538 PROCEEDINGS OP THE AMERICAN ACADEMY 



William Everett gave an account of the life and works of the 

 late Henry Sidgwick, referring particularly to his eminent 

 abilitj^ and estimable character. 



The following paper was read by title : — 



"Symmetrical Triiodbenzol." By C. Loring Jackson and G. 

 E. Behr. 



Nine Iiundred. and twenty-first Meeting. 



January 9, 1901. — Stated Meeting. 



ViGE-PnESiDENT Hyatt in the chair. 



On the motion of C. L. Jackson, it was 



Voted, To defer action on the proposed amendments of the 

 Statutes. 



looted, That the Academy send a message of congratulation 

 to Vladimir Markovnikoff, of Moscow, on the occasion of the 

 40th anniversary of his work on chemistry. 



The vacancies occasioned by the death of Augustus Lowell 

 were filled by the election of 



James B. Thayer, Vice-President for Class III. 



Eliot C. Clauke, 3Iember of the Cornmittee of Finance. 



Denman W. Ross read a paper entitled, " Design as a Science." 



S. C. Chandler gave an account of his "New Discovery con- 

 cerninsf the Motion of the Earth's Pole." 



The following papers were presented by title : — 



" Suggestion concerning the Nomenclature of Heat Capacity." 

 By T. W. Richards. 



" A Study of Growing Crystals by Instantaneous Photomicro- 

 graphy." By T. W. Richards and E. H. Archibald. 



Nine hundred and twenty-second Meeting. 



February 13, 1901. 



The Corresponding Secretary in the chair. 



The Chair announced the death of Charles Hermite, Foreisfu 

 Honorary Member in Class I., Section 1. 



An invitation to the Ninth Jubilee Celebration of the Uni- 

 versity of Glasgow was read. On the motion of the Recording 

 Secretary, it was 



