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December i, 1896. 



A special meeting was held in the Physical Laboratory of the 

 University of Rochester. President Fairchild in the chair. 

 Forty-five persons present. 



Mr. E. L. Elliott, of Pittsburg, Pa., gave an illustrated lecture 

 upon the 



UTILIZATION OF ARTIFICIAL LIGHT, AS APPLIED TO 

 PUBLIC AND PRIVATE LIGHTING. 



The paper was illustrated by various forms and kinds of shades 

 and globes. 



December 8, 1896. 



The meeting was called to order by the President at the Rey- 

 nolds Library, but on account of the very stormy weather and small 

 attendance it was voted to adjourn to December 15. 



December 15, 1896. 



Adjourned meeting held at the Reynolds Library. President 

 Fairchild in the chair. Thirty-four persons present. 



W. J. Craig and A. T. Rinker were elected active members of 

 the society. 



The communication on antivivisection was laid on the table until 

 the next meeting. 



A specimen of weathered boulder was exhibited by Mr. Elon 

 Huntington. 



Mr. Preston showed some smoothly polished quartz pebbles 

 found in a crevasse in a limestone quarry in Missouri, sixty feet below 

 the surface. 



A paper entitled 



CONCRETIONARY FORMS IN ROCK STRUCTURE 



was read by Mr. H. L. Preston. The paper was illustrated by a 

 large number of interesting specimens. 



