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barger ; on September 6, 1896, of Mr. G. Brown Goode ; on 
September 20, 1896, of Mr. W. C. Winlock. 
Mr. H. G. Ogden read a biographical sketch of Mr. Daniel 
Currier Chapman. [Published in this volume, pp. 381-384.] 
Mr. Simon Newcomb presented a communication on the Bib¬ 
liographical conference at London. [Not published.] 
It was discussed by Messrs. Baker, Adler, Dall, Sternberg, 
Mann, Paul, and the author. 
Mr. Rene de Saussure read a paper on A new trigonometry. 
It was discussed by Messrs. Baker, Harris, and Kummell. 
457th Meeting. November 14, 1896. 
President Clarke in the chair. 
Twenty-two members present. 
Mr. C. D. Walcott presented a communication on A geologic 
reconnaissance in western Nevada and eastern California. [Pub¬ 
lished under the title The Post-Pleistocene elevation of the 
Inyo range and the lake beds of Waucobi embayment, Inyo 
county, California; in Journal of Geology, 1897, vol. 5, no. 4, 
pp. 340-348; also separately.] * 
It was illustrated by a map and diagrams. 
Mr. T. W. Stanton read a paper, written by Mr. Wm. H. Dall, 
on Recent advances in malacology. [Published in Science, 1896, 
November 27, new series, vol. iv, no. 100, pp. 770-773.] 
Mr. J. Howard Gore read a paper on A Dutch experiment 
in socialism. 
458th Meeting. November 28, 1896. 
President Clarke in the chair. 
Twenty members present. 
Mr. Lester F. Ward read a paper on A reconnaissance 
through Indian Territory, Oklahoma, and southwestern Kan- 
