ANNALS OF THE ACADEMY 99 
of Natural Sciences to membership in the Association and also 
in favor of publishing annually a volume of physical and 
chemical tables in accordance with a plan presented to the 
Association. ‘These tables were to be compiled from current 
periodicals, and to be classified under five general heads: general 
physics, heat, electricity and magnetism, light and sound, physi- 
cal chemistry. It was expected that they would be useful to 
students, investigators and those concerned with the practical 
applications of physics and chemistry, as they would bring 
together in convenient form a variety of tables that might other- 
wise be overlooked or difficult of access. The first volume of 
tables was published in 1912." 
The Academy was invited in rg91o by the American Philo- 
sophical Society to consider the question of the establishment of 
a seismological laboratory. The project was favorably recom- 
mended by the Council and at the meeting of April, 1g10, the 
Academy adopted the following resolution: 
“ Resolved, That the academy strongly approves the establishment of the pro- 
posed Seismological Laboratory, and its organization under the direction of the 
Smithsonian Institution.” 1°° 
Two delegates were appointed in rgr1o to represent the 
Academy at international conventions held during that year. 
At the International Association of Academies held at Rome 
in May, and at the International Zodlogical Congress, held at 
Gratz, in August, the Academy was represented by Mr. E. G. 
Conklin; at the International Geological Congress, held in 
Stockholm in the latter month, by Mr. S. F. Emmons. 
Dr. Arnold Hague represented the Academy on the occasion 
of the celebration of the rooth anniversary of the University of 
Berlin, October ro to 12, 1910. 
The sixth President of the Academy, Alexander Agassiz died 
on March 27, 1910. He held the presidency from 1go1 to 1907, 
and was also Foreign Secretary from 1891 to rgo1. Professor 
Mayer remarked of him: “ His remarkable energy and exec- 
*° For the full plan see Rep. Nat. Acad. Sci. for 1910, pp. 16, 17. 
* Rep. Nat. Acad. Sci. for 1910, p. 20. 
