June 19, 1896.] 



SCIENCE. 



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coequal of the Eoyal Society of Loudon, is 

 therefore especially grateful to him. Act- 

 ing as his proxy I thank the members of the 

 Academy for the distinction which they 

 have by their votes conferred upon him . 



THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOB TEE 

 ADVANCE3IENT OF SCIENCE. 



The preliminary announcement of the 

 45th meeting, to be held in Bulfalo, August 

 22d to August 29th, calls attention to the 

 fact that the Association met at Buffalo in 

 1866, 1876 and 1886, and to the special ad- 

 vantages of Buffalo as a place of meeting. 

 Most of the meetings will be held in the 

 Buffalo High School buildings,and the Hotel 

 Iroquois has been designated as headquar- 

 ters. The first meeting of the Council will 

 be at noon on Saturday, August 22d, and 

 the first General Session will be held 

 on Monday morning, August 24tli. This 

 will give Tuesday, Wednesdaj', Thursday 

 and Friday as the four days entirely de- 

 voted to the reading of papers in the sec- 

 tions. Saturday- will be given to excur- 

 sions. 



The meeting will be called to order by 

 the retiring President, Prof. Edward W. 

 Morley, Adelbert College, who will in- 

 troduce the President-elect Prof. E. D. 

 Cope, University of Pennsylvania. An Ad- 

 dress of Welcome will be delivered by Ed- 

 gar B. Jewett, Maj'or of Buffalo, Chairman 

 of the Local Committee, who will be replied 

 to by President Cope. The address of the 

 retiring President will be given in the 

 evening, and in the afternoon the addresses 

 of the Vice-Presidents, as follows : 



President Carl Leo Mees, of the Eose Poly- 

 technic Institute, before the Section of Phys- 

 ics, on ' Electrolysis and some outstanding 

 problems in Molecular Dynamics.' Miss 

 Alice C. Fletcher, Washington, before the 

 Section of Anthropology, on the ' Emblem- 

 atic Use of the Tree in the Dakotan Group.' 

 Prof. B. K. Emerson, Amherst College, 



before the Section of Geology and Geog- 

 raphy, on 'Geological Myths.' Prof. W. 

 E. Story, Clark Universitj^, before the 

 Section of Mathematics and Astronomy, 

 on ' Intuitive Methods in Mathematics.' 

 Pvof. AVilliam R. Lazenby, Ohio State Uni- 

 versitj', before the Section of Social and 

 Economic Science, on ' Horticulture and 

 Health.' Dr. Theo. Gill, before the Section 

 of Zoology, on ' Animals as Chronometers 

 for Geology.' Prof. William A. ISToji-es, 

 before the Section of Chemistry, on ' The 

 Achievements of Physical Chemistry.' 

 Prof. N". L. Britton, before the Section of 

 Botany, on 'Botanical Gardens.' Prof. 

 Frank O. Marvin, University of Kansas, 

 before the Section of Mechanical Science 

 and Engineering, on ' The Artistic Element 

 in Engineering.' 



It being designed to make of the Buffalo 

 meeting practicallj^ a week of solid work, 

 the Local Committees must, as far as possi- 

 ble, arrange the entertainment so as not to 

 break in upon the business of Sections. 

 Probably upon the evening of the first 

 working day, Monday, August 24th, will be 

 given the reception by the ladies of Buffalo, 

 and a gentlemen's reception is to be ap- 

 pointed for some evening at the Buffalo Club. 

 On another evening there will be a carriage 

 drive or a moonlight ride upon Lake Erie, 

 and the public lectures will fill out the 

 complement of entertainment prior to the 

 special trip of the session, which will be a 

 general complimentary excursion for the 

 Association to Niagara Falls, on Saturday, 

 August 29th. 



In addition to the magnificent natural 

 scenery and its scientific aspects the power 

 house of the Cataract Construction Com- 

 pany will be visited. 



Several special excursions will be under- 

 taken bj' the separate sections, and during 

 the week preceding the meeting, parties 

 will be conducted through western New 

 York under the auspices of the Geological 



