RECORDS 145 



The following candidates for resident membership, approved 

 by the Council, were duly elected : 



Amadeus W. Grabau, Ph.D., Columbia University. 

 Charles Holt, 255 West 45th Street. 



Professor E. A. Lough, School of Pedagogy, N. Y. University. 

 Professor Robert MacDougal, School of Pedagogy, N. Y. 

 University. 



The name of one candidate for resident membership was re- 

 ferred to the Council according to the by-laws. 



F. L. Tufts, 

 Recording Secretary, 



pro tein. 



SECTION OF ASTRONOMY, PHYSICS AND 

 CHEMISTRY. 



November 4, 1901. 



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

 siding. 



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

 proved. 



The following program was then offered : 



S. A. Mitchell, Report of the Recent Eclipse Expedition 

 TO Sumatra. 



William Hallock, A Review of the Report of the Brit- 

 ish Association Committee on Underground Temperatures. 



L. Boroschek and F. L. Tufts, A Study of the Absorption 

 of Light by Dyes of the Fluorescein Group. 



Summary of Papers. 



The account of the Eclipse Expedition to Sumatra was illus- 

 trated by lantern slides showing the arrangement of apparatus at 

 the several stations. The paper is published in full in a current 

 number of Science. 



Professor Hallock gave an account of some of the recent 

 determinations of underground temperatures. This paper is 

 also published in full in Science. 



