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low book shelves entirely around it, which would permit placing in the 

 reading room the recent volumes of all the transactions of the learned 

 societies now in our book stack. It was also our opinion that conven- 

 ience required a door opening directly from the librarian's room into 

 the reading room. This, however, the Messrs. Agassiz refused to allow. 

 We do not think that the shelving should have glass doors nor that 

 five sofas are desirable, believing that the room should have the requi- 

 sites of a reading room rather than of a club room. The committee hope 

 that the members of the Academy may express their opinion on this 

 point, and that either the functions of the committee may be deter- 

 mined more definitely or that the committee may be discharged. 



Respectfully submitted, 



A. G. Webster. 



After discussion, on the motion of A. C. Lane, it was' 

 Voted, 1. That the President notify the architects of the 



names of the Building Committee, and that they are expected 



to carry out the wishes of the same, so far as is compatible with 



the wishes of the Agassiz heirs. 



2. That the Building Committee be requested to continue. 



It was also 



Voted, That the Report of the Building Committee be 



accepted. 



The following communication was given : — 



" The Fall of a Meteorite. " By Dr. Elihu Thomson. 



The following paper was presented by title: — 



" A Revision of the Atomic Weight of Phosphorus. Second 



Paper. — The Analysis of Phosphorus Tribromide." By G. P. 



Baxter, C. J. Moore, and A. C. Boylston. 



One thousand and eleventh Meeting. 



January 17, 1912. — Special Meeting. 



The Academy met at Ellis Hall, called by the President to 

 consider the furnishing of the new building. 



The President in the chair. 



There were twenty-three Fellows present. 



In the absence of the Recording Secretary, the Corresponding 

 Secretary acted in his place. 



