Ruschenbergcr] Zo^ [Oct. 6, 



Pending nominations Nos. 1260, 1261, 1262, 1263 and 1264 

 were read, spoken to and balloted for. 



Mr. Prime made some remarks on the classification of ore 

 deposits and proposed a new system. 



Dr. Cope made an oral communication on the forms of fossil 

 sharks, family Cladodontidse. 



The President reported the appointment of Mr. William P. 

 Tatham on the Committee of Finance in place of W, B. 

 Rogers, deceased. 



The business of the meeting being over, the Tellers exam- 

 , ined the ballots cast and reported to the President the state of 

 the poll. 



The President thereupon declared that the following had 

 been duly elected to membership in the Society : 



2222. Dr. Samuel A. Green, Boston, Mass. 



2223. Dr. John G. Morris, Baltimore, Md. 



2224. Prof. J. M. Hoppin, New Haven, Conn. 



2225. Chevalier Rousseau d'Hoppancourt, Vienna, Austria. 



2226. Dr. Isaac Roberts, London, England. 



And the Society was adjourned by the President. 



A Notice of William Barton Rogers. 



By W. S. IV. Ruschenberger, M.D. 



(^Read before the American Philosophical Society, Oct. 6, iSgj. ) 



According to its long-existing practice on the death of a mem- 

 ber, the Society, at the proper time, resolved that a notice of the 

 late William B. Rogers should be recorded in its Froceeditigs, and 

 that the President should appoint a member to prepare it. He has 

 been pleased to kindly assign the duty to me. And now, with diffi- 

 dence, I submit the following brief sketch. 



Mr. Rogers was a son of Dr. James Blythe Rogers, who succeeded 



