4:90 Scientific Intelligence. 



III. Miscellaneous Scientific Intelligence. 



1. National Academy of Sciences. — The annual meeting of 

 the National Academy of Sciences was held in Washington, April 

 21, 22 and 23. President Ira Remsen was elected vice president 

 and Professor Simon Newcomb foreign secretary. The following 

 gentlemen were elected members : T. C. Chamberlin of Chicago, 

 William James of Cambridge, E. L. Mark of Cambridge, Arthur 

 G. Webster of Worcester, Horace L. Wells of New Haven. 



The following papers were presented : 



Henry F. Osborn : An estimate of the weight of the skeleton in the Sauro- 

 poda, or in the Sauropodous Dinosaurs. New characters of the skulls of 

 Carnivorous and Herbivorous Dinosaurs. Models illustrating the evolution 

 of the Amblypoda, also of the Dinosaur Diplodocus, together with a theory 

 as to the habits of the Sauropoda. 



George F. Barker : Eadio-activity of thorium minerals. 



J. M. Crafts : The law of catalysis in concentrated solutions. The 

 standardization of thermometric measurements. 



George E. Hale : The Eumf ord spectroheliograph of the Yerkes Observa- 

 tory. 



Lewis Boss : The determination of standard right-ascensions free from 

 the personal equation for star-magnitude. 



B. A. Harris : On the semi-diurnal tide of the northern part of the 

 Indian Ocean. - 



Arthur L. Day : The melting point of a simple glass. 



Carl Barus : The diffusion of vapor into nucleated air. 



H. B. Bowditch : Biographical Memoir of Theodore Lyman. 



Alexander Agassiz : The nomenclature of the topography of the bottom 

 of the oceans. 



S. Weir Mitchell : On the discovery of an antidote for rattlesnake 

 poison. 



Alexander Graham Bell : On the tetrahedral principle in kite structure. 



Theodore Gill : Biographical Memoir of J. E. Holbrook. 



George F. Barker : Biographical Memoir of Matthew Carey Lea. 



S. F. Emmons : Biographical Memoir of Clarence King. 



Jeffries Wyman : Biographical Memoir of A. A. Gould. 



Charles S. Hastings : Biographical Memoir of James E. Keeler. 



2. International Catalogue of Scientific Literature. — First 

 Annual Issue : A. Mathematics, May, 1902. Pp. xiv, 201. B. 

 Mechanics, July, 1902. Pp. xiv, 128. C. Physics, Part I, 

 February, 1902. Pp. xiv, 239. E. Astronomy, May, 1902. 

 Pp. xiv, 303. F. Meteorology, including Terrestrial Magnet- 

 ism, May, 1902. Pp. xiv, 184. Q. Physiology, including 

 Experimental Psychology, Pharmacology and Experimental 

 Pathology, Part I, February, 1902, xiv, 404. R. Bacteriology, 

 May, 1902, xiv, 314. — Seven volumes of the International Cata- 

 logue of Scientific Literature have recently appeared. They are 

 in eveiy way worthy of the Royal Society, under whose auspices 

 they are published, and are of very great value to the scientific 

 worker. The details of the plan of publication, cost, etc., are given 

 in the preface to each volume. (See, also, this Journal, xiv, 31V, 

 October, 1902.) 



