



VOL. XXXVIII. DECEMBER, 1914. 



Established by BENJAMIN SILLIMAN in 1818. 



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Professors ADDISON E. VERRILL, HORACE L. WELLS, 



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Professor HENRY S. WILLIAMS, of Ithaca, 



Professor JOSEPH S. AMES, of Baltimore, 



Mr. J. S. DILLER, of Washington. 



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