998 Scientific News. [ November, 
SCIENTIFIC NEWS? 
— The French Association for the Advancement of Science held 
its session this year at Nancy. Thirty-two savans contributed 
papers upon engineering and mathematics, forty-four upon physics 
and chemistry, fifty-eight upon the natural sciences, and fifty-nine 
on economics, some contributing several papers. The Revue 
Scientifique (Aug. 14) prints in full the address of the president, 
M. Friedel, upon the progress of chemistry and mineralogy ; that 
of M. E. Collignon, secretary, upon the history of the association 
during the year; that of M. A. Volland, mayor of Nancy, and that 
of M. E. Galante, treasurer, upon the finances of the association. 
From the first of these discourses it appears that spinel, corun- 
dum, and rubies have been manufactured artificially, and that the 
false rubies are not infrequent in the market. The last meeting, 
held at Grenoble, received a total of 342 communications, 100 0 
which were upon the natural sciences. Fourteen members were 
lost by death during the year, including MM. Bouquet, Bouley, 
Jamin, Robin and Dechambre. The number of associates is kept 
up to three thousand eight hundred. ‘ 
Among the papers read in the natural history section were 
those of M. Cartailhac, on sepulchres of the stone age, etc. ; of M. 
Chatin, on the flora of Paris and Dauphiné; of F. Lataste, on the 
tion to the prevalence of burial after decomposition of the on 
parts. In the reindeer age this was usual. In Spain the body 0 
interesting excursions were taken, one to a spot upon German 
soil was frustrated by the ignorant fussiness of the local Ger ean 
authorities. The next meeting of the association will be held a 
Toulouse, that of 1888 at Oran, Algeria. 
— The new Gogebic Iron range is located parallel with the 
shore of Lake Superior and about forty miles distant, equi-ex 
posed in Michigan and Wisconsin. There are two veins tunning 
very near to each other that average 25 to 160 feet in width oe 
are of unknown depth. The ore is all within the Bessemer ei 
varying about five per cent at the surface but assuming an equ ity 
low. ` The veins head nearly south at an angle of thirty d t 
from the perpendicular. The quality averages sixty-seven Per sali 
: pureh tite and is soft and crumbling. The opening of tte range 
a 1 Edited by Wa. Hosea BALLOU, 265 Broadway, New York. 
