372 PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY. 



ing Secretary : — from V. J. TimonofT, accepting Foreign Honorary 

 Membership; from Leonard Metealf, declining Fellowship for 

 himself and H. P. Eddy; from F. H. Newell, declining Fellowship; 

 a circular from C. R. Cross, chairman of Sub-Committee on 

 Research Funds, asking information regarding Research Funds of 

 the Academy. 



The following deaths were announced by the Chair : — Charles 

 Francis Adams, Fellow in Class III., Section 3; Frederick Winslow 

 Taylor, Fellow in Class I., Section 4; Thomas Raynesford Louns- 

 bury, Fellow in Class III., Section 2. 



The following Communication was given: — -"The Effects of 

 Radiation on the Eye." By Dr. F. H. Verhoeff and Dr. Louis 

 Bell. 



The following papers were presented by title : — " The Mechanics 

 of Telephone-Receiver Diaphragms, as derived from their Mo- 

 tional-Impedance Circles." By A. E. Kennelly and H. A. Affel. 



"A Critical Discussion of the Crystal Forms of Calcite." By 

 H. P. Whitlock. 



One thousand and forty-eighth Meeting. 



April 28, 1915. — Special Meeting. 



The Academy met at its House. 



The President in the Chair. 



There were fifteen Fellows and four guests present. 



The following communication was given : — 



Col. W. R. Livermore, "The Turks and Their Predecessors." 



One thousand and forty -ninth Meeting. 



May 12, 1915. — Annual Meeting. 



The Academy met at its House. 

 Vice-President Thomson in the Chair. 

 There were fifty Fellows present. 



The following invitation was presented: from the Johns 

 Hopkins University, requesting the presence of a representative of 



