332 PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY 



ety, giving notice of its next meeting, and inviting all chem- 

 ists to be present. 



A paper by Dr. Oliver W. Huntington, entitled " A New 

 Meteoric Iron from Stutsman County, South Dakota," was 

 presented by title. 



A notice of the late Maria Mitchell, written by her brother, 

 Henry Mitchell, was read by the Corresponding Secretary. 



Eight hundred and thirty-eighth Meeting. 



January 14, 1891. — Stated Meeting. 



The President in the chair. 



The Corresponding Secretary read a communication from 

 the Massachusetts Historical Society, inviting the Academy 

 to send two delegates to its Centennial Anniversary on Jan- 

 uary 24, 1891 ; and it was 



Voted, To accept this invitation, and to appoint the Presi- 

 dent and one Fellow of the Academy, to be selected by him, 

 as delegates. 



The following gentlemen were elected members of the 

 Academy : — 



Arthur Messinger Comey, of Somerville, to be a Resident 

 Fellow in Class I., Section 3. 



Charles Edward Munroe, of Cambridge, to be a Resident 

 Fellow in Class I., Section 3. 



John Ulric Nef, of Worcester, to be a Resident Fellow in 

 Class I., Section 3. 



Theodore William Richards, of Cambridge, to be a Resi- 

 dent Fellow in Class I., Section 3. 



Charles Robert Sanger, of Cambridge, to be a Resident 

 Fellow in Class I., Section 3. 



The President, as chairman of the Rumford Committee, 

 reported the recommendation of the Committee, that one 

 hundred dollars be appropriated from the income of the 

 Rumford Fund to assist Dr. E. H. Hall in his study of the 

 periodic changes in the walls of a steam-boiler. 



Also, that two hundred dollars be appropriated from the 



