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V. MISCELLANEOUS SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE. 
. The International Geological Congress.—The time for the 
nine of this Congress in Paris is now finally fixed, by the local 
committee, for the 29th of August, and the Congress will remain 
in session about a fortnight. Further details as to organization 
and place of meeting will soon be made public. Meanwhile, it is 
announced that from the 20th of August to the 15th of September, 
the library and reading-rooms of the Geological Society of France, 
o. 7 rue des ea Se AE I mae will be at the service of 
subscription of twelve francs, required for each member, may 
sent to Dr. Bioche, treasurer. Ladies are admitted to the Congress. 
The local committee add to the above announcement as follows : 
There is reason to believe that the numerous collections of geology 
and paleontology (minerals, ir fossils, "apn plans, sections, 
prepare a special ——_ of them for the use of the Congress. 
Srerry Hunt, Secretary of the i ranermenany 
2. Session of a National Academy of Sciences in A 
List of papers read before the N asain Academy of. Sciences, 
at the April session, 1878: 
Formation and structure of Alacrane Lissa on the Yucatan Bank; by A. AGASsIz. 
The theory of waterspouts M FERREL. 
Report on the sabite of abe onal ites of Mate by ASAPH Hau 
On the relation of loess an d drift to secular disintegration; by R. PUMPELLY. 
On th central zoo-geographical province 
of the United States; by A. S PACKARD, J! 
On an optical ocean-salinometer: by J. E. H 
Pre’ eliminary report on the deep sea dredgings ‘of pag U.S Coast Survey steame 
“Blake” during the past winter in the Gulf Stream and the Gulf of Mexico; wt 
ALEXANDER AGASSIZ. 
Abrasions on the northwest coast of “tig Sg by George DAVIDSON. 
On the law of Boyle and Marriotte; by Wi 
Abstract of a gana on the intersection of circles and the intersection of 
spheres; by All AMIN ALVORD. ics 
Biographical memoir of Louis — second part. Relating to his life and 
Tica; by ARNOLD GUY: 
Biographical memoir of Jeffrie Wyn by A. S. Paokarp, Jr. 
On the force of effective gree st action; by WrLiam A. Norton. 
s on the value of the result obtained for | for the solar parallax from the 
English telescopic sins ; by C. H. 
On the ye cbobrae fauna of the Permian period of ergs United States ; by E. D. 
Cop OPE. : 
Report o: ee “oxygen in the sun;” oh etd ¥ DRAPER. 
aoe comparisons of the components of close double stars; by E. ©. 
‘On the Aiolionlica of geographical names; by F. V. HaYpDEN. 
