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remembrance the charming sae qualities, the unselfish zeal, 
the genial kindness, and the true benevolence of the good a man 
who has now gone to his ee 
August 18 
IIL MisceLLANEOUS SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE. 
- Sines at Portland, Maine Eecwetine Wednesday, August 
ri 
ote e members had a agli reception from ais citi- 
zens of Portland, and eu much the excursions which had been 
projected for the week. The peer m oe adjourned on Tuesday, 
August me to meet at Hartford, Conn., on the second Wednesday 
. Puram of Salem , Mass., Permanent Secretary. 
e fo betas are the titles of the papers accepted for reading 
at the session 
On the P dn of a Liquid Solar erties 0. A. ¥: 
Rotation of the Planets as a Result of the Nebular Theo oie 
Relation of Internal Fluidity to the ween of the Haquinoxes : rs G. "Ge Bernards 
On the Equilibrium and Dynamic Theories of the Tides; arnard. 
Meridianal Arcs Measured in the Progress of the Coast Surv urvey ; 7 E. Hilga: 
n the Longitudes of Greenwich, Sod ris, and Harvard Obuecnaerie determined 
by the U. S. Coast Survey: J. E. 
Solar Disturbances of the ee etic Needle; J. E. Hilgard. : 
oe of Determining the Ratio of Volume and Weight of Water; id. 
T. Hill 
‘hree Equations Partially Di ed; T. H Ourvy 
y Discusse 
oe in Atiachmen nt to the Whirling Table for pfofostini Lissejous’ Curves; A. F. 
On the Convertibility of Sound into Electricity; A. E. Dolbear. 
New Method of Measuring the sas ct Light; A. E. 
~ Dolbear 
te —— Error ofrthe Right Ascensions of the Nauti raat: Almanac, and its 
on the Longitudes which depend on sie: ; 
The Coefficient of Safety in Wavivation An’ Pte to ascertain within sano 
sige cien 
limits a ship can be located at sea by ain omical opservations W.A 
Walling. 
y; H. F. Walling. 
Remarks ona projected Gigantic Telesco: escope; P. P. H. Van der Weyde. “— 
Microscope with a new style of Micrometer, and Remarks on the Method of en- 
i id. : 
{hvestigation in into the True Cause of a peculiar form, of Mir pe id. 
Bie Se ide of Solar 
moet andthe means of iinprovisie it, and also the Utilization 0. 
.g. i 
) os W. Holle 
Dissociation of Water by Heat as a cause of steam-boiler explosions; 1. Bradley. 
tte ; 
Hilgard. 2 
. On the Distribution of Soil Ingredients in the Sediments obtained by silt analy- 
- Loughridge. 
