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Franklin Institute ; Penn Monthly ; Gen. W. A. Stokes ; 

 Smithsonian Institution ; Bureau of U. S. Engineers ; Dr. 

 Hay den ; Mr. Outenbriclge ; the Medical News ; and the 

 Buffalo Society of JS'atural Sciences. 



The death of Prof. Samuel J. Gummere, President of 

 Haverford College, at Haverford, Oct. 22, aged 63, was an- 

 nounced, and Prof. Thos. Chase, was on motion, appointed 

 to prepare an obituary notice of the deceased. 



Mr. Britton exhibited to the members present large speci- 

 men pieces of coals sent for metallurgical analysis from the 

 Luray Mine, Carbon Mine, and mines near Rocky Spring 

 Station on the Union Pacific Railroad, 830 miles west of 

 Omaha. The character, age, and relationships of these coals 

 with the so-called Lignitic beds of Hayden, the Denver and 

 Raton and Santa Fe coals, were discussed at length by Dr. 

 Genth and Dr. LeConte. 



Pending nomination, l^o. 764 was read, and the meeting 

 was adjourned. 



Stated Meeting, November 20th, 1874. 



Present, 17 members. 



Vice-President, Mr. Fraley, in the chair. 



A Photograph for the Album was received from Prof. 

 Traill Green, of Lafayette College, Easton, Pa. 



A letter respecting the cataloguing of Libraries was re- 

 ceived from Mr. W. C. Flagg, Secretary 111. S. Farmer's 

 Association, dated Moro, 111., ^ov. 10, 1874. 



' A blank to be filled was received from the Secretary of 

 the Bureau of Education, at Washington, dated E'ov. 11, 

 1874. 



Letters acknowledging the receipt of the Society's Publi- 

 cations, were received from the Hungainan Academy ofSci- 

 ences, Oct. 17, (XV, i, 88, 89, 90, 91) ; the R. Bavarian 

 Academy, Sept. 15, {XV, i, 90, 91) ; the Philosophical and 

 Literary Society, at Leeds, Oct. 28, (75 and 79) ; Prof. C. E. 

 Anthon, New York, Xov. 18, (81 to 92) ; Prof, Traill Green, 



