RECORDS OF MEETINGS. 851 



Academy of Natural Science of Philadelphia, and also to the 

 Annual General Meeting of the American Philosophical Society. 



On motion of Mr. C. P. Bowditch, the following resolution 

 was passed, and the Corresponding Secretary requested to send 

 copies to the Carnegie Institution, the Smithsonian Institution, 

 and the Library of Congress : — 



JVJiereas^ In 1908, the Carnegie Institution published the 

 " Handbook of Learned Societies and Institutions in America " 

 which had been compiled by Mr. J. D. Thompson, of the Li- 

 brary of Congress, 



JVIiereas, This book is of inestimable value to Librarians and 

 to all interested in a knowledge of the history, or publications 

 of Societies, and 



Whereas, Material has been collected for a Handbook relating 

 to Societies of the Old World, which is now kept on file in the 

 Library of Congress, it is therefore 



Voted, That the American Academy of Arts and Sciences re- 

 quest that this unpublished material may be published with as 

 little delay as possible, if not by the Carnegie Institution, then 

 by the Library of Congress or the Smithsonian Institution. 



On motion of Professor Lanman, it was 



Voted, That the Chairman of the Committee of Publication 

 be requested to see that the bound volumes of the Proceedings 

 be lettered on the back with the date as well as the volume 

 number. 



The Secretary of the Council announced that at his own re- 

 quest, Dr. Harold C. Ernst had been transferred from Class II., 

 Section 3, to Class II., Section 4. 



The following communications were given : — • 



Dr. F. H. Williams. " A Biographical Notice of Dr. Fred- 

 erick I. Knight." 



Mr. Charles P. Bowditch. " The Results of the American 

 Occupation of the Philippines." 



The following papers were presented by titles : — 



" Electrical Properties of Crystals. Capacity in Carborun- 

 dum." By G. W. Pierce and R. D. Evans. 



" Pali Writing-machines — a Study for a Rational Kej'board." 

 By C. R. Lanman. 



" An Algebra of Plane Projective Geometry." By H. B. 

 Phillips and C. L. E. Moore, Presented by H. W. Tyler. 



