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HANDBOOK OF LEARNED SOCIETIES 



Publications. 



Journal . . . v. 1-3. Memphis, 1901-04. q. 

 Distribution. Exchange with similar societies. Not on sale. 

 Prises. A prize is offered for the best paper read before the society each 



year. 



MERIDEN, CONN. 



Meriden Scientific Association. 

 Address. Meriden, Conn. 



Corresponding Secretary : Charles H. S. Davis. 



History. Organized in 1880; incorporated in 1887. 

 Object. 'The promotion of science in all its branches. 

 Meetings. Monthly, 2d Monday. 

 Membership. 20 (annual dues, $2). 



Publications. 



PROCEEDINGS AND TRANSACTIONS of the Scientific association, Meriden, 

 Conn. v. I- VIII, 1884-1897/98. Meriden, Conn., 1885-98. 8. 



Cover-title of v. 1-4, 6-8: Transactions .. . . 



v. I entitled Transactions . . . includes: Catalogue of the phsenogamous 



and vascular cryptogamous plants found growing in Meriden, Conn., by 



E. J. Leonard, 

 [v. 5-6] have title : Annual address. A review of the year 1892-1893, by 



J. T. Pettee. 



v. 6 incorrectly numbered on cover Vol. 5. 

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MICHIGAN. 



Lake Superior Mining Institute. 



Address. Secretary: A. J. Yungbluth, Ishpeming, Mich. 

 History. Organized March 23, 1893, at Iron Mountain, Mich. 



Object. Promotion of the arts and sciences connected with the economical pro- 

 duction of the useful minerals and metals in the Lake Superior region, and the 

 welfare of those employed in these industries. 



Meetings. Annually, at time and place determined by the Institute or the Council. 



Membership. 383 active (annual dues, $5; life composition, $50); 4 honorary. 



Publications. 



PROCEEDINGS . . . [ist]-i2th annual meeting, 1893-1906. v. I-XII. 

 [Lansing, Mich., etc., 1893-1906]. 8. 



No meetings in 1897 and 1899. 



Partial bibliography of the history of mining on Lake Superior: in v. 2, 

 p. 71-78. List of papers published in preceding numbers: in v. 7, p. 

 x-xi. 

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