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VOLUME 8 JANUARY, I9m NUMBER 1 
PROCEEDINGS 
OF THE 
National Academy 
OF Sciences 
OF THB 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 
Edwin Bidwbi^l Wilson, Managing Editor 
Raymond Pearl Vernon Kellogg 
I PUBLISHED MONTHLY | 
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1 Editorial Office: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge ■ 
1 Home Office of the Academy: Washington, D. C. 1 
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