The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-12-13
SCIENCE NOTES.

Mr. Henry NJ Huxley has been haus
r1snenvay fellow and assistant IN an
tbropology at Harvard University
Dr Marcus z. Farr. assistant in geology
at princeton. and Mr.. Earl Douglass rel
low in biology. with "A party of students
snspt tbe summer i'm geological explora-
zion in the southern part OF Montaha'
sa,,s Science Valuable fossils were col
Iected and are now being mounted at
Princeton -
A. Is reported SAYS Science. mat he
Berlin Academy OF Sciences ana ihe Dan
! ism Academy at Copenhagen, nave &c
| rlded 10 prepare n collection OF an me
| medical works OF antiquity under tue uuc
! Of "Corpns Veterum Medicorum' anu
will cause A thorough examination 10 po
made OF an libraries oriental anu HV'o-
pean. which are likely TO contain n'"'u-
| scriuts dealing with medical SUBJECTS.
A small residential laboratory has been
| onened az tho Hakgsa Botanic GaruepS
| near Nswara Eiya, At an eleNauoh ol
JG00 feet above sea leVei' says Io'upn 10
| Mature The climate Is temperate me
botanical garden itself " saia 10 ne Neis
besuti5,u and 90 occupy an rnriNaled DO
| sitio;, for the study OF equatorial MI veg
| ef.tfon for on one side -tlere are JunGles
/ stretching for twenty-five miles or more
into the wet region OF the hilis' on the
other q grassy plateau rfachlhs LOT an
I eunat distance lNAp illf ~ 'Nr''A'f ~
| extending from 5000 20 1000 feet above sea
level.
! At the recent Glasgow meeting or the
4 British association, MIR. ~. n Peach pre-
santed a contribution 10 the study OF me
Csmbrian fossils OF the Northwest hlsh-
lands I'm which he pointed out thst the
| fossils in the Rsluakicl group OF the our
ness dolamites present remarkable resenl-
, hlances to American species, and suggest
! ed the existence IN Cambrlan times OF
! large continent extending from the north
! OF Scotland 90 America. Ihis idea -
supported as WAS pointed out oy rrol'
! Iapworth by the tact that the success
slon OF beds In Northern Scotland IL par
alleIed only on the American continent
on the same occasion Or. A. @. Green
read before the chemical section OF the
association a paper on the coal-'ar IN
dustry, which. rs reported In the Lon
| don Times, appears 20 hsve been devoted
. mainly 20 tracing the relative progress Ia
tho Industry in England aud Germany
| during the last fifteen years AZ the ne
ginning OF that period England. although
/ | not the originator Of the manufacture OF
, | snaline dyes. was not only holding It's
= own against Germany, but was supply
ing Germany with the raw material. Now
: Germany is producing coal-tar i'm plenty
! ! for it's use and has also forged away
ahead OF England i'm the work OF manu-
4 / iac1ure The total capacity of the six
| largest RDtl-fAF tOloF NfNlr I'D 'tFinNllN
h amounts 10 at least E3500,0o0 sterling;
d they employ about coo chemists, $50 engl-
= Z neers and technical men 1850 business
= managers. clerks and agents and over
q 1909 workmcn In 1878 the value NJ the en-
- port OF these colors from Germany
70 amounted 30 c&50.0eD. The coors used
:. by tho Bradford Overs associst ton arc II
N per cent. OF English make. 80 per cent
a. German. per cent Swiss and 4 per cent
ie French.
+ prof William r. Richards, OF Harvard
W. itniversitv. has received q call 10 the
ld newly established research profesgorshiI
n of chemistry IN the University OF Coffin
~ ecn n Is especially gratifying 60 not,
,d ! thar ono of the greatest universities n
Il Germany should offer tho chair 10 an Am
'n crioan
9; About 950eoo pairs Of elasses werc pur
=, | chased by the state committee in Mary
land for use in roliur booths. Pohtician'
=. have found that both I'm tho city an,
er countrr~ districts large number Of vot
s. css ~ the.poorer classes ctn read SUM
!. gigntly well 20 ballot but their sight Is -
W defectlve that IN the diuly lighted booth
to tliey arc unable tetread the long list o
al contestants or The ballot Capable met
r. We're provided at evcry pnlling place q
be adjust the glasses for the voters
~ Carrier pigeons hg,c been put 10 move
- usc ny physician of Rocklsnd Nc. O
80 one occasion he was called TO- an ISLAM
a I
av | patient Who vse seriously on. To rcsC
id this island fe was Obliged 90 make
- dangerous tfip Before he returned % th
It mainland he gave the family or his pa
nm tieui sis homing pigeons which we're :
~ be used 80 messengers to Inform him a
nd ! the patients condition pigeon va
iis dispatched as often as necessary. carr,
= irg assurances 90 The physician az the pa
~ TENTS steady progress toward recovery
!. A series Of observations by the Va,
80 | Prof A. you keracr has been pubisho
- On The variations IN the time ~ The opef
- ff-r end closing ~ flowers. lie states thi
the TACT that some flowers remain ope
p Cor q longer period in summer than
hv spring is not due io the direct in1uer,
"a OF an Increase in Tho light hat 10 a ri,
M in temperature due 90 the absorption
Al. light With many flowers the opening
N. not tho hesrlt Of growth. but of cha ng
We in turgidity due 10 Transportation. iu Hcu
"a erocallis fsva aud Hibiscus triorum u
IA i flowers remain open only for a single A.
"A 4 IN the summer. while IN autumn th,
,-- opsn for too OF three fays In succsssio
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