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IV. MIscELLANEOUS ScIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE. 
1. Zeitschrift fiir Instrumentenkunde: Organ fir Mittheilung- 
en aus dem gesammten Gebiete der wissenschaftlichen Technik. 
0 1, anuary, 1881. 40 pp. small 4to. Berlin (Julius Springer— 
n i (ork. he prospectus of 
this new Journal states that it will be devoted to the discussion 
of all subjects immediately connected with the design and con- 
struction of scientific instruments and apparatus. These will be 
treated both from the standpoint of the investigator and also that 
of the mechanician, in order that the scientitic learning of the 
former ‘and the technical knowledge and experience of the latter 
may be combined to produce the best results. The list of editors 
comprises twenty names, including many of those who have the 
n ES a 
best reputation in the manufacture of scientific 
Ig 
This the new Journal promises to do, and the names of those who 
appear in the editorial staff, and of those from whom articles are 
chem in early numbers, are a guarantee that its standard will 
ea high one, 
The January number contains the following articles :—Normal 
barometer and manometer, y R. Fuess; on the illumination of 
W const 
igation of micrometer screws, by C. Reichel; on spec- 
pparatus, by H. C. Vogel; a rotating spectrum apparatus, 
8 ysiology and on a tel- 
Dr. B 
as been for many years Director of the Observatory at 
published within the past year the Uranometria 
: first part of the results of his telescopic study of 
the Southern heavens, has been elected a member of the Section 
Astronomy of the French Academy of Sciences, in place of the 
ate Professor C. A. F. eters, of Kiel. : 
* es Bibliographie Générale de (_Astronomie. Tome II Meé- 
«Metres et Notices insérés dans les Collections académiques et les 
B “es. Ist fasciculus; by J. C. Houzeau and A. ANCASTER, 
‘ Tussells, Dec, 1880, Large 8vo, pp. 86, and 336 columns.—This 
«WS the first part of the second volume of a general Bibliography 
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