28 HANDBOOK OF LEARNED SOCIETIES 



The Boston colloquium. Lectures on mathematics, by E. B. Van Vleck, 



H. S. White, F. S. Woods. New York, 1905. 8'. 

 Distribution. Exchange. Publication agents: The Macmillan Co., New York. 



American Metrological Society. 



Address. Treasurer: J. H. Gore, George Washington University, Wash- 

 ington, D. C. 

 History. Organized December 30, 1873. 



Object. Improvement of the system of metrology in use in the United States. 

 Meetings. Annual meeting in Washington, second week in April. 

 Membership. 130 active (annual dues, $5) ; 65 associate (annual dues, $i) ; life 

 membership in each class, ten times the annual dues ; 12 honorary. 



Publications. 



PROCEEDINGS of the American metrological society, v. I-[V]. 1873/78- 

 1884/85. New York, 1880-85. 8. 



Issued also in one volume, with general t.-p. : "American metrological society. 

 Proceedings, v. 1-5, from its foundation to the close of its I5th year, 1873- 

 1888. New York, 1889." Paged continuously with v. 5 are added proceed- 

 ings, May i886-May 1888, revised constitution adopted Dec. 1888, and 

 general index to the five volumes. Price: $5. 



American Microscopical Society. 



Address. Secretary: R. H. Wolcott, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, 



Neb. 

 History. Organized at Indianapolis, Ind., in 1878, as the American 



Society of Microscopists. Incorporated in the District of Columbia in 



1891 under present name. 



Object. Encouragement of microscopical research. 

 Meetings. One or two meetings annually, time and place not fixed; at present, one 



in the summer and one during convocation week in connection with the American 



Association for the Advancement of Science. 

 Membership. About 300 active (entrance fee, $3 ; annual dues, $2) ; 6 honorary. 



Publications. 



TRANSACTIONS . . . [ist/2d]-27th annual meeting, 1878/79-1904. v. I- 

 XXVI. Indianapolis, [etc.], 1880-1905. 8. 



Place of publication varies greatly. 



Title varies: 1878-79 [v. i], Proceedings of the National microscopical con- 

 gress, 1878, and of the American society of microscopists, 1879; 1880-91 

 (v. 2-13), Proceedings of the American society of microscopists; 1892-94 

 (v. 14-16), Proceedings of the American microscopical society; 1895-1904 

 (v. 17-26), Transactions of the American microscopical society. 



Vol. numbering begins with v. 10 (nth annual meeting, 1888). 



Indexes, biennial except to v. 1-4, in v. 4; to v. 1-12, in v. 12; to v. 1-25, in 



v. 25. 

 ; Prices: $3 per vol. ($2 to subscribers to the entire series). 



