158 Miscellaneous Intelligence. 
In the Southern Hemisphere. 
1. Sydney. Lat. 33° 31’8., long. 10h. 5m. E. English Observatory. Observa- 
tions satisfacto ory. 
2. Adelaide. Lat. 34° 40’, long. 9h. lim. E. English Observato pik Last tw 
= —I1n. va Fourth contact obs. 3h. 34m. 75s. ; - comp. 3h. 35m. 398. ; 
o—C= 32s. 
3. Melbourne. lat, 37° 49’, long. 9h. 40m. E. English Observatory. Observa- 
tions successful. 
4. Queenstown, New Zealand. Lat. —, long.-—. American station. Observa- 
tions —— Ingress observed and 237 photographs taken 
5. Hobart Tow t. 43° 0’, long. 9h. 49m. E. American station. “118 photo- 
graphs gs ty 
6. Christ Church, New a Lat. 43° 20’, long. 11h. 31m. E. English station. 
Failure from clou 
2. Aurora Pein at Melbourne, Victoria.—Traces of the 
IV. MiscELLANEOUS SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE. 
1. Royal Society.—The Cople medal of the Royal Society has 
been awarded to Prof. Louis Pasrzur, “for his researches on 
Fermentation and Pebrine;” and the Rumford medal to J. Nor 
MAN Lockyrr, “for his Spectroscopic researches on che Sun and 
on the Charice elements. 
list. of if Me published by American authors, plas on ayes 
try, physics, and the chemical cop beeen _ minerals, and inclu 
opic 
ay of ‘the Commissioners of “ities for 1873. 496 pp. 8vo. Wash 
ington, 1 
alt-hou Recreations in Popular Science. No. The Transmission of Sound 
by the Adooaphare, by John Tyndall. Gigantic lotion, by W. 8. Kent. 
pp. 8vo. n. (Estes & Laureat. 8. 
Half-hours with Insects. Part 5. ‘Insects of the ore - Stream, by A- 
Packard, a pp. 129-160, 12mo. Boston. (Es a & La 
Tidal Researches, by William Ferre’ rrel, A.M., Assistant U.S S Gos ¢ Surve, mn 
pendix to the LS S. Coast Survey Report for 1874. A peotounld a the re 
of — years labor. 
Topographical Survey of the —— os ve a York for the ert 
1873; by Vebwinck Golyin. Transmi he New York Legislature, Al 
21, 1874. 306 pp. 8vo, with many ree eae. Aieay; 3 1874. 
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