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Scientific Intelligence. 



to the uses of the non-metallic minerals and their occurrence and 

 mining, particularly with reference to the localities in this coun- 

 try. The mineralogist will find it a useful and instructive vol- 

 ume to accompany the usual text-books, and to the practical 

 worker it will be an almost indispensable compendium of informa- 

 tion not easily found elsewhere. A series of thirty-two plates 

 are introduced in addition to text figures; many of these are 

 devoted to views of mineral quarries. 



4. Lehrbuch der Mineralogie ; von Max Bauer. Zweite, 

 vollig neubearbeitete Auflage. Mit 670 figuren. Pp. xii, 924. 

 Stuttgart, 1904 (E. Nagele). — This second edition of the well- 

 known text-book by Professor Bauer gives evidence in its size of 

 the progress which the science has made since the first edition 

 was published in 1886. The volume now runs to nearly one 

 thousand pages, of which about one-half are devoted to the 

 physical and chemical characters of the species. The matter has 

 been rewritten throughout from the modern standpoint and 

 brought strictly up to date, as is particularly obvious in the 

 chapters devoted to Crystallography. The descriptions of species 

 are full and the general statement of characters which precedes 

 each group adds much to the clearness of the whole discussion. 



5. Annual Bulletin of the Mineral Resources of Kansas, 

 1903 ; by Erasmus Haworth, State Geologist. Pp. 135, Law- 

 rence, Kansas, 1903 (The University Geological Survey of Kansas). 

 — The total production of the mining metallurgical industries of 

 Kansas amounted to over $23,000,000 in 1902, a much larger sum 

 than has been reached before. The most important developments 

 of the year were in the production of coal, the yield of which was 

 upward of 5,000,000 tons, and also of oil and gas from localities 

 in the southeastern part of the state. 



6. A Bibliography of the Geology, Mineralogy and Paleon- 

 tology of Brazil ; by John C. Branner. Pp. 115, 4to. From 

 vol. xii of the Archivos do Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro, 

 1903. — This is the first comprehensive bibliography of the geol- 

 ogy of Brazil and contains 1203 titles, not including abstracts and 

 reviews. The author remarks that the great bulk of the geolog- 

 ical work in the country has been done by Eschwege and by 

 Derby, the influence of the latter having been particularly impor- 

 tant. 



7. The Willamette Meteorite; by Henry A. Ward. Proceed- 

 ings of the Rochester Academy of Science, iv, pp. 137-148. — The 

 Willamette meteorite was discovered near the border of Clacka- 

 mas County, Oregon, in the autumn of 1902. It is remarkable 

 for its very great size, its extreme dimensions as taken by Mr. 

 Ward being as follows: Length, 10 ft. 3^ in.; breadth, 7 ft.; 

 vertical height, 4 ft. ; circumference of base, 25 ft. 4 in. It has a 

 roughly conical form, with an oval base and dome-like summit. 

 Its weight is estimated as being approximately 13£ tons. When 

 the mass was found the cone-shaped portion was below, while the 

 flat base was near the surface of the ground. The former, which 



