Record. xxxix 



RECORD 

 From July 1, 1894, to December 31, 1897. 



October 15, 1894. 



Vice-President Gray in the chair, fifty-two persons present. 



The Corresponding Secretary reported on a very interesting 

 meeting of the Roj'al Society at Oxford, which he attended 

 as a delegate of the Academy. 



Professor William Trelease gave an informal account of a 

 recent visit to the Azores, describing briefly the customs of 

 the people, and the natural history and especially the botany 

 of the islands. 



Mr. E. T. Olsbausen, of St. Louis, was elected an active 

 member. 



One person was proposed for active membership. 



November 5, 1894. 



Vice-President Gray in the chair, thirty-two persons 

 present. 



Mr. Allerton S. Cushmau gave an account of his recent 

 visit to the laboratory of Professor Dewar, of the Royal Insti- 

 tution, describing Professor Dewar's experiments in his search 

 for the absolute zero of temperature, and the process by which 

 he has succeeded in liquefying and even solidifying air. 



Professor H. A. Wheeler exhibited a specimen of lignite 

 obtained from excavations in Baden (in the northern suburbs 

 of St. Louis), the cracks of which were filled with sulphide 

 of zinc, which was held to corroborate the theory that decom- 

 posing organic matter produces the precipitate. 



Mr. E. H. Semple, of St. Louis, was elected an active 

 member. 



Three persons were proposed for active membership. 



