GENERAL MEETING. 15 
282p Mretina. Frepruary 27, 1886. 
The President in the Chair. 
Fifty-six members and guests present. 
_ The Chair announced the election to membership of Mr. GrorGE 
JOTHAM CUMMINGS. 
Mr. AsApH HALL made a communication on 
THE IMAGES OF STARS, 
which was discussed by Messrs. Eastman, Curtis, and PAUvt. 
[This paper is published in the Sidereal Messenger, April, 1886.] 
Mr. R. S. WoopwarD made a communication 
ON THE CHANGES OF TERRESTRIAL LEVEL SURFACES DUE TO 
VARIATIONS IN DISTRIBUTION OF SUPERFICIAL MATTER. 
[To appear as a Bulletin of the U. 8. Geological Survey. ] 
He was followed by Mr. G. K. GitBert with a paper 
ON THE OBSERVED CHANGES OF LEVEL SURFACES IN THE BONNE- 
VILLE AREA, AND THEIR EXPLANATION ; 
and Mr. T. C. CHAMBERLIN then began a paper 
ON THE VARYING ATTITUDES OF FORMER LEVEL SURFACES IN 
THE GREAT LAKE REGION AND THE APPLICABILITY OF PRO- 
POSED EXPLANATIONS. 
2838p MEETING. Marca 138, 1886. 
Vice-President Harkness in the Chair. 
Thirty-nine members and guests present. 
The Secretary read a letter from the Secretary of the Council of 
the Anthropological Society, inviting the members of the Philo- 
sophical Society and their friends to attend the annual meeting of 
