422 Miscellaneous Intelligence. 



by S. M. Bradley ; note on the placental area in the cat's uterus 

 after delivery, by Prof. Turner ; notices of books ; report on the 

 progress of anatomy, by Prof Turner and D. J. Cunningham, M.B. 

 8. Bulletin JSTo. 2, of the 11. S. Geological Survey of the Terri- 

 tories, contains two papers by R. Ridgway, entitled Studies of the 

 American Falconid^, and Ornithology of Guadeloupe Island, illus- 

 trated by two plates. 



III. Astronomy. 



1. Observations of the planet Jupiter.— The Royal Astronom- 

 ical Society of London have a ' " * ' ' ^ i • . .^ 



appearance of the planet Jupiter, and to obtain as e 

 as possible of such drawings. The committee has issued a cir- 

 cular, and prepared, for the sake of uniformity and convenience, 

 blank forms upon which the drawings can be made. Drawings 

 and communications should be sent to the " Secretary of the 

 Jupiter Committee," Royal Astronomical Society, Burlington 

 House, London, W. 



2. Repertory of works in Pure and Mixed Mathematics. — Doc- 

 tors KoEKiGSBEEGEE and Zeuneb of Dresden, propose to collect, 

 as far as possible, and publish " longer or shorter detailed reports 

 written by the authors themselves upon their own books and 

 treatises " in the mathematics. The reports will comprise articles on 

 the entire field of mathematical research : Pure mathematics, and 

 all the collateral branches of the mixed science, such s 



matical statistics, etc. ; besides which the editors intend to have 

 the reports printed in the language in which they are sent to 

 them by the author, taking it for granted that such reports in 

 German, English, French, or Italian will be intelligible to scien- 



They propose to begin with reports on all books and memoirs 

 which have appeared since Jan. 1st, 1875. The "Repertory" 

 will at first be issued in numbers, at irregular intervals. H. a. s. 



IV. Miscellaneous Scientific Intelligence. 



1. The American Cyclopmdia. Vol. xv. SHO-TRO. D. Ap- 

 pleton & Co., New York. 1876.— The first volume of this edition 

 of Appleton appeared in July, 1873. One volume more will com- 

 plete the work, making in the aggregate nearly 15,000 pages ot 

 text. Among the articles in the fifteenth volume interesting to 

 scientific readers we note particularly steel, by Dr. Droun ; silver, 

 by Dr. Raymond ; sound, spectrum and stereoscope, by Professor 

 Mayer; mn, by Professor Langley ; tides, by Mr. Hilgard ; 

 snow, storms and trade-winds, by Cleveland Abbe ; telegraph, hy 

 Professor Lovering ; steam, steam-boiler, can-iage, engine and navi- 



