Evening star., 1915-10-17
SCIENCE NOTES.

SCIENCE NOTES.
Astronomers have decided that the
Mellish comet. which was found by
John f. Mellish, 1T the Kerkes OBJ
servatory. september Z. is the nebula
given in John Herschel's catalogue as
No. 3a9, and figured in his article in
Philosophical transactions for 1883.
Roscoe +. sanford has been appoint
ed Martin Kellogg fellow at the Lick
observatory for the year l915-19l6.
He Will spend the year at Mount Ham
ilton.
The National Academy of Sciences
VIII hold its autumn meeting at the
American Museum of Natural History.
New York city, on November 10. 16 and
II.
The Field Museum OF Natural History
announces the appointment of DR..
Berthold Laufer curator of anthro-
pology to succeed DIR. George A. Dorsey
The library of the University of
Washington mas acquired complete
set of the Philosophical Magazine from
its establishment in 1898 at a cost of
81 0oe.
NJ Georges Van Biesbraeck. adjunct
astronomer of the Royal Observatory
l ccle btiSihl. mas arrived at the
erkes Observator.-. where he is to be
come temporary member of the staff
for the year 1856, with the title Of
visiting professor of practical astron-
omy.
DR.. Franz Pingsdorf director of the
astrographic work in the Obseryatorio
Nacional at Santiago. Chile. has re-
signed his position.
Dean Frederick j. Wulling of the
College of Pharmacy of the University
of Minnesota has been chosen president
sociation.
DR.. Theobold Smith. director. and
other members of the Rockefeller In
stitute for the study of Animal Dis
eases which is being built near Prince
ton. have started their work in a suite
of rooms loaned BY the biology and
geology departments of Princeton. The
buildings are to be completed in one
year at cost of 81 900, ,000.
DIR. Frank H. Hartmann of the de-
partment of physiology in Harvard
lecturer in physiology at the Univer-
sity of Toronto
Sir Arthur j. Evans. + H. s. tn
archeologist and honorary feeper of the
Ashmolean Museum. oxford. has been
electeu president of the British Asso-
citation for the Advancement of Sci
ence..
A. Glib Maitland. director of the geo.
logical survey, Western Australia. has
been elected president of the Royal
Society of Western Australia for the
ensuing season.
F. A. Fenton. d graduate student of
the University of Wisconsin. and for
some time deputy inspector in the same
CT has tl,,
reau of entomology and will be en-
gagged in work with Mr.. J. J. Davis at
Lafayette. Ind.
Prof. Ewald Herring, the eminent
psychologist of Leipzig University, will
retire al the close of the winter SEM
ester
DR.. Robert S Woodward president of
the Carnegie Institution of Washington.
D. G., is chairman of section
of the Pan American Scientific Con
gress. which will discuss problems OF
interest in astronomy. ge-
odesy and in meteorology and seismol-
ogy. The work is divided into two
sub-sections: Astronomy and geodesy
of which DR.. Woodwork is chairman.
which Prof Charles Frederick Mar
vim. chief of the United States weather
bureau. is chairman Among the topics
to be discussed are: The Desirability
a anu eaSlp1IlIN extending a GraNl-
metric Survey to Cover the American
Continents. Present Conditions,
Needs and Prospects of Meteorological
and Seismological work in Each of the
Countries of the Scien-
tifc Congress" The report from each
should contain a list of all
and archaeological sta
tions and other local information per-
tnent to this report in that country.
A tablet has been unveiled in the
Cheltenham College Chapel to the
of DIR. F. H Wilson. who per-
ished with Capt. Scott in the Antarctic
Among those who have been kille.l
while tending the wounded in the field
are: G. Heimsnin of Berlin, one of the
pioneers in eugenics. and Prof. II; Piper
Of the Institute of Physiology, Berlin,
DR.. Piper's work was on the physiology
Of the senses.
The Siberian expedition, which was
sent out sixteen months ago at the
Joint expense of the oxford Uni-er-
sity School of Anthropologv and the
University of Pennsylvania Museum,
Miss NJ. \. Czplicka. is a native Of
Russian Poland and has been a stu
lent of the Warsaw University and of
College, oxford. The ex-
artist: Miss Haviland. ornithologist
md Mr. Hull of the University of Penn
'ylvania. ethnologist. They went
rom Warsaw to Krosvirack in Siberia
ind thence to the mouth of the Yenisei;
liver. The first tribe examined was
hat of the Samoyeds and then the
winter was spent among the fungus
# the Tundra, very primitive race
title Influenced by Russian culture.
rhe spring was devoted to the Tartars.
Who are more civilized than either the
;amoyeds or the fungus. Much in
ormation of scientific interest has been
acquired and a large collection of cos
umes, weapons, implements and orna-
nents made of copper and iron has
,een made. These will, in all events,