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Stated Meeting, August 16. 

 Present, five members. 

 Mr. G. M. Justice was called to the Chair. 

 The following donations were announced : — 



FOR THE LIBRARY. 



Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Vol. X. No.r7<, 

 JVIay 10, 1850. London. 8vo. — From the Society. 



Astronomical Observations made at the Radcliffe Observatory, Ox- 

 ford, in the year 1848. Vol. IX. Also, Vol. VI. for 1845, (which 

 had not been previously received). London. 8vo. — From the 

 Radcliffe Trustees. 



Proceedings of the New Jersey Historical Society. Vol. V. No. 1. 

 Newark, N. J., May, 1850. 8vo. — From the New Jersey His' 

 torical Society. 



Journal of the Franklin Institute. Third Series. Vol. XX. No. 2, 

 August, 1850. Philadelphia. 8vo. — From the Institute. 



The African Repository and Colonial Journal. Vol. XXVI. No. 8. 

 Aug. 1850. Washington. 8vo. — From the American Coloni' 

 zation Society. 



The Progress of the Development of the Law of Storms, and of the 

 Variable Winds, with the Practical Application of the Subject to 

 Navigation. By Lieut. Col. William Reid, C.B., F.R.S. of the 

 Corps of Royal Engineers. London, 1849. 8vo. — From the 

 Author. 



The Encyclopedia of Chemistry, Theoretical and Practical. By 

 Prof. James C. Booth, assisted by Campbell Morfit. Nos. 14 to 

 20, inclusive. Philadelphia. 8vo. — -From Prof. J. C. Booth, 



The Medical News and Library. Vol. VIII. No. 92. Aug. 1850. 

 Philadelphia. 8vo. — From Lea ^ Blanchard. 



The Plough, the Loom and the Anvil. V^ol. III. No. 2. Aug. 1850. 

 Philadelphia. 8vo. — From the Editor, J. S. Skinner, Esq. 



The minutes of the Board of Officers and Council at their 

 last meeting were read. 



The pending nominations were read. 



On motion of Mr. Trego, it was agreed to permit the portrait 

 of Rittenhouse belonging to the Society to be loaned to Dr. 



