PROCEEDINGS 
OF THE 
AMERICAN PHILOSOPHIGAL SOCIETY 
HELD AT PHILADELPHIA 
FOR PROMOTING USEFUL KNOWLEDGE 
Vou. XLII. May-DEcEMBER, 1903. No. 174. 
Stated Meeting, April 17, 1903. 
President SmiTH in the Chair. 
Dr. Alfred Stengel and Prof. Edward Rhoads, newly elected 
members, were presented to the Chair, and took their seats 
in the Society. 
Letters accepting membership were read from: 
Edward E. Barnard, ScD., Williams Bay, Wis. 
‘Carl Barus, Ph.D., Providence, R. I. 
Franz Boas, Ph.D., New York. 
Eric Doolittle, Philadelphia. 
Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve, LL.D., Baltimore. 
Francis Barton Gummere, Ph.D., Haverford, Pa. 
George William Hill, LL.D., Nyack, N. Y. 
~ Harmon N. Morse, Ph.D., Baltimore. 
Edward Rhoads, Haverford, Pa. 
Alfred Stengel, M.D., Philadelphia. 
William Trelease, S5ce.D., St. Louis. 
The decease was announced of Mr. William V. McKean, 
at Philadelphia, on March 29, aged 82. 
Dr. H. ¥’. Keller presented a paper on “Recently Discoy- 
ered Elements.” 
PROC, AMER. PHILOS. S0C, XLII, 174.8. PRINTED DEC. 14, 1903. 
