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that all calculation is dispensed with. [Published in this vol¬ 
ume, p. 233.] 
The paper was briefly discussed by Messrs. Marvin, Wead, and 
Hayford. 
Mr. J. F. Hayford then reported on The recent telegraphic 
determination of the longitude of Honolulu and the older 
determinations from 1555-1903. The final value is 10 h - 31 m - 
27 s -.24 dt .06. [Published in Science, Nov. 6, 1903; Engineer¬ 
ing News, Nov. 5, 1903.] 
Messrs. Paul and Hayden discussed the paper. 
Mr. J. H. Gore followed with a paper on The political parties 
and policies of Germany. He described the four great parties 
and their 17 subdivisions, with the principal features of their 
platforms in the recent election, and pointed out the significance 
of the elections. [Published by G. P. Putnam’s Sons, N. Y., 
1903.] 
Mr. Dutton, in discussing the paper, compared the various 
types of parliamentary bodies. 
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572d Meeting. October 24, 1903. 
President Gore in the chair. 
Twenty-three persons present. 
Mr. S. Newcomb spoke on The coming International Congress 
of Science and Art at St. Louis, September 19 to 24, 1904. He re¬ 
ferred to the dissatisfaction that had followed former Congresses, 
and the desire to provide something new for St. Louis. Two of 
the new features are noteworthy: the unity of science is to be 
emphasized by having a single Congress, though meeting in as 
many sections as may be necessary; second, the principal speakers 
are to be invited to present papers on specific assigned subjects. 
This rendered necessary a grouping of subjects; the grouping 
adopted by the Committee has already been published in the 
Atlantic. The. past summer the administrative committee, con¬ 
sisting of Professors Newcomb, Munsterberg, and Small, vis¬ 
ited the learned men of Europe, and secured promises from many 
of them to participate in the Congress. [Not published.] 
