1896.] , davison-wardite. 23 1 



April 28, 1896. 



The meeting was held at the Reynolds Library. President 

 H. L. Fairchild in the chair. Thirty persons present. 



The following paper was read by title : 



WARDITE, A NEW HYDROUS BASIC PHOSPHATE OF 



AL,UMINA.=i= 



By John M. Davison. 



[Abstract.] 

 Analysis : 



p, o, 34.46 



FeO 0.76 



Cu O 0.04 



Mg O 2.40 



Na„0 5.98 



k/o 0.24 



H^O 17.87 



Al", O, (by dif.) 38.25 



100, 



Formula Al, (OH), PO,+ >^H„0. Named in honor of Prof. 

 Henry A. Ward, of Rochester, N. Y. 



It having been announced that this meeting was to be under the 

 direction of the Engineering Section, the President yielded the chair 

 to the Chairman of the Section, Mr. Robert Cartwright, who 

 presented the following paper, with blackboard illustrations: 



SUB-MARINE CONSTRUCTION — ILLUSTRATING THE 

 METHOD OF WORKING IN COMPRESSED AIR. 



iv-p\x' von 



May 12, 1896. 



The meeting was held in Anderson Hall, University of Rochester. 

 President Fairchild in the chair. Ninety persons present. 



The Council report, which recommended the election of F. W. 

 Ross and James L. Bruff as active members, was adopted and the 

 candidates were formally elected. 



t f> *This paper is printed in full in the American Journal of Science, Vol. 2. pp. 134-155. August, 



r— > 1896, and nearly in full in Abstracts for 1S97, part 2, p. 50, Chemical Society, England. 



. — 25, Proc. RocH. .\CAD. OK Sc, Vol. 3, March 30, 1906. 



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