76 Miscellaneous Intelligence. 
British Arctic Eepedition.—The ships Alert and Discovery, 
of the British Arctic Expedition, sailed from Portsmouth on the 
afternoon of the 29th of May. The Valorous accompanies them 
to Disco, 
5. American Association for the Advancement of Science.— 
The next meeting of the American Association will be held at 
Detroit, Michigan, in August, commencing on Wednesday, the 
11th, at 10 o'clock, a. ». The headquarters of the associa- 
tion will be at the Russell House on Monda ay and Tuesday, and 
afterward at the City Hall and Court House, directly opposite. 
That the circular of the Local Committee may be received with- 
out fail by those intending to be present, word should be sent by 
each to Frederick W oolfenden, Esq., Detroit, Secretary of the com- 
mittee. It is expected that the Chemical Sub-sec tion, instituted at 
the last meeting, will be largely represented; and also, that the 
departments of Ethuology and Archeology will have a prominent 
sub-section established, to be called the sub-section of Anthropol- 
ogy. The president of the year is Mr. J. Hilgard, of the 
as 
tion B Prof. 8. W. pees of New Haven is es SS of the 
Chemical Sub-section. 
The new volume of the Proceedings of the Association—that 
for 1874—has been issued. The volumes of the Proceedings, now 
twenty-three in number, can be obtained from the Permanent Sec- 
retary, F. W. Putuam, Salem, Mass., at the price of $1.50 eo 
ar e; or, if ten or more v volumes are ordered, for $1. Of a volume. 
6. Milligrade Thermometric Scale.—Mr. J. William ,in a paper 
before the Chemical Society of London, proposes to mbes the 
freezing and boiling point of mere ury for those of water, and to 
divide the scale into a p enaneee par 
7. Dr. —A i ‘statue to Dr. Horace Wells 
of Hartford, ccmpetees “the discoverer of Anesthesia,’ who 
died nearly a quarter of a century since, will soon be erected in 
ciety, of whom of Hartford is chairman, and 
r. G. W. Russell of the ace eu treasurer, Dr. Wells was 
the world’s benefactor. 
8. Report of the Sinperintendent of the Coast Survey for the 
year 187 1. 220 pp. 4to, with many maps.—Besides ri ead 
report on the progress "ot the ities this volume contains a 
by G. erate nd C. A. Schott, Assistants, on a comparison of 
the methods of ietecainiag heights by means of pale ag , vertical 
angle and barometric measures from observations ali ornia ; 
reports by Assistants G. W. Dean and C. H. F, Pin: of obser- 
