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PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON. 
Announcement was made of the death, on February 3, 1895, 
of Mr. George E. Curtis. 
The following biographical sketches were read: 
Mr. James Clark Welling, written and read by Mr. J. 
Howard Gore. [Published in Bulletin of the Philosophical 
Society of Washington, vol. xii, pp. 486-496.] 
Mr. Robert Stanton Avery, written and read by Mr. L. P. 
Shidy. [Published in Bulletin of the Philosophical Society of 
Washington, vol. xii, pp. 435-442.] 
Mr. Garrick Mallery, written and read by Mr. Robert 
Fletcher. [Published in Bulletin of the Philosophical Society 
of Washington, vol. xii, pp. 466-471.] 
Mr. Mark W. Harrington read a paper on The Central 
American rainfall. [Published in this volume, pp. 1-30.] 
433d Meeting. March 2, 1895. 
President Ball in the chair. 
Thirty-two members and guests present. 
Announcement was made of the death, on February 25,1895, 
of Mr. William B. Taylor. 
Mr. Wm. H. Dall read a paper on The discovery of marine 
fossils in the Pampean formation by Dr. H. von Ihering. [Pub¬ 
lished in Science, 1895, April 19, new series, vol. 1, no. 16, pp. 
421-423.] 
Mr. Alexander McAdie read a paper entitled New cloud 
classifications. [Published in this volume, pp. 77-86.] 
It was discussed by Mr. Harrington. 
Mr. Rogers Birnie read a paper on The army magazine rifle, 
caliber 30, model of 1892. [The facts presented in this paper 
were published in the Report of a Board of Officers convened to 
select magazine arms for the United States military service, 
in pamphlet form and as Appendix 9, Report of the Chief of 
Ordnance, U. S. Army, 1892.] 
