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SCIENCE: 



A Weekly Record of Scientific 

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SATURDAY, AUGUST 27, 1881. 



THE CINCINNATI MEETING OF THE AMER- 

 ICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCE- 

 MENT OF SCIENCE. 



. The thirtieth meeting of this Society was held at 

 Cincinnati, on the 17th of August and following days, 

 and adjourned on the 23rd. 



The meeting opened with some discouraging fea- 

 tures, due principally to the marked absence of many 

 of the most prominent members of the Association. 

 Among the absentees we noticed retiring President 

 Lewis E. Morgan, of Rochester ; Professor Spencer F. 

 Baird, Professor O. C. Marsh, of Yale ; Professor 

 Asaph Hall, of Washington ; Professor W. B. Rogers, 

 of Boston ; Professor Burt G. Wilder, of Cornell ; 

 Professor Simon Newcomb, of Washington j Professor 

 George F. Barker, of Philadelphia ; Professor Alex- 

 ander Graham ' Bell, of Washington, and Professor 

 Alexander Agassiz, of Cambridge. 



It is agreeable to record that in spite of these de- 

 sertions, which in most cases were unavoidable or due 

 to sickness, the Cincinnati meeting has been in many 

 respects most successful, showing that the " esprit de 

 corps " of the great body of the Association is at a high 

 standard and requires no fostering spirit to maintain 

 its vitality. 



The following registration shows the attendance of 

 members at the annual meeting since 1869: 



1869 — Salem 244 



1870— Troy 188 



1871 — Indianapolis 196 



1872 — Dubuque .' .'164 



1873 — Portland .... 195 



1874 — Hartford 224 



1875 — Detroit 165 



1876 — Buffalo 215 



1877 — Nashville 176 



1878— St. Louis 134 



1879 — Saratoga 256 



1880 — Boston 997 



At the recent Cincinnati meeting the attendance of 

 members was about 550, which compares most favor- 

 ably with all previous years, excepting the last at 

 Boston, which from various circumstances was a phe- 

 nomenal year of success. 



The growing popularity of the Association, or the 

 increased interest of the masses in scientific matters, is 

 shown by the registration of 400 new names on the 

 roll of the Association, the majority of whom resided in 

 Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky. 



An agreeable feature of this meeting was the exhibi- 

 tion of scientific apparatus by those engaged in such 

 manufactures. 



Messrs. Beck, Bausch and Lomb, Bullock, Queen & 

 Co., and Sexton for Gundlach showed exhibits, which 

 made it evident that microscopists can command all 

 they desire from the optician, provided the one 

 essential of dollars and cents are within their reach, 

 and even in this respect improvements have been 

 made, which have greatly reduced the expenses of 

 microscopists. 



The following gentlemen acted as officers of the 

 association on this occasion. 



CINCINNATI, 1881. 



President. — George J. Brush, of New Haven, Con- 

 necticut. 



Vice President, Section A. — -WILLIAM Harkness, of 

 Washington, D. C. 



Vice President, Section B, — E. T. Cox, of San Francis- 

 co, Cal. 



Chairman of Permanent Subsection of Chemistry. — G. 



C. Caldwell, of Ithaca, N. Y. 

 Chairman of Permanent Subsection of Microscopy. — ■ 



A. B. HERVEY, of Taunton, Mass. 



Chairman of Permanent Subsection of Anthropology. — 

 Garrick Mallery, of Washington, D. C. 



Chairman of Permanent Subsection of Entomology. — 

 John G. Morris, of Baltimore, Md. 



Permanent Secretary. — F. W. Putnam, of Cambridge, 

 Mass. 



General Secretary. — C. V. Riley, of Washington, D. C. 

 Secretary of Section A. — E. T. Tappan, of Gambier, O. 

 Secretary of Section B.— Charles S. Minot, of Boston, 

 Mass. 



Secretary of Permanent Subsection of Chemistry. — 



Alfred Springer, Cincinnati, O. 

 Secretary of Permanent Subsection of Microscopy. — 



W. H. Seaman, of Washington, D. C. 

 Secretary of Permanent Subsection of Anthropology. — 



J. G. Henderson, of Winchester, 111. 

 Secretary of Permanent Subsection of Entomology.— 



B. Pickman Mann, of Cambridge, Mass. 

 Treasurer. — William S. Vaux, of Philadelphia, Pa. 



Nearly two hundred papers, described in the follow- 

 ing list, were entered to be read. 



