PROCEEDINGS OF THE ASSOCIATION 



AMERICAN GEOLOGISTS AND NATURALISTS. 



FIRST SESSION. 1840. 



At a meeting held at the rooms of the Franklin Institute in 

 the city of Philadelphia, on the 2d of April, 1840, the following 

 gentlemen were present, namely : 



Edward Hitchcock, Amherst, Mass.; Lewis C. Beck, New 

 Brunswick, N. J. ; Henry D. Rogers, Philadelphia ; Lardner 

 Vanuxem, Bristol, Pa. ; William W. Mather, Brooklyn, Ct. ; 

 Walter R. Johnson and Timothy A. Conrad, Philadelphia ; Eb- 

 enezer Emmons and James Hall, Albany, N. Y. ; Charles B. 

 Trego, James C. Booth, M. H. Boye, R. E. Rogers and Alex- 

 ander McKinley, Philadelphia ; C. B. Hayden, Smithfield, Va. ; 

 Richard C. Taylor, Philadelphia ; Douglass Houghton and Bela 

 Hubbard, Deti'oit, Michigan. 



Prof. Hitchcock was appointed Chairman, and 



Prof. L. C. Beck, Secretary. 



It was then unanimously resolved to organize an Association, 

 to be called " The Association of American Geologists." 



After the transaction of business relating to the election of 

 additional members, the time and place for holding the next 

 annual meeting, &c., several communications were made to the 

 Association, and discussions had thereon. The following is a 

 brief abstract of these proceedings. 



April 2d. — Specimens were laid on the table, of quartz, phos- 

 phate and carbonate of lime, having a fused appearance, occur- 

 ring in St. Lawrence county, N. Y. ; and some views were 

 offered concerning the causes which have given rise to it. Re- 

 marks having been made on this subject by other members, it 

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