1885.] -"' ' ' 



Institute ; the Rhode Island Historical Societ}^ ; the American 

 Chemical Society; Mr. John 'B. Alden, and the Universal 

 Library Company of New York ; the Historical Society at 

 Bufi'alo ; the American Journal of Science ; the Numismatic 

 and Antiquarian Society of Philadelphia ; the Hospital of the 

 Protestant Episcopal Church ; the Second Geological Survey 

 of Pennsylvania ; the Unite'd States Fish Commission ; the War 

 Department; Mr. Jed. Hotchkiss, of Staunton, Va.; Mr. 

 Charles C. Jones, Jr., of Macon, Ga. ; and the Academy of 

 Natural Sciences in Cordoba. 



The Treasurer reported that Mr. George B. Eoberts had 

 verbally accepted membership in the Society. 



Letters were read from Mr. Fred. Gutekunst (712 Arch 

 street, Philadelphia), and also from Dr. Albin Weisbach (Frei- 

 burg, Saxony), accepting membership in the Society. 



Letters were read from Mr. Robert Treat Paine (Brookline, 

 Mass., Feb. 12, 1885) relative to the Solar Eclipse of March 

 16, 1885, and enclosing a newspaper cutting in relation to the 

 same ; from Dr. Franklin B. Hough (Lowville, N. Y., Febru- 

 ary 9, 1885), suggesting that the Society should exchange with 

 the "Societe Nationale d' Agriculture de France" (Rue de 

 Bellechase 18, Paris) ; from the American Journal of Archae- 

 ology, soliciting subscription ; to which on motion, the Society 

 subscribed. 



Letters of envoy were read from the Universal Library 

 Company (of New York, N. Y.), Academy of Natural Sciences 

 at Philadelphia, J. Simpson Africa, Secretary of Internal Affairs 

 (Harrisburg, Pa.), R. I. Historical Society (Providence, R. I.), 

 Essex Institute (Salem Mass). 



Acknowledgments were read from the Franklin Institute 

 ("Register of Papers" &c.). Esses Institute (110, 111, 112). 



Mr. Phillips exhibited a writing box that he had lately 

 found in the attics of the Society's Hall, of which he gave the 

 following account: 



Mat 15, 1785. 



The Earl of B.uchan presented "an authentic picture of Copernicus" 

 on the lid of "a box of Yew," on the inside of which is a picture of 



