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devoted to the display of Microscopes, and all that pertains thereto. 
The Local Committee respectfully requests all persons having 
them to the meeti a 
Agents and makers of yr are requested to bring speci- 
mens of their different manufacture 
On the afternoon of the first diy of the meeting, the Associa- 
tion will be invited to assist in — dedication of the Museum 
of the sibbskect ice Acad of Scie The Rooms of the Essex 
office of the Local Committee will be at the new Court House 
where members will be conducted immediately on their ar rival in 
city. 
the ¢ 
ag circular giving all necessary information relating to the meet- 
will be sent to any one requesting it, on application to the 
sal Secretary. The volume of Proceedings for the Chicago 
Meeting is — nearly printed, and will be ready for delivery at 
this meeti 
ny seated wishing to join the La ID can report his name 
_ toany of the Secretaries. The entrance fee is $5, and the annual 
__- ssessment is $3, including the nna of the yearly ‘Volume of Pro- 
cee — 
rther information oe to the Association can be had by 
odreasing the Local Secretary, F. W. Putnam, Salem, Mass. 
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- Last of papers read before the National Academy of Scien- 
~ at its April Session 
- On hah age of seere dams, sen bo 
2 2 On the cooling of the s ace s by B . Peirce 
| 3. On the most Sap pee ae eomattaes the santa, ‘Apalach- 
| ian ar agri by J. P. Les 
4. On the pure ohiepeaee beds of South Carolina, their forma- 
— tion, age ead fossils, including the human remains lately discoy- 
: ered, by H. S§. Holmes, 
4 "On a new ce eT — altitude instrument used in the 
Const areghtd by J. C. Hilga 
6. On the deep sea explorations of the Gulf Stream, by A. 
Agassiz, 
7. On tidal researches, by _ te Ferrell. 
8. On tidal rainfall, by P. E. Chase. 
___9. On the products of the action of ine alkaline nitrites upon 
«Uric tes and its ee te by Be br B - bs. 
n inversion in Algeb ra eirce, 
11 a mode of examination of frit ble waters, by Dr. Craig. 
12. On the meteorite ve fell in Franklin Co., Alab: ama, Dee. 
5th, Aart by G J. Bru 
. On a new aaehee ~, the chrysolite group, by G. ‘J. Brush. 
