166 Scientific Intelligence. 



of the Challenger collection. Young Carpenter will work up the 

 Comatulse, Lyman will have the Ophiurans, and I shall brin- over 

 W1,i ' ""' ;i -me other -roup of Hel.inoderms, 



so that the I mt. ,1 States will have their fair share of the work " 

 5. Rate of Growth of C.rah.—X remarkable piece of coral, 

 taken oft tie p,,,., Darwin, is spoken of by 



the Ccktown Herald. It is of the ordinary species, about five 

 }" ( ',"" s i!: liameter at the top, and about two 



V- ' -'" ;lt ,llr l,:lsl '- |1 '- l^-i-i'f'tlv formed, and the base bears the 

 distinct imp i; ,l „ few 6bepa of the coh . 



used as a sheath for the telegraphic wire -till adhering to it. As 

 the cable has been laid only four years it is evident that this 



which seems to prove that the growth of coral is much more 

 n has been supposed.— Melbourne paper 

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 Allex; Associate Editors, S. F. Baird and Elliott CoJ-ks.- 

 -11k- .■■■m-wiiVi number closed tile first volume of this excellent 

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IV. Astronomy. 

 1. Meteor of Dec. 2Ut, 1876.— On the evening of Thursday, 



Dec. 21st, t :»,, , m<« t onus - u ! , , ' llM , , ..„1 



over the Mates of Kansas, Mis>. ,;„i ' ,,!,!,.. 



In many respects it is worthv of special record. From newspa- 

 per notices that we have been able to collect from a f-w private 

 I r-m some letters kindly sent u- 

 .■.,Ha„ Institution, we are able to give a general account 



It was first seen, so far as we know, over the State of Kansas, 



■" = y as far west as the center of the State. It: passed 



nearly over and probably south of the cities of Topeka and 



there at an altitude of about 60 mih -. It 



crossed the Mtssissippi between it | /lit 



to the former place. Over the center of the St ,t ot M s S ..u i nt 



r crossing the Missis- 



«PRi it broke into several fragments 



while it was crossing t: „', ohio _ A 



