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it had sustained in Mr. Brown's death. A donation to the 

 museum was received from Prof. Charles W. Palmer in the 

 shape of a specimen of worm-eaten wood. Mr. Alonzo Baker, 

 of Media, presented a specimen of garnet from a new quarry 

 at Burmont, this county. John W. Palmer presented to the 

 Institute several photographs of log cabins still existing and 

 in use in various sections of the county. Lewis Kirk exhib- 

 ited a simple form of bottle barometer, an account of which 

 appeared in the October number of the Proceedings. 



December 13, 1906. — Adjourned Meeting. Illustrated 

 Lecture by Dr. George B. Gordon, of the University of Penn- 

 sylvania, on "Archaeological Researches in Central America." 



December 20, 1906. — Adjourned Meeting. Illustrated 

 Lecture, "A Journey to Pekin," by General Henry C. Coch- 

 rane, of Chester, Pa. 



January 3, 1907. — Regular Monthly Meeting, President 

 T. Chalkley Palmer presiding. Carlota Broomall, Robert 

 Smedley and Ober Baker were proposed for juvenile member- 

 ship. Stanton Worrall was elected to juvenile membership. 

 Mrs. Clara B. Miller and Mrs. Henrietta K. Broomall were 

 appointed representatives to the Delaware Valley Naturalists' 

 Union mid-winter meeting. John W. Palmer exhibited a 

 specimen of andalusite from the James Worrall farm, in 

 Upper Providence, near Holland's Bridge. T. Chalkley 

 Palmer made some remarks concerning this mineral. C. M. 

 Broomall reported some observations made with the bottle 

 barometer, as suggested by Lewis Kirk at a previous meeting. 

 Lewis Kirk made some extended remarks on weather statistics. 



The death of Jacob B. Brown, a member of the Institute, 

 being announced, the following Minute was adopted and the 

 Secretary' instructed to record the same : 



In the death of Jacob B. Brown the Institute loses from its 

 membership a man of rare culture and character. He had 

 traveled much during his early and middle life, and to this 

 experience and observation he added the tastes and industry 



