812 PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY. 



" A Method of Determining Thermal Conductivity." By 



F. A. Laws, P. L. Bishop, and P. McJunkin. 



"The Thermal Conductivity of Lead." By F. L. Bishop. 

 Presented by F. A. Laws. 



" The Transition Temperature of Sodic Bromide : a New 

 Fixed Point in Thermometry." By T. \V. Richards and R. C. 

 Wells. 



ki A New Method of Standardizing Thermometers below 

 Zero." By T. W. Richards and F. G. Jackson. 



" On the Language of Vitruvius." By M. H. Morgan. 



" Friction and Force due to Transpiration as Dependent on 

 Pressure in Gases." By J. L. Hogg. Presented by John 

 Trowbridge. 



Nine hundred and sixty-second Meeting. 



January 10, 190G. — Stated Meeting. 



The Academy met in its house, 28 Newbury Street. 



The President in the chair. 



There were present thirty Fellows. 



The President made a short address congratulating the 

 Academy on having a home of its own. 



The Corresponding Secretary read the following communica- 

 tions : — 



From The Franklin Bicentennial Committee, inviting five 

 members of the Academy to the exercises at Symphony Hall on 

 Wednesday, January 17, 1906, in observance of the two hun- 

 dredth anniversary of the birth of Benjamin Franklin; from 



G. Lecointe, Scientific Director of the Royal Observatory of 

 Belgium, announcing a project of an International Association 

 for the study of the Polar Regions, being the outcome of the 

 Congress of Mons, held September 24, 1905. 



The Committee on the Revision of the Statutes presented the 

 following report: — - 



The Committee on the Revision of the Statutes of the American 

 Academy respectfully submit a copy of the Revised Statutes and recom- 

 mend their adoption in this form. 



