﻿Cincinnati Society of Natural History, 



Vol. VIII. Cincinnati, April, 1885. No. 1. 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 



Meeting of January 6, 1885. 



As there was not a quorum present, no business was transacted. 



An informal discussion took place on a short paper, read by 

 Prof. Joseph F. James, on " Evidences of Beaches in the Cincin- 

 nati Group," the author holding that the tracks and burrows found 

 in the rocks, were evidences of the presence of beaches at the 

 time the rocks of the Cincinnati Group were deposited. 



The donations for the month were as follows : From Lieut. Thos. 

 L. Casey, ' 'Revision of the Stenini of America North of Mexico ;" 

 from G. H. Curtis, Ten Microscopic Slides of Hairs and Scales ; 

 from Kentucky Geological Survey, Four Volumes of Reports ; from 

 Chief Signal Officer, " Monthly Weather Review" for October, 

 1884; from Bureau ot Ethnology, "Second Annual Report, for 

 1880-81"; from Nelson Perry, Specimen of Wire Silver ; from John 

 G. Morgan, Gold and Silver Ores from Colorado ; from Ohio State 

 Librarian, Vol. V., Geological Survey of Ohio ; from T. H. Wise, 

 "Young Mineralogist," Vol. I., No. 6; from E. S. Clark, M. D., 

 Thirty-nine Species of Fossils, from Louisville and Clark Co., Ind.; 

 from Jos. F. James, Eight Species of Fossils, from Louisville; from 

 C. R. Brown, Specimens of Human Bones, from a gravel deposit : 

 bear's tooth, flint celt, and Mastodon bone and part of tusk. 



The fourth course of Free Popular Scientific Lectures, given un- 

 der the auspices of the Society, began on January 2d. The first 

 of the series was by Prof. Wm. L. Dudley, on "Water Crystalliza- 

 tion." The lecturer began by explaining the process of the freezing 

 of water. This takes place when the temperature falls to 32 ; and, 



