544 PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY. 



On motion of the Recording Secretary, the following Resolu- 

 tion was unanimously adopted : — 



Resolved, That the Fellows of the American Academy desire 

 to place upon record their grateful appi'eciation of the services 

 of tlieir retiring President, William W. Goodwin, during the 

 five years in which he has presided over their deliberations. 



The following gentlemen were elected members of the 

 Academy : 



Douoflas Wilson Johnson, of Cambridge, as Resident Fellow 

 in Class II., Section 1 (Mathematics and Astronomy). 



Charles Hyde Warren, of Auburndale, as Resident Fellow in 

 Class II., Section 1. 



Emil Fischer, of Berlin, as Foreign Honorary Member in 

 Class I., Section 3 (Chemistry), in place of the late D. 

 Mendeleeff. 



Professor A. G. Webster gave a communication entitled : 

 " Absolute Measurements of Sound.'' 



The following papers were presented by title : — 



" A new Method of Determining the Specific Heats of Solu- 

 tions. By T. W. Richards and A. W. Rowe. 



" Positive Rays." By John Trowbridge. 



" Variation of the Thermomagnetic Effect in Soft Iron." 

 By L. L. Campbell. Presented by John Trowbridge. 



"The Latent Heat of Fusion and the Specific Heat in the 

 Solid and Liquid State of Salts Melting below 600° C." By 

 H. M. Goodwin and H. T. Kalmus. 



" Pisistratus and his Edition of Homer." By Samuel Hart 

 Newhall. Presented by M. H. Morgan. 



