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Eight hundred and eighth Meeting. 



January 11, 1888. — Stated Meeting. 



The President in the chair. 



Voted, To meet, on adjournment, on Wednesday, February 

 8, 1888. 



Professor Cross presented the following papers : — 



" Experiments on the Blake Microphone Contact/' By 

 George W. Patterson, Jr., and H. J. Tucker. 



" On Possible Sources of Error in the Permanent-shunt 

 Method of measuring the Strength of Currents." By William 

 L. Puffer. 



Professor William L. Hooper made a communication on a 

 new form of standard resistance coil. 



Eight hundred and ninth Meeting. 



February 8, 1888. — Adjourned Stated Meeting. 



A quorum was not present, and the Academy was not 

 called to order. 



Eight hundred and tenth Meeting. 



March 14, 1888. — Stated Meeting. 



The President in the chair. 



The President announced the death of Asa Gray. 



The following gentlemen were elected members of the 

 Academy : — 



Abbott Lawrence Rotch, of Boston, to be a Resident Fellow 

 in Class L, Section 3. 



Elihu Thomson, of Lynn, to be a Resident Fellow in Class 

 I., Section 3. 



George Fillmore Swain, of Boston, to be a Resident Fellow 

 in Class I., Section 4. 



