The Library of the Observatory embraces aboul ten thou- 

 sand volumes and between five and six thousand pamphle 

 among which are many valuable calculations, observations an ! 

 other documents from the fertile brain of Professor Weiss 

 during his long, illustrious and most honorable career. 



Transactions of the Academy 



JANUARY, 1908. 



Owing to the unavoidable absent t the Secretary, the minutes oi 



the January meeting were not preserved. 



FEBRUARY, 1908. 



At the regular i ting of the Academy, February 3rd, the topic 



for consideration was "Areheological Researches in the Southwest" 



and was presented in most attractive and instructive form by Dr. G ge 



La Monte Cole, a gentleman who lias given many years of his life to 

 tllis field of investigation, with systematic and intelligent thought. Dr. 

 Cole is an enthusiast in his specialty, and communicates the same spirit 

 r " ' h " s '' to whom he speaks. His lecture was greatly enrich,. ,1 by 

 stereopticon views of many of the most rare and interesting specimens 

 of areheological study, confirming his statement relative to the extrem 

 richness of this section of the country in tangible evidences of prehis 

 toric man. 



MARCH, 1908. 



The evening of March 2nd was spent by the members of the 

 Academy in imagination amid the wild grandeur and magnificence of 

 the Sierra .Nevada Mountains, under the leadership of Mr. ffcuss Avery 

 who recounted in eloquent terms the experiences of a party of young 

 men on a vacation trip to the highest and roughesl regions of this 

 splendid mountain range. Aided by the stereopticon, scenery unsur- 

 passed on any continent was brought home to the auditors With an 

 enthusiasm that was contagious, and which thrilled all present with a 

 sense, of patriotic pride in the matchless grandeur of our mountains, 

 valleys, sticaius.-and forests. The exhilarating joys of outdoor exercise 

 and the fascinating freedom of camp life formed a conspieuous feature 

 of this instructive lecture. 



The following Preambles and Resolutions were unanimously adopted 



V i /. : 



Whereas, the Southern California Academy of Sciences received 

 some months ago, through Mr. Holdridge 0. Collins, Secretary of the 

 Astronomical Section, a valuable contribution from Professor Simon 

 Sarasola, S. J., of the Observatory of Belen, at Havana. Cuba, entitled 

 "Estudios sobre el uefelismo en la Habana," presenting the result of 

 important observations made by Rev. Laurent Gangoiti, S. J., Director 

 of the Belen Observatory, relating to cloud formations over the W 

 India Islands, and predictions of disastrous storms, verified in a remark 

 able manner; 



Ami. Whereas, the above contribution was dul\ translated into the 

 English tongue and read before this body by Mr. William A. Spalding, 

 former President of this Academy, an authority on meteorological phi 

 nomena, and favorably commented upon by him, now. therefore, 



Be it Resolved, by the Southern California Academy of Sciences, in 



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