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appropriation of five hundred dollars ($500) for printing the 

 Proceedings of this year. 



The following gentlemen were elected members of the 

 Acad emy : — 



Edward Burgess, of Boston, to be a Resident Fellow in 

 Class II., Section 3. 



James Jackson Putnam, of Boston, to be a Resident Fellow 

 in Class II., Section 3. 



John Collins Warren, of Boston, to be a Resident Fellow 

 in Class II., Section 4. 



Phillips Brooks, of Boston, to be a Resident Fellow in 

 Class III., Section 1. 



John Williams White, of Cambridge, to be a Resident 

 Fellow in Class III., Section 2. 



Justin Winsor, of Cambridge, to be a Resident Fellow in 

 Class III., Section 2. 



Emile Plantamour, of Geneva, to be a Foreign Honorary 

 Member in Class I., Section 2, in place of the late Urbain- 

 Jean-Joseph LeVerrier. 



Mr. S. H. Scudder presented a paper "On the Discovery 

 of Insect Eggs in the Laramie Group of Rocks." 



Professor B. Peirce presented, hj title, a paper by Mr. 

 C. S. Peirce, " On the Influence of Internal Friction upon 

 the Correction of the Seconds' Pendulum for the Flexibility 

 of the Support." 



Professor B. Peirce made some remarks on the internal 

 structure of the earth Avith reference to Lipswich's results in 

 regard to its density, and the theory of Sir William Thomson. 



Professor W. A. Rogers made some remarks on the meas- 

 urement of standards of length. 



Mr. Trouvelot exhibited the results of his late observations 

 on Jupiter. ' 



Seven hundred and eleventh Meeting^. 



May 8, 1878. — Monthly Meeting. 



The President in the chair. 



Professor Trowbridge exhibited a new induction coil. 



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