424 Miscellaneous Intelligence. 
Ithen opened Angstrdm’s “Spectre Normal,” and saw that he 
gave the auroral line as in the yellow. I observed this green line 
again, and cannot persuade myself that it was yellow. The black 
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IV. MIscELLANEOUS ScIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE. 
1. Institute of Technology, Boston.—Prof. T. Sterry Hunt, for 
twenty-five years connected with the Geological Survey of Canada, 
has entered upon his duties as Professor of Geology in the Insti- 
tute of Technology. ites 
Annual Rep. of the Director of the Meteorological Obser- 
vatory, Central Purk, New York. 42 pp. 8v the close of 
this excellent Report there is a series of synoptic charts, one 
each month of the year, giving the mean height of the barometer, 
that of the thermometer, and the strength of the wind for the 
month. : 
3. Hayden’s Geological Exploration in the Rocky Mountains. 
—A letter from Dr. Hayden, dated Gallatin City, Montana, “— 
10, states that his two parties have been successful in their phate 
at every point; and that no accident or sickness has occurre™ 
Dr. Hayden’s branch of the exploration will have for the Report 
map of a territory 10,000 square miles in area, with contour 
lines of 100 feet. 
the 30th October, in his 47th year. He had recently returned 
from the meeting of t ican Dubuque. 
residence at Swanton, in Northern Vermont, as pastor of 
' led to his examining into its geology, and especially t 
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observer. P 
 Joun F. Frazer, LL.D., Professor of Natural Philosophy 
Chemistry in the University of Pennsylvania, died on Satu By 
afternoon, at a quarter before three o’clock, of heart disease. 
further notice will be given in our next issue. 
ogy of Lower Louisiana and the Salt Deposit on Petite Anse Islant 
ard, Ph.D., Prof. Chem., Uniy. Mississippi. 34 pp- 4t0- 
