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FEBRUARY 10, 1890. 
STATED MEETING. 
Held in the physical lecture room, Rochester Free Academy. 
Vice-President S. A. ELtis, in the chair. 
Eighty-nine persons present. 
The Council report recommended, 
(1.) The organization of a Section of Zoology in response to the 
petition of members. 
(2.) The payment of certain bills. 
The report was adopted. 
The paper of the evening was read by Mr. Cuartes N. PRATT, on 
PROGRESS IN INCANDESCENT ELECTRIC LIGHTING. 
The paper was illustrated by experiments and drawings, and was 
discussed by many members. Following adjournment, the members, 
upon invitation, inspected the Edison Electric Light Station. 
FEBRUARY 24, 1890. 
STATED MEETING. 
The President, Pror. H. L. FAIRCHILD, in the chair. 
Fifty-five persons present. 
Dr. J. L. RosesBoom read an illustrated paper upon 
BACTERIA IN DISEASE. 
The discussion following was participated in by Mr. E. Kuichling, 
Mr. Geo. W. Rafter, Supt. S. A. Ellis, Mr. L. C. McNeal, Mrs. C. M. 
Curtis and the President. 
MARCH Io, 1890. 
STATED MEETING. 
The President, Pror. H. L. FAIRCHILD, in the chair. 
Fifty persons present. 
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