PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON. 117 



dial be marked into the two periods of twelve hours each, into 

 which common, universal use divides the day. 



It would seem to be impracticable to change materially the use 

 of local-mean time, now common throughout the country ; nor is 

 such change desirable or needed. 



It is only within forty years that mean time has been substituted 

 for apparent time in many of our cities, though its advantages had 

 long been recognized by astronomers and time regulators ; and 

 within twenty years that the sun's rising and setting have been 

 stated in mean, instead of apparent, time in the popular almanacs 

 of the day. 



The subject-matter was further discussed by Messrs. Doolittle, 

 Elliott, Riley, Hilgard, Gilbert, and Mussey. 



Mr. G. Brown Goode then read a paper 



ON THE FISHERIES OF THE WORLD. 



This has been essentially printed in the " Cyclopaedia of Political 

 Seience, Political Economy," etc., edited by John J. Lawlor, pub- 

 lished at Chicago, vol. 2, pp. 211-231, (Art. "Fisheries,") 1883. 



222d Meeting. October 21, 1882. 



The President in the Chair. 

 Twenty-two members were present. 

 The minutes of the last meeting were read and adopted. 



Mr. S. C. Busey read a paper 



ON THE INFLUENCE OF THE CONSTANT USE OF HIGH-HEELED 

 SHOES UPON THE HEALTH AND FORM OF THE FEMALE, AND 

 UPON THE RELATION OF THE PELVIC ORGANS. 



(The paper will appear in full in vol. 7, Gynecological Transac- 

 tions.) 



[Abstract. ] 



The foot and its coverings is not a new subject. Far more at- 

 tention, however, has been given to the style and display of the 

 covering than to the comfort and physical well-being of the foot. 

 From this point the author gave a historical resume of the different 

 coverings for the feet which had been used as far back as the an- 



