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Stated Monthly Meeting, February 17, 1943
THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE. S T A T E D M O N T H L Y M E E T I N G , F E B R U A R Y 17, 1 9 4 3 .
The stated monthly meeting of The Franklin Institute was called to order at 8:2o by Mr. Charles S. Redding, President. The National Anthem was played. The President announced that the minutes for the J a n u a r y meeting were published in full in the JOURNAL OF TI~E FRANKLIN INSTITUTE for February and that if no objection were raised, they would be declared approved as printed. They were so approved. The Chairman called upon the Assistant Secretary, Dr. John Frazer, for a report. Dr. Frazer stated that since the last meeting the following additions have been made to membership: Honorary .................................. Sustaining .................................. Active . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Associate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Student . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ioo 39 24
Total
I65
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I
In accordance with our usual custom Dr. F r a z e r then moved t h a t the two Franklin Medalists for the year I943 be elected to honorary membership in The Franklin Institute and proposed: Dr. George Washington Pierce 7 Berkeley Place Cambridge, Massachusetts Dr. Harold Clayton Urey 355 Highwood Avenue Leonia, New Jersey The motion having been seconded and carried unanimously, the Chair declared these gentlemen duly elected. Mr. Redding then introduced the speaker of the evening, Dr. Charles F. Brooks, Director, Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory, Harvard University, who spoke to a large and interested audience on the subject of "Snowstorms." By means of slides and motion pictures, Dr. Brooks illustrated t h a t snowstorms were caused by the interaction of cold and warm air masses and e n d e d his talk by explaining methods of forecasting snowstorms. His paper in full will be published in a subsequent number of the Journal. At the end of his talk Dr. Brooks kindly answered questions from the floor. The meeting was dismissed with a rising vote of thanks at 9:55 p.m. 293
The stated monthly meeting of The Franklin Institute was called to order at 8:2o by Mr. Charles S. Redding, President. The National Anthem was played. The President announced that the minutes for the J a n u a r y meeting were published in full in the JOURNAL OF TI~E FRANKLIN INSTITUTE for February and that if no objection were raised, they would be declared approved as printed. They were so approved. The Chairman called upon the Assistant Secretary, Dr. John Frazer, for a report. Dr. Frazer stated that since the last meeting the following additions have been made to membership: Honorary .................................. Sustaining .................................. Active . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Associate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Student . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ioo 39 24
Total
I65
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I
In accordance with our usual custom Dr. F r a z e r then moved t h a t the two Franklin Medalists for the year I943 be elected to honorary membership in The Franklin Institute and proposed: Dr. George Washington Pierce 7 Berkeley Place Cambridge, Massachusetts Dr. Harold Clayton Urey 355 Highwood Avenue Leonia, New Jersey The motion having been seconded and carried unanimously, the Chair declared these gentlemen duly elected. Mr. Redding then introduced the speaker of the evening, Dr. Charles F. Brooks, Director, Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory, Harvard University, who spoke to a large and interested audience on the subject of "Snowstorms." By means of slides and motion pictures, Dr. Brooks illustrated t h a t snowstorms were caused by the interaction of cold and warm air masses and e n d e d his talk by explaining methods of forecasting snowstorms. His paper in full will be published in a subsequent number of the Journal. At the end of his talk Dr. Brooks kindly answered questions from the floor. The meeting was dismissed with a rising vote of thanks at 9:55 p.m. 293