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TROY, N. Y. 

 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. 



Address.^- Troy, N. Y. President: Palmer C. Ricketts. 



History. Founded in 1824 as the Rensselaer School; incorporated in 

 1826. Name changed by act of the legislature in 1832 to Rensselaer 

 Institute; reorganized in 1849-50; present name in use since 1851, 

 although the change was not formally made by act of the legislature 



until 1861. 



Ref: History of the Rensselaer polytechnic institute, 1824-1894; by Palmer 

 C. Ricketts. New York, 1895. 8. 



RENSSELAER SOCIETY OF ENGINEERS. 

 Address. 257 Broadway, Troy, N. Y. 



History. Organized Jan. 1866 as the Pi Eta Scientific Society ; incor- 

 porated May 1873. Present name since 1884. 



Object. Encouragement of original scientific research, and preservation in a form 

 useful to engineers and scientific men, of the results of such research. 



Meetings. Alternate Friday evenings, at the rooms of the society. 



Membership. 202 active and 26 associate (entrance fee, $10) ; 41 juniors (entrance 

 fee, $5; annual dues, $1.50); 22 honorary. (Active and junior membership con- 

 fined to graduates and students respectively of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Insti- 

 tute). 



Publications. 



Papers read before the Pi Eta scientific society, 1878/79-1881/82. Troy, 



1879-82. 3 v. 8. 



Selected papers of the Rensselaer society of engineers, v. I-II. Troy, 

 N. Y., [1885/87-1888/1902]. 8. 



Each vol. in 4 nos. ; v. 2, no. I, issued as v. I, no. 5. 

 Price: soc a number. 



Distribution. No exchange. On sale by the Corresponding Secretary of the 

 society, at above address. 



TUFTS COLLEGE, MASS. 

 Tufts College. 



Address. Tufts College, Mass. 



History. Established under charter granted Apr. 21, 1852; opened for 

 instruction in 1854. 



Ref.: History of Tufts College. Pub. by the class of 1897. Tufts College, 

 Mass., 1896. 8. 



Publications. 



Tufts college studies. Scientific series, v. I. Tufts College, Mass., 

 1894-1904. 8. 



Issued in 8 nos. v. 2 in progress, 1906. 



