15S PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY 



York ; arranged under the Direction of the Hon. C. Morgan, Secre- 

 tary of State. Vol. I. 8vo. Albany, 1849. 



B. A. Gould, Jr. Account of the Observatory of Pulkova ; as 

 written for the North American Review, July, 1849. 8vo pamph. 

 From the Author. 



Jas. O. Halliwell. Rara Mathematica : or a Collection of Treatises 

 on the Mathematics and Subjects connected with them. From An- 

 cient inedited Manuscripts. Second Edition. London, 1841. From 

 the Editor. 



Three hundred and twentieth meeting. 



May 29, 1849. —Annual Meeting. 



The President in the chair. 



Mr. Everett announced that the comet discovered by Mr. 

 George P. Bond, on the 11th of April last, at nine o'clock, 

 P. M., was observed at Moscow, on the same evening, at half 

 past nine o'clock. It was also seen in England, by Mr. Gra- 

 ham, on the 14th of April. 



A memoir, " On some Applications of the Method of Me- 

 chanical Ctuadratures," by George P. Bond, was commu- 

 nicated. 



Professor Agassiz gave a further exposition of his observa- 

 tions on the structure and devolopment of the Medusae. 



A letter was read from Mr. Henry Dexter, the sculptor of 

 the marble bust of the former President of the Academy, the 

 late Hon. John Pickering, LL. D., recently placed in the hall, 

 inclosing the list of the subscribers by whom this memorial 

 was procured and presented to the Academy. 



The Treasurer's Annual Report, with the auditor's certifi- 

 cate, was read and placed on file ; and the appropriations for 

 the current year, as proposed by the Treasurer, were voted. 



Professor Charles U. Shepard, and Professor Charles B. 

 Adams, of Amherst College, were elected Fellows of the 

 Academy. 



The annual election was held, and the following olficers 

 were chosen for the ensuing year, viz. : — 



