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SCIENCE. 



[N. S. Vol. III. No. 56. 



Osborn and C. W. Mally; 'Anatomy of 

 Spli£erium sulcatum,' by Gilman Drew ; 

 ' Fungus Diseases of Plants at Ames,' by 

 L. H. Pammel and G. W. Carver ; ' Notes 

 on the Remains of Elephas and Mastodon,' 

 by S. W. Beyer. 



These papers will, with few exceptions, 

 appear in the Academy proceedings which 

 will be issued at as early a date as possible. 

 The Academjr is in a very flourishing con- 

 dition, having now something over one 

 hundred members. Its proceedings are pub- 

 lished by the State and it is incorporated 

 under State law. Its library and exchanges 

 have grown rapidly in recent years, and 

 there is every season to believe it will have 

 a decided influence in advancing the cause 

 of scientific research in the State. 



The following officers were elected for the 

 coming year : President, T. Proctor Hall ; 

 1st Vice-President, W. S. Franklin; 2d 

 Vice-President, T. H. Macbride ; Secretary 

 and Treasurer, Herbert Osborn ; Addi- 

 tional members of the Executive Commit- 

 tee, W. S. Hendrixson, M. F. Arey, W. H. 

 Norton. Herbert Osborn, 



Secretary. 



CALIFORNIA SCIENCE ASSOCIATION. 



The second annual meeting of the Cali- 

 fornia Science Association was held in Oak- 

 land, January 3 and 4, 1896. President 

 Jordan, of Stanford Universitj^ delivered 

 the annual address as President of the As- 

 sociation on ' The Foundation of Belief. ' 



The following list of papers was read: 



1. A Memoir of Dana : Joseph Le Conte. 



2. The Action of Anhydrous Ammonia and Anhydrous 

 Aluminium Chloride: J. M. Stillman. 



3. A Quantitative Separation of Iodine from Chlorine : 

 M. Adams. 



4. A Plea for an Aero-Physical Observatory on Mt. Tarn- 

 alpais : A. McAdie and W. H. Hajimon. 



5. Notes on the Accuracy of refractive Index Determina- 

 tions: D. W. MUEPHY. 



6. The Manufacture of Artificial Food Products : S. "W. 

 Young. 



7. The Maintenance of Constant Temperatures : S. W. 

 Young. 



8. A Modification of the Bunsen Ice Calorimeter : F. 

 Sanfoed. 



9. A Belief Map of California : N. F. Drake. 



10. A Belief 3Iap of Oregon : S. Shedd. 



11. Some Lecture Experiments in Chemistry : W. B. 

 Rising. 



12. On 3Iicro-chemical Analysis : W. B. Rising. 



13. Use of Hydro-hromic Acid in the Estimation of 3Ier- 

 cury and Cinnabar : W. B. Rising and V. Lenhee. 



14. Chemical Behavior of Liquid Hydroiodic Acid : F. 

 G. COTTEELL and E. S. NOERIS. 



15. The Criterion of Continuity : Ikving Steingham. 



16. Logarithmic Orthomorphosis : IRVING Steingham. 



17. Tlie Nine-Point Eectangular Hyperbola : A. V. 

 Saph. 



18. SimplificaUon and Extension of Gauss's Third Proof 

 of the Fundamental Theorem of Algebra : M. W. 

 Haskell. 



19. Note on Eerm.at's Theorem : M. W. Haskell. 



20. Notes on the Imaginaries in Plane Coordinate 

 Geometry: R. L. Geeen. 



21. Note on Partial Differential Equations : E. E. Al- 



LAEDICE. 



22. Notes toward the Life History of the ' Water 

 Dog' or California Newt {Diemyetylus torosus) : "W. 

 E. ElTTEE. 



23. A few Observations on the Hydroidea of San Fran- 

 cisco Bay, particularly concerning their Beproduction: 

 W. E. ElTTEE AND H. B. TOEEEY. 



24. Bespiration in Women : Miss C. D. Moshee. 



25. Effect of Variation of Temperature on 3Itiscle Irri- 

 tability : E. L. Wilbur. 



26. Befracfory Period in an Isolated Strip of Cardiac 

 Muscle of the Turtle : Miss E. Bbiggs. 



27. Note on the Structure of the Brain of Emhryo of 

 Gerrhonaius : A. B. SpAIILDING. 



28. The Development of the so-called Phosphorescent 

 Organ of Poricthys notatus : C. "W. Geeene. 



29 Note on the Function of the Air Bladder of Poricthys 

 notatus : C. W. GREENE. 



30. Latitude and Vertebrx in Fishes : T). S. Joedan. 



31. Distribution of Trout in California: D. S. Jordan. 



32. Some points in Plant Geography : E. W. Hilgaed. 



33. A Neiv California Liverwort : D. H. Campbell. 



34. Some Facts concerning California Tunicata : F. W. 

 Banceopt and W. E. Eittbe. 



35. The Mallophaga : V. L. KELLOGG. 



36. Explorations of the U. S. Fish Commission in 1S9S : 

 O. P. Jenkins. 



37. A new form of Microtome : O. P. Jenkins. 



The ofiBcers elected for the ensuing year 

 are: Chas. H. Keyes, President; Irving 



