282 ANNALS NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 



Dr. George F. Kuuz exhibited a transparent diamond crystal in the form 

 of an elongated trigonal octahedron weighing l|l carats, 327 mg, found on 

 Gold Creek, 10 miles from Ramelton, Brown County, Indiana, in 1900. 

 He also gave notice of the discovery of a new locality for gem sapphires, 

 in a placer mine 100 miles from Boise, Idaho. 

 The meeting then adjourned. 



Roy W. Miner, 

 Secretary pro tern. 



SECTION OF ASTRONOMY, PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY. 



April 16, 1906. 



Section met at 8: 15 P. M., Vice-President Trowbridge presiding. 

 The minutes of the previous meeting of the Section were read and 

 approved. 



The following program was then offered: 



D. W. Hering, The Distortion and Oscillations of Helical 



Springs. 

 Charles Lane Poor, Possible Changes in the Shape of the Sun. 



The meeting then adjourned. 



Milton Franklin, 



Secretary. 



SECTION OF ANTHROPOLOGY AND PSYCHOLOGY 



April 23, 1906. 



The Section met in conjunction with the New York Section of the 

 American Psychological Association for two sessions at 4 : 00 at Schermer- 

 horn Hall, Columbia University and 8: 15 P. M. at the American Museum 

 of Natural History. 



The minutes of the preceding meeting of the Section were read and 

 approved. 



The following program was offered: 



Afternoon Session. 



W. B. Pitkin, A Study in the Psychology of Evidence. 

 E. E. Jones, A Comparison of Mental Processes in the Horizontal 

 and Vertical Positions of the Body. 



