National Geographic Magazine/Volume 1/Number 1/Proceedings of the National Geographic Society
PROCEEDINGS
OF THE
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY.
ABSTRACT OF MINUTES.
First Regular Meeting, Feb. 17, 1888.—Held in the Law Lecture room of Columbian University, the president, Mr. Hubbard, in the chair.
The president delivered an inaugural address.
Major J. W. Powell lectured on the Physiography of the United States.
Second Regular Meeting, March 3, 1888.—Held in the Law Lecture room of the Columbia University, vice-president Bartlett in the chair.
Paper: Patagonia, by Mr. W. E. Curtiss.
Third Regular Meeting, March 17, 1888.—Held in the Assembly Hall of the Cosmos Club, the president, Mr. Hubbard, in the chair.
Paper: Physical Geography of the Sea, by Commander J. R. Bartlett.
Fourth Regular Meeting, March 31, 1888.—Held in the Assembly Hall of the Cosmos Club, the president, Mr. Hubbard, in the chair.
Discussion was had on the proposed Physical Atlas of the United States, participated in by Messrs. Gannett, Gilbert, Ogden, Greely, Marcus Baker, Willis, Bartlett, Merriam, Ward, Henshaw and Abbe.
Fifth Regular Meeting, April 13, 1888.—Held in the Assembly Hall of the Cosmos Club, vice-president Merriam in the chair.
The discussion of the proposed Physical Atlas of the United States was continued, and was participated in by Messrs. Marcus Baker, Greely, Willis, Cosmos Mindeleff, Gilbert Thompson, Kenaston, Gannett and Van Deman.
Paper: The Survey of the Coast, by Mr. Herbert G. Ogden.—(Published in Vol. 1, No. 1, "National Geographic Magazine.")
Sixth Regular Meeting, April 27, 1888.—Held in the Assembly Hall of the Cosmos Club, the president, Mr. Hubbard, in the chair.
Papers: The Great Storm of March 11-14, 1888, by Gen. A. W. Greely and Mr. Everett Hayden.—(Published in Vol. 1, No. 1, "National Geographic Magazine.")
Geographic Methods in Geologic Investigation, by Prof. W. M. Davis. (Published in Vol. 1, No. 1, "National Geographic Magazine.")
Seventh Regular Meeting, May 11, 1888.—Held in the Assembly Hall of the Cosmos Club, vice-president Merriam in the chair.
Papers: The Survey and Map of Massachusetts, by Mr. Henry Gannett. (Published in Vol. 1, No. 1, "National Geographic Magazine.")
Graphic Triangulation, by Mr. W. D. Johnson.
Eighth Regular Meeting, May 25, 1888.—Held in the Assembly Hall of the Cosmos Club, vice-president Merriam in the chair.
Papers: The Classification of Geographic Forms by Genesis, by Mr. W. J. McGee.—(Published in Vol. 1, No. 1, "National Geographic Magazine.")
The Classification of Topographic Forms, by Mr. G. K. Gilbert.
The North Winds of California, by Mr. Gilbert Thompson.