NOTES BY THE EDITOR 



THE 



PROGRESS OF SCIENCE IN 1853, 



The fifth annual meeting, and seventh regular session of the American 

 Association for the Promotion of Science, was held at Cleveland, Ohio, 

 commencing Thursday, July 28, 1853. A fair number of members and 

 strangers were in attendance, representing principally the southern and 

 western sections of the country. From New England and the North- 

 ern States comparatively few were present. The President, elected at 

 the Albany meeting, in 1851, was Prof. Benjamin Peirce, of Harvard 

 University. 



Among the papers presented, those in the Departments of Physics 

 and Mathematics were much the most numerous, and were of high 

 merit. In Chemistry and Geology, there were few contributions. The 

 number of papers presented in the several departments was as follows. 

 Physics, Mathematics, Astronomy and Meteorology, 40 ; Geology, Chem- 

 istry and Physical Geography, 12; Zoology and Botany, 12; Miscellane- 

 ous, 13. 



A Committee for revising the Constitution of the Association was ap- 

 pointed, consisting of Prof. Bache, Dr. J. Lawrence Smith, Dr. Le Conte, 

 of Georgia ; Dr. Gibbs, of New York; Dr. B. A. Gould, of Cambridge; 

 Prof. W. B. Rogers; Prof. J. D. Dana, New Haven; Dr. J. Leidy, Philadel- 

 phia; Prof. Haldeman, and Dr. A. A. Gould, Boston. 



Resolutions were adopted reducing the Annual Assessment from $3 to 

 $1, and requiring that the Proceedings should be furnished to members at 

 cost; or free of expense, when the Proceedings are published by the public 

 liberality of the city where the meeting may be held. The Secretary was 



