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  Scientific 
  Intelligence. 
  

  

  the 
  first 
  volume 
  of 
  the 
  publications 
  from 
  the 
  Yerkes 
  Observatory 
  

   is 
  a 
  notable 
  event. 
  It 
  contains 
  the 
  catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  double 
  stars 
  

   discovered 
  by 
  Prof. 
  Bnrnham 
  from 
  1871 
  to 
  1897, 
  arranged 
  in 
  

   order 
  of 
  right 
  ascension, 
  with 
  all 
  the 
  micrometrical 
  measures 
  of 
  

   each 
  pair. 
  The 
  Introduction 
  contains 
  a 
  description 
  of 
  some 
  of 
  

   the 
  instruments 
  employed 
  by 
  Prof. 
  Burnham, 
  accompanied 
  by 
  a 
  

   series 
  of 
  plates 
  ; 
  one 
  of 
  these, 
  the 
  frontispiece, 
  shows 
  the 
  great 
  

   40-inch 
  Clark 
  telescope 
  of 
  the 
  Yerkes 
  Observatory. 
  

  

  7. 
  La 
  Geographie, 
  Bulletin 
  de 
  la 
  Societe 
  de 
  Geographic 
  — 
  The 
  

   Societe 
  de 
  Geographie 
  of 
  Paris 
  has 
  inaugurated, 
  with 
  the 
  opening 
  

   of 
  this 
  year, 
  a 
  new 
  journal 
  called 
  La 
  Geographie, 
  which 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  

   published 
  on 
  the 
  15th 
  of 
  each 
  month 
  ; 
  it 
  will 
  include 
  in 
  expanded 
  

   form 
  the 
  formerly 
  issued 
  Bidletin 
  trim 
  estriel 
  and 
  Comptes 
  Rendus. 
  

   Each 
  number 
  will 
  contain 
  some 
  eighty 
  pages, 
  large 
  octavo, 
  includ- 
  

   ing 
  original 
  memoirs, 
  a 
  bulletin 
  of 
  geographical 
  news, 
  a 
  biblio- 
  

   graphical 
  index, 
  and 
  a 
  compte 
  rendu 
  of 
  the 
  meetings 
  of 
  the 
  

   Society. 
  It 
  will 
  be 
  illustrated 
  with 
  plates 
  and 
  figures 
  in 
  the 
  text. 
  

   The 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  Society 
  who 
  are 
  chiefly 
  concerned 
  in 
  editing 
  

   the 
  new 
  journal 
  are 
  Baron 
  Hulot 
  and 
  M. 
  Charles 
  Rabot. 
  Two 
  

   numbers 
  have 
  already 
  been 
  received 
  : 
  these 
  contain 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  

   interesting 
  articles; 
  thus, 
  two 
  papers 
  by 
  Gen. 
  Gallieni 
  upon 
  

   Madagascar 
  and 
  its 
  resources 
  ; 
  an 
  account 
  of 
  a 
  trip 
  across 
  Corea 
  

   by 
  Marcel 
  Monnier; 
  results 
  of 
  the 
  Belgian 
  Antarctic 
  expedition 
  

   by 
  E. 
  Racovitza, 
  and 
  others 
  of 
  like 
  value. 
  

  

  8. 
  Biological 
  Laboratory 
  of 
  the 
  Brooklyn 
  Institute 
  of 
  Arts 
  

   and 
  Sciences. 
  — 
  It 
  is 
  announced 
  that 
  the 
  eleventh 
  annual 
  session 
  

   of 
  the 
  Biological 
  Laboratory 
  of 
  the 
  Brooklyn 
  Institute 
  at 
  Cold 
  

   Spring 
  Harbor, 
  Long 
  Island, 
  will 
  be 
  held 
  during 
  the 
  months 
  of 
  

   July 
  and 
  August, 
  1900. 
  The 
  regular 
  class 
  work 
  will 
  begin 
  on 
  

   Wednesday, 
  July 
  4th, 
  and 
  continue 
  for 
  six 
  weeks. 
  The 
  labora- 
  

   tory 
  will 
  be 
  open 
  for 
  work 
  from 
  July 
  2d 
  until 
  August 
  25th. 
  

   Investigators 
  may 
  make 
  arrangements 
  for 
  using 
  the 
  laboratory 
  

   from 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  June 
  until 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  September, 
  or 
  later, 
  

   if 
  desirous 
  of 
  doing 
  so. 
  

  

  The 
  Director 
  of 
  the 
  Laboratory 
  is 
  Prof. 
  Charles 
  B. 
  Davenport 
  

   of 
  the 
  University 
  of 
  Chicago. 
  The 
  course 
  of 
  instruction 
  includes 
  

   zoology 
  with 
  comparative 
  anatomy, 
  and 
  embryology 
  and 
  botany 
  

   with 
  ecology 
  and 
  bacteriology; 
  advantages 
  are 
  also 
  offered 
  to 
  

   students 
  in 
  other 
  directions. 
  Those 
  desiring 
  further 
  information 
  

   are 
  referred 
  to 
  the 
  Director 
  (Chicago) 
  or 
  to 
  Prof. 
  Franklin 
  W. 
  

   Hooper, 
  502 
  Fulton 
  street, 
  Brooklyn. 
  

  

  9. 
  Royal 
  Academy 
  of 
  Sciences 
  at 
  Berlin. 
  — 
  The 
  200th 
  anni- 
  

   versary 
  of 
  the 
  foundation 
  of 
  K. 
  Akademie 
  der 
  Wissenschaften 
  at 
  

   Berlin 
  was 
  celebrated 
  with 
  appropriate 
  ceremonies 
  on 
  the 
  20th 
  of 
  

   March. 
  The 
  following 
  new 
  foreign 
  correspondents 
  from 
  the 
  

   United 
  States 
  were 
  appointed 
  : 
  Prof. 
  J. 
  Willard 
  Gibbs 
  of 
  New 
  

   Haven, 
  Prof. 
  Henry 
  A. 
  Rowland 
  of 
  Baltimore 
  and 
  Prof. 
  William 
  

   James 
  of 
  Cambridge. 
  

  

  La 
  riduzione 
  progressiva 
  della 
  variabilita 
  e 
  i 
  suoi 
  rapporti 
  coll'estinzione 
  e 
  

   coll'origine 
  delle 
  specie, 
  di 
  Daniele 
  Rosa, 
  pp. 
  3-133, 
  1899. 
  

  

  