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Body : red and blue (20) 



" geueral color blue (25) 



Tail (or traiu) : 



Bright train following n\\ 



Elougated ball, followed by a bright train (14) 



Tail about 10^ long (lg\ 



Train white, but not so intense as the rays di- 

 verging from the head (31) 



Train of sparks (2) 



Successive flashes of white light (6) 



Tail 3° long, greenish-white (20) 



Body burst into three pieces with a yellow train (7) 



130th Meeting. 7th Annual Meeting. November 10, 1877. 

 Vice-President Hilgard in the Chair. 

 Twenty-three members present. 



The names of members elected since the last annual meeting 

 were read. 



The election of officers for the ensuing year was conducted in 

 accordance with the rules, with the following result:— 



President, Joseph Henry. (Unanimously.) 



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. 

 Thomas Antisell, Simon Newcomb, 



E. B. Elliott, j. w. Powell, 



Asaph Hall, C. A. Schott, 



N. S. Lincoln, j. m. Toner, 



J. J. Woodward. 



Standing Committees, appointed by the General Committee. 

 On Communications, J. J. Woodward, 



J. E. Hilgard. 

 On Publications, S. F. Baird, T. N. Gill, 



J. H. C. CorriN, C, Abbe. 



