PROCEEDINGS. 
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483th Meeting. October 29, 1898. 
President Bigelow in the chair. 
Twenty-three members present. 
Mr. Cleveland Abbe read a communication on Weather, 
climate, and crops. [Not published.] 
It was discussed by Messrs. Baker, Paul, Bigelow, Doolittle, 
and Gore. 
Mr. Rollin A. Harris read a communication on Particular 
solutions of certain partial differential equations occurring in 
mathematical physics. 
It was discussed by Messrs. Bigelow, Abbe, and Gore. 
489th Meeting. November 12, 1898. 
President Bigelow in the chair. 
Twenty-two members present. 
Mr. E. Goodfellow read a paper on The Philippines. 
It was discussed by Messrs. Abbe, Bigelow, Dall, Gore, 
Proctor, and Ogden. 
490th Meeting. November 26, 1898. 
President Bigelow in the chair. 
Twenty-six members and guests present. 
Mr. E. D. Preston read a paper on The International Geo¬ 
detic Association meeting at Stuttgart, October 3-12,1898. [Pub¬ 
lished in Science, 1898, December 16, new series, vol. viii, no. 
207, pp. 841-847.] 
It was discussed by Messrs. Bigelow, Pritchett, and Gore. 
Mr. Cyrus Adler read a paper on The International Catalogue 
of Scientific Literature. 
It was discussed by Messrs. Bigelow, Paul, Dall, and Wead. 
