2 TRANSACTIONS OF THE [fEB. 15, 



February 8th, 1892. 



Stated Meeting. 



The meeting? was held in the Lecture Room of the Electrical 

 School, Columbia College. Forty-two persons present. 



In the absence of regular officers Prof. Trowbridge was called 

 to preside. 



The minutes of January 25th were read and approved. 



The Astronomical Section then orgajiized. Mr. Jacoby, the Secre- 

 tary, stated that the President of the Section, Prof. Rees, was un- 

 avoidably absent and requested Prof. Trowbridge to act in his 

 place. 



Dr. M. I. PupiN read a paper on — 



Vacuum Discharges and their Bearing upon the Electrical 

 Theory of the Solar Corona, 



illustrated by experiments. 



At the close of the paper there was considerable discussion by 

 Mr. Jacoby, Prof. Trowbridge, and others. 



Mr. Jacoby said that many of the phenomena observed had been 

 photographed, and suggested that copies should be furnished to 

 several prominent astronomers. 



Meeting adjourned. 



February 15th, 1892. 



Stated Meeting. 



Vice-President Dr. Hubbard in the chair. Two hundred and 

 fifty persons present. 



The minutes of February 8th were read and approved. 



Dr. Hubbard announced to the Academ}^ the loss sustained in 

 the death of one of its Honorary Members, Dr. T. Sterry Hunt. 

 The following is a brief account of his life : — 



Dr. Thomas Sterry Hunt, one of the leading chemists and geolo- 

 gists of the country, died at 5.30 P.M. yesterday, at the Park 



