86 bulletin of the 



112th Meeting. Sixth Annual Meeting. November 4, 1876. 



Vice-President Hilgard in the Chair. 



Twenty-two members present. 



The election of Lieut. Commander Francis M. Green, U. S. 

 Navy, as a member of the Society, was announced, and the 

 names of members elected since the last annual meeting were read. 



The following officers of the Society were elected for the ensu- 

 ing year : — 



President, Joseph Henry. 



Vice-Presidents, J. K, Barnes, W. B. Taylor, 

 J. E. Hilgard, J. C. Welling. 



Treasurer, Cleveland Abbe. 



Secretaries', J. H. C. Coffin, T. N. Gill. 



MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL COMMITTEE. 



S. F. Baird, S. Newcomb, 



E. B. Elliott, 0. M. Poe, 



Asaph Hall, C. A. Schott, 



N. S. Lincoln, J, M. Toner, 



J. J. Woodward. 



113th Meeting. I^Tovember 18, 1816. 



The President in the Chair. 



Thirty-one members and visitors present. 



The election of Mr. Lester F. Ward as a member of the 

 Society was announced. 



The President presented to the notice of the Society a speci- 

 men of fire-proof 



PAPER made of asbestos. 



