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ing and absent Members were referred back to the committee on 

 by-laws, on request of the Secretary. 



Section of Astronomy and Physics then organized. 



Richard E. Dodge, 

 ' Secretary. 



SECTION OF ASTRONOMY AND PHYSICS. 



October 3, 1898. 



Section met on Monday evening, October 3, 1898, at 8 P. M., 

 Vice-President J. F. Kemp in the chair. There were eighteen 

 members and guests present. 



The minutes of the meeting of June 6, were read and ap- 

 proved. 



The Secretary then read a paper by Mr. P. H. Dudley on 

 Stremmatograph Records, giving some recent results obtained 

 with the instrument under locomotives, and entire trains. Brief 

 remarks were elicited by the paper, after which another by the 

 same author was read by the Secretary, entitled Oxydation of 

 Rails in Tunnels. After a few remarks on the subject, the 

 Section adjourned. 



Reginald Gordon, 



Secrctajy. 



SECTION OF BIOLOGY. 



October 10, 1898. 



In absence of the chairman, Professor Wilson, Professor Os- 

 born presided. Twenty-four persons were present. 



Professor Osborn referred to the loss sustained by the Acad- 

 emy, and the Biological Sciences in general, through the death 

 of Professor Baur, of Chicago, and of Dr. Arnold Graf, of New 

 York. 



Following the usual custom the meeting was devoted to ac- 

 counts given by various members of their summer's work. 



