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Professor J. P. Cooke read the Annual Report of the Rum- 

 ford Committee, and, in accordance with its suggestion, it was 

 voted to appropriate one thousand dollars to continue the pub- 

 lication of the works of Count Rumford. 



On the motion of the Treasurer, it was voted to appropriate : 

 For General Expenses . . . . $ 2,100.00 



For Publication 800.00 



For Library 500.00 



It was voted to authorize the officers of the Academy to reserve 

 two hundred and fifty copies of the Life and Works of Count 

 Rumford, to be preserved intact until the completion of the 

 Works. 



It was voted to authorize the officers of the Academy to dis- 

 tribute freely the Life and first volume of the Works of Count 

 Rumford among learned societies and scientific men. 



It was voted to authorize the Rumford Committee to com- 

 plete the stereotyped plates, and print a small edition of the 

 second volume of the Works of Count Rumford. 



Professor T. S. Hunt presented a communication on the 

 formation of agates in the Lake Superior region. 



Professor W. A. Rogers described some experiments he had 

 been making in etching fine lines on glass. 



The President called attention to a copy of the work on 

 the " Physiological and Therapeutical Action of the Bromides 

 of Potassium and Ammonium," by Drs. E. II. Clarke and R. 

 Amory. 



Six Hundred and forty-ninth. Meeting. 



November 12,1872. — Monthly Meeting. 



The President in the chair. 



The Corresponding Secretary read a letter from Sir William 

 Thomson, acknowledging his election into the Academy. 



The President announced the death of General George G. 

 Meade, Associate Fellow, and of Mr. Charles Folsom, Resident 

 Fellow, of the Academy. 



