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Lowell as President ; a letter from President Taft in answer to 

 Resolutions forwarded to him by the Academy relative to the 

 Naval Observatory, requesting that copies of the Resolutions be 

 sent to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the 

 House of Representatives. 



On motion of Professor Webster it was 



Voted, To send copies of the Resolutions regarding the Naval 

 Observatory to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of 

 the House of Representatives. 



Voted, That the Librarian be appointed a delegate to the 

 JSoston 1915 Directorate conference to be held March 8, 1910. 



Professor W. M. Davis gave a paper entitled: — 



" The Italian Riviera Levante : a study in Geographical 

 Description." 



Dr. Percival Lowell exhibited and described transparencies 

 of photographs of Mars and Saturn, taken at the Lowell 

 Observatory. 



The following papers were presented by title : — 



" Evaporation from the Surface of Small Solid Spheres." By 

 H. W. Morse. Presented by John Trowbridge. 



" On the Equilibrium of the System Consisting of Lime, Car- 

 bon, palcium Carbide, and Carbon Monoxide." By M. de Kay 

 Thompson. Presented by H. M. Goodwin. 



" A Study of the Greek Epigram before 300 b. c." By Flor- 

 ence Alden Gragg. Presented by H. W. Smyth. 



Nine hundred ninety-sixth Meeting. 



March 9, 1910. — Stated Meeting. 



The President in the chair. 



There were thirty-nine Fellows present. 



The Corresponding Secretary read the following: — a letter 

 from William H. Niles, resigning Fellowship ; a letter from 

 H. G. Chase, announcing the death of Professor A. E. Dolbear ; 

 a letter from Dr. Edward Kohlrausch, announcing the death of 

 W. F. Kohlrausch ; a circular from Senator Augusto Righi, Presi- 

 dent of the Royal Academy of Science, Bologna, announcing the 

 competition for the Elia De Cyon prize in 1911 ; a circular from 

 G. Spiller, Secretary, announcing the Universal Race Congress 



