Download or read book Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for Promoting Useful Knowledge, 1861, Vol. 8 (Classic Reprint) written by American Philosophical Society and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-10 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for Promoting Useful Knowledge, 1861, Vol. 8 Stated Meeting, January 18, 1861. Present, twelve members. Professor cresson, vice-president, in the Chair. Letters were read from the Society of Antiquaries at Edinburgh, and from the Natural History Society of Northum berland, dated October 6, 1860, acknowledging the receipt of Transactions and Proceedings. Letters were received from the Kaiserliche Akademie der Wissenschaften, dated Wien, October, 1860, transmitting a donation to the library. A letter was received from the Botanical Society of Canada, dated Kingston, December 7, 1860, with a list of members, and information that all communications for the new Society are to be addressed to Professor Lawson. Donations for the Library were received from the Imperial Academies at St. Petersburg and Vienna, the United Societies in Altenburg, the American Antiquarian Society, the Frank lin Institute, the editors and publishers of the Cambridge Astronomical Journal and Journal of Science and Art, the Medical Journal and Medical News and Library, the Boston Public Library, Mr. Simon Newcomb, and Mr. Hugh Blair Grigsby. The Librarian laid upon the table a copy of N o. 64 of the Proceedings, with index, just published, completing Vol. VII. The following paper on Chinese and English Analogies was received from Mr. Pliny Chase, and the introduction read by the Secretary. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.