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6. The constitution of Purple of Cassius. 5 minutes. Vic¬ 
tor Lehher. 
7. The stearate separation of the rare earths. 10 minutes. 
C. W. Stoddart. 
8. Equilibra in the systems—silver bromide—pyridine and 
silver iodide—pyridine. 10 minutes. Louis Kohlenberg. 
9. On an improved method of determining vapor pressures of 
water and of aqueous solutions. 10 minutes. Francis C. 
Krauskopf. 
TO. The metallic tellurites. 10 minutes. Edw. Wolesensky. 
11. Crowing animals on a ration containing phosphorus, only 
in the inorganic form. 10 minutes. E. V. McCollum. 
12. An unexpected case of “Pingspaltung.” 5 minutes. Ed¬ 
ward Kremers. 
13. An improvement in the method for making nitrosochlori- 
des. 10 minutes. Edward Kremers. 
February 11th. 
Afternoon Session. 
The first part of this meeting was given over to the trans¬ 
action of business, the first action taken being the appointment 
by the president of a nominating committee. It was consti¬ 
tuted as follows: 
E. B. Skinner, Chairman; E. A. Birge, C. B. Van Hise, 
J. J. Davis, E. B. Hutchins, C. E. Allen, Geo. Peckham. 
The following nominations for honorary membership were 
made: 
W. M. Wheeler, William Trelease, Hamlin Garland, D. S. 
J ordan. 
Upon recommendation of the Executive Committee it was 
voted to increase the pay of the Secretary from $75.00 to 
$ 100 . 00 . 
The following papers were presented: 
Afternoon Session, 2:30 o'clock. 
Business session of the Academy. 
Beading of papers. 
