392 
Fairchild, C. S., 308, 309. 
letter of, on sugar determinations, 308. 
Faraday, Michael, 28. 
Farlow, Wm. G., 84. 
Farnam, Wm. W., letter of, 97. 
Ferguson, Professor, 306. 
Ferrel, William, 253, 290. 
Fillebrown, Lieut., 231. 
First organization of Academy, 25. 
Fizeau, M., 49. 
Folsom, C. W., 238. 
Foreign associates of Academy, first list of, 
28. 
Forest policy, committee on the inaugura- 
tion of a, 314. 
recommendations of committee on, 319. 
Forest reserve, report of committee on 
National Appalachian, 324. 
Forests of White Mts. and Appalachians, 
resolutions on, 93. 
Foster, Sir Michael, 86. 
Foucault, J. B. L., 49. 
Fractional currency, committee on water- 
proofing, 261. 
Francis, D. R., 317. 
Franklin, Benjamin, 7, 12. 
Franklin Institute, 226. 
Franklin, Sir John, 311. 
Frazer, J. F., 21, 36, 42, 218, 223, 231. 
biographical sketch of, 132. 
Freer, P: €., 329. 
French, H. F., 302. 
Hrye;eat) Di 2r7. 
Fua, Mr., 253, 254. 
Gallinger, Jacob H., 77, 78. 
Garfield, President, 61. 
Gay Lussac, J. L., 219. 
Geikie, Sir Archibald, 92. 
Genth, F. A., 265. 
Geological Congress, International, 92, 99. 
Geological Society of London, 93. 
Geological Survey, committee on, 295. 
Geological Survey of Pennsylvania, reports 
of, resolution relating to, 77. 
Gibbs Fund. (See Wolcott Gibbs Fund.) 
Gibbs, Wolcott, 21, 23, 38, 48, 49, 72, 73, 
76, 77, 78, 84, 93, 206, 207, 213, 215, 
227, 255, 280, 290, 302, 316, 317, 320. 
biographical sketch of, 133. 
death of, 93. 
elected President of the Academy, 48, 77. 
elected Vice-President of Academy, 38. 
resignation of as President of the 
Academy, 84. 
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Gilbert, Grove K., 92. 
Gilder, W. H., 311, 312. 
Gill, Sir David, awarded Watson Medal, 
82. 
Gill, Theodore N., 79, 84. 
Gilliss, James M., 30, 34, 36, 221, 260. 
biographical sketch of, 135. 
Glucose, committee on, 293. 
Goessman, C. A., 286. 
Goodale, George L., 81. 
Goode, G. Brown, 7. 
Gould, A. A., 31, 34, 51, 52. 
biographical sketch of, 137. 
Gould, Alice Bache, letter of, establishing 
Gould Fund, 79. 
Gould, Benjamin Apthorp, 4, 9, 10, 23, 27, 
28, 38, 53, 73, 76, 79, 85, 207, 253- 
astronomical works of, 53. 
biographical sketch of, 138. 
first Watson Medal awarded to, 53. 
Gould Fund (see Benjamin Apthorp Gould 
Fund), 79, 96. 
Government collections at the Centennial 
Exhibition, resolution on, 43. 
Government, scientific work under the, com- 
mittee on, 330. 
list of reports of committees on behalf of, 
348. 
Gray, Asa, 76. 
biographical sketch of, 140. 
Greeley, A. W., 312. 
Green, F. M., 52. 
Grey, Wilbur M., 282. 
Greytown Harbor, Nicaragua, committee 
on the improvement of, 31, 247. 
Guyot, Arnold, 11, 30, 206, 223. 
biographical sketch of, 142. 
Hague, Arnold, 10, 92, 93, 99, 102, 316, 320. 
Hale, Eugene, 295, 299. 
Hale, George E., 85, 88, 92, 93, 95, 98. 
awarded Henry Draper Medal, 85. 
Hall, Asaph, 63, 267, 306, 325. 
Hall, Chas. F., 39, 40, 41. 
Hall, James, 76, 85. 
biographical sketch of, 145. 
Hall’s Third Arctic Expedition, instructions 
for, 40. 
remarks on, by Henry, 41. 
Hamilton, Sir Wm. Rowan, 28. 
Harkness, William, 36, 37, 258, 260. 
Hartford, U. S. S., 63, 64, 65. 
Hastings, Chas. S., 64, 309, 314. 
Hay, John, letters from, regarding Declara- 
tion of Independence, 281, 283. 
Hayden, F. V., 269, 273. 
