[Annals N. Y. Acad. Sci., Vol. XVI, No. 7, pp. 299-386, Aug. 2, 1905.] 



RECORD OF MEETINGS 



OF THE 



NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 

 January, 1904, to December, 1904. 

 Henry E. Crampton, Recording Secretary. 



BUSINESS MEETING. 



January 4, 1904. 



The Academy met at 8-15 P. M., President Wilson presiding. 

 In the absence of the secretary, the reading of the minutes was 

 dispensed with. 



There being no business to come before the meeting, the 

 Academy then adjourned. Charles Lane Poor, 



^ Secretary pro tern. 



SECTION OF ASTRONOMY, PHYSICS AND 

 CHEMISTRY. 



January 4, 1904. 



Section met at 8:15 P. M., Vice-President Poor presiding. 

 The minutes of the last meeting of the Section were read and 

 approved. 



The following program was then offered : 



Herschel C. Parker, Altitude Observations with the 

 Hypsometer in the Canadian Rockies. 



George F. Kunz and Charles Baskerville, Phosphores- 

 cence in Diamonds Produced by Pitchblende. 



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