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CONTENTS OF VOLUME II. 



PART I. 



Address by the President, J. Elmendorf, D.D., .... 5 



Address by the Chairman of the Literary Section, Mr. E. Burgess, 24 



London Stone— Mr. E. J. Miller, 25 



The Eternal Heavens— J. M. DeGarmo, Ph.D , .... 26 

 Evolution and its Relation to the Mosaic Account \ 



of Creation— C. B. Warring, Ph.D., j " 



Education by the State— Mr. John I. Piatt, '. . . . .28 



Colorado — Rev. H. L. Ziegenfuss, 29 



The Objects and Duties of the Art Section — Prof. H. van Ingen, 29 



Annual Meeting, May 6. 1884, 37 



Treasurer's Report, 37 



Curator's Report, 38 



Librarian's Report, 38 



Secretary's Report, 38 



Trustees and Officers elected for 1884-85, 47 



CONTENTS OF VOLUME II. 



PART II. 



Specialization in Natural Science — Prof. W. B. Dwight, ) 



Chairman of the Scientific Section, ) 



Gyroscope— C. B. Warring, Ph.D 69 



An Interesting Geological Locality — Prof. W. B. Dwight, 

 Carcharodon Carcharias — W. G. Stevenson, M.D., 

 Odontaspis Littoralis — W. G. Stevenson, M.D., 

 Our Local Mammalian Fauna — W. G. Stevenson, M.D., 

 Uniformity of Climate in Past Ages, C. B. Warring, Ph.D . 



Saturn— Prof. Maria Mitchell 



Cyclopterus Lumpus — W. G. Stevenson, M.D., 

 From Boyle to Mendeleef on the Compressibility ) 



of Gases — L. C. Cooley, Ph.D., f 



A New Apparatus for Boyle's Law — L. C Cooley, Ph.D., 

 Embryonic Forms of Limulus Polyphemus — -Prof. W. B. Dwight 

 Fossil Gums and Resins — Mr. C. N. Arnold, .... 



Intelligence in Butterflies — J. M. DeGarmo, Ph.D., 

 Papilio Turnus, Melanic Variety — W. G. Stevenson, M.D., 

 Ventilation for the Laboratory Table — L. C. Cooley, Ph.D., . 

 A List of the Gases, with Temperature and Pressure | 



of their Liquefaction — L. C. Cooley, Ph.D., f 



Simple Devices for Locking Laboratory Drawers and | 



Cupboards— L. C. Cooley, Ph.D,, f 



Report of Progress in Geological Investigation in the \ 



Vicinity of Poughkeepsie — Prof. W. B. Dwight, f 

 List of our Local Birds— W. G. Stevenson, M. D., . . . 153 

 Chairman's Annual Report for 1883-84, 162 



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