232 DAVENPOR1 ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES. 



Mr. Pratt mentioned the fact that the Trustees of the Uritish Museum 

 have presented Dr. W. H. Harris with a copy of their great monograph 

 on all known Blastoidea. It is a large quarto, containing twenty full 

 page illustrations, numbering over four hundred figures. The gift is in 

 recognition of his work in the same department of Natural History, 

 which is published in the Proceedings of the Davenport Academy of 

 Natural Sciences of last year's issue. The blastoids described by Dr. 

 Barris are fully recognized, and frequent reference made to his work. 



A letter was read from Mr. Gass, giving an account of an exploration 

 made by himself, of mounds on Turkey River. 



The following regular members were elected : Prof. Jerome McNeil, 

 of Moline, Illinois, and E. B. Sanders, of Davenport; and for corre- 

 sponding member, Miss Sue McCowen, of Englewood, Illinois. 



December 10, 1886. — Adjourned Meeting. 



Vice-President C. E. Harrison in the chair; fourteen members and 

 two visitors present. 



Mr. Fulton opened the discussion of the evening on " Fuel," with a 

 very complete resume of the different kinds, their qualities and sources. 

 He dwelt particularly on the vast waste in mining, in transportation, in 

 handling, and, finally, in burning; and made important suggestions as 

 to how much of it might be avoided. He also spoke of the various 

 recent inventions for preparing valuable fuel from the immense masses 

 of waste accumulated in the mining regions everywhere. 



The subject was discussed by Dr. Hazen, Dr. Preston, and Messrs. 

 Williston, Witherell, and Harrison. 



December 31 , 1886. — Regular Meeting. 



President C. E. Putnam in the chair; fourteen members present. 



Curator reported the donation of fossils by Rev. J. Gass, and a col- 

 lection of one hundred fifty species of Florida shells by Mr. C. T. 

 Simpson, Ogallala, Nebraska. 



The following papers were read by title and referred to the Publica- 

 tion Committee, viz. : "Description of four new species of Myriapods 

 from the United States," by Prof. Jerome McNeil, of Moline; "List 

 of Mollusca collected in Florida," by C. T. Simpson, of Ogallala, 

 Nebraska. 



The following regular members were elected : Messrs. Fred. Heinz, 

 Herman Steffen, T. L. Sharon, Emil Vollmer, William Strieker, Joseph 

 Evans, Dr. A. M. Bowman, Theo. Krabbenhoft, George Krabbenhoft, 



