RECORDS OF MEETINGS. 575 



House Committee. 



Arthur G. Webstfr, A. Lawrence Rotch, 



Louis Derr. 



The following gentlemen were elected Fellows of the 

 Academy : — 



Roland Burrage Dixon, of Cambridge, as Resident Fellow in 

 Class III., Section 2 (Philology and Archaeology). 



Archibald Cary Coolidge, of Boston, as Resident Fellow in 

 Class III., Section 3 (Political Economy and History). 



Worthington Chauncey Ford, of Boston, as Resident Fellow 

 in Class III., Section 3 (Political Economy and History). 



Edward Caldwell Moore, of Cambridge, as Resident Fellow in 

 Class III., Section 4 (Literature and the Fine Arts). 



Sir David Gill, of London, as Foreign Honorary Member in 

 Class I., Section 1 (Mathematics and Astronomy). 



At his request, Robert Wheeler Willson, of Cambridge, Resi- 

 dent Fellow in Class L, Section 2, was transferred to Class I., 

 Section 1. 



On motion of E. C. Pickering the nominations for Associate 

 Fellowship were referred back to the Council. 



Professor Robert W. Willson gave a communication on Halley's 

 Comet. 



The following papers were presented by title : — 



" On the Magnitude of an Error which usually Affects the 

 Results of Magnetic Tests upon Iron and Steel Rings." By 

 B. 0. Peirce. 



"The Effects of Sudden Changes in the Inductances of Certain 

 Forms of Electric Circuits and their Mechanical Analogies." By 

 B. 0. Peirce. 



"The Influence of the Magnetic Characteristics of the Iron 

 Core of an Induction Coil upon the Manner of Establishment of 

 a Steady Current in the Primary Circuit." By B. 0. Peirce. 



"The Effect of the Damping due to the Surrounding Medium 

 upon the Form of the Oscillations of a Swinging Body. " By B. 0. 

 Peirce. 



" Some Illustrations of the Effects of Sudden Changes in the 

 Resistances of Inductive Circuits." By B. 0. Peirce. 



