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  Scientific 
  Intelligence. 
  

  

  being 
  the 
  only 
  examples 
  of 
  such 
  ancient 
  forests 
  in 
  this 
  country. 
  

   The 
  destruction 
  of 
  this 
  natural 
  wonder, 
  due 
  to 
  the 
  piecemeal 
  

   inroads 
  of 
  idle 
  curio 
  hunters 
  and 
  other 
  more 
  persistent 
  and 
  deter- 
  

   mined 
  despoilers, 
  is 
  becoming 
  more 
  apparent 
  with 
  each 
  succeed- 
  

   ing 
  year, 
  so 
  that 
  there 
  is 
  now 
  considerable 
  local 
  sentiment 
  in 
  

   Arizona 
  in 
  favor 
  of 
  withdrawing 
  the 
  area 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  chief 
  

   forest 
  is 
  situated 
  from 
  entry 
  and 
  making 
  it 
  a 
  national 
  reserva- 
  

   tion. 
  Professor 
  Ward 
  strongly 
  favors 
  doing 
  this 
  in 
  a 
  simple 
  and 
  

   inexpensive 
  manner 
  which 
  he 
  outlines. 
  It 
  is 
  much 
  to 
  be 
  hoped 
  

   that 
  Professor 
  Ward's 
  recommendation 
  may 
  be 
  carried 
  out. 
  

  

  3. 
  University 
  of 
  Tennessee 
  Record. 
  Number 
  XI, 
  pp. 
  213-263. 
  

   October, 
  1899. 
  — 
  This 
  number, 
  published 
  by 
  the 
  University 
  of 
  

   Tennessee, 
  contains 
  a 
  record 
  of 
  engineering 
  work 
  done 
  in 
  1899. 
  

   The 
  leading 
  article, 
  by 
  J. 
  R. 
  McCall, 
  is 
  on 
  electric 
  transmission 
  of 
  

   power 
  in 
  shops 
  ; 
  another 
  article 
  by 
  W. 
  W. 
  Fulton 
  describes 
  an 
  

   electric-recording 
  river 
  gauge. 
  

  

  4. 
  Neues 
  Jahrbuch 
  fur 
  Mineralogie, 
  Geologie 
  und 
  Paloeontologie. 
  

   — 
  In 
  connection 
  with 
  the 
  long-honored 
  "Neues 
  Jahrbuch 
  " 
  a 
  Cen- 
  

   tral-blatt 
  fur 
  Mineralogie^ 
  Geologic 
  und 
  Paloeontologie 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  

   issued, 
  which 
  shall 
  contain 
  short 
  original 
  papers, 
  book 
  notices, 
  

   authors' 
  extracts 
  of 
  papers, 
  reports 
  of 
  Scientific 
  societies, 
  etc. 
  It 
  

   will 
  appear 
  twice 
  each 
  month 
  and 
  will 
  be 
  sent 
  free 
  to 
  subscribers 
  

   to 
  the 
  Jahrbuch: 
  to 
  others 
  at 
  a 
  cost 
  of 
  12 
  marks. 
  All 
  workers 
  

   in 
  these 
  departments 
  will 
  welcome 
  this 
  new 
  publication, 
  which 
  

   while 
  not 
  interfering 
  with 
  the 
  sphere 
  of 
  the 
  Jahrbuch 
  itself 
  (e. 
  g. 
  

   in 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  full 
  abstracts), 
  will 
  make 
  possible 
  a 
  much 
  more 
  

   prompt 
  and 
  complete 
  publication 
  of 
  matters 
  of 
  immediate 
  interest. 
  

  

  5. 
  McGill 
  University. 
  — 
  At 
  the 
  annual 
  convocation 
  of 
  McGill 
  

   University, 
  held 
  in 
  Montreal 
  on 
  April 
  30th, 
  the 
  degree 
  of 
  LL.D., 
  

   honoris 
  causa 
  was 
  conferred 
  upon 
  George 
  F. 
  Barker, 
  Professor 
  of 
  

   Physics 
  in 
  the 
  University 
  of 
  Pennsylvania; 
  Alfred 
  T. 
  Mahan, 
  

   Captain 
  U. 
  S. 
  Navy, 
  and 
  J. 
  F. 
  Whiteaves, 
  F.R.S.C., 
  of 
  the 
  Geo- 
  

   logical 
  Survey 
  of 
  Canada. 
  

  

  6. 
  K. 
  K. 
  Geologische 
  Peichsanstalt. 
  — 
  A 
  Jubilee 
  meeting 
  to 
  

   commemorate 
  the 
  founding 
  of 
  the 
  Geologische 
  Reichsanstalt, 
  in 
  

   1849, 
  will 
  be 
  held 
  at 
  Vienna 
  on 
  the 
  ninth 
  of 
  June. 
  

  

  OBITUARY. 
  

  

  The 
  Duke 
  oe 
  Argyll, 
  alike 
  eminent 
  for 
  his 
  philosophical 
  

   writings 
  on 
  scientific 
  subjects, 
  and 
  for 
  his 
  eminent 
  services 
  in 
  

   public 
  life 
  — 
  not 
  the 
  least 
  in 
  furthering 
  the 
  interests 
  of 
  science 
  — 
  

   died 
  on 
  April 
  24th, 
  at 
  the 
  age 
  of 
  seventy-seven 
  years. 
  

  

  Professor 
  A. 
  Milne-Edwards, 
  Director 
  of 
  the 
  Museum 
  of 
  

   Natural 
  History 
  at 
  Paris 
  and 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  ablest 
  of 
  the 
  recent 
  

   zoologists, 
  died 
  on 
  April 
  21st, 
  at 
  the 
  age 
  of 
  sixty-four 
  years. 
  

  

  Joseph 
  Bertrand, 
  the 
  able 
  writer 
  on 
  Mathematics 
  and 
  Mathe- 
  

   matical 
  Physics, 
  died 
  at 
  Paris, 
  on 
  April 
  3d, 
  at 
  the 
  age 
  of 
  seventy- 
  

   seven. 
  

  

  