OF ARTS AND SCIENCES. 107 



Rev. Dr. Chandler Robbins, of Boston, in Class III. Sec- 

 tion 2. 



Professor Benjamin Peirce, of Cambridge, in Class I. Sec- 

 tion 1. 



Four Iiiundred. and Afty-seveutli meeting. 



December 14, 1858. — Monthly Meeting. 



The Academy met at the house of Chief Justice Shaw. 



The President in the chair. 



The Corresponding Secretary read letters from the Rev. 

 Chandler Robbins and Dr. Luther V. Bell, accepting their 

 election as Fellows of the Academy. 



Also from the K. L, C. Akademie der Naturforscher, Bres- 

 lau, November 20th, 1857, and January 20th, 1858 ; Acade- 

 mic Royale des Sciences a Amsterdam, December 10th, 1857 ; 

 K. Siichs. Bergakademie, Freiburg, December 13th, 1857 ; 

 Royal Geographical Society, London, December 30th, 1857 ; 

 Observatoire Physique Centrale, St. Petersburg, June 1st, 

 1858 ; Royal Society of Sciences of Upsal, January 8th, 

 1858 ; K. Siichs. Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften, January 6th, 

 1858 ; Naturhistorischer Verein der Preussischen Rheinlande 

 und Westphalens, January 11th, 1858 ; Societe Imperiale des 

 Naturalistes de Moscow, March 10th, 1858 ; Academic Royale 

 des Sciences, Turin, May 15th, 1858 ; and the Royal Society 

 of Sciences, Gottingen, May 26th, 1858, acknowledging the 

 receipt of the Academy's publications; — from the Gesell- 

 schaft zur Beforderung der Naturwissenschaften zu Freiburg 

 im Breisgau, June 25th, 1858, acknowledging the same, and 

 presenting its own publications; — from the Oberhessische 

 Gesellschaft fiir Natur- und Heilkunde, April 6th, 1858, and 

 the Societe Imperiale d' Agriculture, &c., August 8th, 1858, 

 presenting their publications; — from the Societe d' Agricul- 

 ture, Sciences, et Arts de la Sarthe, March 30th, 1858, pre- 

 senting various publications and asking an exchange; — and 

 from M. de Haar, of Holland, presenting a mathematical 

 memoir, and asking a critical opinion of its merits. 



