NOTES BY THE EDITOR 



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PROGRESS OF SCIENCE FOR THE YEAR 1859. 



THE thirteenth meeting of the American Association for the Ad- 

 vancement of Science was held at Springfield, Mass., August 3 9, 

 1859 Prof. Stephen Alexander, of Princeton, N. J., in the chair. 

 The attendance of members was large, and the meetings harmonious 

 and interesting. The whole number of papers registered for pre- 

 sentation was 108. 



The folio win o- gentlemen -were elected officers for the ensuing 



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year: President, Isaac Lea, of Philadelphia; Vice President, Dr. B. 

 A. Gould, jr., of Cambridge ; Secretary, Prof. Joseph LeConte, of 

 South Carolina ; Treasurer, Dr. A. L. Elwyn, of Philadelphia. 



The Standino- Committee recommended that a Winter Session be 

 held in some Southern city in the winter of 1860-1. 



A new expedition, by Lieut. Gillies, to South America, for the 

 more accurate determination of the Solar Parallax, was recommended, 

 and a committee of seven appointed to confer with him, and further 

 the enterprise. 



The Association adjourned to meet in Newport, R. I., August 1st, 

 1860. 



The twenty-ninth annual meeting of the British Association for 

 the Promotion of Science, was held at Aberdeen, Scotland, Septem- 

 ber 1859 Prince Albert in the chair. The attendance on the part 

 of the members and the public was unusually large, and the commu- 

 nications numerous and important. 



The meeting for 1860 was appointed to be held in Oxford, Lord 

 Worthlesley being the President elect. 



From the report of the Council, we learn that the difficulties which 

 have hitherto presented themselves in the way of a daily photo- 

 graphic record of the sun's disk, have been almost entirely surmounted. 



" It has been found, after repeated trials, that the best photographic 

 definition is obtained when the sensitized plate is situated from 1-lOtii 



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