356 RECORDS. 



President — James F. Kemp. 



Vice-Presidents — Edmund O. Hovey, Ernest R. von Nard- 

 roff, F. J. E. Woodbridge, William M. Wheeler. 



Corresponding Secretary — Richard E. Dodge. 



Recording Secretary — Henry E. Crampton. 



Treasurer — Charles F. Cox. 



Librarian — Ralph W. Tower. 



Editor — Charles L. Poor. 



Councilors — Emerson McMillin and F. H. Wiggin. 



The following candidates for election as Honorary Members 

 had been approved by the Council : 



Hugo de Vries. 



G. Johnstone-Stoney. 



W. C. Brogger. 



Karl von der Steinen. 



Ferdinand Zirkel. 



That the Annual Meeting would consist of a formal session 

 for the presentation of the reports of officers and election of 

 officers for 1905, and that this would be followed by a sub- 

 scription dinner, at which the address of the President would be 

 delivered. Due notice would be given the members regarding 

 time and place of this meeting. 



The Academy then adjourned. 



Henry E. Crampton, 

 Recording Secretary. 



SECTION OF ASTRONOMY, PHYSICS AND 

 CHEMISTRY. 



December 5, 1904. 



Section met at 8:30 P. M., Professor William Hallock 

 presiding. 



The minutes of the last meeting of Section were read and 

 approved. • 



The following program was then offered : 



C. W. Kanolt, The Combination of Ions with the Sol- 

 vent IN Solutions. 



Bergen Davis and 0. W. Edwards, Chemical Combination 

 OF Knall-gas under the Action of Radium. 



