16 RECORDS 



the results of some recent investigations he had made on a series 

 of chisels which had been sharpened on several kinds of hones. 

 In the course of his remarks he said that the quality of a hone 

 depended on the size and shape of its component particles, and 

 upon the cement joining the whole together. An exception 

 was noted in the case of the novaculites from Arkansas, in 

 which the honing quality is due to the sharp edges of minute 

 cavities left by the solution of calcite ; and in the case of Turkey- 

 stone, in which the honing quality is due to veinlets of quartz 

 intersecting a rock which has been formed by silica replacing a 

 granular limestone. A microscopic study shows that the edge 

 of a tool is not regularly serrated, part of it being smooth and 

 part undulatory. Viewed on edge the sharpest tools are prac- 

 tically straight, while the others are more or less irregularly 

 wavy. Viewed in the cross-section, a fine edge is seen to be a 

 perfect wedge, while the duller tools show a minute shoulder. 



Edmund O. Hovey, 



Secretary. 



* ANNUAL MEETING. 



February 24, 1902. 



The Academy met for the Annual Meeting at 8:15, President 

 Woodward in the chair. 



Reports of the officers for the past year were called for and 

 presented in the following order : 



The Recording Secretary read a report from the Correspond- 

 ing Secretary to the effect that no correspondence with Honor- 

 ary or Corresponding Members had been conducted during the 

 year. 



The report of the Recording Secretary, filed herewith, was 

 read. 



The accompanying report of the Treasurer was read and re- 

 ferred to the Finance Committee for auditing. 



The accompanying reports of the Librarian and Editor were 

 read. 



The following nominations for Honorary Members, selected 

 by the Council according to the By-Laws, were read, and the 



