336 ScientifiG Intelligence, 



8. Meteor Iterik uncle von E, Cohen. Heft II, pp. vii, 302. 

 Stuttgart, 1903 (E. Scliweizerbart'sche Yerlagshandlung, E. 

 I*^agele). — The second part of Cohen's important and compre- 

 hensive work on meteorites, recently issued, is devoted to the dis- 

 cussion of the physical features of meteorites : the structure both 

 of irons and stones, the crust and black veins, the form and char- 

 acter of the surface, the number and size of the individuals of a 

 given fall. All of these most interesting topics are treated with 

 care and conciseness and with especial reference to the observa- 

 tions and views of the many writers who have contributed to our 

 knowledge of them. The author, however, also gives the reader 

 the benefit of the results of his own extensive studies. The latter 

 part of the volume (pp. 192-290) is devoted to supplements to 

 Heft I, treating of the methods of investigation and the mineral 

 constituents of meteorites. 



9. Meteorites from New South Wales. — An account is given 

 by A. LivERSiDGE in the Proceedings of the Royal Society of 

 New South Wales (vol. xxxvi, 341), of several recently discovered 

 Australian meteorites. One of these, the Boogaldi meteorite, is 

 an iron remarkable for its pear-shaped form and well-preserved 

 fused crust. The others are largely stony in character; they 

 include two masses from Barratta belonging with that found in 

 the same locality in 1860 ; two masses from Gilgoin found in 

 1889 and 1893 ; also the Eli Elwah or Hay rneteorite first 

 exhibited in 1888. 



III. Miscellaneous Scientific Intelligence. 



1. OstwalcVs Klassiker der JExakten Wissenschaften, Leijasig 

 1903 (Wilhelm Engelmann). — The following are recent additions 

 to this "valuable series : 



Nr. 20. Abhandlimg liber das Liclit ; von Christian Hnyghens. 115 pp. 

 Second edition. 



Nr. 21. tJber die Wandernngen der lonen wahrend der Elektrolyse : von 

 W. Hittorf. Part 1, 115 pp. Second edition. 



Nr. 134. Experimental-Untersuchungen iiber Elektricitat ; von Michael 

 Faraday. Series xvi-xvii, 102 pp. 



Nr. 135. Theorie der Gestalt von Fliissigkeiten im Zustand des Gleich- 

 gewichts ; von Carl Friedrich Ganss. 73 pp. 



Nr. 136. Experimental Untersuchungen iiber Elektricitat : von Michael 

 Faraday. Series xviii-xix. 58 pp. 



Nr. 137. Abhandlungen zur Thermodynamik chemischer Yorgange ; von 

 August Harstman. 73 pp. 



Nr. 138. tJber die Bewegung der Korper durch den Stoss. Uber die 

 Centrifugalkraft ; von Christian Hnyghens. Edited by Felix Hansdorff. 

 79 pp. , 49 figs. 



Nr. 139. Thermodynamische Abhandlungen iiber Molekulartheorie uud 

 Chemische Gleichgewichte ; von C. M. Guldberg. 85 pp. 



