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lished in American Journal of Science. 8°, New Haven, 1892, 
June, 3d ser., vol. 43, no. 258, pp. 496-508.] 
There being no time for discussion, the meeting at 10.05 
adjourned. 
384th Meeting. March 12, 1892. 
Vice-President Fletcher in the chair. 
Thirty-six members and guests present. 
Mr. B: Pickman Mann read a paper entitled An attempted 
solution of a social problem. [Not published.] 
It was discussed by Messrs. Bigelow, Dall, Bacon, Riley, 
and Mann. 
Mr. A. S. Christie read a paper entitled Remarks on the 
diurnal variation of the barometer. [Published in this volume, 
pp. 67-70.] 
It was discussed by Messrs. Greely, Harrington, Hazen, 
Bigelow, Mendenhall, and Christie. 
385th Meeting. March 26, 1892. 
President Gilbert in the chair. 
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Fifty-five members and guests present. 
Mr. S. P. Langley read a biographical notice of General M. C. 
Meigs. [Published in this volume, pp. 471-476.] 
Mr. L. F. Ward read a paper on The new psychology and 
what it promises. It consisted of a condensation of part 2, chap¬ 
ters 1-29, of a volume afterwards published under the title The 
psychic factors of civilization. 8°, Boston, Ginn & Co., 1893. 
It was discussed by Messrs. Powell, Ward, Harris, and 
Riley. 
