190 RECORDS. 



BUSINESS MEETING. 

 October 5, 1903. 



The Academy met at 8:15 P. M., President Cattell presiding. 

 The minutes of the last business meeting were read and ap- 

 proved. 



The Secretary reported from the Council as follows : 



That a communication had been received from the Secretary 

 of the Scientific Alliance stating that an appropriation in aid of 

 scientific research not to exceed 1^450 had been made from the 

 income of the Herrman Fund, and that a grant of ;^50 in aid of 

 research in zoology or botany had been made from the John 

 Strong Newberry Fund. The Secretary stated that applications 

 for grants should be sent to the Secretar)^ of the society of 

 which the applicant is a member, to be approved by the Council 

 of that society before being forwarded to the Scientific Alliance. 



The following candidates for active membership, approved by 

 the Council, were duly elected : Dr. John Cutler Torrey, Dr. 

 William Morton Wheeler, Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt. 



On the recommendation of the Council, Dr. William Morton 

 Wheeler was duly elected a Fellow of the Academy. 



The Academy then adjourned. 



Henry E. Crampton, 

 Recording- Secretary. 



SECTION OF ASTRONOMY, PHYSICS AND 



CHEMISTRY. 



October 5, 1903. 



The Section met at 8:30 P. M., Dr. Charles Lane Poor pre- 

 siding. After the reading of the minutes the following papers 

 were presented : 



Harold Jacoby and S. Alfred Mitchell, A Combined Pris- 

 matic Transit and Zenith Telescope. 



George F. Kunz and Charles Baskerville, Notes on Radium. 



