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!Eiglit hundred and seventy-seventh Meeting. 



November 13, 1895. 



The Corresponding Secretary in the chair. 



The chair announced the death of Asahel Clark Kendrick, 

 an Associate Fellow. 



A letter was read from Thomas W. Higginson, tendering 

 his resignation as Councillor. 



The following papers were presented by title : — 



Thermo-electric Interpolation Formulae. By Silas W. 

 Hoi man. 



Melting Points of Aluminum, Silver, Gold, Copper, and 

 Platinum. By S, W. Holmau, with R. R. Lawrence and 

 L. Barr. 



Pyrometry : Calibration of the Le Chatelier Thermo-electric 

 Pyrometer. By Silas W. Holman. 



Calorimetry : Methods of Cooling Correction. By Silas W. 

 Holman. 



On some Points in the Development of ^cidia. By Her- 

 bert M. Richards. 



William E. Story gave an informal talk on the new methods 

 of representing mathematical surfaces, and exhibited Pla- 

 teau's apparatus and a variety of models. 



Eight hundred and seventy-eighth Meeting. 



December 11, 1895. 



The Academy met at the house of the President, at 

 Cambridge. 



The President in the chair. 



The resignation of Thomas W. Higginson as Councillor 

 was accepted. 



The following papers were read: — 



On the Temperature of the Crust of the Earth at great 

 Depths. By Alexander Agassiz and P. C. F. West. 



Palestine in the Fifteenth Century B. C, according to 

 recent Discoveries. By Crawford H. Toy. 



