UNITED STATES 399 



Publications. 



NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE, v. I-XVII, 1888-1906. Washington, 

 D. C, 1889- [1906]. 8. 



v. 1-6, irreg. ; v. 7 ff. monthly. 



Prices: $2.50 per annum ; single nos., 250. each. For prices of back vols. and 

 list of numbers out of print see covers of recent nos. 



National geographic monographs, v. I. New York, Chicago, [etc.] 



1895- 4. 



Issued in 10 nos. No more published. Reissued in 1896 under title: The 

 physiography of the United States. 



The Ziegler polar expedition, 1903-1905. Scientific results obtained 

 under the direction of W. J. Peters, ed. by J. A. Fleming. Washing- 

 ton, D. C., 1907. 4. 



Pub. under the auspices of the society by the estate of William Ziegler. 

 Price: $8. 



Special maps of the Philippines, South Africa, Northeastern China, 

 etc., have been published by the society. 



See list on cover of recent numbers of the Magazine. Price: 25c. each. 

 Distribution. Exchange with publications of geographic and cognate organi- 

 zations. On sale at the above address. 



Philosophical Society of Washington. 

 Address. Washington, D. C. 



Secretaries: G. K. Burgess, U. S. Bureau of Standards, and R. L. Paris, 

 U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. 



History. Organized Mar. 13, 1871 ; incorporated May 15, 1901. 



Ref.: Organization and membership of the Philosophical society of Wash- 

 ington. Washington, 1903. 8. 



Object. Promotion of science, advancement of learning and the free exchange 

 of views among its members on scientific subjects. (Originally a general scientific 

 society, its interests are now chiefly in the mathematical and physical sciences, 

 since the organization of separate societies in chemistry, geology, biology and 

 entomology). 



Meetings. Alternate Saturdays, Oct. to May, in the Assembly Hall of the Cosmos 

 Club. 



Membership. 130 active (annual dues, $3; life composition, $50) ; 8 absent. 



Publications. 



BULLETIN . . . v. 1-14, 1871/74-1900/04. Washington, 1874-1906. 8. 



v. i-io "published by the cooperation of the Smithsonian institution," and 

 issued also in Smithsonian miscellaneous collections v. 20, 25, 33. 



v. 6-10 contain Bulletin of the Mathematical Section. Index to v. i-io in 

 v. 10, p. 117-177. v. 11-14 issued in brochures, the last in each vol. con- 

 taining the Proceedings for the period covered by the volume; issued 



