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446th Meeting. January 18, 1896. 
Vice-President Tittmann in the chair. 
Forty members and guests present. 
Mr. G. Brown Goode read a paper on The principles of mu¬ 
seum administration. [Published in Annual Report of Museum 
Association, York (England), 1895, 73 pp.; also separately.] 
It was discussed by Mr. Baker and the author. 
Mr. Isaac Winston made a communication on The present 
form of precise leveling apparatus in use by the U. S. Coast and 
Geodetic Survey. [Not published.] 
It was illustrated with instruments. 
Mr. G. R. Putnam read a paper on Results of recent pendulum 
observations. [Published in American Journal of Science, 1896, 
March, vol. i, pp. 186-192; also separately.] 
447th Meeting. February 1, 1896. 
President Clarke in the chair. 
Thirty-two members and guests present. 
Mr. Lester F. Ward read a paper on The filiation of the 
sciences. [An abstract of this paper was published in Science, 
1896, February 21, new series, vol. iii, no. 60, pp. 292-294.] 
It was discussed by Messrs. J. W. Powell and Henry Far- 
quhar. 
448th Meeting. February 15, 1896. 
President Clarke in the chair. 
Thirty-five members and guests present. 
Announcement was made of the election to membership of 
Ren£ de Saussure. 
