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on building stones, L. Mel. Luquer. Trans. Am. Soc. Civil Eng., vol. 
33, pp. 235-256, March, 1895. 
Sixteenth Annual Report of the Director of the U. S. Geological Sur- 
vey, C. D. Walcott. U. S. Geol. Sur., 16th Ann. Rept., pt. 1. pp. 1-130, 
pi. 1. 1895. 
Notes concerning a peculiarly marked sedimentary rock from the vi- 
cinity of Glen Canyon, Arizona, J. E. Talmage. Utah Univ. Quar- 
terly, Dec, 1895; 5 pp., 2 pis. 
Charles Lyell and modern geology, T. G. Bonney. The Century Sci- 
ence Series; 16 mo, 224 pp.; New York, Macmillan & Co., 1895. 
PERSONAL AND SCIENTIFIC NEWS. 
A sketch of Ebenezer Emmons, with portrait, is given in 
the January number of Appletons' Popular Science Monthly. 
Dr. Wm. C. Williamson's researches on Carboniferous 
flora are discussed b} r Mr. D. H. Scott in the December num- 
ber of Science Progress. 
A geological survey of Egypt is to be undertaken. It is 
expected to occupy three years and will cost £25,000. Capt. 
H. G. Lyons, R. E.. has been appointed to have charge of the 
survey. 
Dr. Oliver C. Farrington, curator of geology in the Field 
Columbian Museum, Chicago, left January 8th for Mexico, 
where he will spend the remainder of the winter collecting for 
the Museum. 
Mr. Thomas A. Jaggar, Jr., A. M., on returning from Ger- 
many, has been appointed instructor in geology in Harvard 
University, giving his attention to experimental geology and 
to field-work. 
Mr. H. Van F. Furman, of Denver, Colo., has been appointed 
professor of mining and metallurgy at the Colorado State 
School of Mines, in place of Mr. E. B. Kirby, resigned. {Eng. 
A Mining Jour.) 
Mr. T. C. Hopkins, who has spent the last two years at the 
University of Chicago, has been appointed assistant professor 
of geology in the Pennsylvania State College, in which insti- 
tution he was formerly instructor in geology. 
The Geological Society of Washington met on Jan. 8th. 
The following papers were read: 
The isthmus of Panama. R. T. Hill. 
Recent and ancient markings on the seashore. C. D. Walcott. 
Sand dunes on the Rhode Island coast. C. D. Walcott. 
The occurrence of uintaite. G. H. Eldridge. 
Dr. Charles Palache has been appointed assistant in min- 
eralogy at Harvard University. Dr. Palache received the 
degree of B. S. from the University of California in 1891. was 
fellow in mineralogy there in 1892-93 and honorary fellow in 
1893-94, received the degree of Ph. D. in 1894, and has spent 
the last year in advanced work at Gottingen. (Science.) 
