282 PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY 



Committee on the Library. 



Charles Deane. Henry P. Bowditch. 



William R. Nichols. 



Auditing Committee. 

 Henry G. Denny. Robert W. Hooper. 



Voted, To adjourn this meeting, at its close, to the second 

 Wednesday in June. 



Professor Watson presented a continuation of his paper on 

 " Inland Navigation." 



Six liiindred and ninety-tliird Meeting. 



June 14, 1876. — Adjourned Annual Meeting. 



The President in the chair. 



The following papers were read : — 



On parachlor and paraiodbenzjdbromides, by Professor 

 C. L. Jackson. 



On derivatives of parabronibenzylbromides, by C. L. Jack- 

 son and Woodbury Lowery. 



On methyluric acid, by Professor H. B. Hill. 



On the salts of methyluric acid, by O. R. Jackson. 



The following papers were presented by title : — 



On the solubility of sodic and potassic bromides in absolute 

 alcohol, by J. H. Bullard and A. L. Thomsen. 



On the atomic weight of antimony, by Professor J. P. 

 Cooke, Jr. 



Contribution towards the history of the fluorides of man- 

 ganese, by W. H. Melville. 



Researches on the substituted benzyl compounds, by Pro- 

 fessor C. L. Jackson. 



On the effect of temperature on the viscosity of air, by 

 S. W. Holman. 



On the characters of a new genus of Papaveraceae, Canbya; 

 also, of certain other new Californian species of plants, by 

 Professor Asa Gray. 



