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Proceedings of the Stated Meeting, held Wednesday, October 15, 1890
Nov., I89o.
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U. S. Naval Observatory : Observations made during the Year 1884. Report of the Superintendent for ~889. From the Observatory. U. S. Patent Office, La Propri,Std Industrielle. ~889. 5' volume. Patel~t I.aws. Rules of Practice. Specitications and Drawings. May to November, I889. From the Office. U. S, Signal Office : Annual Report of the Chief for I889, Daily International Chart. July to l)ecember, I884 . Tri-daily Meteorological Record. November and December, 1878. From the Office. U. S. Treasury I)epartment: Bureau of Statistics. Annual Statement of the Imports and F.xports. From Edward Stern & Co. Annual Report of the Commission of Internal Revenue. 1884 to 1889. From the Commissioner. Quarterly Report of the Chief, No. 2. 1889-9o. Statistical Abstract. Eleventh Number. From the Bureau. Proceedings of the Thirty-eighth Annual Meeting of the Board of Supervising Inspectors of Steam Vessels. Part 2. From the Supervising Inspector-General, Report of the Director of the Mint on Precious Metals for 1889. From the Director.
Franklin
Institute,
[troceeainv s af the Slated ~eetz~zr, held l,Vednesday, October JS, 189o.]
HALL OF THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE, PHILADELPHIA, October I5, 189°" Jos. M. WHJsox, President, in the Chair. Present, 204 members and thirty-six visitors. Additions to membership since last report, seven. The Secretary reported the resignations of Messrs. Francis LeClere and J. H. Eastwick as members of the Committee on Science and the Arts, An election was ordered to fill the vacancies, and resulted in the choice o f ~ Mr. Reuben Haines to fill the unexpired term of Mr. Eastwick; and of Mr. Arthur Church, for the unexpired term of Mr. LeClere. Mr. Alfred Shedlock0 of New York, exhibited an improved lamp for
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c~Lgineeril~ ~ u>~e~, inlended for the illunlin;~tion of large areas, a n d d e s c r i b e d i~s con!,tructilm and operation. (Referred fl~r publication.) Mr. 5. Lloyd \Viegand presented a description, with illustrations, o f t h e I l a m m o n d lypewriter, e m b o d y i n g the results of the examination of t h i s instrument by the Committee on Science a n d the Arts. At the conclusion of his remarks, Mr. Edw. j. M:~nning, a n expert o p e r a tot, gave a r e m a r k a b l e (temonstration of the celerity with which the i n s t r u m e n t could be worked. T a k i n g a g i v e n s e n t e n c e of ten words, h e s u c c e e d e d , il~ four successive trials (each of one m i u u t e ' s duration, accurately t i m e d ) , i n writing, respectively, J 3o, t6o, x7o, a n d 17o words. Mr. W. N. J e n n i n g s exhibited an intercsting suite of photographs of v i e w s t a k e n by himself in a recent visit to Chinatown, in San Francisco, Cal. T h e Secretary's report was omitted, on account of the lateness of t h e , hour. T h e Secretary m a d e m e n t i o n of the fact that 1)r. l'ersifor i"razer, P r o f e s sor of Chemistry in the Institute, h a d received the decoration of the P a l m . s ,>f the A c a d e m y as Officer of Public Instruction, from the G o v e r n m e n t o f Krance. Mr. (;. M. Eldridge offered the following preamble a n d resolutions, w h i c h , on being put to vote, were adopted without dissent, viz: Wm,;t<1,;AS, An act to increase the efficiency and reduce the e x p e n s e s o f the Signal Corps of the A r m y , a n d to transfer the W e a t h e r Service to t h e D e p a r t m e n t ot Agriculture has b e c o m e a law ; and, Wm~.Rl':as, The high s t a n d a r d a n d efficiency of the P e n n s y l v a n i a S t a t e W e a t h e r Service, u n d e r the direction of the Meteorological C o m m i t t e e o f F r a n k l i n Institute, is largely due to the aid received from the Signal S e r v i c e of the Army ; therefore,
]]e i! rc'sol~wd, T h a t the t h a n k s of the F r a n k l i n Institute are due a n d a r e hereby tendered-"I"o General A. W. C-reely for the liberal policy he has pursued t o w a r d s t h e Pennsylvania State W e a t h e r Service; To Capt. H. H. C. D u n w o o d y for his v a l u a b l e aid in the organization o f t h e State Service a n d his active interest in promoting its growth a n d u s e f u l ness ; To Sergt. T. F. T o w n s e n d for his energy a n d zeal in carrying o u t i h e instructions and wishes of the Meteorological Committee ; A n d to the Corps of Observers and D i s p l a y m e n who have freely c o n t r i b u t e d their labors i:,. bringing the Service to its present high s t a n d a r d . . A n d be it further,
Resolved, T h a t in the reorganization of tire W e a t h e r Bureau it is t h e h o p e of the F r a n k l i n Institute that the State Service m a y continue to r e c e i v e t h e same substantial aid as in the past, in order that it m a y prove a still m o r e important auxiliary to the work of the National W e a t h e r Bureau. Adjourned.
WM. H. WAHL, Xccretar¥.
/~roccc:tD~s, etc.
415
U. S. Naval Observatory : Observations made during the Year 1884. Report of the Superintendent for ~889. From the Observatory. U. S. Patent Office, La Propri,Std Industrielle. ~889. 5' volume. Patel~t I.aws. Rules of Practice. Specitications and Drawings. May to November, I889. From the Office. U. S, Signal Office : Annual Report of the Chief for I889, Daily International Chart. July to l)ecember, I884 . Tri-daily Meteorological Record. November and December, 1878. From the Office. U. S. Treasury I)epartment: Bureau of Statistics. Annual Statement of the Imports and F.xports. From Edward Stern & Co. Annual Report of the Commission of Internal Revenue. 1884 to 1889. From the Commissioner. Quarterly Report of the Chief, No. 2. 1889-9o. Statistical Abstract. Eleventh Number. From the Bureau. Proceedings of the Thirty-eighth Annual Meeting of the Board of Supervising Inspectors of Steam Vessels. Part 2. From the Supervising Inspector-General, Report of the Director of the Mint on Precious Metals for 1889. From the Director.
Franklin
Institute,
[troceeainv s af the Slated ~eetz~zr, held l,Vednesday, October JS, 189o.]
HALL OF THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE, PHILADELPHIA, October I5, 189°" Jos. M. WHJsox, President, in the Chair. Present, 204 members and thirty-six visitors. Additions to membership since last report, seven. The Secretary reported the resignations of Messrs. Francis LeClere and J. H. Eastwick as members of the Committee on Science and the Arts, An election was ordered to fill the vacancies, and resulted in the choice o f ~ Mr. Reuben Haines to fill the unexpired term of Mr. Eastwick; and of Mr. Arthur Church, for the unexpired term of Mr. LeClere. Mr. Alfred Shedlock0 of New York, exhibited an improved lamp for
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I J. F. I.
c~Lgineeril~ ~ u>~e~, inlended for the illunlin;~tion of large areas, a n d d e s c r i b e d i~s con!,tructilm and operation. (Referred fl~r publication.) Mr. 5. Lloyd \Viegand presented a description, with illustrations, o f t h e I l a m m o n d lypewriter, e m b o d y i n g the results of the examination of t h i s instrument by the Committee on Science a n d the Arts. At the conclusion of his remarks, Mr. Edw. j. M:~nning, a n expert o p e r a tot, gave a r e m a r k a b l e (temonstration of the celerity with which the i n s t r u m e n t could be worked. T a k i n g a g i v e n s e n t e n c e of ten words, h e s u c c e e d e d , il~ four successive trials (each of one m i u u t e ' s duration, accurately t i m e d ) , i n writing, respectively, J 3o, t6o, x7o, a n d 17o words. Mr. W. N. J e n n i n g s exhibited an intercsting suite of photographs of v i e w s t a k e n by himself in a recent visit to Chinatown, in San Francisco, Cal. T h e Secretary's report was omitted, on account of the lateness of t h e , hour. T h e Secretary m a d e m e n t i o n of the fact that 1)r. l'ersifor i"razer, P r o f e s sor of Chemistry in the Institute, h a d received the decoration of the P a l m . s ,>f the A c a d e m y as Officer of Public Instruction, from the G o v e r n m e n t o f Krance. Mr. (;. M. Eldridge offered the following preamble a n d resolutions, w h i c h , on being put to vote, were adopted without dissent, viz: Wm,;t<1,;AS, An act to increase the efficiency and reduce the e x p e n s e s o f the Signal Corps of the A r m y , a n d to transfer the W e a t h e r Service to t h e D e p a r t m e n t ot Agriculture has b e c o m e a law ; and, Wm~.Rl':as, The high s t a n d a r d a n d efficiency of the P e n n s y l v a n i a S t a t e W e a t h e r Service, u n d e r the direction of the Meteorological C o m m i t t e e o f F r a n k l i n Institute, is largely due to the aid received from the Signal S e r v i c e of the Army ; therefore,
]]e i! rc'sol~wd, T h a t the t h a n k s of the F r a n k l i n Institute are due a n d a r e hereby tendered-"I"o General A. W. C-reely for the liberal policy he has pursued t o w a r d s t h e Pennsylvania State W e a t h e r Service; To Capt. H. H. C. D u n w o o d y for his v a l u a b l e aid in the organization o f t h e State Service a n d his active interest in promoting its growth a n d u s e f u l ness ; To Sergt. T. F. T o w n s e n d for his energy a n d zeal in carrying o u t i h e instructions and wishes of the Meteorological Committee ; A n d to the Corps of Observers and D i s p l a y m e n who have freely c o n t r i b u t e d their labors i:,. bringing the Service to its present high s t a n d a r d . . A n d be it further,
Resolved, T h a t in the reorganization of tire W e a t h e r Bureau it is t h e h o p e of the F r a n k l i n Institute that the State Service m a y continue to r e c e i v e t h e same substantial aid as in the past, in order that it m a y prove a still m o r e important auxiliary to the work of the National W e a t h e r Bureau. Adjourned.
WM. H. WAHL, Xccretar¥.