JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS. 33. 
Dr. T. C. Hilgard read a Paper on Phyllotaris, giving an exe 
‘planation of its. numerical and divergential law, under a simple - 
organological idea. Referred to a committee consisting of Drs. 
H. A. Prout, A. Wislizenus, and M. M. Pallen. 
The following gentlemen were elected Corresponding Mem- 
bers: Dr. Wheeler, of Perryville, Mo., Col. Charles Whittelsey, 
of Nit ge Ohio, and Warwick Hough, Esq., of J efferson Cit City, 
The f following were elected Associate Members: Thos. Rey- 
burn, M.D., George R. Taylor, Esq., and Messrs. Conrad Wit- 
ter and Thos. E. Tutt. 
January 12, 1857. 
Vice President Hormes in the chair. 
Prof A. Litton exhibited specimens of Aluminum. He gave 
‘a brief history of its discovery, and of the later methods which 
have been invented for obtaining the metal from the common clay. 
It was now highly probable that it would soon be manufactured in 
great abundance and at a cheap rate. As it was less liable to 
arnish, or to be acted upon and corroded by other substances, 
than iren, copper, or even silver, it would, as well for this reason 
_ as on account of its lightness, tenacity, and beautiful silvery color, 
en ive extensive use in the arts, ¢ and e for 
: » as soon as a sae gee cheap m ) 
