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Facts and Observations, 
Honours conferred on a Veterinary Surgeon. 
—At the last general meeting of the Royal Geographical 
Society, Sir Roderick Murchison, president, in the chair, 
Mr. Fleming, V.S., Military Train, was proposed as a Fellow 
by Sir Harry Parkes, C.B. ; the proposition was seconded by 
Sir R. Murchison and W. Spottiswoode, Esq. The Council 
also tendered him a unanimous vote of thanks for his exer¬ 
tions on behalf of geographical science. 
In the Anthropological Society of London, in September 
last, Mr. Fleming was elected a Fellow on the proposition 
of Dr. Hunt, the president of that society, for researches in 
Ethnology. 
At the last meeting of the British Association at Newcastle- 
on-Tyne Mr. Fleming likewise had the honour, at the request 
of the Royal Geographical Society, of reading two papers 
in the geographical and ethnological sections; one on the 
‘ Geography of Eastern Mantchuria/ and the other on the 
‘Ethnological distinctions between theNorthern and Southern 
Chinese, and particularly of the people beyond the Great 
Wall of China/ 
[As honours conferred on medical men are always noticed 
in the columns of the Lancet , we have thought that those 
distinctions, which must have been worked hard for by a 
veterinary surgeon, might not be unacceptable when made 
known to the readers of the Veterinarian , and especially to 
those who wish to add to the reputation of our rising pro¬ 
fession; for if one member be honoured, all participate in it: 
we therefore with pleasure record the above.] 
Atmolysis. —In a previous volume ( Veterinarian, vol. xxxv, 
p. 406) we gave an account of Mr. Graham’s mode of 
analysis by liquid diffusion, called by him dialysis. Pro¬ 
secuting his scientific investigations, he has applied a similar 
process to the gases to which he gives the above name 
—atmolysis. He finds the molecules of different gases to 
pass through tubes of unglazed earthenware, or plates of 
graphite, with unequal velocities, so that a separation more 
or less complete of mixed gases, can be effected by means 
of an atmolyser , This is a narrow tube of unglazed 
earthenware, such as a tobacco-pipe stem, two feet in length, 
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