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TRANSACTIONS OF THE [ FEB. 15, 
February 8th, 1892. 
SratepD MEETING. 
The meeting was held in the Lecture Room of the Electrical 
School, Columbia College. Forty-two persons present. 
In the absence of regular officers Pror. TROWBRIDGE was called — 
to preside. 
The minutes of January 25th were read and approved. 
The Astronomical Section then organized. Mr. J Acosy, the Secre- 
tary, stated that the President of the Section, Pror. Rers, was un- 
avoidably absent and requested Pror. TrowBriDGE to act in his 
place. 
Dr. M. I. Purin read a paper on— 
Vacuum Discharges and their Bearing upon the Electrical 
Theory of the Solar Corona, 
illustrated by experiments. 
At the close of the paper there was considerable discussion by 
Mr. Jacosy, Pror. TRowBRIDGE, and others. 
Mr. Jacosy said that many of the phenomena observed had been 
photographed, and suggested that copies should be furnished to 
several prominent astronomers. 
Meeting adjourned. 
February 15th, 1892. 
STATED MEETING. 
Vice-President Dr. Hussparpd in the chair. Two hundred and 
fifty persons present. 
The minutes of February 8th were read and approved. 
Dr. HupparpD announced to the Academy the loss sustained in 
the death of one of its Honorary Members, Dr. T. Sterry Hunv. 
The following is a brief account of his life :— 
Dr. Thomas Sterry Hunt, one of the leading chemists and geolo- 
gists of the country, died at 5.30 P.M. yesterday, at the Park 
