442 PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY. 



F. T. Bowles of a set of the Transactions of the Institution of 

 Naval Architects (London), and a set of the Transactions of the 

 Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (New York), 

 with the offer to continue during his lifetime the gift of the volumes 

 of these sets as they appear. 



The following communications were presented : 



Edward P. Warner, Professor of Aeronautical Engineering in the 

 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, " Recent Developments in 

 Aeronautical Science." (With lantern slide illustrations.) 



Robert DeC. Ward, " Some Meteorological Phenomena in Rela- 

 tion to Flight." 



Alexander McAdie, " Aerography." (With lantern slide illus- 

 trations.) 



The Meeting was then dissolved. 



One thousand one hundred and eighth Meeting. 



January 7, 1922. — Open Meeting. 



An Open Meeting was held at the House of the Academy from 

 four to six o'clock. 



The President in the Chair. 



There were about two hundred and twenty-five Fellows and 

 guests, including ladies, present. 



Mr. Harlow Shapley, Director of the Harvard University 

 Observatory, spoke on "The Galaxy: Its Content and Dimen- 

 sions," with lantern slide illustrations. 



Tea was served in the Reception Room on the third floor. 



One thousand one hundred and ninth Meeting. 



January 11, 1922. — Stated Meeting. 



The Academy met at its House, on a night made formidable by 

 cold and storm. 

 The President in the Chair. 



