OF ARTS AND SCIENCES. / 



surrounding sea, and its incidental effect upon the marine 

 Fauna of that region, and the formation of a solid rock from 

 the debris of shells and corals. Dr. Weinland also spoke of 

 the vegetation of the island, and of the manners and cus- 

 toms of the inhabitants. 



Four liimilred and forty-fourth meeting. 



November 11, 1857. — Stated Meeting. 



The President in the chair. 



The Corresponding Secretary read a letter from the Soci^t^ 

 des Sciences des Indes Neerlandaises, dated Batavia, April 

 18, 1857, desiring to know whether all of its publications 

 which had been transmitted to the Academy had been re- 

 ceived. 



The following gentlemen were elected Fellows, viz. : — 



Ezekiel Brown Elliott, in Class I. Section 1. 



Frank H. Storer, in Class I. Section 3. 



William T. Andrews, in Class III. Section 4. 



Charles W. Eliot, in Class I. Section 3. 



St. Julien Ravenel, M. D., of Charleston, South Carolina, 

 and Professor Edward Robinson, LL. D., of New York, 

 nominated by the Council, were elected Associate Fellows, 

 the former in Class II. Section 3, the latter in Class III. 

 Section 2. 



Professor Horsford exhibited specimens of parchment pa- 

 per, prepared from paper of a very loose texture, by dipping 

 it into a mixture of two parts of sulphuric acid and one of 

 water, and then rapidly washing it in cold water. The ac- 

 tion of the acid probably converts the surface of the fibres 

 into a gum, which, on hardening, cements the whole, and 

 gives great strength to the paper. 



Professor Horsford also exhibited specimens of Silicium ; 

 also of copper obtained from a deposit of Tripoli, about forty 

 miles from Bangor, Maine. 



Dr. S. S. Kneeland exhibited two specimens of Meno- 



