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  Intelligence. 
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  SCIENTIFIC 
  INTELLIGENCE. 
  

  

  Miscellaneous 
  Scientific 
  Intelligence. 
  

  

  1. 
  Atlas 
  der 
  Krystallformen 
  ; 
  von 
  Victor 
  Goldschmidt. 
  

   Volume 
  I, 
  in 
  two 
  parts, 
  Adamin-Buntkupferez 
  : 
  Atlas, 
  plates 
  

   1-244 
  ; 
  Text, 
  pp. 
  vi, 
  248. 
  Heidelberg, 
  1913 
  (Carl 
  Winters 
  Uni- 
  

   versitatsbuchhandlung). 
  — 
  The 
  prospectus 
  of 
  the 
  Atlas 
  of 
  Profes- 
  

   sor 
  Goldschmidt 
  was 
  noticed 
  at 
  length 
  in 
  the 
  May 
  number 
  of 
  the 
  

   Journal. 
  Since 
  then 
  the 
  first 
  volume 
  of 
  this 
  great 
  work 
  has 
  been 
  

   distributed 
  and 
  the 
  promises 
  of 
  the 
  preliminary 
  announcement 
  

   are 
  more 
  than 
  fulfilled 
  in 
  it. 
  This 
  volume 
  is 
  in 
  two 
  parts 
  : 
  the 
  

   first 
  is 
  devoted 
  to 
  an 
  Atlas 
  of 
  two 
  hundred 
  and 
  forty-four 
  plates 
  

   embracing 
  all 
  the 
  mineral 
  species 
  included 
  under 
  the 
  letters 
  A 
  

   and 
  B. 
  The 
  accompanying 
  volume 
  of 
  text 
  gives 
  the 
  information 
  

   which 
  is 
  needed 
  to 
  make 
  the 
  plates 
  intelligible. 
  The 
  list 
  of 
  forms 
  

   is 
  presented 
  after 
  the 
  manner 
  of 
  the 
  well-known 
  Index 
  of 
  the 
  

   author 
  and 
  the 
  literature 
  citations 
  are 
  as 
  complete 
  as 
  could 
  be 
  

   desired. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  preface 
  to 
  the 
  text 
  the 
  author 
  explains 
  the 
  broad 
  stand- 
  

   point 
  from 
  which 
  he 
  has 
  been 
  led 
  to 
  develop 
  this 
  work, 
  desiring 
  

   to 
  bring 
  together 
  the 
  material 
  which 
  shall 
  be 
  available 
  for 
  solv- 
  

   ing 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  problems 
  of 
  crystals 
  and 
  their 
  growth, 
  partic- 
  

   ularly 
  with 
  respect 
  to 
  the 
  crystal 
  habit, 
  the 
  frequency 
  of 
  

   occurrence 
  of 
  certain 
  forms 
  and 
  the 
  relative 
  size 
  of 
  the 
  faces. 
  

   The 
  author's 
  earlier 
  labors 
  in 
  similar 
  fields, 
  as 
  also 
  his 
  extraordi- 
  

   nary 
  power 
  for 
  carrying 
  through 
  complex 
  and 
  difficult 
  investiga- 
  

   tions, 
  fit 
  him 
  peculiarly 
  for 
  a 
  task 
  of 
  this 
  magnitude. 
  The 
  

   completeness 
  with 
  which 
  the 
  subject 
  is 
  handled 
  will 
  be 
  appreci- 
  

   ated 
  from 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  the 
  single 
  species 
  barite 
  is 
  represented 
  by 
  

   737 
  figures, 
  anglesite 
  by 
  460 
  and 
  aragonite 
  b) 
  302 
  ; 
  while 
  the 
  

   monoclinic 
  amphiboles, 
  apatite, 
  axinite, 
  beryl 
  and 
  bournonite 
  

   have 
  each 
  from 
  160 
  to 
  186 
  figures. 
  The 
  reproduction 
  of 
  the 
  

   figures 
  by 
  the 
  engraver 
  is 
  excellent 
  and 
  the 
  author 
  has 
  shown 
  

   rare 
  good 
  judgment 
  in 
  taking 
  these 
  figures 
  direct 
  from 
  the 
  origi- 
  

   nal 
  authors 
  without 
  attempting 
  the 
  enormous 
  task 
  of 
  redrawing. 
  

   The 
  latter 
  plan 
  must, 
  of 
  necessity, 
  have 
  resulted 
  in 
  another 
  

   elegant 
  fragment, 
  as 
  that 
  ot 
  Schrauf, 
  while 
  now 
  we 
  may 
  hope, 
  

   with 
  the 
  author, 
  that 
  his 
  task 
  may 
  be 
  completed 
  by 
  the 
  publica- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  four 
  or 
  five 
  additional 
  double 
  volumes, 
  one 
  for 
  each 
  year 
  

   succeeding 
  the 
  present. 
  No 
  student 
  of 
  mineralogy 
  can 
  afford 
  to 
  

   be 
  without 
  a 
  work 
  of 
  this 
  importance 
  and 
  completeness. 
  

  

  2. 
  Dybdeboring 
  i 
  Grondals 
  eng 
  ved 
  Kobenhavn 
  189^-1907 
  

   og 
  dens 
  videnskabelige 
  JResultater 
  y 
  ved 
  E. 
  P. 
  Bonnesen, 
  O. 
  B. 
  

   Boggild 
  og 
  J. 
  P. 
  Ravn. 
  Pp. 
  106, 
  pis. 
  8. 
  Udgivet 
  paa 
  Carls- 
  

   bergfondets 
  bekostning. 
  Copenhagen, 
  1913. 
  — 
  This 
  volume 
  gives 
  

   the 
  record 
  of 
  a 
  boring 
  carried 
  to 
  a 
  depth 
  of 
  2742 
  feet, 
  860'6 
  

   meters, 
  near 
  Copenhagen. 
  Its 
  depth 
  is 
  much 
  greater 
  than 
  any 
  

   other 
  boring 
  in 
  the 
  region, 
  and 
  its 
  vicinity 
  to 
  Copenhagen 
  enabled 
  

  

  