PROCEEDINGS 



AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. 



Vol. IX. JUNE, 1863. No. 70. 



Stated Meeting, June 19, 1863. 



Present, thirteen members. 



Dr. G. B. Wood, President, in the Chair. 



Letters accepting membership were read from J. E. Hil- 

 gard, dated Washington, April 30th ; Thomas Hill, dated 

 Cambridge, Massachusetts, May 1st ; and Calvin Pease, dated 

 Rochester, Maj 18th, 1863. 



Letters acknowledging publications received were read from 

 the Physical Society, dated Berlin, January 13th, and the 

 Imperial Academy, Vienna, January 24th, 1863 ; the Royal 

 Academy, Amsterdam, October 25th, and the Society of Arts, 

 London, December 4th, 1862 ; the Society of Antiquaries, 

 London, May 15th, the Royal Dublin Society, April 2d, and 

 the Public Library, Boston, February 17th and March 17th, 

 1863. 



A letter announcing the transmission of publications was 

 read from the Royal Academy, dated Vienna, October 23d, 

 1862. 



Donations for the Library were received from the Acade- 

 mies at Vienna and Amsterdam ; the Royal Societies at Lon- 

 don and Dublin ; the Royal Geological Societies at Berlin 

 and Vienna ; the Natural History Societies at Bonn and 

 Boston ; the Society at Luxembourg ; the Royal Institution, 

 Royal Astronomical, Royal Geographical, British Meteoro- 



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