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Abstract

THE next meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science will be held in Philadelpnia, probably during the first week in September, 1884. At the session in Minneapolis the following persons were chosen as officers for the Philadelphia meeting:—President, Dr.J. P. Leslie, of Philadelphia; Vice-Presidents: Section A (Mathematics and Astronomy), Prof. H. T. Eddy, of Cincinnati; B (Physics), Prof. John Trowbridge, of Cambridge; C (Chemistry), Prof. J. W. Langley, of Ann Arbour; D (Mechanical Science), Prof. R. H. Thurston, of Hoboken; E (Geology and Geography), Prof. N. H. Winchell, of Minneapolis; F (Biology), Prof. E. D. Cope, of Philadelphia; G (Histology and Microscopy), Prof. T. G. Wormley, of Philadelphia; H (Anthropology), Prof. E. S. Morse, of Salem; I (Economic Science and Statistics), Hon. John Eaton, of Washington; permanent secretary, Mr. F. W. Putnam, of Cambridge; general secretary, Dr. Alfred Springer, of Cincinnati; assistant general secretary, Prof. E. S. Holden, of Madison.