1 882. 95 Trans. N. V. Ac. Set. 



bers should be named by each nation. The President of the Italian 

 Geographical Society is requested to take the initiative in bringing the 

 subject before his Government and foreign geographical societies, and 

 to take the necessary steps for the realization of the request contained 

 in the resolutions. The Group desires to draw att^nti^n to the propo- 

 sition of the American delegates that ihe proposed International Com- 

 mission should meet at Washington on or before M.-y i, 1883." '* 



From what has been shown, it appears that the proposed sys em is 

 being widely discussed, and i<: gener Uy favorab'y received. Effor s 

 have been made to bring the whole subject before the raiboad men of 

 the country. Communications were presentt d at the General Time Con- 

 vention of all the roads in the United States, held in New York City in 

 October, 1881, from Professor Ahbe, chairman of the ccmm ttee on 

 Standard Time of the American Metrological Society, and from Professor 

 Ormond Stone, chairman of the committee appointed by the American 

 Association for the Advancement of Science. These communications 

 were referred to the secretary, with directions to report at the meeting 

 to be held in Cleveland, in April, 1882. Public opinion is being informed 

 in regard to the proposed system. In the near future we may hope to 

 see the adoption of the suggested standards. 



Prof. D. S. Martin read by title the following paper, to appear in 

 full in the forthcoming Annals of the Academy, Vol. II, Nos. 7 and 8 : 

 Descriptions of New Species of Fossils from Ohio, with 

 Notes upon Some of the Formations in which they 

 Occur. By Prof. R. P. Whitfield. 

 He also presented the full programme of the Academy's Lecture- 

 course for the season, in behalf of the Committee on Lectures. The 

 course comprises the following subjects : 



January 23.— The Moral Bearing of Recent Physical Theo- 

 ries. Prof. Benjamin N. Martin. 

 February 20.— Ancient Civilizations in America. Prof. John 



S. Newberry. 

 March 20.— SOME Results of Photography as Applied to 



Astronomy. Prof. John K. Rees. 

 April 17.— The Submarine Tunnel between England and 



France. Count Ernst Von Hesse-Wartegg. 

 May 15.— Glaciers. Prof. H. Carrington Bolton. 



Notes for "The International Time System." 



1 See Proceedings of the American Metrological Society, p. i8, Vol. II., Part I. Report 

 of Committee on Standard Time, and Vol. II., Part II., page 175. 



2 A full description of this unique system is given in the January number of the Popular 

 Science Monthly, by Prof. E. Engler, of Washington University, St. Louis. 



^ See Reports of the Superintendent of the Naval Observatory, in the Washington 

 Astronomical and Meteorological Observations. 



