1880.] 



MICKOSCOPICAL JOURNAL. 



75 



The Microscopical Soiree. — 

 One of the most interesting features 

 of the convention, was the Microsco- 

 pical Soiree. It was given under the 

 auspices of the "Buffalo Microsco- 

 pical Club," at St. James Hall, one 

 of the most commodious halls in 

 the city. 



The instruments were arranged 

 on revolving tables, furnished prin- 

 cipally by Messrs. Mills & Fell^ 



Fourth Day. — After the elec- 

 tion of members, business matters 

 of importance were taken up. The 

 Executive Committee were em- 

 powered to act in the matter of 

 publishing the transactions, and to 

 procure the minutes of the Indian- 

 apolis meeting. The publication 

 of the proceedings of the Society 

 is now in progress. 



Dr. W. D. Rezner, of Cleveland, 

 made some remarks on the illumin- 

 ation of fine rulings. He explained 

 his method of silvering the ruled 

 plates, and claimed that it made 

 them less difficult to resolve ; also, 

 that he was able to easily resolve 

 the 120,000-band on Fasoldt's plate, 

 when so prepared. Remarks on 

 the same subject were also made by 

 Prof. J. Edwards Smith. 



Mr. Geo. E. Fell, acting Treasurer, 

 presented his report, showing a 

 balance on liand of $267.90, with 

 dues to be received. 



Prof. D. S. Kellicott, Chairman 

 of the Nominating Committee, re- 

 ported the following nominations 

 for officers of the coming meeting, 

 and on motion, the Secretary cast 

 the ballot in their favor. 



The new officers of the Society 

 are the following : 



President, Prof. II. L. Smith, 

 Geneva, N. Y. ; Yice-Presidents, 

 W. Webster Butterfield, Indian- 

 apolis, Ind., and C. C. Merriman, of 

 Rochester, N. Y. ; Secretary, Prof. 

 Albert H. Tuttle, Columbus, Ohio ; 

 Treasurer, Geo. E. Fell, Buffalo, 



N. Y. ; Executive Committee, Dr. 

 W. D. Rezner, Cleveland, Ohio, 

 Dr. Carl Seller, Philadelphia, Pa., 

 and Dr. W. C. Barrett, Buffalo, 

 K Y. 



President elect H. L. Smith, 

 thanked the Society for the unex- 

 pected honor conferred upon him, 

 and stated that with the aid of the 

 members, he would endeavor to dis- 

 charge the duties of presiding offi- 

 cer to the best of his ability. 



He hoped that the members 

 would not forget that the honor 

 of American Microscopy was in 

 their hands. He also expressed 

 the hope that only valuable scien- 

 tific papers, and many of them, 

 would be presented at the next 

 meeting, and that material advance- 

 ment would be reported at that 

 time. 



At the conclusion of Prof. 

 Smith's remarks, at twelve o'clock, 

 the Society adjourned sine die. 



EDITORIAL. 



— We take pleasure in announcing 

 that we have established an Agency 

 for the sale of American and Foreign 

 Scientific Books and Periodicals, 

 and that we are prepared to receive 

 and to promptly fill orders for books, 

 and magazines of all kinds. 



— Professor Wm. A. Rogers has 

 recently returned from a visit to 

 London and Paris, whither he went 

 for the purpose of verifying tlie 

 standard-yard and the standard- 

 meter which he has employed in his 

 investigations of standard lengths. 



The yard was compared with the 

 Imperial-yard, " Bronze 19, " by 

 Mr. Chancy, the Warden of the 

 Standards, and found to be about 

 three ten-thousandths of an inch too 

 short, at 02° F. 



