The New York herald., 1868-05-30
FOREIGN SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE.

The Academic Francaise at Its last meeting, held
in Paris conferred the grand prize of Colbert 10000
francs, NJ Dareste for the best historical work.
The title is The History Of France, in five volumes.
The Courier Medtcale Of Paris, In very able
article the mortality OF infants attributes IN Al
great maay instances to the insuciency OF the des
velopment Of bone, and adds that the milk Of Q,
healthy nurse ought to contain two and one-han
grammes Of phosphate Of lime, which is the basis Of
all Osse0us matter. From observations made, it ap-
pears that scarcely one In ten women have milk
coming up to this standard, and, therefore, the IN,
fants # s said necessarily perish or grow up sckly
From letter dated from Fraut, Sussex,
written by by Mr.. Allnatt to the London
we ae 81
ri0us hurricanes which occurred Of late In the
Mauritius had their mitgated counterparts In this
cyclone Of the 18th and 18th Of March equatorial
gale, almost due ST. ragged in England. Again, on tha
ritius, ana in England the wind was rough, squaiV
and unsettled. II we possessed authentic records we
might probably find that the atmosphere Of the whole
earth Is sometimes simultaneously stirred to ita
depths by these elemental perturbations It is an
ascertained fact that the daeters Of the great wind
circles which visit England from intertropicA re-
giOns vary from 700 1000 miles. During the month
Of April several sudden condensations occurred,
purple msts also hung on some days amid the
foliage of the distant landscape. Altogether the
month was insalubrious and the rate OF mortality
dense fog existed In London, and at Maidstone, In
Kent the SUMS force at noon was 100 degreesn
The anniversary meeting Of the Geological Society Of
London lately held In It's house In Hanover square.
Two new foreign members had been elected in 1867,
viz.:-Dr Ernest Haeckel. Professor Of Zoology In
the University of Jena. and Mr.. G. Westerman, Dts
rector Of the gardens Of the Geological Society Of
Amsterdam. In 1857 the number OF members was
27O2 being an increase OF 243. The total income for
the year 225o4l exceeding the former return by
f66 and is the largest amount ever received In any
single year except 1851 and 1862. The reserve fund
Is 10000 invested Ia reduced three per cents. Th6
total number Of visitors during 1867 was stated 20
have been 556, ,2l3 being 2S,S65 more than In 1863.
The total number Of animals IN the S0cietys menag.
erie on the first OF January last 2,0lo namely
531 quadrupeds, 1890 birds and 159 reptiles Among
the principal acquisitions were young female grane
O warus, and fine collection OF animals from CAL
cutta.
The new electric machine 80 much spoken Of dur.
ing the late Universal Exhibition s very simple In
its construction. 1t consists Of two disks OF glass,
one fixed and the other loose that 1t freely re-
volve which placed close together almost touch-
ing. The fixed disk has two holes on opposite
sides, near the edge, above each Of these
holes small piece OF parchment Is nxed, termi-
mating In point reaching to the centre OF the hole
The loose disk is then set In motion, and sheet OF
paper slightly rubbed by the hand placed on the
liked one 80 as to cover one OF the holes. lmme-
diately torrent Of electricity Is produced, which
ceases on removing the paper