CONTENTS 



OflScers of the Albany Institute, 1883, - - - y 



. The Utica Slate and Related Formations of the Same Geologi- 

 cal Horizon, by C. D. Walcott, . - - - i 



Fossils of the Utica Slate, by C. D. Walcott, - - 18 



Degraded Words, by Gilbert M. Tucker, - - - 39 



Descriptions of New Species of Fossils from the Niagara 



Formation, by James Hall, LL. D., - - - 5? 



The Origin of Force, by Stephen 0. Hutchins, - - 77 



Industrial and Material Progress, Illustrated in the History 

 of Albany (Annual Address), by David Murray, LL. D., 85 



Whittington and His Cat, by Ernest J. Miller, - 105 



An Account of the Manuscripts of Gen. Dearborn, as Massa- 

 chusetts Commissioner in 1838 and 1839, for the Sale of the 

 Seneca Indian Lands, by Henry A. Homes, LL. D., - 128 



Proposed Erection of Local Historical Monuments; Report 



of Special Committee on Archaeology, - - 137 



Bryozoans of the Upper Helderberg and Hamilton Groups, 

 by James Hall, LL. D., - ... 145 



The First Men: Their Epoch, Habitat and Crania, by Stephen 



C. Hutchins, 198 



The Principles of Ventilation, by Richard Prescott, M. E., 217 



The Physical Sciences the Products and Promoters of Civili- 

 zation (Annual Address), by Paul A. Chadbourne, LL. D., 227 



