Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-04-12

SANANs IN COUNCIL
The thirteenth annual session of this Academy
~as commenced at II m. to-day, at Lincoln
Hall; the President, Prof Joseph Henry, in the
chair. The following are the officers on the
Academy - President, Professor Joseph Henry;
Vice President, Professor Vim. Chsuyenet;
Heme Secretary, DIR. WOlcott Gibbs; Foreign
Secretary, Professor Louis Agassiz: Treasurer
Professor Fairman Rogers; Clerk, John T.
Hoover.
The Academy is composed of fifty members.
selected from the first scientific men OF the
country, and was incorporated by Congress in
lstG, for the purpose, when called on bv any
department Of the Government, ofinvestigating
experimenting and reporting upon any subject
of science or art without compensation, the act
nal expense OF such estigations or expert
ments to be borne BY the Government
Among those present were Professor 8. F.
BaiTd, of the Smithsonian Institute; j. III. G..
Coffin and Simon Newcomb, of the U. =. Naval
Observatory; Woleott Gibbs. OF Harvard Uni
NeTsity, j. z Hfigard, u. s. Coast Survey; NJ.
u. Mshan, l.. 5: Military Academy at West
Point; BENJAMIN Siiliman and II. A. Newton
of Yale College; Fairman Rogers, of Philadel-
phia. l.. VI. Rutherford, of New York: a Guyot
of Prnceton. n. J D.. II. Conn, of Lafayette
College, EastOn, Pa; Benjamin PIERCE Super
iEfeldent L. ). Coast Survey; +. A. r. Barnard.
President Columbia College, New York: Dr.
.Iohn Terrey. of New York; Generals John O..
miral c. H. Davis, L. 5. Navy. Prof. Agassiz
II sick and will not be present.
HE spectators were not so numerous "a on
IL.
dience was made up largely OF thoughtfirl cult
waited people, able to follow the proceedings W tin
interest. Among those present were Gen. Della
held, Us. Army; b. Ii. French, Esq, jas. e.
Mcclure, ESQ.,, G.. A. Schafer, u. s.. Patent
Office; Prof. e. III. Schott, L. ). Coast Survey:
Gen j. G.. ROdman, L. =. Army; Prof j. III
Hardness, L. ). Naval Observatory; Hon Peter
Parker, and others Quite number of ladies
were presen mt. among them Mrs. Bailey. widow
of the late Gamaliel Bailey, OF the National
Era.
The following papers were entered for RAD
ing prev Gus to the opening of the session: s.TLe
classification Of clouds by Professor Poly, of
Horana The influence of the interior struc-
tnre OF the earth on procession and mutation,
BY Henry u. q. Barnard. 'Obseryations on
the measurement and inconographpy OF
Sranla by George A. Otis, Assistant
Army Medical Museum; also, by DIR. Otis a
paper on artificial reformation of skuIIs;''
OF the relations of the four architypes of struc-
ture OF the animal kingdom as part OF one life
system, by Professor A. Guyot; on the coming
them, by Professor Simon NewcOmb: on liz
mites OF Western America, by Professor j. 3
Ne~berry; considerations on the apparent in
equalitles OF the long period in the moons mean
by Professor Newconb; meridianal arcs meas,
ored IN connection with the United States Coast
Survey, by Professor Hilgard Other papers
Will be entered on the arrival CT members
me asurement of wave lengths by means of in
thees of refractOn" and illustrated the same by
mathematical calculations.
frof- simon Newo0mb tn en- read q paper on
observing them, which he illustrated by dia-
grams.
Prof. Bilyard read paper On Meridiaual
arcs Measured in Connection with the L. s.
The sessions Of the Academy viii continue for
some DAYS.