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Council of the University of Chili, a copy of the Anales de la 

 Universitad de Chile, which was laid on the table. 



Professor Peirce made a communication on the caloric 

 engine, in reference to the relations of different gases and 

 vapors to heat. 



Professor Tread well followed, with some remarks on the 

 same subject. 



Three hundred and seventy-ninth meeting. 



May 24, 1853. — Annual Meeting. 



The President in the chair. 



The attendance of members being very small, on account 

 of the Inauguration of President Walker occurring on the 

 same day at Cambridge, the meeting was adjourned to May 

 31st, at half past three, P. M. 



Tliree hundred and eightieth meeting. 



May 31, 1853. — Adjourned Annual Meeting. 



The Vice-President in the chair. 



The Corresponding Secretary aimounced that he had re- 

 ceived letters from the Royal Academy of Sciences, &c. of 

 'Belgium, and the Royal Society of London, acknowledging 

 the reception of Vol. IV. Part II. of the Memoirs of the Acade- 

 my ; from the Royal Institution of Great Britain, acknowl- 

 edging the reception of Vol. II. of the old Series, and 

 Vol. II. of the Academy's Proceedings, pp. 233-359 ; a letter 

 from M. Vattemare, presenting, from the Secretary of the 

 Statistical Committee of Belgium, fifteen pamphlets on Polit- 

 ical Economy and Statistics, and also urging on the notice of 

 the Academy the advantage of the adoption by all civilized 

 nations of a uniform standard of weights and measures, and 

 of currency ; a letter from the Curator of the Museum of 

 Practical Geology of London, presenting, from the British 

 Government, through Sir Henry de la Beche, several valuable 

 works on Geology, published under his superintendence. 



