120 RECORDS 



BUSINESS MEETING. 



April i, 1901. 



Academy met at 8:15 P. M., Professor William Hallock 

 presiding. 



The minutes of the last business meeting were read and ap- 

 proved. 



The Secretary reported from the Council as follows : 



That Mr. Edward D. Adams had qualified as a Life Member. 



Letters of thanks were read from Professor James Geikie, and 

 Mr. C. V. Boys, elected Honorary Members at the Annual 

 Meeting. 



Adjourned. 



Richard E. Dodge, 

 Recording Secretary. 



SECTION OF ASTRONOMY, PHYSICS AND 

 CHEMISTRY. 



April i, 1901. 



Section met at 8:15 P.M., Professor William Hallock pre- 

 siding. 



The minutes of the last meeting of Section were read and 

 approved. 



The following program was then offered : 



H. C. Parker, Experiments on Standards of High Elec- 

 trical Resistances. 



J. K. Rees, Remarks on Temporary Stars, with Especial 

 Reference to the New Star in Perseus. 



J. K. Rees, Photographs of Nebulae taken with the 

 Crossley Reflector of the Lick Observatory. 



Summary of Papers. 



The paper by Mr. H. C. Parker gave an outline of Professor 

 Rood's electrometer method of measuring high resistances. 

 This method has been described by Professor Rood in the 



