160 Miscellaneous Intelligence. 
ence of Father Dechevrens. A first Report of the diurnal varia- 
tion and of the magnetic intensity for part of March and April 
last, has been received in this country, from which we gather that 
the mean of the declination is 1° 53’ 59°8” W., of the inclination, 
3 e authors are Ehrenberg (on the phosphorescence of the 
ocean), Rammelsberg (on the chemical nature of some minerals), 
Sadie of the Association. 
rench Association for the Advancement of Science.—The 
French Association for the Advancement of the Sciences is to hold 
its third meeting this year at Lille, the session commencing on the 
fe 27th, of August. A local aren age ne 
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10. Academy of Sciences, Paris. — A. DeCandolle has been 
elected Foreign Associate in place of Professor Agassiz. The tor- 
me be . . 
filled by the eonmnent of Mr. Joseph Prestwich, F.R.S., F.G.S. 
12. Half Hour Recreations in Popular Science. (Estes & Lau- 
riat, Boston.)—No. 11 of this series contains an article by Robert 
‘unt, F.R.S., on Coal as a R 
Professor Clifford, on Atoms. 
13. On the s8o-c 
