

CONTENTS 



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Officers ... iv 



Articles of incorporation vi 



By-laws viii 



Minutes of third meeting of Board of Trustees x 



Report of Executive Committee on the work of the year xv 



Memorials of Abram S. Hewitt, William E. Dodge, Marcus Baker liii 



Accompanying papers i 



1. Report of Committee on Southern and Solar Observatories 5 



Appendix A — Report on certain sites in Arizona and Cali- 

 fornia ; by W. J, Hussey 71 



Appendix B — Letters from various astronomers 105 



2. Reports relating to geophysics 171 



Report on geophysics ; by C. R. Van Hise 173 



Construction of a geophysical laboratory ; by G. F. Becker. . 185 



Investigations suggested 195 



3. Proposed International Magnetic Bureau ; by L. A. Bauer 203 



4. Archeological investigations in Greece and Asia Minor ; by T. D. 



Seymour 213 



5. Mechanics of the human voice ; by E. W. Scripture 243 



6. Fundamental problems of geology' ; by T. C. Chamberlin... 261 



7. Archeological and physico-geographical reconnaissance in Tur- 



kestan ; by R. Pumpelly 271 



Appendix — Estimates submitted bj- Advisory Committee on Anthro- 

 pology 288 



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