The Artillery Fight At Chalouf On August 20th, Which Had
been represented as a massacre by the British iu some of our own journals, turns out to have been a strictly legitimate operation of war, though one which was provoked very......
We Observe That Sir W. Thomson,in His Address On Friday
week to the British Association, declared authoritatively that " ease- 1 ul observation with the barometer, thermometer, and anemo- meter, at the time of new moon, full moon,......
Amongst Other Curious Illustrations Of The...
professedly tolerant age, is the publication in Monday's Times of a very silly and chaffing letter, by "A Vicar::General," on Mr. Green's case, in which the Vicar-General......
There Was An Able Paper Also Read By Mr. Selater-booth,
as President of the Economic and Statistical Section of the British Association, yesterday week, on the subject of local govern- ment in rural districts. He objected strongly to......
Ina Paper By Professor Sclisvedoff, On " The Origin Of
Hail," read before the Association on Monday, evidence was produced —we arc not told exactly what—of a hailstone "as large as an elephant," which took three days to melt. Oddly......
Dr, Siemens, On Bringing The Meeting Of The British Associa-
tion, over which he has so ably presided, to a close, expressed a view which, popularly accepted though it is, seems to us utterly false. He said that "it seemed to be a law of......
On Monday, The British Association Decided To Hold Its Meet-
ing of 18 84—two years hence—in Montreal (Canada), the meet- ing o f next year being fixed for Southport. Considering that there are a good many of the Association who cannot go......
There Was Also A Very Vehement Discussion The Same Clay
on the Channel Tunnel, Sir Frederick Bramwell doing all in his power to cover with ridicule those who have opposed it. But ho did not make much way. Sir William Armstrong quite......
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