PROCEEDINGS 
OF THE 
MATHEMATICAL SECTION. 
1892 TO 1894. 
FROM THE MINUTES. 
65th Meeting. February 17, 1892. 
The Chairman, Mr. Gore, presided. 
Present, nineteen members and guests. 
The annual election of officers was held and resulted in the 
reflection of J. H. Gore as Chairman and G. E. Curtis as Sec¬ 
retary. 
Mr. Asaph Hall made a communication entitled The capture 
of comets. 
Remarks were made by Messrs. Hill and Farquhar. 
Mr. R. S. Woodward made a communication entitled The 
general problem of least squares and a solution of one of the 
higher special cases. 
Remarks were made by Messrs. Hall and Kummell. 
66th Meeting. March 30, 1892. 
Mr. M. H. Doolittle presided. 
Six members present. 
Mr. C. H. Kummell began the presentation of a communica¬ 
tion entitled Symmetries of the cubic and methods of treating 
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