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to deduce the true method of development, and the suffi- 

 ciency of the formula for all possible cases that may arise. 



Dr. Hough exhibited to the Institute specimen sheets of 

 the New York Gazetteer, now in process of preparation, 

 lie read from these the account given of Oneida county, its 

 various localities of interest, and brief notices of early set- 

 tlers. Dr. H. also exhibited a portion of the map which is 

 to accompany the Gazetteer. 



On motion, it was resolved that when the Institute ad- 

 journ, it be to the third Tuesday of October. 



Adjourned. 



October IS, 1859. 

 The president, Hon. J. V. L. Pruyn, presided. 



The secretary reported donations to the library of the 

 Institute as follows : 



1. Memoires de la Societe de Physique, de Geneva — Vol. 

 XIV, 2d Part. Paris, 1819. 



2. Memoirs of American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 

 New series — Vol. VI, Part 2d. Cambridge, 1859. 



3. Proceedings of above — Vol. IV, p. 89-248. Cambridge, 

 1859. 



4. Proceedings of Boston Society of Natural History — 

 Vol. VII, p. 49-64. 



5. Proceedings of American Antiquarian Society. Bos- 

 ton, 1859. 



6. Historical Collections of the Essex Institute — Vol. I, 

 No. 2. 



7. A Paper on a Uniform System of Meteorological Ob- 

 servations. Cincinnati, 1859. 



8. Historical Magazine, Notes and Queries. Nos. 6, 7, 8, 

 9 and 10. 



9. Smithsonian Report for 1857. 



10. Patent Office Report for 1858. 



11. Proceedings of American Philosophical Society — 

 January to June, 1859. 



