Sonorous Sands

Abstract

THE communication of Mr. Cecil Carus-Wilson in NATURE of August 30 (p. 415), induces us to state that we are rapidly bringing to completion, and preparing for publication, an exhaustive study of “Sea, Lake, River, and Desert Sands” in their geological, physical, and chemical aspects. Our researches have extended over a period of six years, and are based on studies made in the field, in the laboratory, and with the microscope, and will be found to embrace many novel facts and original views. We have collected in person, by correspondence, and with the aid of the Life Saving Service of the United States, and of the Smithsonian Institution, several hundred specimens of sands and silts from localities in America, Europe, Africa, and Asia: these we have subjected to systematic examination and have tabulated the results.