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Excerpt from Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, Vol. 47: Held at Philadelphia for Promoting Useful Knowledge
A letter was received from the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, inviting the Society to be represented at the Memorial Exercises in honor of Lord Kelvin, to be held on January 12, at 3 P. M.; and from Vice-President Scott announcing the appointment of Mr. Andrew Carnegie and Professor Michael I. Pupin to represent the Society on the occasion.
A letter was received from the Committee of Organization of the First Congress of Chemistry and Physics in memory of the celebrated Russian Chemist, Mendeleeff, announcing that the Congress will be held at the University of St. Petersburg on the second to the twelfth of January, 1908.
The decease was announced of Professor Charles Augustus Young, at Hanover, N. H., on January 3, 1908, aet. 78.
Professor Leo Loeb read a paper on "Tumor Growth and Tissue Growth."
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