394 
International Zodlogical Congress, 78, 93, 
99. 
Inventions, exhibition of before Academy, 
45. 
Iron ships, committee on magnetic deviation 
in, 215. 
Iron vessels, committee on protecting the 
bottoms of, 213. 
Isherwood, B. F., 226. 
J. C. Watson Fund, 64, 75, 76, 97, 372+ 
J. Lawrence Smith Fund, 58, 76, 271. 
Jablokoff electric candle, 45. 
James, Edmund J., 84. 
Jeannette, S. S., 311. 
Jefferson, Thomas, 7. 
John L. LeConte Fund, 370. 
John Murray Fund, 371. 
Johnson, Samuel W., 255, 286. 
Johnson, W. R., 41. 
Jones, Captain, 249. 
Joseph Henry Fund, 48, 370. 
Kastle, I. H., 310. 
Keeler, J. E., awarded Henry Draper 
Medal, 81. 
King, Clarence, 278. 
Langley, S. P., 56, 59, 60, 61, 63, 290, 296, 
304, 312. 
awarded Henry Draper Medal, 55. 
Lankester, Sir E. Ray, 92. 
Lartigue, M., 223. 
Lawrence Smith Fund. 
Smith Fund.) 
Lawrence Smith Medal, 59. 
awarded to H. A. Newton, 66. 
restrictions on award of, 67. 
Le Conte Fund. (See John L. Le Conte 
Fund.) 
Le Conte, John L., 62, 225. 
biographical sketch of, 156. 
Leidy, Joseph, 21, 76. 
biographical sketch of, 158. 
Lesley, [J]* Peter, 9, 10, 17, 21, 22, 23, 30, 
76, 77, 223- 
biographical sketch of, 160. 
early promoter of Academy movement, 9. 
remarks of, on oath of allegiance, 17. 
Lesley, Mrs., ro. 
Lewis, G. N., 91. 
(See J. Lawrence 
INDEX 
Lincoln, President, 5, 16. 
Lincoln, Robert T., letter of regarding Mt. 
Whitney, 60. 
Linneus, Carolus, 93. 
List of members at first meeting, 20. 
Lister, Lord, letter of, relating to associa- 
tion of academies, 80. 
Lodge, Senator Henry C., 329. 
Loeb bequest. (See Morris Loeb bequest.) 
Loeb, Morris, 102. 
Longitude, determination of telegraphically, 
resolution relating to, 52. 
Longstreth, M. F., 76, 162. 
biographical sketch of, 162. 
Loomis, Elias, 290. 
Loring, G. B., 286, 287. 
Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 88. 
Lovering, Joseph, 207. 
Lowry, Robert, 295, 299. 
Dull gba 252 
Lyman, Benjamin S., 9, 10. 
Lyman, Theodore, 295, 296, 304. 
McCrary, G. W., 275. 
McCulloch, Hugh, 208, 240. 
McKinley, President, 320. 
Magnetic north pole, committee on a system- 
atic search for, 311. 
Mahan, D. H., 163. 
biographical sketch of, 163. 
Mall, F. P., 95. 
Manning, Daniel, 307. 
Marcou, Jules, 9. 
Marsh Fund. (See O. C. Marsh Fund.) 
Marsh, O. C., 47, 48, 49, 53, 57, 66, 77; 975 
291, 296, 302, 303, 310, 312. 
acting President of the Academy, 48. 
death of, 82. 
elected President of the Academy, 49. 
Maury, M. F., 219, 220, 221, 223, 224. 
Maximilian, Emperor, 221. 
Mayer, A. M., 99, 312. 
remarks of, on Alexander Agassiz, 99. 
Medalists, list of, 346. 
Meek, F. B., 41. 
Meetings, list of, 385. 
Meigs, M. C., 41, 42, 207, 232, 237, 238, 
240, 242, 245, 296. 
Members of the Academy, honorary, 36. 
list of, 337- 
original, death of, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 34 
36, 38, 42, 45, 47- 
* The letter J was added by Lesley to his name when he came of age, to distinguish his 
signature from that of his father. 
