Uy ANNUAL MEETING. 
SCIENTIFIC SECTION. 
The excellent order of work which has at all times 
characterized the Scientific Section, has been steadily 
maintained, and the general interest in its meetings has 
been increased.. 
The following papers were read before this section 
during the season of 1886-1887 : 
1886. 
December 1. ‘‘ Earthquakes.” 
Wm. G. Stevenson, M. D., chairman of the Scientific Section. 
December 15. ‘‘ Recent Discoveries of Fossiliferous Cambrian Strata in 
Dutchess County.”........: Prof. Wiliam B. Dwight. 
1887. 
January 12. ‘* From Coal-tar to the Alizarine Dyes.” 
LeRoy C. Cooley, Ph. D. 
February 1. ‘‘ Jodine blowpiping.”........... Mr. Charles L. Bristol. 
He bruanyentc sue bachebianwaa) rite ete Miss Isabel Mulford. 
March 9. ‘* New Stars in Andromeda and Orion.” 
Miss Mary W. Whitney. 
April 6. ‘Continental Evolution.”...Charles B. Warring, Ph. D. 
April 20. “The Cutting at Croton Point, N. Y.” 
Charles B. Warring, Ph. D. 
One hundred twenty-three volumes of books, and one 
hundred seventy-seven pamphlets have been received 
for the library ; and in addition to the names given on 
page 54 of this volume, the following societies, journals 
and state departments, have been added to our ‘“‘ex- 
change list,’ viz: 
American Institute of Mining Engineers. 
Science Observer. 
Colorado Scientific Society, Denver, Col. 
Franklin Institute. 
Geological Survey, Pennsylvania. 
Canadian Institute. 
Johns Hopkin’s University. 
Many valuable books are now in the library, and the 
hope is expressed that under the care of the Scientific 
Section a more earnest effort will be made to catalogue 
these books, and to prepare rules for their use, that 
greater benefit may be derived therefrom. 
