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Proceedings of the stated monthly meeting, March 21, 1861
283 FRANKLIN INSTITUTE.
Proceedings of the Stated Monthly Meeting, March 21, 1861.] John C. Cresson, President, in the chair. John Agnew, Vice President. ) John F. Frazer, Treasurer. ~ Present. Isaac B. Garrigues, Recording Secretary. The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. Donations to the Library were received from tile Royal Astronomical Society, London; la Soei6t6 Industrielle de Mulhouse, and l'Ecole des Mines, Paris, France; Prof. A. Dallas Bache, Superintendent U. S. Coast Survey, Washington, D. C.; B. H. Latrobe, Esq., Baltimore, Md.; the Cooper Union, City of ~ew York ; the Board of Water Commissioners, Detroit, Michigan ; the Longview Asylum for the Insane, Columbus, OMo; the Pennsylvania Institution for the Blind, It. M. P. Birkenbine, Esq., Messrs. Merrick & Sons, Horatio Hubbell, Esq., Henry Howson, Esq., and Professors John C. Cresson and John F. Frazer, Philadelphia. The Periodicals received in exchange for the Journal of the Institute, were laid on the table. The Treasurer read his statement of the receipts and payments for the month of February. The Board of Managers and Standing Committees reported their minutes. Candidates for membership in the Institute (5) were proposed, and the candidates proposed at the last meeting (5) duly elected. The Actuary reported that the following Standing Committees have organized by electing their Chairman, and appointing their times for meeting, viz : Commiltee,
Chairman.
On Library, " Exhibitions, " Cabinet of Models,
George Erety, John E. Addicks, John L. Perkins,
Time of Meeh:ng. 1st Tuesday evening. 1st Thursday " 2d Monday ~'
Dr. Rand exhibited a specimen of fabric woven from the so-called "Fibrillia." This is prepared from flax, hemp, &c., by exposing the material to high pressure steam, and allowing it suddenly to escape into the air, by which the fibres are disintegrated and form a cottonlike mass. METEOROLOGY. For the Journal of the Franklin Institute.
The ~eteoroZogy of.PhiladeZphia. By JAMESA.
K I R K P A T R I C K ~ A.I~. FEBRUARY.--The month of February of this year was the warmest for the last ten years, with the exception of February, 1857~ which
Proceedings of the Stated Monthly Meeting, March 21, 1861.] John C. Cresson, President, in the chair. John Agnew, Vice President. ) John F. Frazer, Treasurer. ~ Present. Isaac B. Garrigues, Recording Secretary. The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. Donations to the Library were received from tile Royal Astronomical Society, London; la Soei6t6 Industrielle de Mulhouse, and l'Ecole des Mines, Paris, France; Prof. A. Dallas Bache, Superintendent U. S. Coast Survey, Washington, D. C.; B. H. Latrobe, Esq., Baltimore, Md.; the Cooper Union, City of ~ew York ; the Board of Water Commissioners, Detroit, Michigan ; the Longview Asylum for the Insane, Columbus, OMo; the Pennsylvania Institution for the Blind, It. M. P. Birkenbine, Esq., Messrs. Merrick & Sons, Horatio Hubbell, Esq., Henry Howson, Esq., and Professors John C. Cresson and John F. Frazer, Philadelphia. The Periodicals received in exchange for the Journal of the Institute, were laid on the table. The Treasurer read his statement of the receipts and payments for the month of February. The Board of Managers and Standing Committees reported their minutes. Candidates for membership in the Institute (5) were proposed, and the candidates proposed at the last meeting (5) duly elected. The Actuary reported that the following Standing Committees have organized by electing their Chairman, and appointing their times for meeting, viz : Commiltee,
Chairman.
On Library, " Exhibitions, " Cabinet of Models,
George Erety, John E. Addicks, John L. Perkins,
Time of Meeh:ng. 1st Tuesday evening. 1st Thursday " 2d Monday ~'
Dr. Rand exhibited a specimen of fabric woven from the so-called "Fibrillia." This is prepared from flax, hemp, &c., by exposing the material to high pressure steam, and allowing it suddenly to escape into the air, by which the fibres are disintegrated and form a cottonlike mass. METEOROLOGY. For the Journal of the Franklin Institute.
The ~eteoroZogy of.PhiladeZphia. By JAMESA.
K I R K P A T R I C K ~ A.I~. FEBRUARY.--The month of February of this year was the warmest for the last ten years, with the exception of February, 1857~ which