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SCIENCE 



[N. 8. Vol. XXXIII. No. 858 



The results from this investigation confirm the 

 conclusions arrived at by Mr. Hayford in his two 

 investigations of the figure of the earth and 

 isostasy. He and the speaker have nearly com- 

 pleted an enlargement of this investigation, using 

 eighty-nine stations. It is expected that the re- 

 sults of this investigation will be published by 

 the survey during the coming year. This investi- 

 gation will verify the conclusions arrived at from 

 the preliminary one. The work done by the Coast 

 and Geodetic Survey proves that a close approxi- 

 mation to the condition of complete isostasy 

 exists. 



(The abstracts of the above papers are by their 

 authors.) 



E. L. Faris, 



Secretary 



THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 

 NEW YOKE SECTION 



The eighth regular meeting of the session of 

 1910-11 was held at Bumford HaU on May 5. 

 Professor Chas. BaskerviUe in the chair. 



Resolutions were offered on the death of Mr. 

 Bernard 6. Amend. 



The day of the meeting marked the centenary 

 of the birth of John W. Draper and a committee 

 was appointed to consider some fitting memorial 

 celebration. 



The following papers were presented : 



"A Tetracetyl Glucosamine Glucoside, " M. L. 

 Hamlin. 



' ' Studies on Amylase. III. Experiments on the 

 Preparation and Properties of Pancreatic Amy- 

 lase," H. C. Sherman and M. D. Schlesinger. 



"The Lactic Acid Ester of Santalol and other 

 Santalol Compounds," Frederick S. Mason. 



"Electric Tube Furnaces with Calorite Resist- 

 ors for Laboratory Use," S. A. Tucker. 



"A New Rapid Method for the Determination 

 of Manganese in Iron and Steel," F. J. Metzger 

 and L. E. Marrs. 



' ' The Oxidation of Ferrous Salts, ' ' Chas. Bas- 

 kerviUe and Eeston Stevenson. 



' ' Contributions to the Chemistry of Anesthet- 

 ics. III. Nitrous Oxide," Chas. BaskerviUe and 

 Eeston Stevenson. 



C. M. Joyce, 

 Secretary 



the TOEREY BOTANICAL CLUB 



The meeting of March 29, 1911, was held at 

 the museum building of the New York Botanical 



Garden at 3:30 p.m. Vice-president Barnhart 

 occupied the chair. Thirteen persons were present. 

 The following communication from Miss Caro- 

 line C. Haynes was then read: 



Sixteen East Thiett-sixth Street, 

 New York City. 

 Mr. Bernard O. Dodge, 

 Secretary and Treasurer, 



Torrey Botanical Club, Columbia University. 

 Dear Sir: It is desired by a number of the 

 members of the club and by others interested, 

 to establish a fund in memory of the late Pro- 

 fessor Lucien Marcus Underwood, the income of 

 which may be used to aid in the illustration of 

 the Club 's publications. It is hoped that this 

 fund may reach at least $5,000. 



I ask that you obtain from the club its consent 

 to administer such a fund, and enclose my check 

 for $100, as an initial subscription drawn to the 

 order of the Torrey Botanical Club. 

 Sincerely yours, 

 (Signed) (Miss) Caroline C. Haynes 

 February 15, 1911 



Dr. M. A. Howe made a motion that the club 

 establish a Lucien Marcus Underwood fund, the 

 income of which shall be used in illustrating the 

 publications of the club, and that the secretary be 

 instructed to convey to Miss Haynes the hearty 

 and appreciative thanks of the club for her gen- 

 erous initial subscription. The motion was unani- 

 mously adopted. 



The resignations of Elizabeth Billings, Alice 

 Knox, W. Li. Sherwood and Rev. L. T. Chamber- 

 lain were read and accepted. 



Dr. H. H. Eusby reported having received sev- 

 eral acceptances to his invitations to become sus- 

 taining members of the club. 



First on the announced scientific program was 

 a paper on ' ' Virginia Fungi ' ' by Mr. B. O. 

 Dodge. After reviewing the literature relating 

 to Virginia fungi the speaker gave a report on 

 the fungi collected on the estate of Mr. Graham 

 F. Blandy at White Post, Clark County, Va., last 

 September. 



The second number on the program was on "A 

 Little-known Mangrove from Panama, ' ' by Dr. M. 

 A. Howe. The mangrove in question, Pelliciera 

 Bhizophorw, a member of the Tea or Camellia 

 Family, was found in association with BMeophora, 

 Aviunnia, etc., near the Pacific terminus of the 

 Panama Canal. Specimens and photographs were 

 exhibited. A description and discussion of this 

 mangrove will appear in the April number of the 

 Journal of the New Yorlc Botanical Garden. 

 B. O. Dodge, 

 Secretary 



