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Insanity, signs of, ix
Interferometer, Discussion of meth-
ods of application in astronom-
ical research, viii

Miller, to determination of stel-
lar parallaxis, viii
Russell, to Astrophysical prob-
lems, viii

Schlesinger, to measurement of
double stars, viii

Ives, Intermittent vision at low inten-
sities, viii

J

Jackson, Manichaean fragments from
Turfan, v

Jastrow, Obituary Notice of, xxiv

Obituary Notice of J. G.
Rosengarten, x

Johnson, Transportation problems con-
fronting the American people, v

K

Kite, Letter on confusion of names
of Girard brothers, xx

L

Laws of Society, Amended, xxiii
Lewis, Hereditary influences on re-
sistance to tuberculosis, x

M

MacDougal, Effects of Bases and
Salts on the Hydration of Biocol-
loids and Cell Masses, vii, 15

Growth and other changes in
tree trunk, vii, 7
Magnetism, relation between terres-
trial and atmospheric electricity, x
Malnutrition and irregularities from
crossing, vii

Man, Antiquity of, in California, iv
Manichaean Fragments, v

Mayor, Rose Atoll, Samoa, viii, 62
Magellanic Premium, xxiii
Meeting, Stated General, iv
Members admitted:

Ames, Herman V., xx
Birkhoff, George David, xi
Carty, John J., xx
Curtis, H. D., vi

Curie, Madam Marie S., xxi
Crew, Henry, xx
Dickinson, Leonard E., vii
Duane, Wm., x

Duggar, Benj. M., xx
Eigenmann, C. H., vi
Gest, John Marshall, x
Haskins, Chas. Homer, xx
Hrdlicka, Ales, iv
Jameson, J. Franklin, iv
Johnson, Douglas, xi
Lippincott, J. Bertram, xx
Lewis, Gilbert N., x
Noguchi, Hideyo, xi
Osborne, Thomas B., xx
Rhoads, Chas. J., xx
Swasey, Ambrose, vi
White, David, xx
Members deceased:

Allen, Joel Asaph, xxiii
Barker, Wharton, iv
Baugh, Daniel, iv

Bennett, Charles E., xxi
Bumstead, Henry A., iii
Cushing, Henry Platt, xxiii
Fraley, Joseph C., xxiii
Hiller, Hiram M., xxiii
Jastrow, Morris, xxiii
Nys, Prof. Ernest, iv
Pettit, Henry, xxiii
Rosa, Edw. B., xxiii
Rosengarten, Joseph G., iv
Sedgwick, Wm. T., iv
Stevenson, Sara York, xxiv
Waldeyer, Wilhelm von, iv
Woodward, Henry, xxiii
Members elected:

Ames, Herman V., ix
Birkhoff, George David, ix
Carty, John J., ix

Chapman, Frank M., ix
Crew, Henry, ix
Duggar, Benj. M.. ix
Gest, John Marshall, ix
Haskins, Chas. Homer, ix
Henderson, Lawrence J., ix
Lippincott, J. Bertram, ix
Noguchi, Hideyo, ix
Osborne, Thos. B., ix
Rhoads. Charles J., ix
Sliper, Vesto M., ix
White, David, ix

Merriman, Antiquity of Man in Cal-
ifornia, iv

Mesopotamia, archeological explora-
tion in, x

Metals, unusual, tension, etc., vii
Minutes, iii-xxiv

Moore, Announcement of award of
Henry M. Phillips Prize. xi
Moulton, Astronomical explorations
in space and time, viii

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FOUNDED IN 1786 BY JOHN HYACINTH DE MAGELLAN, OF LONDON

1923

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ANNOUNCES THAT IN

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