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PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON. 
GENERAL MEETINGS. 
1893. 
397th Meeting. January 7, 1893. 
The President, Mr. G. Brown Goode, in the chair. 
Fifty-five members and guests present. 
The President announced the following standing committees 
of the Society for 1893 : 
On Publications: 
Robert Fletcher, Chairman. W. A. De Caindry. 
Marcus Baker. W. C. Winlock. 
On Communications: 
J. S. Diller, Chairman. G. P. Merrill. 
J. R. Eastman. E. D. Preston. 
B. E. Fernow. Richard Rathbun. 
I. C. Russell. 
The following resolution was reported by the General Com¬ 
mittee : 
Resolved , That the General Committee recommend to the 
Society that it make provision for suitable commemorative 
exercises on the occasion of the four hundredth meeting of the 
Society. 
It was voted that a committee be appointed to consider the 
matter and report at the next meeting. 
As such committee the Chair appointed J. S. Diller, F. W. 
Clarke, and W. H. Dall. 
Mr. G. K. Gilbert made a communication entitled Illustra¬ 
tions of the physical history of the moon. [Published in this 
volume, pp. 241-292.] 
It was discussed by Messrs. Harrington, Abbott, Dall, Bige¬ 
low, Chapman, and Gilbert. 
