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absolute alcohol. He considered it probable that a meteoric mass 
falling with immense velocity might so shatter itself as to cause 
some of its fragments to enclose fragments of basalt, aud even to 
impregnate the neighbouring mass of basalt with minute particles 
of the metallic iron: but he considered the question of meteoric 
origin could only be decided by examining the same mass of 
basalt at some greater distance from the stones themselves, so as 
to prove whether the presence of such metallic iron was actually 
characteristic of the entire mass of the rock.— Chemical News, 
ov. 17. 
2. On the Phosphorescence of the Eggs of the common Glow- 
worm ; by M. Joussrr.—On the 16th of July last, in very warm 
weather, I collected in the part of the Chateau de Monjay two 
glowworms which shone brilliantly. These two females were 
coupled, and escorted by a supplementary male. I carried them 
to Paris in a glass tube; and the next day they laid about sixty 
eggs, of the size of a pin’s head, which is very large in comparison 
with the size of the insect. 
s is so delicate that they cannot be touched 
without breaking it. he micropyle is very apparent ; and their 
ys. 
_ Icould not continue the observation any further, because, hav- 
ing left the tube containing them open, I found them dried up. 
Agassiz, to Prof. B. Peirce, Superintendent of the Coast Scag 
the success in this direction has been regarded as their greatest 
triumph. In view of this success, Prof. Verrill observed, in 
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