﻿Miscellaneous 
  Intelligence. 
  

  

  523 
  

  

  different 
  observers 
  to 
  range 
  from 
  1'13 
  to 
  I 
  "24. 
  The 
  results 
  of 
  

   the 
  analysis 
  are 
  given 
  below, 
  together 
  with 
  comparative 
  figures 
  

   showing 
  the 
  composition 
  (average 
  of 
  several 
  analyses) 
  of 
  the 
  

   water 
  of 
  the 
  Dead 
  Sea 
  and 
  that 
  of 
  concentrated 
  sea 
  water 
  from 
  

   Kakaako 
  salt 
  works. 
  The 
  figures 
  represent 
  in 
  each 
  case 
  the 
  

   quantity 
  in 
  grains 
  of 
  the 
  ingredient 
  contained 
  in 
  one 
  wine 
  gallon 
  

   of 
  the 
  water 
  : 
  

  

  Concen- 
  

   Salt 
  Lake. 
  Dead 
  Sea. 
  trated 
  Sea 
  Water. 
  

   Grains. 
  Grains. 
  Grains. 
  

  

  Chloride 
  of 
  sodium 
  6,989' 
  5,137 
  13,239 
  

  

  Chloride 
  of 
  calcium 
  7,742 
  2,077 
  absent 
  

  

  Chloride 
  of 
  magnesium 
  7,790 
  8.235 
  3,779 
  

  

  Bromide 
  of 
  magnesium 
  99 
  208 
  57 
  

  

  Sulphate 
  of 
  magnesium 
  absent 
  absent 
  2,478 
  

  

  Sulphate 
  of 
  calcium 
  34 
  58 
  22 
  

  

  Chloride 
  of 
  potassium 
  156 
  736 
  534 
  

  

  Total 
  solids 
  22,810 
  16,451 
  20,109 
  

  

  Weight 
  of 
  one 
  gallon 
  (approxi- 
  

   mate) 
  73,044 
  68,900 
  72,180 
  

  

  The 
  most 
  remarkable 
  peculiarity 
  of 
  the 
  water 
  is 
  the 
  excessive 
  

   quantity 
  of 
  calcium 
  chloride, 
  the 
  large 
  amount 
  of 
  magnesium 
  

   chloride 
  and 
  the 
  absence 
  of 
  magnesium 
  sulphate. 
  Part 
  of 
  the 
  

   lime 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  the 
  magnesia 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  supplied 
  by 
  the 
  

   tufa 
  ; 
  but 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  ledge 
  of 
  coral-reef 
  rock 
  on 
  one 
  side. 
  

  

  2. 
  National 
  Academy 
  of 
  Sciences. 
  — 
  The 
  following 
  is 
  a 
  list 
  

   of 
  papers 
  accepted 
  for 
  reading 
  at 
  the 
  meeting 
  of 
  the 
  Academy 
  

   held 
  at 
  New 
  York, 
  Nov. 
  10-12 
  : 
  

  

  G. 
  L. 
  Goodale: 
  Some 
  aspects 
  of 
  Australian 
  vegetation. 
  The 
  nomenclature 
  of 
  

   vegetable 
  histology. 
  

  

  C. 
  S. 
  Hastings: 
  Certain 
  new 
  methods 
  and 
  results 
  in 
  optics. 
  

  

  T. 
  C. 
  Mendexhall: 
  Exhibition 
  of 
  the 
  new 
  pendulum 
  apparatus 
  of 
  the 
  U. 
  S. 
  

   Coast 
  and 
  Geodetic 
  Survey, 
  with 
  some 
  results 
  of 
  its 
  use. 
  The 
  use 
  of 
  a 
  free 
  

   pendulum 
  as 
  a 
  time 
  standard 
  

  

  K. 
  D. 
  Cope: 
  Degenerate 
  types 
  of 
  scapula 
  and 
  pelvic 
  arches 
  in 
  the 
  Lacerlilia. 
  

  

  T. 
  B. 
  Osborne: 
  The 
  proteids 
  or 
  albuminoids 
  of 
  the 
  oat-kernel 
  — 
  second 
  paper. 
  

  

  C. 
  S. 
  Peirce: 
  Astronomical 
  methods 
  of 
  determining 
  the 
  curvature 
  of 
  space. 
  

  

  J. 
  A. 
  Allrn 
  : 
  Geographical 
  variation 
  among 
  North 
  American 
  birds, 
  considered 
  

   in 
  relation 
  to 
  the 
  peculiar 
  intergradation 
  of 
  Coloptes 
  Auratus 
  and 
  C. 
  Cafer. 
  

  

  S. 
  C. 
  Chandler 
  : 
  The 
  variation 
  of 
  latitude. 
  

  

  S. 
  H. 
  Scttdder 
  : 
  The 
  Tertiary 
  Rhynchitidse 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States. 
  

  

  O. 
  N. 
  Rood 
  : 
  A 
  color 
  system. 
  

  

  J. 
  K. 
  Rees 
  : 
  Preliminary 
  notice 
  of 
  the 
  reduction 
  of 
  Rutherford's 
  photographs. 
  

  

  H. 
  A. 
  Rowland 
  : 
  The 
  application 
  of 
  spectrum 
  analysis 
  to 
  the 
  analysis 
  of 
  the 
  

   rare 
  earths, 
  and 
  a 
  new 
  method 
  for 
  the 
  preparation 
  of 
  pure 
  yttrium. 
  

  

  Theo. 
  Gill 
  : 
  A 
  nomenclator 
  of 
  the 
  families 
  of 
  fishes. 
  

  

  A. 
  A. 
  Michelson: 
  Measurement 
  of 
  Jupiter's 
  satellites 
  bv 
  interference. 
  

  

  W. 
  K. 
  Brooks: 
  The 
  follicle 
  cells 
  of 
  Salpa. 
  

  

  3. 
  The 
  Metal 
  Worker: 
  Essays 
  on 
  House 
  Heating 
  by 
  steam, 
  

   hot 
  water 
  and 
  hot 
  air 
  with 
  introduction 
  and 
  tabular 
  compari- 
  

   sons. 
  Arranged 
  for 
  publication 
  by 
  A. 
  O. 
  Kitteedge. 
  New 
  

   York. 
  288 
  pp. 
  8vo. 
  189 
  L 
  (David 
  Williams). 
  — 
  This 
  volume 
  

   contains 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  essays 
  by 
  a 
  variety 
  of 
  writers 
  called 
  out 
  by 
  

   a 
  series 
  of 
  prize 
  competitions 
  established 
  by 
  " 
  The 
  Metal 
  Worker" 
  

  

  