1896.J BUSINESS PROCEEDINGS. 205 



At the close of the paper, Mr. McClintock presented the follow- 

 ing resolutions : 



' ' Resolved, That the Rochester Academy of Science recommends 

 to the Common Council that they should make an effort to secure the 

 adoption of a plan for improving the Erie canal which will insure a 

 sufficient supply of water without drawing upon the Genesee river, 

 and which shall not make necessary the raising of the streets crossing 

 over the canal in the city. ' ' 



" Resolved, That the Rochester Academy of Science recommends 

 U) the Common Council that, in view of the difficulty of forming an 

 intelligent opinion as to the best method of carrying through the 

 project for controlling the flow of the Genesee ri\er, it would be 

 advisable to ha\ e a local commission to employ experts and report a 

 plan for carrying it out in such a manner as to be of the greatest bene- 

 fit to the whole community." 



The paper and the resolutions gave rise to an animated debate. 

 The resolutions were by vote referred to the Engineering Section. 



March id, 1S96. 



The meeting was held in the Physical Laboratory, Universitv of 

 Rochester. 



The President in the chair. One liundred h\e persons present. 

 The Council report was adopted which recommended : 



( 1 ) The payment of certain bills. 



(2) The election as active members of the following candidates : 

 John H. Finney, Howard L. Osgood, Geor(;e \V. Knapp, 

 Daniel D. Tompkins, George F. Chism. 



The following paper was read : 



ROENTOGRAPHY— THE NEW PROCESS OF MAKING 



NEGATIVES.* 



By Henry P2. Lawrenc k. 



The paper was illustrated by apparatus used in making the nega- 

 tives, and by the making of actual prints of the human hand and 

 other objects during the delivery of the paper. 



*The paper is published in full in the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, March ii, 1896. 



