Slash Reserve, the American Association for the Advancement of Science

Elisha foote was elected to the american association for the advancement of science at its tenth meeting, which was held in albany, new york in august of 18 ffty six. Eunis's paper is listed in the programme immediately after elisha's, with a note that it was to be read by professor henry. That was professor joseph enry, who was the first secretary of the smithsonian institution and a past president of the triple a s. According to the programme, he was to read his paper on friday, august 20 second, but some accounts place it as happening on the 20 third. And at that meeting,