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The time, direction, length of path, rcleaid, brightness, etc., 
of such meteors, with — of ii and magnifying power, 
would be desirable items in such a record. This would be par- 
oem true for nights of anoent fh Se eS like the 10th of 
Augu The area which Mr. Denning names as one that can be 
“ee staal by an observer is, we believe, much too great (this 
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the whole field “of a comet-seeker can be wil commande 
~The gold medal of the pubaactane al has ee gene 
this year to Dr. B. A. Gould for his asoocas Argentina. 
4. Medals awarded by the Geological Society of London,—At 
the annual general meeting of the Geological Society, held Feb- 
Tuary 16, 1883, the awa ards by the Council of the various erg 
weré announced. The Wollaston Gold Medal was awarde 
Mr. WwW. T. Bla — “in recognition of services to geolo o8y. 4 
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Géppert, of Breslau, i sey Saag of his labors in fossil botany.” 
ety balance of the same fund was given to Mr. John Young, 
half of the balance of this fund was given to Mr. P. Herbert 
Carpenter, author of papers on Jurassic Crinoids, Cretaceous 
’ Comatule, ete.; and the other half to M. E. Rigaux, of Boulo ogne, 
author of researches on the Jurassic forma‘ions of the oe 
and their gre fossils. The Bigsby Gold Medal wa 
sented to Dr. Hicks, in “ nioeselation of his labors abot 
sa aaa fosilieryen and the Archean rocks of Great Britain 
an da.” 
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presidents, Professor H. Newell Martin of Johns Hopkins Univer- 
"sity and Professor * S. Packard, Jr. of Brown; Secretary, 
