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Franz Boas: Further evidence regarding the instability of human types. 

 Ross G. Harrison: Transplantation of limbs. 

 Chas. B. Davenport: Heredity of stature. 



F. R. Moulton: On analytic functions of infinitely many variables. 

 Henry S. White, F. N. Cole and Louise D. Cummings : Enumeration of 



all triad systems on fifteen elements. 



William E. Story : Some variable 3-tenn scales of relation. 



Charles P. Olivier: The meteor system of Pons-Winnecke's comet. 139 

 parabolic orbits of meteor streams. 



A. G. Webster: Practical tests of a new phonotrope. 



Edw. L. Nichols: New data on the phosphorescence of certain sulphides. 



G. P. Baxter and H. W. Starkweather : A revision of the atomic 

 weight of tin. 



T. W. Richards and H. S. Davis : Improvements in calorimetric combus- 

 tion. 



T. W. Richards and C. Wadsworth, 3d: Further study of the atomic 

 weight of lead of radioactive origin. 



Gilbert N. Lewis: Chemical Affinity. 



Wm. Trelease: The American oaks. 



H. S. Jennings: The numerical results of diverse systems of breeding, 

 with relation to two pairs of factors, linked or independent. 



W. R. Miles: Some psycho-physiological processes as affected by alcohol. 



Walter B. Cannon: Oscillatory variations in the contraction of rhythmi- 

 cally stimulated muscles. 



Wm. H. Dall: On some anomalies in the distribution of Pacific coast 

 mollusca. 



G. H. Parker: The responses of hydroids to gravity. 



W. M. Wheeler: The phylogenetic development of subapterous and 

 apterous castes in the Formicidte. 



W. J. Crozier: On cell penetration by acids : the chloracetic acids. On 

 the immunity coloration of some nudibranches. 



Hovel Jordan: The rheotropism of the marine fish known as "hamlet" 

 or " grouper " (Epenephalus striatus). 



A. C. Walton: The occurrence of Ascaris triquetva, Schrank, in flogs. 



The sessions of Monday evening and Tuesday afternoon were 

 devoted to a meeting of the National Research Council with the 

 National Academy. The following addresses were made: 



W. H. Welch: The formation of the National Research Council at the 

 request of the President of the United States. 



S. W. Stratton: Target practice in the Navy and some cf the research 

 problems involved; illustrated with moving pictures. 



George E. Hale, Chairman of the National Research Council. The work 

 of the National Research Council: Eecent observations of organized science 

 in England and France. 



Lieut. Col. George 0. Squier: Scientific research for national defense, 

 as illustrated by the problems of aviation. 



Arthur A. Noyes: The nitrogen problem in war and in agriculture. 



3. The American Association for the Advancement of Science. 

 — The American Association for the Advancement of Science, 

 and more than thirty national scientific societies affiliated with it, 

 will meet in New York City during the last week of December, 

 1916, under the auspices of Columbia University, New York 

 University, the College of the City of New York, the American 

 Museum of Natural History and the other scientific and educa- 

 tional institutions of the city. Dr. diaries R. Van Hise, presi- 

 dent of the University of Wisconsin, will preside; the address of 

 the retiring president will be given by Dr. W. W. Campbell, 



Am. Jour. Sci. — Fourth Series, Vol. XLII, No. 252. — December, 1916. 

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