VOLUME 6 
AUGUST, 1920 
NUMBER 8 
PROCEEDINGS 
OF THE 
National Academy 
OF Sciences 
OF THE 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 
EDITORIAL BOARD 
Raymond Pearl,, Chairman Edwin B. Wii^on, Managing Editor 
C. G. Abbot, Home Secretary George E. Hale, Foreign Secretary 
J. M. Clarke 
A. L. Day 
Gano Dunn 
E. B. Frost 
LUDVIG Hektoen 
L. J. Henderson 
H. S. Jennings 
Jacques Loeb 
J. C. Merriam 
R. A. MiLLIKAN 
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