UNITED STATES 113 



On the telegraphic transmission of astronomical data. Boston, [1881]- 

 83. 2 pts. 8. 



Pt. i, the number-code, reprinted from the Science Observer no. 33-34; 



pt. 2, the phrase-code. 



Distribution. Exchange. Distributed gratis. Copies of any of the publications 

 still in print may be procured by addressing the Corresponding Secretary. 



Boston Society of Architects. 



See under American Institute of Architects (p. 19). 



Boston Society of Civil Engineers. 



Address. 715 Tremont Temple, Boston, Mass. 



History. Organized July 3, 1848; incorporated April 24, 1851; inact- 

 ive 1860-74. Member of the Association of Engineering Societies since 

 Jan. 19, 1881. Library of about 8,000 vols. 



Ref.: Historical address, by Desmond Fitzgerald. (In Journal of the Associa- 

 tion of engineering societies, v. 21, 1898, p. 268-280.) 



Object. Professional improvement of its members ; encouragement of social inter- 

 course among engineers and men of practical science ; advancement of engineering. 

 Meetings. 4th Wednesday of Jan. and 3d Wednesday of other months, July and 



Aug. excepted, in Chipman Hall, Tremont Temple. 



Membership. 635 (entrance fee, $10; annual dues, resident within 30 miles of 

 Boston, $8; non-resident, $5). 



Publications. 

 Proceedings . . . Sept. i879-June 1881, inclusive. Boston, 1881. 8. 



Later proceedings and papers of the society have been published in the Jour- 

 nal of the Association of engineering societies, (q. v.} 



Report on the metric system of weights and measures. Boston, 1876. 

 Bulletin of new engineering work. no. [i]~52. June 1900- Apr. 1906. 8. 

 Monthly bulletin. May 1906 to date. 8. 



Boston Society of Natural History. 



Address. 234 Berkeley Street, Boston, Mass. Secretary and Librarian : 

 Glover M. Allen. 



History. Founded Apr. 28, 1830. Incorporated in 1831. Preceded by 

 the Linnsean Society of New England (founded 1814, incorporated 

 1820, inactive from 1823), whose collections, presented to Harvard Col- 

 lege in 1823, were transferred to the new society upon its organization. 

 Maintains a library of about 31,000 volumes and 24,000 pamphlets, a 

 museum with large natural history collections. Established in 1871 

 the Teachers' School of Science, which offers field, laboratory, and 

 lecture courses, supported chiefly by the trustee of Lowell Institute at 

 present. 



