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Letters of envoy were received from the Royal Irish 

 Academy, Oct. 1878 , and the Consul General of the Nether- 

 lands, New York, Nov. 22, 1878 ; and Prof. Jacob Ennis, 

 Shippensburg, Dec. 3, 1878. 



Donations for the Library were received from the Acad- 

 emies at St. Petersburg, Buda-Pesth, Berlin, Lisbon and 

 Philadelphia; the Societies at Halle, Bamberg, Breslau, and 

 Bordeaux ; Flora Batava ; London Nature ; Nova Scotian 

 Institute, Halifax; Prof. Ennis; Essex Institute; Mass. 

 Historical Society : Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cam- 

 bridge ; American Journal of Science, and Prof. Marsh, of 

 New Hampshire; New Jersey Historical Society; Mr. Rob- 

 inson, of Philadelphia ; the War Department, and Prof. Cleve- 

 land Abbe ; Editor of the American Antiquarian, Cleveland, 

 Ohio ; the Botanical Gazette ; Dr. J. W. Mallet, of Mexico, 

 and Mr. Lane S. Hart, State Printer, Harrisburg. 



A donation for the collection of portraits was received 

 from Mr. Sol. W. Roberts, a portrait of the late Joseph 

 Henry, in oils, framed and endorsed, " Prof. Joseph Henry, 

 Sec'y of the Smithsonian Institution, &c. Born at Albany, 

 New York, Dec. 17, 1797 ; Died at Washington, D. C, May 

 13, 1878, in his eighty-first year. This small portrait of 

 Prof. Henry is presented to the American Philosophical So- 

 ciety by Solomon W. Roberts, Civil Engineer, Phi lad 'a, 

 Dec. 1878." 



A i»aper, entitled " Descriptive List of Medals Struck to 

 Commemorate the Battle of Waterloo. By Henry Phillips. 

 Jr." was read by the Secretary. 



Mr. Blasius exhibited and described an ingenious musical 

 invention of Mr. Matthews, of Boston, on the principle of 

 the Jacquard Loom, by which tunes are played, and the in- 

 struction of children in time and modulation is made easy. 



Prof. Prime described the moraines and surface drift de- 

 posits of Northampton County, Pa., and exhibited their 

 positions on a large map. 



Prof. Prime described the glacial drift of Northampton County, Penn- 

 sylvania, as determined by him during the pasl Summer. 



