XViii MINUTES. [November 4. 



" On Suicide," by J. Chalmers Da Costa, M.D., discussed by 

 Prof. L. M. Haupt. 



" The Origin of Primitive Man in America," by Albert S. Ash- 

 mead. 



Stated meeting, November 4, ipio. 



William W. Keen, M.D., LL.D., President, in the Chair. 



An invitation was received for the Society to be represented at the 

 Twenty-fifth Anniversary of Bryn Mawr College, on October 

 21 and 22, 1910. 

 The decease was announced of : 

 Mr. Arthur Erwin Brown, at Philadelphia, on October 29, 1910, 

 aet. 60. 

 The following papers were read : 

 " Further Considerations on the Origin of the Zone of Asteroids 



and on the Capture of Satellites," by Dr. T. J. J. See. 

 " Modern Physics," by President Ernest Fox Nichols, discussed 

 by Profs. Trowbridge, Snyder, Doolittle and Goodspeed. 



Stated meeting, December 2, ipio. 



William Berryman Scott, ScD., LL.D., Vice-President, 

 in the Chair. , 



The decease was announced of : 

 Prof. A. Marshall Elliott, at Baltimore, on November 9, 1910, 



set. 66. 

 The following papers were read : 

 " Some Aspects of the Scientific Work of the U. S. Bureau of 



Fisheries," by Dr. Hugh M. Smith, discussed by Mr. Willcox, 



Dr. Holland, Mr. Jayne, Dr. Jastrow and Dr. Marshall. 

 "The True Atomic Weights of Oxygen and Silver," by Dr. 



Gustavus Hinrichs. (Communicated by Dr. J. W. Holland.) 

 " Propagation of Long Electric Waves Along Wires," by Prof. 



E. P. Adams. (Communicated by Prof. W. F. Magie.) 



