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Resolved, That the members of the Washington Philosophical 

 Society have heard with profound regret of the death of Professor 

 Louis Agassiz. 



Resolved, That in the death of this eminent savant the world 

 has lost an efficient contributor to the store of human knowledge, 

 the results of whose labors must ever occupy a conspicuous place 

 in the history of Science. 



Resolved, That in his adopted country he has nobly vindicated 

 the claims of scientific investigation to high popular appreciation 

 and to liberal public patronage. 



Resolved, That as an instructor he has introduced methods of 

 study and directed the attention of students in natural history to 

 fields of research far superior to those which were cultivated 

 previous to his coming among us. 



Resolved, That his ardent sympathy and genial manners en- 

 deared him to thousands of the inhabitants of this country, who 

 regard his death as a personal as well as a public calamity. 



Resolved, That the members of this Society deeply sympathize 

 with t;he family of Professor Agassiz in the great loss they have 

 sustained, and that a copy of these resolutions be transmitted to 

 them by the President. 



By request of the President, the Secretary read a letter from 

 Mr. Benjamin Hallowell, of Sandy Springs, Md., relating to the 

 meteor of Christmas eve. 



Mr. A. Hall, in the absence of the author, then read a me- 

 moir by Mr. E. S. Holden, 



ON THE ADOPTED VALUE OP THE SUN'S APPARENT DIAMETER. 

 (5ee the Appendix to this Bulletin.') 



•62d Meeting. January 31, 1874. 



The President in the Chair. 



Mr. F. M. Endlich made a communication 



ON ELECTRICAL PHENOMENA IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS. * 



