686 PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY. 



The following recommendations from the Committee on Policy 

 were read : — 



That the Academy hopes in a short time to be in a position heartily 

 to accept the conditions of the Agassiz heirs, informally outlined con- 

 cerning the building. 



1. That the number of Resident Fellows be gradually increased by 

 one hundred. 



2. That not more than twenty-five Fellows be added annually, and 

 not over four in any section. 



3. That a committee of five, including the President and Recording 

 Secretary, be appointed to take charge of meetings. 



4. That the functions of the Council be enlarged in order to give it 

 supervision over all affairs of the Academy. 



5. That if, at 8.30, business is in progress, it be postponed, and the 

 communication announced, be called. 



No action on the above recommendations was taken by the 

 Academy. 



The President appointed Dr. Louis Bell and Professor W. M. 

 Davis a Committee on the Celebration of the one thousandth 

 meeting. 



The following communication was given : — 



" The Supposed Recent Subsidence of the Massachusetts 

 Coast," by Professor D. W. Johnson. 



The following papers were presented by title : — 



" The Pegmatites of the Riebeckite-Aegirite Granite of Quincy, 

 Mass. ; their Minerals, Structure and Origin." By C. H. Warren 

 and Charles Palache. 



" The Vector Diagram of the Oscillating-Current Circuit." 

 By A. E. Kennelly. 



" Infinitesimal Properties of Lines in S^ with Applications to 

 Circles in Sg." By C. L. E. Moore. Presented by H. N. Tyler. 



" The Indeterminate Product." By H. B. Phillips. Presented 

 by H. N. Tyler. 



"A Fundamental Theorem Regarding Curves on Reguli." 

 By W. E. Story. 



"The Action of Mercury on Steel at High Pressures." By 

 P. W, Bridgman. Presented by John Trowbridge. 



