38 MINUTES. [March i 7f 



"On the Problem of Four Bodies," by Prof. Edgar Odell 

 Lovett, of Princeton. 



" Radio-Activity in Solar Phenomena," by Prof. Monroe B. 

 Snyder, of Philadelphia. 



" Evidence Relating to Latitude Variations of Short Periods. 

 From Observations at the Flower Observatory During the Year 

 1904," by Prof. C. L. Doolittle, of Philadelphia. 



" Enquiry Into the Pressure and Rainfall Conditions of the 

 Trades-Monsoon Area, by W. L. Dallas, of the Meteorological 

 Office, India. 



" On the Construction of Isobaric Charts for Upper Levels 

 and Their Dynamic Importance in Dynamic Meteorology," by 

 Dr. J. W. Sandstrom, of Stockholm. 



"The Straight Line Concept," by Prof. P. A. Lambert, of 

 Bethlehem, Pa. 



Executive Session. 



President Smith in the Chair. 



The pending nominations for membership were read and 

 the Society proceeded to an election. 



Afternoon Session. 



President Smith in the Chair. 



The Tellers of Election reported that the following candi- 

 dates had been elected to membership : 

 Residents of the United States: 

 Joseph S. Ames, Ph.D., Baltimore ; 

 Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Ph.D., LL.D., Chicago ; 

 William Gilson Farlow, Cambridge ; 

 Charles H. Frazier, M.D., Philadelphia ; 

 David Starr Jordan, Stanford University, Cal. ; 

 George Lyman Kittredge, LL.D., Cambridge; 

 Robert G. Le Conte, M.D., Philadelphia ; 

 Eliakim Hastings Moore, Chicago ; 

 George T. Moore, Ph.D., Washington ; 

 Richard A. F. Penrose, Jr., Ph.D., Philadelphia ; 



