428 Miscellaneous Intelligence, 



tolerably complete list of the papers read during the meeting. The 

 most important step taken at this meeting was the enlargement of the 

 sphere of operations in this association and a corresponding change of 

 name — The American Association for the Promotion of Science 

 is hereafter to be its designation, and it is designed to embrace all labor- 

 ers in Physical Science and Natural History. Hitherto but few papers 

 have been read on chemistry, natural philosophy, and general zoology, 

 the title of the Association appearing to many to exclude these topics. 

 A corresponding increase of valuable papers and collaborators it is an- 

 ticipated will follow this desirable change. 



The vacancy in the office of chairman, occasioned by the lamented 

 death of Dr. Binney, was filled by the appointment of Prof. Wm. B. 

 Rogers of Virginia. 



Papers read September 2\st. 



On the Mississippi Bluff formation, near Natchez ; by Col. B. L. C. 

 Wailes, of Washington, Miss. 



On animal torpidity ; by Peter A. Browne, Esq. of Philadelphia. 



On the fossil vegetation of Anthracite coal ; by Joseph E. Teschema- 

 cher, of Boston. 



On the structure of the Echinodermata ; by Prof. Agassiz. 



On certain new species of Fossil Mammalia from Illinois ; by John 



L, LeConte, of New York. 



September 22d. 



On the remains of existing Marine Shells found in the hills of Drift 

 and Boulders, in Brooklyn, N. Y.; by W. C. Redfield. 



On the Structure of Anthracite Coal ; by Prof. J. W. Bailey. 



On the Animals which formed the Fossil Footmarks in New Eng- 

 land ; by President Elitchcock. 



On certain relations of the Alkaline Earths; by Prof. E. N. Horsford. 



On the Antiquity of the Indian Mounds; by E. G. Squier. 



On the structure of Polyps ; by Prof. Agassiz. 



September 23d. 



On the Mastodon ; by Dr. J. C. Warren. 



On certain Laws of Cohesive Attraction ; by J. D. Dana. 



[Mr. Dana's paper will be found in full, commencing on page 364 

 of this number.] 



Letter from W. C. Bond, on the Resolvability of the Nebula of Orion. 



On the Nebular Hypothesis; Prof. B. Peirce. 



On a new species of Orang ; by Dr. J. Wyman. f 



On the Geographical Distribution of Animals along the coast or 

 New England ; by Prof. Agassiz. 



On the Cypress Swamps of Mississippi and Louisiana; by Ur. 

 Dickerson. 



Report on the Currents of the North Atlantic ; by Lieut. Maury. 



On the Fishes of Lake Winipissiogee ; by Dr. Wm. Prescott. 



On Claystone concretions; by Prof. C. B. Adams. 



September 24th. 



On the Natchez Bluff formation ; by Dr. L. D. Gale. r 



On the Absorption of Carbonic acid ; by Profs. W. B. and K. *• 

 Rogers. 



