ANNALS OF THE ACADEMY 99 



of Natural Sciences to membership in the Association and also 

 in favor of publishing annually a volume of physical and 

 chemical tables in accordance with a plan presented to the 

 Association. These tables were to be compiled from current 

 periodicals, and to be classified under five general heads : general 

 physics, heat, electricity and magnetism, light and sound, physi- 

 cal chemistry. It was expected that they would be useful to 

 students, investigators and those concerned with the practical 

 applications of physics and chemistry, as they would bring 

 together in convenient form a variety of tables that might other- 

 wise be overlooked or difficult of access. The first volume of 

 tables was published in 1912.^"' 



The Academy was invited in 1910 by the American Philo- 

 sophical Society to consider the question of the establishment of 

 a seismological laboratory. The project was favorably recom- 

 mended by the Council and at the meeting of April, 1910, the 

 Academy adopted the following resolution: 



" Resolved, That the academy strongly approves the establishment of the pro- 

 posed Seismological Laboratory, and its organization under the direction of the 

 Smithsonian Institution." ^"^ 



Two delegates were appointed in 1910 to represent the 

 Academy at international conventions held during that year. 

 At the International Association of Academies held at Rome 

 in May, and at the International Zoological Congress, held at 

 Gratz, in August, the Academy was represented by Mr. E. G. 

 Conklin; at the International Geological Congress, held in 

 Stockholm in the latter month, by Mr. S. F. Emmons. 



Dr. Arnold Hague represented the Academy on the occasion 

 of the celebration of the looth anniversary of the University of 

 Berlin, October 10 to 12, 1910. 



The sixth President of the Academy, Alexander Agassiz died 

 on March 27, 1910. He held the presidency from 1901 to 1907, 

 and was also Foreign Secretary from 1891 to 1901. Professor 

 Mayer remarked of him: " His remarkable energy and exec- 



'°° For the full plan see Rep. Nat. Acad. Sci. for 1910, pp. 16, 17. 

 '"Rep. Nat. Acad. Sci. for 1910, p. 20. 



