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  Scientific 
  Intelligence. 
  

  

  III. 
  Miscellaneous 
  Scientific 
  Intelligence. 
  

  

  1. 
  National 
  Academy 
  of 
  Sciences. 
  — 
  The 
  following 
  is 
  a 
  list 
  of 
  

   the 
  papers 
  entered 
  to 
  be 
  read 
  at 
  the 
  meeting 
  of 
  the 
  Academy 
  

   held 
  at 
  Washington, 
  April 
  20-22: 
  

  

  Adelaide 
  Ward 
  Peckham, 
  M.D. 
  : 
  The 
  influence 
  of 
  environment 
  upon 
  the 
  

   biological 
  processes 
  of 
  the 
  various 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  colon-group 
  of 
  bacilli. 
  — 
  An 
  

   experimental 
  study. 
  

  

  T. 
  C. 
  Mendentiall 
  : 
  On 
  the 
  energy 
  involved 
  in 
  recent 
  earthquakes. 
  

  

  T. 
  C. 
  Mendenhall 
  and 
  A. 
  S. 
  Kimball: 
  On 
  a 
  ring 
  pendulum 
  for 
  absolute 
  

   determinations 
  of 
  gravity. 
  

  

  S. 
  C. 
  Chandler: 
  On 
  the 
  variation 
  of 
  latitude. 
  

  

  Theodore 
  Gill: 
  The 
  position 
  of 
  the 
  Tarsiids 
  and 
  relationship 
  to 
  the 
  phylogeny 
  

   of 
  Man. 
  

  

  A. 
  A. 
  Michelson 
  and 
  S. 
  W. 
  Stratton 
  : 
  A 
  new 
  harmonic 
  aualyser. 
  

  

  J. 
  K. 
  Bees, 
  H. 
  Jacob 
  y, 
  and 
  H. 
  S. 
  Davis: 
  Variation 
  of 
  latitude 
  and 
  constant 
  

   of 
  aberration 
  from 
  observations 
  at 
  Columbia 
  University. 
  

  

  A. 
  Agassiz: 
  On 
  recent 
  borings 
  in 
  coral 
  reefs. 
  

  

  Arthur 
  W. 
  WrKtHT: 
  Notes 
  of 
  experiments 
  upon 
  the 
  Rontgen 
  rays. 
  

  

  S. 
  P. 
  Langlet: 
  Biographical 
  memoir 
  of 
  G. 
  Brown 
  Goode. 
  

  

  H. 
  L. 
  Abbot: 
  Biographical 
  memoir 
  of 
  Thomas 
  L. 
  Casey. 
  

  

  H. 
  P. 
  Bowditch 
  : 
  Biographical 
  memoir 
  of 
  Charles 
  K. 
  Brown-Sequard. 
  

  

  J. 
  W. 
  GiBBS: 
  Biographical 
  memoir 
  of 
  Hubert 
  A. 
  Newton. 
  

  

  G. 
  K. 
  Gilbert: 
  Biographical 
  memoir 
  of 
  George 
  H. 
  Cook. 
  

  

  2. 
  Microscopic 
  Researches 
  on 
  the 
  Formative 
  Property 
  of 
  Gly- 
  

   cogen. 
  Part 
  7, 
  Physiological 
  • 
  by 
  Charles 
  Creighton, 
  M.D. 
  

   Formerly 
  Demonstrator 
  of 
  Anatomy 
  at 
  Cambridge 
  ; 
  pp. 
  152, 
  

   with 
  five 
  colored 
  plates. 
  London, 
  1896 
  (Adam 
  and 
  Charles 
  

   Black). 
  — 
  Dr. 
  Creighton's 
  work 
  emphasizes 
  the 
  prominence 
  of 
  

   glycogen 
  in 
  young 
  embryonic 
  tissues, 
  especially 
  at 
  the 
  centers 
  or 
  

   points 
  of 
  rapid 
  growth 
  and 
  at 
  a 
  time 
  in 
  foetal 
  life 
  when 
  the 
  vascu- 
  

   larity 
  of 
  the 
  part 
  is 
  hardly 
  established. 
  From 
  the 
  observations 
  

   made, 
  the 
  author 
  inclines 
  to 
  the 
  view 
  that 
  the 
  glycogen 
  of 
  embry- 
  

   onic 
  tissues 
  possesses 
  a 
  kind 
  of 
  intangible 
  power 
  which 
  makes 
  it 
  

   the 
  forerunner 
  and 
  pioneer 
  of 
  new 
  growths 
  without, 
  however, 
  

   losing 
  its 
  own 
  molecular 
  identity 
  and 
  without 
  becoming 
  an 
  integ- 
  

   ral 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  tissue; 
  a 
  view 
  which 
  physiologists 
  will 
  have 
  

   some 
  difficulty 
  in 
  accepting 
  in 
  its 
  entirety. 
  r. 
  h. 
  c. 
  

  

  3. 
  The 
  Tutorial 
  Statics; 
  by 
  Wir. 
  Briggs 
  and 
  G. 
  H. 
  Bryan; 
  

   pp. 
  260. 
  London, 
  1897 
  (The 
  University 
  Correspondence 
  College 
  

   Press). 
  — 
  One 
  of 
  the 
  University 
  Tutorial 
  Series, 
  whose 
  object 
  is 
  

   to 
  provide 
  candidates 
  for 
  the 
  London 
  University 
  Examinations 
  

   with 
  so 
  much 
  as 
  is 
  necessary 
  to 
  prepare 
  for 
  those 
  tests 
  without 
  

   offering 
  any 
  opportunity 
  for 
  acquiring 
  superfluous 
  knowledge. 
  

   Aside 
  irom 
  its 
  place 
  in 
  the 
  series 
  there 
  seems 
  no 
  particular 
  reason 
  

   why 
  it 
  should 
  have 
  been 
  written. 
  It 
  is 
  as 
  good 
  as 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  

   other 
  recent 
  English 
  books 
  on 
  the 
  same 
  subject, 
  and 
  no 
  better. 
  

  

  w. 
  B. 
  

  

  4. 
  Royal 
  Society 
  of 
  London. 
  — 
  Professor 
  J. 
  Willard 
  Gibbs 
  of 
  

   New 
  Haven 
  has 
  recently 
  been 
  elected 
  a 
  fellow 
  ol 
  the 
  Royal 
  

   Society. 
  

  

  