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SCIENCE. 
SCIENCE: 
A W eekly Record of Scientific 
Prog r ess. 
JOHN MICHELS, Editor. 
Published at 
229 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. 
P. O. Box 3838 . 
SATURDAY, JULY 3, 1880. 
To Correspondents. 
All communications should be addressed to the Editor — Box 3838, P. 
O., New York — with name and address of writer, not necessarily for pub- 
lication without consent. 
Scientific papers and correspondence intended for publication, should be 
written legibly on one side only of the paper. Articles thus received will 
be returned when found unsuitable for the Journal. 
Those engaged in Scientific Research are invited to make this Journal 
the medium of recording their work, and facilities will be extended to 
those desirous of publishing original communications possessing merit. 
Proceedings of Scientific Societies will be recorded, but the abstracts 
furnished must be signed by the Secretaries. 
Both questions and answers in “Notes and Queries” should be made 
as brief as possible ; an answer appearing to demand an elaborate reply, 
may be written in the form of an article. 
To Subscribers. 
Terms of subscription for Science will be §4 a year, payable in advance. 
Six months, $2.50. Single copies 10 cents. 
Subscriptions forwarded by mail should be addressed to the Editor, 
Box 3838, P. O., New York, and Post-office orders made payable to 
lt John Michels.” 
To Advertisers. 
Terms for advertising may be obtained at the office of Journal, 229 
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SALUTATORY. 
In presenting to the public the first number of 
“ Science,” we would briefly define its aim and scope, 
so that its position in the periodical literature of the 
country may be clearly understood. 
AVhile Literature proper, and Art, both ornamental 
and useful, nay, almost every distinctive social and 
economic interest in the United States, have their 
several organs for the interchange of views or the dif- 
fusion of information, Science still remains without 
any weekly journal exclusively devoted to the 
chronicling of its progress, and the discussion of its 
problems. 
This may be stated without disrespect to many ex- 
cellent weekly journals restricted to special branches 
of science, or allied to trade interests. 
The field being thus open, after consultation with 
many of the leading scientists in this country, it has 
been decided to publish “Science” in its present 
form. Its aim will be to afford scientific workers 
in the United States the opportunity of promptly 
recording the fruits of their researches, and facilities 
for communication between one another and the 
world, such as are now enjoyed by the scientific men 
of Europe. 
A distinctive feature in the conduct of this Journal 
will be that each department of science will be 
supervised by some recognized authority in that field 
of research, and it is believed that the names of these 
Associate Editors will be a guarantee that accuracy 
be maintained so far as possible. 
There will be a department of “Notes and Queries ,” 
which cannot fail to be of benefit to those engaged in 
original research. By this means many may attain 
the speedy solutions of difficulties which otherwise 
might cost them much unprofitable labor. 
It is the desire of the Editor that “Science” may, in 
the United States, take the position which “ Nature ” 
so ably occupies in England, in presenting immediate 
information of scientific events ; the Smithsonian Insti- 
tution and other scientific bodies have promised their 
co-operation in this respect, and representative men in 
all branches of science have cordially volunteered 
their aid towards making “ Science” as useful as its 
foreign contemporary. 
We shall supply with each volume a comprehensive 
Index. The size of the journal is convenient for 
binding, and it should form a valuable work of re- 
ference in every library. 
A short time must elapse before our arrangements, 
at home and abroad, can be completed, but we 
trust that this journal, even in its earliest stages, will be 
welcomed by all interested in scientific progress. 
As one of its “ Occasional Papers ” the Boston Society 
of Natural History has published a volume of great value 
on the “ Geology of Eastern Massachusetts,” by W. O. 
Crosby. It is evidently the result of long and competent 
investigation, is well illustrated, and contains a large and 
well-printed geological map of the region treated of. 
Interesting discoveries are reported from Italy. Near 
Este, in the Venito, at the foot of the Eugancian Mount- 
ains, Prof. Prosdocismi discovered a prehistoric burial 
ground with many bronze and clay vessels. Eighty-two 
tombs were found, of which forty-four seemed to have 
been opened already by the Romans, while the contents 
of the others seemed untouched. The urns belong to 
three different periods ; some are stained black with 
linear ornaments ; others are striped red and black. 
Some vases are of such exquisite workmanship that they 
could, even to-day, serve as patterns. A small case of 
bronze is adorned with human and animal figures. 
