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1878. Let this most venerable and time-honored Society err, if there be 
error, rather on the side of courtesy, than sanction in the slightest degree 
indecent struggles for priority in giving names to but partially recognized 
and vaguely studied objects. 
The Secretaries reported the following form of advertise- 
ment ordered by the Society : ; 
“‘The American Philosophical Society hereby offer a premium of five 
hundred dollars for the best successful process by which Anthracite Coal 
Dust may be economically utilized, the said premium to be competed for 
and awarded after due examination and report by a Committee appointed 
for the purpose. Applicants for this premium are requested to file with 
this Society, within three months, the proofs: 1st of the originality of 
their inventions, and 2d, of the successful practical working of these inven- 
tions. All applications to be sent to the Hall of the A. P. S., 104 South 
Fifth street, Philadelphia. ’’ 
SOAS dese blots ON aes 
This advertisement was, on motion of Mr. Price, adopted 
and ordered to be published once a week for four weeks in 
the Scientific American. 
On motion of Mr. Price it was 
fesolved, That 1000 extra copies of the address on Sylviculture be 
printed for distribution, out of the Michaux income. 
On motion of Mr. Price it was 
Resolved, That $40 be appropriated out of the Michaux income to pur- 
chase a copy of Michaux & Nuttall’s American Sylva for Fairmount Park 
Library to be presented to the Commissioners of Fairmount Park for 
the use of the Landscape Gardener. 
And the meeting was adjourned. 
Stated Meeting, December 21, 1877. 
Present, 18 members. 
Vice-President, Mr. FRAtzy, in the Chair. 
Mr. H. Phillips, Jr., a newly elected member, was intro- 
duced to the presiding officer and took his seat. 
Letters of acknowledgment were received from the 
Vienna Geographical Society, Nov. 22 (97); Physical So- 
ciety at Geneva, Sept. 15 (96, 97, 98); Central Bureau of 
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