BULLETIN 



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THE PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY OF 

 WASHINGTOJN". 



This Society had its origin in the following initiators 

 letter:— ^ 



Prof. Joseph Henry, LL.D. 



The undersigned respectfullj request you to preside at a 

 meeting which they propose to hold for the "purpose of forming 

 a society, having for its object the free exchange of view^ oa 

 scientific subjects, and the promotion of scientific inquiry among 

 its members. 



M. C. Meigs, 

 Benjamin Peirce, 



ThEO. GrILL, 



Peter Parker, 

 F. B. Meek, 

 T. R. Peale, 

 Wm. B. Taylor, 

 Chas. a. Schott, 



E. B. Elliott, 



F. y. Hayden, 

 J. E Hilgard, 

 J. H. Lane, 



S. F. Baird, 



Walter L. JVicholson, 



Wm. H Dall, 



B. Franklin Greene, 



S. Y. Benet, 



Horace Capron, 

 Thomas Antisell, 

 J. J. Woodward, 

 J. S. Billings, 

 J. K. Barnes, 

 C. H. Crane, 

 George A. Otis, 

 Albert J. Myer, 



A. A. Humphreys, 

 Asaph Hall, 

 Simon Newcomb, 

 Wm. Harkness, 



B. F. Craig, 



J. H. C. Coffin, 

 Thornton A. Jenkins, 

 George H. Elliot, 

 W. T. Sherman, 



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