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THE Astronomical Association held their eleventh general meeting this year at Geneva from Aug. 19 to 22 inclusive, and the representatives of so many nations were present that the meeting fully bore out the character of an international one. Among the fifty members, or thereabouts, attending were: Struve, from Pulkowa; Newcomb, from Washington; Christie, from Greenwich; Dunér, from Lund; Pechule, from Copenhagen; Tietjen, from Berlin; Krüger, from Kiel; Schur, from Strassburg; Tisserand, from Paris; Spörer, from Potsdam. The office-bearers were: Auwers, from Berlin, President; Schönfekl, from Bonn, and Seeliger, from Munich, Secretaries; Bruns, from Leipzig, Treasurer: while Bakhuyzen, from Leiden, Gyldén, from Stockholm, and Weiss, from Vienna, were honorary members of the Committee. Prof. Oppolzer, who was also a member of the Committee, was unable to attend.
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The Astronomical Association . Nature 32, 516–518 (1885). https://doi.org/10.1038/032516b0
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