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  CONTENTS 
  

   Original 
  Papbrs 
  

  

  Page 
  

  

  General 
  Science. 
  — 
  ^A 
  first 
  revised 
  edition 
  of 
  the 
  Academy's 
  list 
  of 
  one 
  hundred 
  popular 
  

  

  books 
  in 
  science. 
  Robert 
  B, 
  Sosman 
  469 
  

  

  Scientific 
  Notes 
  and 
  News 
  477 
  

  

  Index 
  

  

  Proceedings 
  478 
  

  

  Author 
  Index 
  478 
  

  

  Subject 
  Index 
  482 
  

  

  OFFICERS 
  OF 
  THE 
  ACADEMY 
  

   President: 
  W. 
  J. 
  Humphreys, 
  Weather 
  Btireau. 
  

   Corresponding 
  Secretary: 
  Francis 
  B. 
  Silsbee, 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Standards. 
  

   Recording 
  Secretary: 
  William 
  R. 
  Maxon, 
  National 
  Museum. 
  

   Treasurer: 
  R. 
  L. 
  Faris, 
  Coast 
  and 
  Geodetic 
  Siu-vey. 
  

  

  