740 PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY. 



" An Electric Wax-Cutter for Use in Reconstruction." By 

 E. L. Mark. 



" On the Magnetic Behavior of the Finely Divided Core of 

 an Electro-magnet or of a Transformer while a Steady Current 

 is being established in the Exciting Coil." By B. O. Peirce. 



" The Sensation of Loudness." By W. C. Sabine. 



Nine hundred and seventieth Meeting. 



January 9, 1907. — Stated Meeting. 



The Academy met at its House. 



The President in the chair. 



There were present twenty-five Fellows. 



On the recommendation of the Council, at the request of the 

 Chairman of the Publication Committee, and with the approval 

 of the Treasurer, it was 



Voted, To appropriate the sum of five hundred dollars (S500) 

 from the income of the Publication Fund for the use of the 

 Publication Committee for the remainder of the year. 



On motion of the Chairman of the Rumford Committee, 

 it was 



Voted, To appropriate the sum of three hundred and seventy- 

 five dollars ($375) from the income of the Rumford Fund for 

 the use of the Rumford Committee in the furtherance of 

 research. 



The report of the Committee on Amendments to the Statutes 

 was read and accepted, and, in accordance therewith, it was 



Voted, To amend the vStatutes as follows : — 



Chapter I, Section 2, line 1. After the word "Fellows" 

 add " residing in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts." 



This amendment was passed by a vote of three-fourths of 

 the members present, there being eighteen (18) affirmative 

 votes. 



The following communications were given : — 



" The Meteorology of the North and South Polar Zones." By 

 R. DeC. Ward. 



"The Corpuscular Theory as applied to Electric Conduction 

 in Gases." By Theodore Lyman. 



