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Object. Mutual advancement of its members by the acquirement of more perfect 

 knowledge in the construction, maintenance, and repair of railroad bridges and 

 buildings, as well as all other matters entrusted to the care of superintendents of 

 bridges and buildings. 



Meetings. Annually on third Tuesday of Oct., at place determined by vote at pre- 

 ceding convention. 



Membership. 293 (entrance fee, $3; annual dues, $2). 



Publications. 



PROCEEDINGS of the ist-i5th annual convention . . . 1891-1905. Des 

 Moines, la. [etc.], 1891-1905. 8. 



Price: 75c. per copy to non-members. 



Proceedings of ist annual convention reprinted 1897. 



Note. A compilation by Walter G. Berg which " contains all the reports, 

 papers, and important information gathered by the association during the 

 last seven years " was published under the title, " American railway bridges 

 and buildings. Official reports, Association railway superintendents, 

 bridges and buildings. . . ." Chicago, 1898. 8. 



Astronomical and Astrophysical Society of America. 



Address. Secretary : George C. Comstock, Washburn Observatory, Mad- 

 ison, Wis. 



History. Preliminary steps to foundation taken at Cambridge, Mass., in 

 Aug., 1898; organization completed at Williams Bay, Wis., in Sept., 

 1899. Not incorporated. 



Object. Advancement of astronomy, astrophysics, and related branches of physics. 



Meetings. At least one meeting annually, at time and place determined by the coun- 

 cil, usually in convocation week (December), in conjunction with Section A of 

 the American Association for the Advancement of Science. 



Membership. 187 (annual assessment according to the needs of the society, not to 

 exceed $5). 



Publications. 



Proceedings published in " Science." No independent publications. 



Bibliographical Society of America. 



Address. Washington, D. C. Secretary: W. Dawson Johnston, Library 

 of Congress. 



History. 'Organized at St. Louis, Oct. 18, 1904. Preceded by the Bib- 

 liographical Society of Chicago, founded Oct. 23, 1899 and reorganized 

 Jan. 26, 1905, as a branch of the national society. 



"Chicago Chapter, Bibliographical Society of America, c/o Newberry Library, 

 Chicago, 111. Publ.: Year-book of the Bibliographical society of Chicago. 1899/1900- 

 1902/03. Chicago, 1900-03. 4 v. 12. (Price: v. 2-3, $r each; v. I, o. p.) Contribu- 

 tions to bibliography. I. Bibliographies of bibliographies, chronologically arranged 

 with occasional notes and an index, by A. G. S. Josephson. Chicago, 1901. C. 

 (Price: $1.50.) On the difficulty of correct description of books, by Augustus De 

 Morgan. [Reprint.] Chicago, 1902. (Price: $i.) 



