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The death of Mr. Eugenius Nulty, at Philadelphia, on the 
3d inst., aged about 88 years, was announced by the Secre- 
tary. 
Mr. Chase communicated a Note’on the Pluvial Indications 
° of the Metonic and Sun-spot Cycles. 
Pending nominations 677 and 678 were read and balloted 
for, and the following named gentlemen declared duly elected 
members of the Society: 
Prof, Cleveland Abbe, Signal Ser., War Dep’t, Washington. 
Mr. Benj. Chew Tilghman, of Philadelphia. 
And the meeting was adjourned. 
r Stated Meeting, May 19,* 1871 
Present 18 members. 
Vice-President, Mr. FRALEY, in the Chair. 
Letters accepting membership were received from Rev. Dr. 
James McCosh, dated Princeton, N. J., May 4th, 1871; Prof. 
i. B. Andrews, dated Columbus, Ohio, May 4, 1871, and Dr. 
T, A. P. Barnard, dated Columbia College, N. Y., May 6, 1871. 
} A Photograph for the Album was received from Prof. 
Roehrig, of Cornell University. 
Letters acknowledging the receipt of the Society’s Publica- 
tions were received from the R. Bavarian Academy, (27, 65 to 
67;75, 76, 81, 82); the Society of P. & N. H. at Geneva, eabue 
8, 78 to 83); the Physical Society at Berlin, (XIII, 8; 81,,82,) 
the Boston N. H.S., (XIII, 3, XIV, 1, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85,) 
1 and the Library of Congress (XIV, J). 
*The report of this meeting has been inadvertantly misplaced. 
