Berlin, determineé en 1857 par signaux galvaniques. (Trans. Rymbybel von J. v. Maerlant. III, J. David. Brux., 1859. 8vo. Proceedings R. S. L. X, xxxvii, xxxviii, 1859'60. 8vo. London, 1860. 8vo. 8vo. 8vo. Proceedings. IV, ii, iii. Ray Society, Inst. 1844. The Oceanic Hydrozoa, a Description of the Calycophorida and Physophorida. Obs. during the voy. of H. M. S. Rattlesnake, in 1846-1850, &c., by T. H. Huxley. London, 1859. 4to.-From the R. S. Jour. of the S. of Arts, &c. VIII, ccclxxvi to ccccli. Lon., 1860. 8vo. Ast. &c. Obs. Greenwich Obs. (1858). Lon., 1860. 4to.-From R. S. Obs. at Mag. and Met. Obs. at St. Helena, with Discussions of Obs. at C. of G. Hope, &c. &c., by Sabine. II, 1844-'49. Lon., 1860. 4to.-From the Brit. Gov. Journal of the R. Asiatic S. XVII, i, ii. Lon., 1860. 8vo. Rep. of Proc. of Geol. S. W. R. Yorksh. (1859). Leeds, 1860. 8vo. Proceedings B. S. N. H. VII, xxi, xxii. Boston, 1860. 8vo. Men, by J. A. Meigs, M.D. (Extr. from last.) Philadelphia, 1860. 8vo. From the author. Phil., The Laws of Race as connected with Slavery, by the author of "The Law of the Territories," "Rustic Rhymes," &c. 1860. 8vo. Pamph.-From S. G. Fisher. On motion the German Geological Society at Berlin and the Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles at Lausanne were ordered to be placed on the list of corresponding societies. And the meeting was adjourned. Stated Meeting, Nov. 16, 1860. Present ten members. Mr. ISAAC LEA, Vice President, in the Chair. Letters were received from the Imperial Society of Naturalists, dated Moscow, 1st and 13th June; from the Royal Society of Sciences, dated Upsala, 4th August; from the Royal Saxon Society, dated Leipsig, 5th and 9th July; and from Thos. Lawson, Surgeon-General U. S. A., dated Washington, 7th November, 1860,-transmitting donations for the Library. A letter was received from the Royal Society of Sciences, dated Upsala, 7th August, 1860, acknowledging the receipt of copies of the Transactions and Proceedings. The following donations for the Library were announced: Librorum in bib. Specula Pulcovensis anno 1858 exeunte contentorum catalogus systematicus. O. Struve, Petropoli, 1860. Small 4to, unbound, 950 pages.-From the Vice-Director of the Observatory. Receuil de Mémoires presentés a l'Académie des Sciences par les Astronomes de Poulkova, &c. O. Struve, V.D. Vol. II. St. Bulletin de la S. I. des Nat. de Moscow; pub. par Dr. Renard; ii, iii, iv, 1859; i, 1860. 8vo. Nouveaux mém. de la S. I. des N. de Moscow; T. XI, XII, 1859'60. 4to. Aorsskrift, K. Vetensk. S. i Upsala. 1° °arg. 1860. 8vo. .... Nova acta R. S. S. Upsaliensis. Ser. tert. Vol. II. 1856-8. 4to. Berichte der K. Sachs. G. der Wiss. zu Leipsig; math. physiche classe, i, ii, iii, iv (1859); philolog.-historische classe, i, ii, iii, iv (1859), i, ii (1860); 8vo. Auseinandersetzung .... absoluten störungen der kl. planeten; 3d abh. Von P. A. Hansen. Leipsig, 1859. 8vo. Die Melaneischen sprachen . . . . mit den Malaiisch-Polynesischen sprachen; von H. C. von der Gabelentz. Leipsig, 1860. 8vo. Beiträge zur anatomie der Cycadeen; von G. Mettenius. Leipsig, 1860. 8vo. Ueber seitenknospen bei Farnen; von G. Mettenius. Leipsig, 1860. 8vo. Die classen der Hanefitischen rechtsgelehrten; von G. Flügel. Bulletin de la S. de Géog. Memoirs of the R. Ast. S. 4th Serie, Vol. XIX. Paris, 1860. 8vo. XXVIII (1858’9) Lond. 1860. 4to. Monthly notices of the R. A. S. XX, ix. London. 8vo. Barthés and Lowell's bimonthly list of books. London. 8vo. Proceedings of the L. and P. S. of Liverpool. No. XIV, 1860. 8vo. Journal of the Franklin Institute. No. 419, Nov. Phil. 8vo. Statistical report of the sickness and mortality in the U. S. A. from Jan. 1855 to Jan. 1860; by R. H. Coolidge, M.D., Ass. Surg. U. S. A. Washington, 1860. 4to. (514 pp. bound). Senate Document No. 52, 36th Cong., 1st Session. The death of Hartman Kuhn, a member of the Society, at Philadelphia, on the 6th inst., aged 76 years, was announced by Dr. Franklin Bache. New nomination No. 416 was read. Dr. Bache renewed the subject of discussion at the last meeting, and moved that the Librarian be instructed to have notices of the meetings sent to all members residing within ten miles of the Hall of the Society, with appended notes, stating the business, stated or special, of the meeting to be held, which was agreed to. And the meeting was adjourned. Stated Meeting, December 7th, 1860. Present, twenty-eight members. Professor CRESSON, Vice-President, in the Chair. Letters acknowledging the receipt of the Society's publications were received from the Society of Antiquaries, dated London, November 16th; and from the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, dated Philadelphia, November 26th, 1860. A letter was received from the Royal Academy, dated Lisbon, January 19th, 1858, announcing the transmission of thirty-two volumes of their publications. A letter from G. B. Airy, Astronomer Royal, dated Greenwich, October 20, 1860, was read, furnishing a list of the publications of the observatory, from which deficiencies in the series may be supplied. A letter from the President, Dr. G. B. Wood, was read, dated Paris, November 5th, 1860, giving information of a new Society (La Société de l'Anthropologie de Paris), and the donation of its first publications. On motion of the Librarian, that Society, and the Société Académique de l'Aube, at Troyes, were ordered to be placed on the list of corresponding societies. The following donations for the Library were announced: Bulletins, Soc. d' Anthropologie. T. I; i, ii. Paris, 1859 '60. 8vo. Memoires de la même. T. I; i. 1860. 8vo.-From Dr. Wood. Essai sur la theorie de la variation diur. barom., sur la const. de l'ether, &c. (Soc. Acad. de l'Aube), Par. C.-L. Henry. Troyes. 1860. Svo.--From the Author. Memoria da Acad. R. de Lisboa. T. XII; ii,-Sec. Ser. T. I, II, III, (5 Vols.)-Nova Ser. T. I; i, ii; T. II; i, (5 Vols.) 4to. Portugalia monumenta historica, 2 fasciculi. Annaes das Sci. e Let. T. I., 13 Nos. Noticias ultramarinas, T. VI., 2 Nos. Colleccao de opusc. reimp. T. I; i. ii.—From the Academy. Zoological Society, P. III, 1859; I, II, 1861. London. 8vo.-From the Society. American Oriental Soc. Proc. Oct. 17. New Haven, 1860. 8vo. American Journal, for November. New Haven, 1860. 8vo. Astronom. Journal, No. 141. Cambridge, 1860. 4to. Life Insurance Convention, at N. York, May 23, 1860. 8vo.-From the Girard Ins. Co. Med. News and Library. Dec., Phila., 1860. 8vo.-From the Pub. Acad. Nat. Sci. Proc. pp. 413-476. Phila., 1860. Svo. Obs. on the Genus Unio. Isaac Lea. VIII. i. Phila., 1860. 4to. On Diseases peculiar to Women. By H. L. Hodge. Phila., 1860. 8vo. Introductory Discourse on Speculative and Inductive Medicine; Med. Dep. Penn. Coll., Oct. 8. By H. Hartshorne, M. D., Phila., 1860. 8vo. These from the Authors. Further Remarks on Numerical Relations between Equivalents. By M. C. Lea (Ex. Am. J. S. and A.) Nov. 1860. Svo. Catalogue of the flowering Plants and Ferns of Ohio. By J. S. New berry, M.D. (Ohio Agric. Rept., 1859.) Columbus, 1860. 8vo. Report on the Economical Geology of the Route of the Ashtabula and New Lisbon R. R. By J. S. Newberry (made Nov. 1, 1856). Cleveland, 1857. 8vo.-These from the Authors. Munsell's Catalogue of Rare, New, and Second Hand Books. Albany, 1860. 8vo. Address before Agr. Soc. N. Castle Co. By S. G. Fisher, 1860. 8vo. Etat Atmospherique le 16 Oct., 1860, à 8 h. m. Paris, (for all Europe); one sheet, 4to. New Jersey Historical Soc. Proc. IX; i. 1860. pp. 56, 8vo. An obituary notice of Dr. Chapman was read by Dr. John B. Biddle: Nathaniel Chapman, ninth President of the American Philosophical Society, was descended from an ancient and honorable English family. |