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SCIENCE. 



[N. S. Vol. I. No. 8. 



Terre Haute, as President, and C. A. Waldo, 

 of De Pauw Universitj^, as Secretary. 



The Academj' was well attended by the 

 leading scientists of the State. 



After the ordinary preliminarj' business, 

 the body continued in general session, and 

 listened to the reading of nine papers on 

 general scientific topics. 



The Academy then met in two sections, 

 Physico-Chemical and Biological. In the 

 former section, 28 short papers were read, 

 and in the latter 51. The papers indicated 

 that much work had been done during the 

 past j^ear in the various lines of scientific 

 investigation. 



The reports from the directors of the Bio- 

 logical Survej' of Indiana were encouraging, 

 showing that every effort was being put 

 forth to accomplish this survey as quickly 

 as possible and in a satisfactory manner. 

 A resohition was passed requesting the Leg- 

 islature of the State to print and distribute 

 the proceedings of the Academj^ This ex- 

 pense has alwaj's been borne by the Acad- 

 emy, but in view of the fact that the State is 

 reaping the benefits it should assume the 

 expense. 



The Spring meeting will be held at the 

 Wyandotte Cave, in Crawford county. 



Following is a list of the papers : 

 Address by the Retiring President, — Lavoisier. 



W. A. ]I^OTES. 



GENERAL SUBJECTS. 



1. Some Facts in Distribution of Gleditschia 

 Triacanthos and Other Trees : Ernest Walker. 



2. Propagation and Protection of Game and 

 Fish : I. W. Sharp. 



3. Anthropology ; the Study of Man: Amos 

 W. Butler. 



4. A Neiu Biological Station and its Aim : 

 C. H. Eigenmann. 



5. Transmission of Impressions in Spinal 

 Cord : G. A. Talbert. 



6. Does High Tension of Electric Current 

 Destroy Life : J. L. Campbell. 



7. The Surdue Engineering Laboratory since 

 the Restoration : Wm. F. M. Goss. 



8. Method of Determining Sewage Pollution 

 of Rimrs : Chas. C. Brown. 



9. Psychological Laboratory of Lidiana Uni-^ 

 versity: W. L. Bryan. 



PHYSICO-CHEMICAL SUBJECTS. 



10. Interesting Deposit of Alumina Oxyhy- 

 drate : G. W. Benton. 



11. Observations on Glacial Drift of Ja.^per 

 County : A. H. Purdue. 



12. Concerning a Burial Mound Recently 

 Opened in Randolph County : Joseph Moore. 



13. Reversal of Current in the Toepler Holtz 

 Electrical Machine : J. L. Cami^bell. 



14. A Florida Shell Mound: U. F. Glick. 



15. Note on RocJc Flexure: E. M. Kindle. 



16. The Alternate- Current Transformer witJi 

 Condenser in one or both Cireuits : Thomas 

 Gray. 



17. Elastic Fatigue of Wires : C. Leo Mees. 



18. A Warpied Surface of Universal Elliptic 

 Eccentricity : C. A. Waldo. 



19. Accurate Measurements of Surface Ten- 

 sion: A. L. Foley. 



20. Efect of the Gaseous Medium on the 

 Electrochemical Equivalent of Metals : C. 

 Leo Mees. 



21. Some new Laboratory Appliances in 

 Chemistry : H. A Huston. 



22. Volumetric Determination of Phosphorus 

 in Steel : W. A. Noyes and J. S. Eoyse. 



23. Actio7i of Ammonia upon Dextrose : W, 

 E. Stone. 



24. Action of Zinc Ethyl on Ferric Chloride 

 and Ferric Bromide: H. H. Ballard. 



25. The Sugar of the Century Plant: W. 

 E. Stone and Dumont Lotz. 



26. Camphoric Acid : W. A. Il^oyes. 



27. Action of Potassitnn Sulf hydrate upon 

 Certain Aromatic Chlorides: Walter Jones 

 and F. C. Scheuch. 



28. A Neto Phosphate: H. A. Huston. 



29. Dip of the Keokuk Rocks at Blooming- 

 ton, Ind : Edward M. Kindle. 



