at some length.— 
