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the same transit at another meridian, is the arc of difference of longi- 

 tude registered in time. 



Very sincerely, your friend, 



JOHN LOCKE. 



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



Stated Meeting, Janum^y 19. 



Present, twenty members. 



Dr. Patterson, President, in the Chair. 



Letters were received and read: — 



From the Directors of the Holland Society of Sciences, at 

 Haarlem, dated Haarlem, 2d August, 1848, transmitting a do- 

 nation to the Society: — 



From the Regents of the University of the State of New 

 York, dated Albany, llth January, 1849, acknowledging the 

 receipt of Vol. V. No. 41, of the Proceedings of this Society: 

 and, — 



From the Baroness Berzelius, dated Stockholm, 15th Sep- 

 tember, 1848, announcing the death of her husband on the 7th 

 August, 1848, at the age of 69. 



The following donations were announced: — 



FOR THE LIBRARY. 



NatuurkundigeVerhandelingen van de HoUandsche Maatschappij der 

 Wetenschappen te Haarlem. Tweede Verzameling: 6te Deel, 

 le Stuk. Haarlem, 1848. 4to. — From the Holland Society of 

 Sciences at Haarlem. 



The American Journal of Science and Arts. Conducted by Profes- 

 sors Silliman and Dana. Second Series. No. 19. January, 1849. 

 New Haven. 8vo. — From the Editors. 



The American Journal of Medical Sciences. Edited by Isaac Hays, 

 M.D. No. XXXIIL New Series. January, 1849. Philadelphia. 

 8vo. — From Dr. Hays. 



The African Repository and Colonial Journal. Vol. XXV. No. 1. 

 January, 1849. Washington. 8vo. — From the American Colo- 

 nization Society. 



