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not only, as shown by Daniel Bernouilli, through the holes in 

 the divergent part, but also through holes in the contiguous 

 portion of the cylindrical part. In the experiment performed, 

 the angle of divergency from the axis of the tube was four 

 degrees and a half. 



Three hundred and forty-eighth meeting. 

 May 28, 1851. — Annual Meeting. 



The President in the chair. 



Mr. B. A. Gould, Jr., laid before the Academy a letter from 

 the widow of the late Professor Schumacher, gratefully ac- 

 knowledging the receipt of the letter of condolence, on ac- 

 count of the recent death of her husband, addressed to her by 

 the committee of the Academy appointed for that purpose. 



It was then voted to proceed to the choice of officers for 

 the ensuing year. The following gentlemen were chosen 

 officers of the Academy, viz. : — 



Jacob Bigelow, M. D., . . President. 



Hon. Edward Everett, . . Vice-President. 



Augustus A. Gould, M. D., . Corresponding Secretary. 



Joseph Hale Abbot, . . . Recording Secretary. 



J. Ingersoll Bowditch, . . Treasurer. 



Henry I. Bowditch, M. D., Librarian. 



The following gentlemen were chosen members of the 

 several Standing Committees, viz. : — 



Rumford Committee. 



Eben N. Horsford, Joseph Lovering, 



Daniel Treadwell, Henry L. Eustis, 



Morrill Wyman. 



Committee of Publication. 

 Joseph Lovering, Louis Agassiz, W. C. Bond. 



Committee on the Library. 

 A. A. Gould, D. H. Storer, S. L. Abbot. 



