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Presidettt — Francis E. Nipher. 



15/ Vice' Preside7it — Jas. M. Leete. 



2d Vice-President — M. L. Gray. 



Corres-pondiiig Secretary — Edward Evers. 



Recording Secretary — E. A. Engler. 



Treasurer — Enno Sander. 



Librarian — G. Hambach. 



C G. Hambach, 

 Curators — < Chas. Liideking, 



( Jas. A. Seddon. 



"January 20th, 1890. 



President Nipher in the chair ; seven members present. 



Prof. Nipher made some remarks on recent developments in 

 electricity, with special reference to modern view^s concerning 

 the theory of the subject. 



February 3^, 1890. 



President Nipher in the chair ; twelve members present. 

 Prof. Nipher made the following remarks concerning the wea- 

 ther for January : 



The temperature of the January just passed has been 37°. 5, which is 

 6°.3 above the normal for January. It may fairly be called a warm month, 

 but it is by no means the warmest on record, as was the December previ- 

 ous. There have been seven Januaries since 1837 which have been warm- 

 er. The warmest on record was January, iSSo, which had a mean temper- 

 ature of 46°. 2, or 8°. 7 above the mean of the last month, or 15° above the 

 normal. 



In 1SS6 January was very cold, having a temperature of 22°. 2. Since 

 then the temperature of January has been continually warmer. The Jan- 

 uary just passed was warmer than that of 1889 by 3°. 4. 



So far, the winter as a whole has been abnormally warm, with a marked 

 absence of severe storms over the whole eastern half of the country. 



What would it not have been worth if the character of the season could 

 have been predicted ! As a matter of fact, the weather prophets who pre- 

 sent themselves so obtrusively before the public with their predictions 

 have failed to give any useful prediction of the present weather. We find, 

 on referring to their storm charts, that the planets have been going on 



