PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY 



Vol. VII. JULY— DECEMBER, 1859. No. 62. 



Stated Meeting, Aiignsf 19, 1859. 



Present, three members. 



Dr. John L. Le Conte, Secretary, in the Chair. 



A letter was read from Prof. Dickson, dated at Phila. Ana:. 

 5, 1S59, acknowledging the receipt of notice of his election. 

 The following donations for the Library were announced: — 



Patent Office Report for 1857. Wash. 185S.— Frowz the U. S. G. 



U. S. Coast S. Report for 1857. Wash. IS^S.— Supt. U. S. C. S, 



Washington Observatory during 1849, 1850. — From 31. F. Maury. 



Astronomical Journal, No. 126. Cambridge. — From B. A. Gould, 



Monthly Notices, R. A. Soc. XIX. 8. London. — From the Soc. 



Proceedings x\cad. Nat. Sci. 13. Philadelphia. — From the Society. 



Journ. Frank Hn Institute. Aug. 1859. Phila. — From the Institute. 



Med. News and Library. Aug. 1859. Phila. — Blanchard 6^ Lea, 



Index Catalogue, Public Library of Bostc^n. — From Prof. Jeirett. 



Supplement, By-laws, 6th Report, &c. of the same. — Prof. Jeicett. 



An. Report N. Y. State Library. Albany, 1859. — The Trustees, 



11th An. Report, Maryland Inst. Baltimore, 1859.— -i^rom the Ins. 



Silziingsberichte K. A. I\lafh.-Nat. C. XXIV. B. III. II. No. 5—6, 7, 

 8, 9, 10. XXVlil B, No. 1—26. Phil. -Hist. C. XXIII. B. V. H. 

 No. 5 — 10, I — 8. Almanach 8th year, 1858, and Festrede by 

 Karajan. — From the Academy of Sciences at Vienna. 



A communication for the Transactions, was received from 

 Prof. Loomis, entitled Observations or the Magnetic Dip 

 IN THE United States, by Elias Loomis, Professor of Math- 



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