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George Brown Goode, 1851-1896. 396 
EdWard Goodfellow, 1828-1899.. 399 
Henry Allen Hazen, 1849-1900... . 401 
Charles Hugo Kummell, 1836-1897. 404 
William Lee, 1841-1893. 405 
Walter Lamb Nicholson, 1825-1895.. . . 407 
Orlando Metcalfe Poe, 1832-1895... 409 
Charles Valentine Riley, 1843-1895 .. 412 
Samuel Shellabarger, 1817-1896 .... 416 
William Bower Taylor, 1821-1895.. 418 
Joseph Meredith Toner, 1825-1896.. 426 
William Crawford Winlock, 1859-1896. 431 
Proceedings of the Society, 1895. 435 
Proceedings of the Society, 1896. 447 
Proceedings of the Society, 1897. 459 
Proceedings of the Society, 1898. 471 
Proceedings of the Society, 1899. 484 
Index. 499 
LIST OF PLATES. 
Plate 1. Annual isohyetals of Central America. 30 
2. Distribution of types of rainfall in Central America. 30 
3. Types of rainfall in Central America. 30 
4. Total amount of annual rainfall for each hour by months 
at San Jose, Costa Rica. 30 
5. Cross-section of continent near 39th parallel. 31 
6. Stresses in gun forgings. 87 " 
7. Curves for day numbers, tangents, and secants. 181 
8. Reductions in declination. 181 
9. Reductions in right ascension.. . . 181 
10. The transcontinental arc. . 205 
11. Principal arcs, meridional, parallel, and oblique. 251 
12. Principal arcs in North America, measured and in pro¬ 
gress. 254 
Diagrams of secular change: 
13. Arica, Ascension island. 336 
14. Barbados, Batavia, Bombay, Callao. 336 
15. Cape of Good Hope, Coquimbo, City of Mexico, Con¬ 
cepcion . 336 
16. Fayal, Habana, Hongkong, Honolulu, Magdalena 
bay, Manila. . . 336 
17. Montevideo, Pernambuco, Paita, Panama, Petropav- 
lovsk, Punta Arenas. 336 
18. Rio Janeiro, St. Helena, Singapore, Shanghai. 336 
19. Sydney, Tahiti, Valparaiso. 336 
[20.] Portrait of G. Brown Goode.(facing) 398 
[21.] Portrait of Wm. B. Taylor.(facing) 418 
