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fuculee and the mottled surface were beautifully brought out. 
The paper was discussed by Messrs, Pupin and Post. 
Prof. Rees called the attention of the Academy to some nega- 
tives of the moon, etc., received from the Lick Observatory, 
which he had arranged upon a special frame with electric lights 
behind to illuminate them. Prof. Rees announced to the 
Academy the receipt of several letters regarding the remarkable 
Auroras of this spring. 
It was moved and carried that Prof. Alfred E. Mayer, of 
Stevens Institute, be nominated for resident membership and 
referred to the Council. 
The Academy adjourned at 10:20. 
Wm. HALLock, 
Secretary of Section. 
J. F. Kemp, 
Recording Secretary. 
STATED MEETING. 
May 14th, 1894. 
The Academy met in the lecture room of the Department of 
Biology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Vice-President 
OsBorn in the chair. The minutes of the previous meeting 
were read and approved. Fourteen persons present. 
The Biological Section then organized. The first paper was 
by Prof. E. B. Wilson, entitled ‘“ Experiments upon the Hori- 
zontal Isotropy of the Egg.” 
The second paper was by Arnold Graaf, “The Funnels and 
Vesicule terminales of Nephelis, Aulostoma and Clepsine.” 
The last paper was by O.S. Strong, “On Lithium Bichromate 
as a hardening Reagent for the Golgi Method.” 
