EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SECRETARY, 1905. 



To THE Wasiiixgtox Academy of Sciences. 



Mr. President and Members of the Academy : I have the honor 

 to present a brief statement of the operations of the Academy during 

 the period from January 19, 1905, to January 18, 1906. 



During this time the Academy has held the following meetings : 



January 19, 1905 — Annual meeting for the election of officers, etc. 



February 16, 1905— Meeting to hear a discourse by Mr. Edward 

 S. Curtis, who gave an account of his work in photographing western 

 Indians, illustrated by lantern views. 



March 9, 1905 — Meeting for the discussion of Modern Methods of 

 Historical Research and Teaching. At this meeting the following 

 papers were presented : 



The work of the Carnegie Bureau of Historical Research, by Prof. 

 A. C. McLaughlin, Director. 



Methods of Historical Research, by Prof. Charles M. Andrews, of 

 Bryn Mawr College. 



The Necessity in America of the Study of the Early History of 

 Modern European Nations, by Prof. F. Keutgen, University of Jena, 

 pro te?n. Johns Hopkins University. 



March 30, 1905 — Meeting to hear a paper by Prof. Frank Dawson 

 Adams, of McGill University, relating to his experiments designed to 

 illustrate the Flow of Rocks. 



April 19, 1905 — Meeting in conjunction with the National Acad- 

 emy of Sciences to inspect the Bureau of Standards. 



May 9, 1905 — Meeting in conjunction with the Anthropological 

 Society of Washington to hear the annual address of the President of 

 that Society, whose subject was ' ' The Story of the Anthropological 

 Society of Washington." 



November 28, 1905 — Meeting to hear an address by Prof. Wilhelm 

 Ostwald, University of Leipzig, on The International Language. 



December iS, 1905 — Meeting to hear an address by Prof. V. 

 Bjerknes, of the University of Stockholm, on The Application of the 

 Principles of Hydrodynamics and Thermodynamics to Weather Pre- 

 dictions. This was discussed by Prof. E. W. Brown, of Haverford 

 College, Messrs. R. S. Woodward and Cleveland Abbe, 

 i The Board of Managers of the Academy has meanwhile held nine 

 meetings for the transaction of business. 



