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000 Schmitz (E. J.). A section of Rick Patch Mountain at Iron Gate, 
Va. 
Am. Inst. Mg. Engrs., Trans., vol. xxv, pp. 477-181, 1896. 
Presents a cross section of the mountain and gives the author's notes 
on the character and succession of the strata found in the several tun- 
nels, of Devonian and Silurian age. 
601 Copper ores in the Permian of Texas. 
Am. Inst. Mg. Engrs., Trans., vol. xxvi, pp. 97-108, 1896. 
Describes the stratigraphic and lithologic features of the district and 
the occurrence and character of the ore bodies. 
602 The oil boom of Tennessee. 
Eng. and Mg. Jour., vol. lxi, pp. 228-229, with map, 1896. 
Gives two sections of artesian wells in this region. 
603 Schuchert (Charles). Eeport on Paleozoic fossils from Alaska. 
U. S. Geo!. Surv., 17th Ann. Kept., Pt. I, pp. 898-906, 1896. 
Gives a historical sketch of the collections of Paleozoic fossils and 
describes the relations and distribution of certain Devonian and Carbon- 
iferous forms. Includes a list of papers treating of Alaska Paleozoic 
fossils. 
60i Schweinitz (E. A. de). A meteorite from Forsyth County, N. C. 
Am. Jour. Sci., 4th ser., vol. i, pp. 208-209, figs. 1-4, 1896. 
Gives a brief description of the occurrence of this meteorite and its 
chemical composition. 
605 Scott (W. B.). A question of priority. 
Am. Geol., vol. xvii, p. 58 (correspondence), 1896. 
Pefers to a previous paper by W. F. Cummins concerning the use of 
the term " Goodnight beds" and to the association of certain faunas 
in the Loop Fork beds of Texas and Kansas. 
606 Paleontology as a morphological discipline. 
Science, new ser., vol. iv, pp. 177-188, 1896. 
Discusses some of the principles of paleontology and their relations to 
morphological investigations. 
607 Scudder (Samuel H.). A caddis fly from the Leda clays of the 
vicinity of Ottawa, Canada. 
Can. Rec. Sci., vol. vi, pp. 276-277, 1895. 
Describes Phryganea ejecta n. sp. 
608 Seeley (Henry M.), Brainerd (Ezra) and. The Chazy of Lake 
Champlain [New York]. 
See Brainerd (E.) and Seeley (H. M.), No. 69. 
609 Shaler (N. S.). Conditions and effects of the expulsion of gases 
from the earth. 
Boston Soc. Nat. Hist,, Proc, vol. xxvii, pp. 89-106, 1896. 
Discusses the phenomena of expulsion of gases in earthquakes, vol- 
canic eruptions, and in artesian wells. 
