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which others of much larger dimensions have heretofore been used to 

 resolve. It thus affords to the amateur astronomer the advantage of 

 a cheap, portable, and satisfactory instrument. 



Their being no quorum present, the stated business of the 

 meeting, the election of members, was necessarily postponed. 



Pending nominations, Nos. 224 and 225, were read. 



Dr. Patterson, chairman of the Committee on Finance, re- 

 ported the minutes of the last meeting of the Committee. 



Stated Meeting, November 3. 



Present, thirteen members. 



Dr. Franklin Bache, Vice-President, in the Chair. 



A letter was received and read: — 



From the Royal Bavarian Academy of Sciences, dated Mu- 

 nich, 31st January, 1848, acknowledging the receipt of Vol. 

 IV. No. 35, of the Proceedings, and Vol. IX. Part 3, of the 

 Transactions of this Society, and announcing a donation to the 

 Library. 



The following donations were announced: — 



FOR THE LIBRARY. 



Gelehrte Anzeigen : Herausgegeben von Mitgliedern der Koniglich 

 Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Vol. XXIV. Janu- 

 ary to June ; and Vol. XXV. July to December, 1847. Munich, 

 1847. 4to. — From the Royal Bavarian Academy of Sciences. 



Abhandlungen der Mathematisch Physikalischen Classe der Konig- 

 lich Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Vol. V. Parti. 

 Munich, 1847. 4to. — From the same. 



Bulletin der Konigl. Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften : for 

 the year 1847. Nos. 1 to 35, inclusive. Munich, 4to. — From 

 the same. 



Extra Impression of the Preface and Introduction to Dr. J. G. 

 Fliigel's Practical Dictionary of the English and German Lan- 

 guages. London, Leipzig, and Hamburg. 1848. 8vo. — From 

 the Author. 



Astronomical Observations made at the Radeliffe Observatory, Ox- 



