510 PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY 



Sciences at Turin, announcing the conditions under which 

 the Bressa prize will be awarded ; also, announcements of 

 tlie death of Frederick, Count of Stein, and Edouard Henri 

 von Baumhauer. 



On the motion of the Corresponding Secretary, it was 



Voted, To meet, on adjournment, on the second Wednesday 

 in April. 



The following papers were presented : — 



On the new AnsDsthetic, Cocaine. By Henry W. Williams. 



Biographical Memoir of the late Edward Jarvis. By An- 

 drew P. Peabod}». 



Professor Cooke read the following paper : — 



On a Method of Filtration by Means of easily soluble and 

 easily volatile Filters. By Frank A. Gooch. 



The following papers were presented by title : — 



Observations of Variable Stars in 1884. By Edward C. 

 Pickering. 



A Photographic Study of the Nebula in Oiion. By Ed- 

 ward C. Pickering. 



Notes on some Species of Gj^mnosporangium and Chryso- 

 myxa of the United States. By William G. Farlow. 



Seven hundred and eighty>first Meeting. 



April 8, 1885. — Adjourned Stated Meeting. 



In the absence of the President and the Vice-President, the 

 chair was occupied by Dr. Henry W. Williams. 



The Corresponding Secretary called the attention of the 

 Academy to the work entitled, "A Reprint of Annual Re- 

 ports and other Papers, on the Geology of the Virginias," 

 by the late William Barton Rogers, former Fellow of the 

 Academy ; and, on his motion. 



Voted, That the thanks of the Academy be presented to 

 Mrs. Rogers for this gift. 



The following papers were presented : — 



On a new Galvanic Battery and an Incandescent Lamp for 

 Projection. By Amos E. Dolbear. 



