PROCEEDINGS 
OF THE 
AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY 
ALD AT PHILADELPHIS FOR PROMOTING USEFUL KNOWLEDGE. 
VoL. XXXIX. APRIL, 1900. No. 162. 
Stated Meeting, April 6, 1900. 
Vice-President SELLERS in the Chair. 
Present, 26 members. 
Mr. Irrank Miles Day, a newly elected member, was pre- 
sented to the Chair and took his seat in the Society. 
The following correspondence was presented : 
From Mr. J. H. Morgan, declining membership. 
A communication from the Committee on the Modification 
of the Federal Legacy Tax, asking the cooperation of the 
Society. The President was requested to sign the memorial 
presented. 
A notice relating to the ‘‘ Concours d’objectifs 4 long foyer 
pour la Télé-photographie en Ballon.”’ 
The Librarian presented a list of the donations to the 
Library. 
The death of the following members was announced : 
Charles Bullock, of Philadelphia, on March 21, 1900, aged 
TA years. 
Franz Ritter von Hauer, at Leoben, Austria. 
William M. Tilghman, of Philadelphia, on April 5, 1900. 
The President was requested to appoint members to pre- 
pare obituary notices respectively of Mr. Charles Bullock and 
Mr. William M. Tilehman. 
The following papers were read : 
By Rudolph Buti, Ph.D., ‘‘About a Seal of the King 
Brunaburgas of Babilony.”’ 
PROC. AMER, PHILOS. SOC. XXXIx. 162. I. PRINTED APRIL 27, 1900. 
