TITLES OF PAPERS READ BEFORE THE ACADEMY. 
Austin , February 5. 
Address, The Improvement of the Galveston Harbor; Lieut. W. Y. 
Judson, H. S. A. 
Austin, March 5. 
1. Ether; Dr. E. E. Northrup. 
2. A Hew Suggestion Concerning the Transmutation of Matter 
(postponed from the December meeting); Dr. H. W. Harper. 
Austin, April 2. 
1. Report of Some Experiments with the X-rays Upon the Blind; 
Drs. H. L. Hilgartner and E. F. Northrup. 
2. Hydrazine Derivatives of Propionic Acid (postponed from the De- 
cember meeting); J. R. Bailey. 
3. On the Roots of Bessel’s Functions; M. B. Porter, of Harvard. 
Austin , May 7. 
1. The Properties of the Living Substance; Dr. Edmund Montgomery. 
2. An Account of Some Applications of the Bessel Functions to As- 
tronomy; II. Y. Benedict. 
3. A Note on a Generalization of the Numbers of Couchy; H. Y. 
Benedict. 
4. Triazines and Triazoles; J. R. Bailey and S. F. Acree. 
5. On the Constitution of a By-Product Obtained in the Preparation 
of Hydrazopropionic Acid; J. R. Bailey and H. B. Decherd. 
Austin, June 15. 
1. Notes on the Physiology of the Nervous System of Centipedes; W. 
W. Norman. 
2. The Personality of a Great Genius — Sylvester; George Bruce Hal- 
sted. 
3. Epsom Salts (Magnesium Sulphate) from Brown County, Texas; 
H. W. Harper. 
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