350 ANNALS NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 



After discussion of the papers the Section adjourned. 



William K. Gregory, 



Secretary. 



SECTION OF ASTliONOMY, PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY 



16 FKBRnAiiY, 191-r 



Section met at 8:15 p. m., Vice-President Charles Baskerville pre- 

 siding. 



The evening was devoted to the following lecture : 



H. T. Barnes, The Physical Effects Produced by Icebergs i.v the 

 North Atlantic. 



Summary of Paper 



Professor Barnes said in abstract: The formation, drill and niclling 

 of icebergs form for the physicist subjects of inquiry of great practical 

 value. The whole matter has been, until recently, neglected, but popular 

 opinion now demands careful investigation of it. Although the need for 

 such inquiry is no more acute than it has always been, the lecture now 

 offered to the Academy deals with our present knowledge and points out 

 the great value which would result from a careful investigation of the 

 Labrador current, for whicli a large appropriation by the various govern- 

 ments concerned would be necessary. 



The lecture was followed by a collation which was served in the Eskimo 

 Hall. A reception was tendered to Professor Barnes, and the Section 

 then adjourned. 



E. E. Smith, 



Secretary. 



SECTION OF ANTHROPOLOGY AND PSYCHOLOGY 



23 February, 1914 



Section met in conjunction with the New York Branch of the Amer- 

 ican Psychological Association at Princeton, Ncav Jersey, Professor R. S. 

 Woodworth presiding. 



The following programme was offered : 



H. C. McComas, Some Tests of Efficiency in Telephone Op- 



erators. 



