RECORDS OF MEETINGS. 757 



Cmnmittee on the Libra)-?/. 



Harry M. GooD^YIN, of Class I., Samuel Henshaw, of Class II., 

 PIenry W. Haynes, of Class III. 



Auditing Committee. 

 Henry G. Denny, Frederick J. Stimson. 



On the motion of the Recordhig Secretary, the following 

 resolution was unanimously adopted: — 



Resolved, That the Fellows of the American Academy desire 

 to place upon record their grateful appreciation of the services 

 of the retiring Treasurer, Francis Blake, during the six years 

 in which he has served them. 



On the motion of the Chairman of the Finance Committee it 

 was 



Voted, To authorize the expenditure of fifteen hundred dol- 

 lars ($1500), in addition to the twenty-five thousand dollars 

 (825,000), which was authoiized by the Academy at the meet- 

 ing of December 14, 1901, to be expended for the purpose of 

 building a book-stack on the estate No. 28 Newbury Street, and 

 of putting the premises in a suitable condition for occupancy by 

 the Academy, and by others. 



The following gentlemen were elected members of the 

 Academy : — 



Samuel Williston, of Belmont, to be a Resident Fellow in 

 Class in., Section 1 (Philosophy and Jurisprudence). Nomi- 

 nated by James Barr Ames, Jeremiah Smith. 



Charles E. Munroe, of Washington, D. C, to be an Associate 

 Fellow in Class I., Section 3 (Chemistry), in place of the late 

 Thomas M. Drown. 



The following communication was given, by Professor T. A. 

 Jaggar : — " Some Results of the Study of the Volcano Pelce." 



The following papers were presented by title : — 



" On the Effects of Sudden Changes in the Inductances and 

 the Resistances of Electrical Circuits." Bv B. O. Peirce. 



