828 - Miscellaneous Intelligence. 
The Royal Astronomical Society of London’marked their sense 
of the value of Professor Argelandev’s sidereal labors by the award 
of their gold medal in roe ruary, 1863. His last observations, so 
far as we are aware, were of the bright comet2of Coggia, in the 
summer of last year. ae a Feb. 27. 
ITV. MIscELLANEOUS SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE. 
Engineer Department U. 8S. Army. Progress-Report upon 
cieeaiied) and Geological Explorations and Surveys west vy 
the 100th Meridian in i ge under the direction of Brig. Gen. A. 
A. Humphreys, Chief of Engineers, U. 8. A.; by First Lieut. 
Greorce M. WHEELER, Corps of vor: in charge. 56 pp., 4to. 
Washington. 1874.—According to this report, the work per- 
ieut. V 
and natural history departments. For the determination of la 
tude and longitude three parties were engaged, and for topo- 
graphical observations, five parties. The area covered topo- 
graphically during the year exceeded 50,000 square miles, and 
included part of Western and Southwestern Utah, Eastern Nevada, 
and Northwestern Arizona. This “ Progress-Report” rare 
: “a sctelatiecalh 
examined, observations on irrigation 
for the country, and on its agricultural re abpeiori: ssp r lands, 
routes for communication, and other points of i 
logist, Mr. G. K. Gi Ibert, states that “abot White's 
feet above the sea-level ; on Wheeler’s Peak, of the Snake Range, 
Nevada, latitude 39° north, several moraines and an alpine lake ; 
and on Old Baldy Peak, near Beaver, Utah, in latitude 38° 18’ 
north, two terminal morain The pide extent of the great 
Salt Lake,—when it stood “900 feet above its present level as 
proved by its seretad: bie lines,—is made 18,000 square Se ai 
which is a little less than the area of Lake Huron. Mr. Gilb 
oar ad hcg in sea paca region of the Upper Colorado, the 
rock-sy m the ‘Tertiary t o the Devonian, is com- 
sean ndys dustrbed pane denudation has left the harder beds 
i. fier inas ssi cross these st ate there is a 
geology; volume v the paleontology, which is to be illustrated 
by numerous plates of vertebrate and nono emt fossils; and 
volume vi, the soc hes history of the expedition 
Numerous excellent photographs have been ef ken, which will 
be used for illustrating the geological and other volumes. They 
