June 2, 1905.] 



SCIENCE. 



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The Biological Laboratory of the Bureau 

 of Fisheries at Woods Hole, Mass., will open 

 for the current season on or about June 15. 

 Opportunities for research in the field of 

 marine biology will, as usual, be furnished to 

 a limited number of qualified investigators. 

 Candidates for tables should send applica- 

 tions at an early date to the commissioner of 

 fisheries, Washington, D. C, or to the director 

 of the laboratory, Dr. F. B. Sumner, College 

 of the City of New York, New York, N. Y. 

 Applications from those who are not already 

 known at the station should be accompanied 

 by proper endorsements. 



The Georgian Bay Biological Station will 

 be open from June 5 to September 5. The 

 station is a summer laboratory, established in 

 1901 by the Dominion government in connec- 

 tion with the Department of Marine and Fish- 

 eries, for the investigation of problems in 

 lacustrine biology. It is located at Go Home 

 Bay, a small offshoot of the Georgian Bay, 

 distant about twenty miles from the towns of 

 Midland and Penetanguishene, and on the 

 course of the Northern Navigation Company's 

 steamboat line connecting Penetanguishene 

 and Parry Sound. There is no charge to 

 those wishing to work in the laboratory. 



It is said that Mr. William Ziegler, who 

 died on May 24, has provided in his will for 

 the continuation of his Arctic explorations. 

 It will be remembered that Mr. Anthony 

 Fiala is now in the Arctic regions under Mr. 

 Ziegler's auspices. He has not been heard 

 from for two years, and two relief expeditions 

 have now been sent. 



The American Mathematical Society will 

 hold its twelfth summer meeting at Williams 

 College, Williamstown, Mass., on September 

 7 and 8. 



The German Mathematical Society will 

 hold its annual meeting at Meran, Tyrol, from 

 September 24 to 30, under the presidency of 

 Professor P. Stackel, of the University at 

 Kiel. 



In the spring of this year the International 

 Geodetic Association set aside 80,000 Marks 

 for the purpose of extending variation of 

 latitude observations to the southern hemi- 



sphere. The plans of the association are 

 making good progress, and it is expected that 

 the astronomers who will carry on the work 

 will reach the points selected in November of 

 this year. One of the observatories will be 

 established near Cordova, Argentine Confed- 

 eration, and the other near Perth, in Australia. 



It was stated in the issue of Science, for 

 April 21, that the New Mexico legislature had 

 appropriated $6,000 for a State Geological 

 Survey to be spent under the direction of the 

 New Mexican School of Mines at Socorro. 

 We are informed that the only reference to 

 such a survey occurs in the general appropria- 

 tion bill and is as follows: 'For publication 

 U. S. geological survey reports to be expended 

 under the direction of the Socorro School of 

 Mines, or so much thereof as may be necessary, 

 $2,500.' 



A Keuter telegram from Berlin says that 

 in the course of excavations in the neighbor- 

 hood of Breslau 400 graves and 150 prehistoric 

 dwelling places have been brought to light. 

 The oldest of the graves contained bones da- 

 ting from a period previous to the Bronze Age, 

 and in another grave near by were found urns 

 showing that they had contained bodies in- 

 terred five centuries later. The excavators 

 have been able to trace the site of a village of 

 the bronze age. About a dozen huts are clearly 

 recognizable. A whole collection of spinning 

 and weaving appliances has also been dug up. 



Consul-General Eichard Guenther, of 

 Frankfort, reports that the Associazione degli 

 Industrial! d' Italia, No. 61 Foro Bonaparte, 

 Milan, Italy, invites inventors to compete for 

 two prizes offered by it, as follows: First 

 prize, $1,600 and a gold medal, for a new 

 method to prevent danger which may arise 

 from the contact of high tension with low 

 tension wrapping at electric rotary-current 

 transformers; second prize, $100 and a gold 

 medal for a simple, strong, and reliable safety 

 device for stopping cars running on an in- 

 clined plane in case of the breaking of the 

 wire cable. The device must be capable of 

 adjustment to the ordinary cable roads now in 

 use. 



