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position which Professor Emerton figures, but they had suffered 

 violent severance from their proper supports. It is admitted 

 that there is considerable variation in the architectural habit of 

 tube-builders. The disagreement of the descriptions may, per- 

 haps, be explained, therefore, as due either to specific or to local 

 variations in the tubes described. 



Wake Forest Collegse, N. C, 



December 27, 1889. 



RECORDS OF MEETINGS. 



forty-sixth meeting. 



September 17, 1889. 



Prof. J. A. Holmes presided. The following papers were presented: 



18. On Arkose. Prof. Holmes presented a short paper on the origin of 

 Arkose deposits, and their distribution in the Triassic, Potomac and Appo- 

 mattox formations in North Carolina and Virginia, and in other geological 

 formations in different countries. 



19. The Toronto Meeting of the American Association for the Advance- 

 ment of Science. Professor Gore gave an outline of the business transacted 

 at this meeting. 



20. A Sketch of the Life and Work of Paracelsus. In this paper Dr. Ven- 

 able discussed the main events in the career of Paracelsus, defending him from 

 much of the abuse of his enemies and the accusations of later days. The 

 sketch is to be concluded at the next meeting. 



The Secretary reported many additional exchanges and large accessions to 



the library. 



forty-seventh meeting. 



October 8, 1889. 



The Society was called to order by Professor Holmes. 



21. The first paper presented was a continuation of ihe Sketch of the Life 

 and Work of Paracelsus, by Dr. Venable. 



22. On Pasteur's Work in Connection with Hydrophobia. Mr. V. S. Bryant 

 read extracts from letters by P'rofessors Huxley and others, published in 

 Science, concerning the great work done by Pasteur in the way of prevention 

 and treatment of hydrophobia. 



23. Corrosion and Fouling of Iron Ships. Mr. Gaston Battle gave in this 

 paper an abstract of the address of Prof. V. B. Lewes before the Institution 

 of Naval Architects. The causes of corrosion and fouling were discussed, and 

 the present condition of the question of preventive compositions given. 



