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brary; New York Historical Society, Astor Library, New 
York; New Jersey Historical Society, Newark; Pennsylvania 
State Library, Harrisburg; Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 
Franklin Institute, The Athenzeum, Philadelphia; U.S. Mili- 
tary Academy, West Point; The Smithsonian Institution, 
Washington, D. C.; State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 
Madison; University of California, Berkeley. 
Acknowledgments for Proceedings (126) from the Central 
Physical Observatory, St. Petersburg; Chicago Historical 
Society. : 
Acknowledgments were received for Proceedings (127) from 
the Scientific Committee of the Navy, Comité Geologique de 
Russie, St. Petersburg; R. Zovlogical-Botanical Society, The 
Hague; K. K. Central-Anstalt fiir Meteorologie und Erdmag- 
netismus, Wien; Naturhistorischer Verein in Bonn; Prof. L. 
Riitimeyer, Basle; Prof. E. Renevier, Lausanne; R. Comitato 
Geologico Italia, Rome; R. Astronomical Observatory, Turin; 
Prof. Abel Hovelacque, Paris; American Statistical Associa- 
tion, Boston; Academy of Sciences, New York. 
Accessions to the Library were reported from the Gesell- 
schaft fiir Erdkunde, Berlin; Prof. Leopold Hinstein, Niirn- 
berg; Académie Royale de Belgique, Bruxelles; Prof. L. Riiti- 
meyer, Basle, Switzerland; Royal Society, Meteorological 
Office, London; Royal Geological Society of Ireland, Royal 
Dublin Society, Dublin; Nova Scotian Institute of Natural 
Science, Halifax; Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston ; 
American Chemical Society, New York; Mercantile Library, 
Editor of the “Medical and Surgical Reporter,” Mr. Ch. P. 
Hayes, Mr. Thomas Hockley, Hon. Richard Vaux, Philadelphia; 
Prof. A. S. Packard, Providence; Historical Society, Chicago, 
A communication was received from Dr. P. Steiner, Darm- 
stadt, in reference to his lately invented language, “ Pasilingua.” 
A communication was presented from Dr. L. Einstein, Niirn- 
berg, in reference to La Linguo Internacia. 
The President reported that he had appointed as the Com- 
mittee to examine the paper presented by Prof. C. 8. Sargent 
PROC. AMER. PHILOS. 800. XXv. 128. 2M. PRINTED DEC, 29, 1888. 
