558 PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY. 



On motion of A. G. Webster, it was 



Voted, That the Academy accepts with profound gratitude the 

 very generous gift of Professor Agassiz. 



Voted, That a committee on Policy be selected to consider all 

 questions relating to the enlarged functions of the Academy. 



On motion of C. P. Bowditch it was 



Voted, That in the opinion of the Academy an increase of 

 membership is desirable. 



Voted, That the committee on the general plan suggested by 

 Professor Agassiz be authorized to apply to the Legislature for an 

 amendment to the charter which will permit such increase. 



Professor Derr exhibited some lantern photographs taken in 

 the Yellowstone National Park. 



The following papers were presented by title : — 



" Buddha-ghosa's Commentary on the Dhammapada, an Analy- 

 sis of the First Four Books of the Buddhist Acta Sanctorum in 

 Pali, with an Index to the 30-1 Stories of the Burmese Edition." 

 By Eugene Watson Burlingame. Presented by C. R. Lanman. 



"The Effect of Leakage at the Edges upon the Conduction of 

 Heat in a Homogeneous Lamina. " By B. 0. Peirce. 



"The Resistance of the Air to a Swinging Magnet." By 

 B. 0. Peirce. 



"The Differentiation of Scalar Point Functions with Respect 

 to Other Similar Functions." By B. 0. Peirce. 



"The Spectrum of a Compound of Carbon in the Region of 

 Extremely Short Wave-Lengths. " By Theodore Lyman. 



"Average Chemical Compositions of Igneous-Rock Types." 

 By Reginald A. Daly. 



"Experiments on the Electrical Oscillations in a Hertz 

 Rectilinear Oscillator." By George W. Pierce. 



"On the Applicability of the Law of Corresponding States to 

 the Joule-Thomson Effect in H 2 and C0 2 ." By Harvey N. 

 Davis. Presented by John Trowbridge. 



" Notes on Certain Thermal Properties of Steam. " By Harvey 

 N. Davis. Presented by John Trowbridge. 



"Discharge of Electricity through Gases." By John 

 Trowbridge. 



"Measurement of Pressure and Density in Gases with the 

 Micro Balance." By H. W. Morse. Presented by John 

 Trowbridge. 



