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Cincinnati Society of Natural History. 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 



Meeting f October 6 , 1885. 

 President Harper in the chair and sixteen members present. 

 The following names were proposed for regular membership : 



Chas. H. Allen, Jr. 

 Wm. Archer. 

 Wm. B. Burnet. 

 H. E. Bonshur. 

 Geo. Bullock. 

 Stephen S. Coles. 

 A. J. Carson. 

 John B. Clunet. 

 E. J. Carpenter. 

 W. C. Fiedeldey. 

 Prof. Thos. French. 

 John R. Froome. 

 Herman Groesbeck. 

 Telford Groesbeck. 



Clarence Gilmore. 

 C. J. Harcourt. 

 I ). W. Huntington. 

 J. W. Innes. 

 W. I). Innes. 

 Rankin 1 ). Jones. 

 E. 1). Johnson. 

 Chas. H. Kelingg. Jr. 

 H. N. Kite hell. 

 T. H. Kelley. 

 Nicholas Longworth. 

 Edmund Miller. 

 Geo. W. McLaughlin. 

 Geo. \V. Pohlman. 



L. M. Prince. 

 A. I ). Smith. 

 Chas. H. Short. 

 Samuel W. Skinner. 

 Nelson Sayler. 

 Wm. Schultze. 

 John L. Stettinius. 

 Percy Thorpe. 

 H. H. Vail. 

 John Wiggins. 

 Harry Woods. 

 Jacob Workum. 

 John Yoakley. 



Dr. J. Taft was elected a regular member. 



The Amendment to add to Section 2 of Article VI of the By Laws, 

 the words " Photography and Meteorology. " came up for discussion. 



In this discussion, Doc tors Dun. Langdon, Young, and Heighwav. 

 and Mr. E. S. Comings took part. Dr. Young opposed the amendment, 

 but the majority of the members present favoring it. it was carried. 



Dr. O. D. Morton exhibited a " Gold Beetle " from Ceylon. 



Mr. W. H. Knight showed a specimen of steel rolled to ..,'„, of an 

 inch in thickness. He inquired if any member could state how fine a 

 line could be seen by the naked eye. 



Dr. A. E. Heighwav. Jr., stated that rulings on glass ;i J HH1 of an inch 

 apart could be seen. 



Donations were announced as follows : From Smithsonian Institution, 

 " Proceedings of Linked States National Museum,''' Vol. VIII, Nos. 19 

 to 31. and plates 15 to 19. 21, 22. 23. From Department of Interior, 

 "Bulletin No. 27 of Lhiited States National Museum." From Western 

 Reserve Historical Society, "Publication No. 66." July, 1885. From 

 Chief Signal Officer, " Monthly Weather Review.'' July, 1885. From 

 Mrs. M. C. Morehead. 20 species of marine Shells. From Prof. R. B. 

 Warder, "Report of Indiana State Board of Health" for 1884. From 

 George F. King, specimen of Feldspar Pseudomorph. 



