stated meeting may 17, 1907
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Stated Meeting May 17, 1907Source: Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, Vol. 46, No. 186 (Apr. - Sep., 1907),p. 301Published by: American Philosophical SocietyStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/983741 .
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1907.] MINUTES. 301
Stated Meeting May I7,I907. Mr. Horace C. Richards, a newly elected member, was presented
to the chair and took his seat in the Society. Acknowledgments of election to membership and acceptances of
the same were received from: George Carey Foster, F.R.S., D.Sc., LL.D., Rickmansworth,
Herts, England. John C. Kepteyn, Groningen, Holland. Sir William Turner, K.C.B., D.Sc., D.C.L., F.R.S. The decease of the following members was announced: Prof. Albert Henry Smyth, at Philadelphia, on May 4, I907,
aet. 44. Prof. Albert Reville, of Paris.
Dr. J. G. Rosengarten read an obituary notice of the late Prof. Albert H. Smyth.
The following papers were read: " The Mating Habits of Dragon-Flies," by Dr. Philip P. Calvert. "A Comparative Review of the East Indian Pitcher Plants or
Nepenthes," by Prof. John M. Macfarlane. "New Derivatives of Columbium," by Dr. Edgar F. Smith.
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