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The International Geological Congress at Zurich

1894; Nature Portfolio; Volume: 50; Issue: 1299 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1038/050510a0

1476-4687

Roland Bonaparte, Michel De Lapparent, Arts Council of Great Britain, James Geikie, v, I Pellati, Gregorio Russia, Profs Pompelly, Hise Haeckel,

Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils

THE sixth meeting of the International Geological Congress was held at Zürich from Wednesday, August 29, to Monday, September 3, and was highly representative. Over 220 members were present, including leading geologists from all parts of Europe. Swiss and German members were in the majority. We may mention the names of MM. Renevier, Heim, Golliez, Forel, Schardt among the Swiss representatives, and Baron Richthofen, MM. Beyrich, Hauchecorne, Zittel, Credner, Groth, Gümbel among the German. From Austria there were present, among others, MM. Suess, Mojsisovics, Tietze, Penck; from France, Prince Roland Bonaparte, MM. Gaudry, de Lapparent, Michel Levy, Bertrand, de Margerie; from Britain, Sir A. Geikie, Sir J. Lubbock, Prof. Hughes, Prof. Sollas, Mr. W. Topley; from Scandinavia, Prof. Brögger; from Belgium, Prof. Dewalque; from Italy, Prof. Capellini, MM. Pellati, de Gregorio; from Russia, MM. Karpinsky, Nikitin, Pavlov, von Toll; from Roumania, M. Stefanescu; from the United States, Profs. R. Pompelly, Lester Ward, van Hise. Prof. Haeckel, of Jena, was also present at several meetings.