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were obtained. All of these substances have been analyzed. 

 Potassic ferricyanide gives a similar black jelly under the 

 same conditions. 



On the motion of Eliot C. Clarke, the following resolutions 

 were adopted : — 



Whereas, The Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Meas- 

 ures of the National House of Representatives has reported 

 a bill requiring the early adoption of the Metric System of 

 Weights and Measures by all Departments of the Govern- 

 ment, and its adoption by the whole nation, at a subsequent 

 fixed date, as the only legal system, — 



-Resolved, That the American Academy of Arts and Sci- 

 ences, renewing its recommendation made in former years, 

 urges Congress to consider favorably this bill, and thus permit 

 the United States to join the majority of civilized nations as 

 regards its system of weights and measures. 



Resolved^ That this Academy believes that the universal 

 adoption of this system will aid researches in physical science, 

 and also commercial transactions, and will tend to bring about 

 the fraternity of nations. 



Resolved, That copies of these resolutions be sent to the 

 presiding officers of the two Houses of Congress, to the Sen- 

 ators from Massachusetts, to the chairman of the Commit- 

 tee of Finance of the Senate, and to the chairman of the 

 Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures of the House. 



Eight hundred and eighty-second Meeting. 



April 8, 1896. — Adjourned Stated Meeting. 



The Academy met at the Walker Building of the Massa- 

 chusetts Institute of Technology, Boston. 



Vice-President B. A. Gould in the chair. 



The following gentlemen were elected members of the 

 Academy : — 



John Stone Stone, of Boston, to be a Resident Fellow in 

 Class I., Section 2 (Physics). 



Robert Wheeler Willson, of Cambridge, to be a Resident 

 Fellow in Class I., Section 2. 



