lo Cincinnati Society of Natural History. 



The formations of Academies of Natural Science was the next 

 important step. The Academia Sacretorum Naturae, established in 

 1560, was among the first of such institutions, but it was soon 

 suppressed by the popes. 



The Royal Society in London, the LtO[)oldine Academy in 

 Germany, and the Academy of Science in Paris, all established 

 between 1666 and 1670, are still enjoying a vigorous existence. 

 The establishment of Museums of Natural History followed closely 

 the founding of Academies. In the earliest days of Museums the 

 Dutch Cabinets were the most famous. 



From this time we note the steady and rapid growth of mu- 

 seums from these small beginnings to the magnificent institutions 

 of to-day, such as the British Museum, Smithsonian Institution and 

 Natural History Museum of Florence. 



Mr. Knight spoke on the cost and maintenance of collections 

 in this country. 



Mr. Skinner spoke interestingly on astronomy, showing the 

 nicety with which the apparently independent movement of bodies 

 are governed and controlled by their relation to one another. 



Donations were announced as follows : 



From VVm. McMaster, Lower Jaw of Boar; from Wm. Glas- 

 ford, Red Lion, O., Golden Eagle; from B. Konn Sayres, M. D., 

 Short Eared Owl; from W. T. Orange, Pair of Pileated Wood- 

 peckers; from D. G. Brinton, M. D., Philadelphia, Pamphlets, 

 viz: On the so-called Alaguilac Language of Guatamala; Ancient 

 Human Footprints from Nicaraugua ; From Sam'l Garman, Cam- 

 bridge, Pamphlets : Natural History Notes, Science Observer, On 

 the Reptiles and Batrachians of Grand Cayman; from Charles E. 

 Beecher, Albany, Pamphlet : A Method of Preparing for Micro- 

 scopical Study the RadulcC of Small Species of Gasteropoda; from 

 A. J. Howe, M. D , Pamphlet: Michael Angelo ; from Tennessee 

 State Board of Health, Bulletins; from Public Library, Museums 

 and National Gallery of Victoria, N. S. W., Pamphlet: Prodromus 

 of the Zoology ot Victoria, Decade 15. 



Adjourned. 



Seientific Meeting, March 6th, 1888. 



President Skinner in the Chair. 13 members present. 



The minutes were read and approved. 



On behalf of the Committee the Secretary read the following : 



