PROCEEDINGS 



AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. 



Vol. VL JULY— DECEMBER, 1858- No. 60. 



Stated Aleeting, July 16, 1858. 

 Present, six members. 

 Dr. DuNGLisox, Vice-President, in the Chair. 

 The following donations were announced: — 



FOR THE LIBRARY. 



Report of the Joint Select Committee, on the Wisconsin Land Frauds. 



Madison, 1858. (320 pages.) 8vo. — From the Committee. 

 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. XVIIL 7. 



London. May 14, 1858. 8vo. — From the Society, 

 Albany Astron. Journal. No. 114. — From the Editor. 

 American Jour. Med. Sciences. LXXI. July, 1858. Philadelphia. 

 Medical News and Library. No. 187. — From Blanchard ^ Lea, 

 American Jour. Science and Art. July, 1858. — From the Editors. 

 Reports of the Board of Visitors, &c. of the New Hampshire Asylum 



for Insane. Concord, 1858. (22 pages.) 8vo. — From the Board, 

 Proceedings Boston N. H. Soc. (23.) — From the Society, 

 Journal Franklin Institute. July, 1858. — From the Institute. 

 United States Astronomical Expedition. Vol. III. Solar Parallax 



Obs. Washington, 1856. 4to.— From SupH J. M. Gilliss. 



The death of the Hon. Job R. Tyson, a member of the So- 

 ciety, was announced as having occurred on the 27th of last 

 month, in the 55th year of his age. 



Johannes Muller, of Berlin, a member of the Society, was 

 also announced as deceased. 

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