O [Feb. 15, 



Buenos Aires, Argentine Republic; Observatorio do Rio Jan- 

 eiro, Brazil; Agricultural Experiment Stations: Blacksburg, 

 Va., Raleigh, N. C, Uniontown, Ala., Baton Rouge, La., 

 Knoxville^ Tenn., Fayetteville, Ark,, Columbia, Mo., State 

 College, Mich., Lafayette, Ind., Berkeley, Cal., St. Anthony 

 Park, Minn., Las Cruces, N. Mex. 



A paper was read by Mr. Julius F. Sachse, on the " Horo- 

 logium Achaz." 



Remarks were made by Dr. Horn and Dr. Brinton. 



A paper was read by Mr. Lorin Biodget on " The Scope and 

 Importance of Electricity as a Motor." 



Pending nominations 1302 to 1305 were read. 

 ■ The Committee on Indexing was discharged. 



Dr. Frazer made a communication an the necessity of the 

 unification of methods employed by experts for the purpose 

 of detecting forgery, and ascertaining the character of hand- 

 writing. 



Dr. Frazer moved that a committee, composed of Dr. Fra- 

 zer and Mr. S. P. Sharpies, be appointed to report on the gen- 

 eral subject of methods useful in the investigation of docu- 

 ments; and that said Committee have power to associate 

 with their number, other specialists who are not members of 

 the Society. 



And the Society was adjourned by the presiding member. 



Staled Meeting^ Fthruary 15, 1895. 



President, Mr. Fraley, in the Chair. 



Present, 31 members. 



Correspondence was submitted as follows : 



Letters of envoy were received from the Royal Statistical 

 Society, London, England; Chief Engineer and Superintendent 

 of Fairmount Park, Philadelphia; Smithsonian Institution, 

 Washington, D. C. 



Letters of acknowledgment from the Comit^ Geologique, 

 St. Petersburg, Russia (14-1, 1-15); K. D. Videnskabernes 



