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Charles J. Wister, at Germantown, July 23d, in the 84th 

 year of his age. 



Prof. Cresson made a further communication in relation to 

 the rainbow phenomenon described at the last meeting. 



And the Society was adjourned. 



Stated Meeting, September 15, 1865. 



Present, eight members. 



Dr. CoATES in the Chair. 



A letter was received from the Linnean Society of Lan- 

 caster City and County, J. R. Sypher, Corresponding Secre- 

 tary, dated August 7th, forwarding the following resolution 

 of that Society : 



Resolved, That the Linnean Society of Lancaster City and County 

 furnish the American Philosophical Society with a complete set of 

 plaster casts of the figures on the Indian Rocks in the Susquehanna, 

 as far as they can be obtained. 



On motion of Dr. Le Conte, the Society was placed on the 

 list of correspondents, to receive the Proceedings from the 

 present time. 



Letters announcing donations for the library were received 

 from Dr. Otto Roehrig, dated New York, Sept. 6, 1865, and 

 from Mr. H. Burmeister, Curator of the Public Museum at 

 Buenos Ayres, dated May 24, 1865, requesting exchange of 

 publications. 



On motion of Dr. Le Conte, it was ordered that the Mu' 

 seum be placed upon the list of corresponding members to 

 receive the Transactions and Proceedings. 



Donations for the library were received from M. Barrande, 

 of Prague ; Prof. Zantedeschi, of Padua ; the Nat. Hist. So- 

 ciety of Bonn; the Madrid Observatory; the Bureau of Mines 



