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Prof. Murray gave a computation as to the relative 

 strength and cost of the two kinds. 

 Adjourned. 



February 14, 1860. 

 In the absence of the president, Mr. Carroll was made 

 chairman. 



On motion of Mr. Murray, a committee of publication was 

 appointed, to whom might be referred papers for publica- 

 tion in the Transactions. 



Dr. Hough, Mr. Munsell and Mr. Murray, were made such 

 committee. 



On motion, Mr. Hickcox's paper, read at the last meeting, 

 was referred to this committee. 



Under proposition of members, Dr. Hough proposed Dr. 

 James Wynne of New York, as a corresponding member. 



The secretary then read a paper by Jacob Wilson of Ca- 

 najoharie, corresponding member of the Institute, upon 

 The Augment and the Growth of Words. This paper dis- 

 cussed elaborately the augment as found in the different 

 languages; arguing that it was by no means peculiar to 

 Greek, but common to English and all other languages. It 

 traced the manner in which words are thus augmented, and 

 the manner in which one augment may be transformed into 

 another. 



Dr. Hough presented some remarks upon the sun dial 

 erected upon the S. E. corner of the Capitol. He showed 

 the plates from which the dial was made, in Ferguson's 

 Lectures on Astronomy, and explained the construction. 



On motion, it was resolved that Dr. Hough be requested 

 to draw up an account, with reference to its publication, of 

 the specimens of premium cloths preserved by the Society 

 of Arts, and now in the library of the Institute ; and 

 also an account of the system of premiums sustained by the 

 state in the early part of this century, to encourage the 

 manufacture of cloths. 



Adjourned. 



