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Guyot, Mr. B. A. Gould, Jr., Professor Agassiz, and the Presi- 

 dent took part, on the importance and practicability of intro- 

 ducing a uniform system of thermometrical and barometrical 

 notation in all countries where science is cultivated, it was, 

 on motion of Mr. Guyot, — 



" Voted, That a committee be appointed to consider the expediency 

 of recommending the adoption of the centigrade thermometrical scale, 

 and the metrical barometrical scale at the meteorological stations in 

 Massachusetts. 



" Voted, That Mr. Guyot, Professor Agassiz, Professor Peirce, Pro- 

 fessor Lovering, and Mr. B. A. Gould, Jr. be that committee." 



Professor Agassiz made some remarks respecting the struc- 

 ture of the egg. He stated that no two portions of the egg 

 between the centre and the periphery have the same structure ; 

 that the yolk does not consist of homogeneous cells ; and that 

 it is not a store of nutritious matter to feed the young animals, 

 but that it is a living, organized being. 



On motion of Professor Peirce, it was voted that a monthly 

 meeting of the Academy be held on the first Tuesday in 

 August, at four o'clock, P. M. 



On motion of Mr. B. A. Gould, Jr., it was 



" Voted, That a committee be appointed to address a memorial to 

 the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States, on the 

 subject of attaching a corps of scientific men to the commission for 

 running the boundary line between the United States and Mexico." 



Professor Agassiz, Professor Peirce, and Mr. B. A. Gould, Jr., 

 were appointed a committee for that purpose. 



Three hundred and thirty-lifih meeting. 



August 6, 1850. — Monthly Meeting. 



The President in the chair. 



The Corresponding Secretary read a letter of acceptance 

 from Professor Bischoff of Giessen, recently elected a Foreign 

 Member of the Academy. 



