2g4: [October. 



Stated Meeting, October 18, 1861. 



Present, ten members. 



Professor Cresson, Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Letters acknowledging the receipt of publications were re- 

 ceived from the Massachusetts Historical Society, and from 

 the Boston Public Library. 



Donations for the Library were received from the Bureau 

 des Ponts et Chaussees; the Dublin Geological Society; the 

 Boston Society of Natural History ; the Franklin Institute ; 

 and the Office of the Adjutant-General of the United States. 



The committee to which was referred the paper of Dr. Her- 

 man Leonard Tafel, reported in favor of publication in the 

 Proceedings. On motion the recommendation of the committee 

 was adopted. 



Dr. Leidy presented a paper for publication in the Trans- 

 actions, entitled " Experiments and Observations upon the 

 Circulation in the Snapping Turtle, Chelonia serpentina^ with 

 especial reference to the pressure of the blood in the arteries 

 and veins," by S. Weir Mitchell, M.D., lecturer on Physio- 

 logy. Dr. Leidy, Dr. Dunglison, and Dr. Le Contc, w^ere ap- 

 pointed a committee to whom the paper was referred. 



Judge Carleton made some remarks upon Necessity and the 

 freedom of the w^ill. 



Prof. Kendall and Prof. Cresson made some remarks upon 

 the Tonal system of Mr. Nystrom, and Dr. Bache called the 

 attention of the members present to a pamphlet on the Octo- 

 nal system, by Mr. Alfred B. Taylor, of Philadelphia, a copy 

 of which Prof. Kendall presented for the Library. 



The Society proceeded to ballot for the pending nomina- 

 tions. 



New nominations Nos. 425 and 426 were read. 



The ballot boxes being examined by the presiding officer, 

 the following named gentleman was declared duly elected a 

 member of the Society : 



Paolo Volpicelli, of Rome. 

 And the Society was adjourned. 



