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After the usual recess for refreshment, Mr. Bogart spoke 

 of Ezra Auies the artist, of whom he was reminded by- 

 some of the incidents mentioned in Dr. Willard's paper, 

 as a remarkable man and a skillful artist. After some 

 further remarks, on motion of Dr. Willard, Mr. Bogart 

 was invited to prepare for and present to the Institute, a 

 sketch of the life of Mr. Ames, with an account of his his- 

 toric paintings. 



Mr. Munsell moved that a copy of the fourth volume of 

 the Transactions of the Institute be presented to each of the 

 members. Adopted. 



On motion, the secretary was directed to place presenta- 

 tion cards in the volumes of the Transactions which were 

 donated. 



Adjourned. 



April 5th, 1864. 



Seventeen members and a few visitors present. In the 

 absence of the president, on motion of Mr. Munsell, Dr. 

 Howard Townsend took the chair. 



Prof. George W. Hough presented an account of the 

 Swedish Tabulating Machine of Mr. George Scheutz. 



This machine, which bears the impression " Stockholm, 

 1853," is the only one of the kind that has ever been con- 

 structed. It is a well known fact that Mr. Charles E. 

 Babbage was the first to attempt the construction of a 

 Difference machine, but owing to some misunderstanding 

 between the inventor and the English government, under 

 whose patronage the machine was being built, it was never 

 completed. 



About ^the year 1834 or 1836, Mr. Scheutz, a printer at 

 Stockholm, heard of Mr. Babbage's machine through the 

 public prints, and at once couceived the idea of building 

 one himself. After years of trial and difficulty, he finally 

 succeeded in producing the machine in question, which, we 



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