550 Wisconsin Academy of Sciences , Arts , and Letters. 
EVENING SESSION. 
In the evening, at 8:00 o’clock at the Athenaeum, a reception 
was tendered by the citizens of Milwaukee to members and 
visitors of the Academy. 
Saturday, June 8th. 
MORNING SESSION. 
The Academy was called to order by the President, at 9:10 
o’clock, in the rooms of the G-erman-American Academy. 
The following papers were read: 
8. Some observations on the lateral moraines at Devil’s Lake. 
D. P. Nicholson. 
9. Geology of Mts. Adam & Eve, Orange Co., N. Y. G. L. 
Collie. Read by title. 
10. Certain uses of topographical maps. G. L. Collie. 
11. The production of electrical energy directly from carbon. 
A. J. Rogers. 
12. A contribution to the mineralogy of Wisconsin. Wm. H. 
Hobbs. 
13. Some new occurrences of minerals in Michigan and Mon¬ 
tana. Wm. H. Hobbs. 
14. On a diamond from Kohlsville, Wis. Wm. H. Hobbs. 
15. From pinene to carvacrol. Edw. Kremers. 
16. A dredge for collecting Crustacea at different depths. C. 
Dwight Marsh. 
17. Method of determining the coefficient of a plankton net. 
E. A. Birge. 
18. The pelagic Crustacea of Lake Mendota during the winter 
and spring of 1894-95. E. A. Birge. 
19. The biological history of Daphnia Hyalina, Leydig. E. A. 
Birge. 
20. The periodic system as a didactic basis. Edw. Kremers. 
Read by title. 
21. Observed and computed precession. D. P. BlacJcstone. 
Read by title. 
22. The dells of Wisconsin. C. R. VanHise. 
