I9I4.] MINUTES. 



XXI 



Stated Meeting November 6, 19 14. 

 William W. Keen, M.D., LL.D., President, in the Chair. 



The decease of the following members was announced : 



Leon de Rosny, at Fontenay-aux-Roses (Seine), on August 28, 

 1914, set. 78. 



Theodore Nicholas Gill, M.D., Ph.D., at Washington, on Sep- 

 tember 25, 1914, set. yy. 

 The following papers were presented : 



" On Wireless Longitude Determination," by Eric Doolittle. 

 Discussed by Professor C. L. DooHttle, Professor Snyder, Mr. 

 Mitchell and Professor Miller. 



" On the Production of an Artificial Hiss," by E. B. Titchener, 

 Ph.D., D.Sc, LL.D. 



Stated Meeting December 4th, 1914. 



William W. Keen, M.D., LL.D., President, in the Chair. 

 An invitation was received from the Chairman of the nth An- 

 nual Conference of Historical Societies to be held in Chicago in 

 connection with and as part of the Thirtieth Annual Meeting of the 

 American Historical Association, December 28 to 31, to participate 

 in the conference by appointing delegates. 

 The decease was announced of 

 August Weismann, D.Ph., D.C.L., at Freiburg on November 



5, 1914, set. 80. 

 Charles Sedgwick Minot, M.D., Sc.D., LL.D., at Boston on No- 

 vember 19, 1914. set. 61. 

 Alfred Thayer Mahan, LL.D., D.C.L., Rear Admiral U.S.N, at 



Washington on December i, 1914. set. 74. 

 Dr. John Mason Clarke of Albany read a paper on " The Mag- 

 dalen Islands — a Relict Archipelago," which was discussed by ]\Ir. 

 Willcox and Prof. Pilsbry. 



