June 25, 1886 ] 



SCIEXCE. 



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cultural chemist, died at Tharandt, in Saxony, on 

 the 1st of June, in his seventy-seventh year. 



— The Athenaeum of June 12 states that arrange- 

 ments are being- made for holding an international 

 congress for discussing papers upon climatology, 

 mineral and thermal springs, and allied subjects 

 at Biarritz, under the presidency of Dr. Durand 

 Fardel, the first week in October, to be followed 

 by a three-weeks' tour to the principal watering- 

 places of southern France. 



— The Athenaeum chronicles the appearance of 

 a new Italian journal of zoology, entitled Bolletino 

 dei musei di zoologia eel anatomia comparata delta 

 R universitd di Torino. At Jena an Anatomiseher 

 anzeiger. under the editorship of Prof. K. Barde- 

 leben, is announced to begin its existence this 

 month. 



— The following is a list of the publications of 

 the geological survey now in the hands of the 

 public printer: — Sixth annual report of the direc- 

 tor : Monographs — Lamellibranchiata of New Jer- 

 sey, by Whitfield ; Dinocerata, by Marsh ; Geologic 

 history of Like Lahontan, by Russell ; Geology and 

 mining industry of Leadville, by Emmons; Geology 

 of the Eureka district, by Hague ; Lake Bonneville, 

 by Gilbert ; Stegosauria, by Marsh : Bulletins — 

 Work done in the division of chemistry and phys- 

 ics, 1884-85, by Clarke ; Gabbros and associated 

 hornblende rocks, by George H.Williams ; Fresh- 

 water invertebrates of N. A. Jurassic, by C. A. 

 White; Cambrian faunas of N. A., by Walcott ; 

 Fossil insects, by Scudder ; Mineral springs of the 

 United States, byPeale ; Geology of northern Cali- 

 fornia, by Diller : Relation of the Laramie mollus- 

 can fauna to succeeding fresh-water eocene, by 

 White ; Physical properties of carburets, by Barus 

 and Strouhal ; Subsidence of small particles of in- 

 soluble solid in liquid, by Barus : A geologic map 

 of the Unit* d States. 



— Howard Avers has been appointed as an in- 

 structor in zoology at Harvard college. 



— Under the patronage of the Grand Duke of 

 Baden, and with the concurrence of the grand 

 ducal government, the Industrial society of Karls- 

 ruhe, says the Journal of the Society of arts, 

 has organized an international exhibition of the 

 manual arts and domestic economy, to remain 

 open from Aug. 15 to Sept. 15, 1886. The princi- 

 pal object of the exhibition is to make known the 

 best materiel and apparatus suitable for small in- 

 dustries, and to popularize their use ; so that 

 all small motors, tools, and machine tools will 

 be welcomed. 



— An important exhibition of apparatus and 

 implements for the prevention of the diseases of 



the vine, and for destroying insects that infest it, 

 says the Journal of the Society of arts, was held 

 last month at Conegliano. The exhibiters. who 

 were not limited to Italians, were 197 in number ; 

 and of the 524 different machines, apparatus, and 

 implements showm, 450 were connected with ap- 

 plication of milk of lime, the most effectual 

 remedy for the disease called peronospora, the 

 proportion being from 8 to 10 of slaked lime to 

 100 of water. The experiments, made before a 

 jury composed of the most eminent viticulturists 

 and scientific men, which lasted five days, will be 

 described in a report to the minister of agriculture, 

 and will contain a variety of useful information 

 and plates. Three gold medals, three silver with 

 money prize of 150 francs, seven silver ones, and 

 four bronze ones, were awarded, and, besides 

 these, three special premiums were given by the 

 local agricultural committee. 



— The following changes have been made in the 

 coast survey service since our last issue : Assist- 

 ant Gresham Bradford has been ordered to Sandy 

 Hook to make an examination for the location of 

 a permanent self-registering tide-gauge ; Lieut. F. 

 S. Carter has been ordered to Baltimore to relieve 

 Lieut. G. H. Peters of the command of the Arago, 

 which has been ordered to New York ; Ensign A. 

 W. Dodd has been detached from the schooner 

 Bache, and ordered to the Drift ; Assistant J. B. 

 Weir has been ordered to duty at the home office. 

 The following parties engaged in state work have 

 been recalled, owing to the failure, on the part of 

 congress, to appropriate money for the continuance 

 of this field-work : Prof. H. L. Barnard. Cham- 

 bersburg, Penn. ; Prof. A. H. Buchanan, Lebanon, 

 Tenn. ; Prof. J. E. Davies, Madison, Wis. : L. A. 

 Bowser, New Brunswick, N. J. ; Assistants E. F. 

 Dickins and J. S. Lawson, Anaheim, Cal. : J. L. 

 Campbell, Crawfordsville, Ind. ; Prof. Mansfield 

 Merriman, Bethlehem, Penn. 



— The following charts will shortly be issued 

 by the coast survey : Cape Flattery to Dixon's 

 Entrance, and from latter point to Cape St. Elias ; 

 Head Harbor Island to Petit Manan, coast of 

 Maine ; Icy Bay to Semidi Islands, Alaska ; topo- 

 graphical sheets of New York and Jersey City 

 water-front from Battery to 68th Street, North 

 River. 



— Mr. A. Schuster has recently published {Phil, 

 mag., April, 1886) an analysis of certain observa- 

 tions on the daily variations in earth-magnetism 

 which indicate definitely that the cause of the dis- 

 turbances lies wholly without the earth. 



— According to Professor Heim, says del et 

 terre, the total number of glaciers in the Alps is 

 1,155, of which 249 have a length greater than 



