INDEX 
Membership of the Academy, classification 
of, in 1864, 68. 
in 1892, 69. 
in 1894, 70. 
in 1911, 70. 
question of increase of, 34, 37, 39- 
restriction on increase of removed, 73. 
Memoirs of the Academy, 27, 32, 62, 65, 
74, 85, 89, ror. 
publication of first volume of, 32. 
publication of second and third volumes 
of, 62. 
publication of fourth volume of, 74. 
publication of fifth volume of, 74. 
publication of sixth volume of, 74. 
publication of seventh volume of, 381. 
publication of eighth volume of, 8s. 
publication of ninth volume of, 89. 
publication of tenth volume of, ror. 
Mendenhall, T. C., 207, 311, 312, 314- 
Merriam, C. Hart, 326, 327. 
Merrick, J. V., 226. 
Meteorological Committee, International, 88, 
89. 
Meteorological science and its applications, 
committee on, 290. 
Meteors, Newton’s study of, 66. 
Methyl, or wood spirits, committee on 
separation of, from ethyl alcohol, 291, 
292. 
Metric standards, for the States, 211. 
international conference on, 42. 
Metric system, resolutions relating to, 34, 35- 
endorsed by Academy, 32. 
Metric weights and measures, bills relating 
to, 210. 
committee on, 206. 
letter of Henry on, 209. 
remarks of Bache on, 207. 
report of committee on, 208, 209. 
use of in post-offices, 211. 
Miantonomah, U. S. S., 37. 
Michelson, Albert A., 49, 50, 207, 314. 
Michigan Agricultural College, soth anni- 
versary of, 93. 
Milne-Edwards, Henri, 28. 
Mitchell, H. M., 251. 
Mitchell, S. Weir, 57. 
Molina, Don Luis, 249, 251. 
Monadnock, U. S. S., 217. 
magnetic observations on, 36. 
Moore, E. H., 85, 95. 
Moore, Gideon E., 286. 
Moreau, G., 228. 
Morgan, John T., 296, 299, 301. 
Morley, E. W., 207. 
Morris, Francis, 249. 
Morris Loeb bequest, 370. 
Morse, Edward S., 11, 84. 
remarks of, on founders of Academy, 11. 
Morton, Henry, 262, 263, 307. 
Mt. Whitney, committee on, 60. 
description of, 59. 
Langley’s observations on, 59. 
reservation on, 60. 
shelter for observers on, 61. 
Murray Fund. (See John Murray Fund.) 
Murray, Sir John, ror, 221. 
National Academy of Sciences, act of in- 
corporation of, 6, 351. 
annals of, 25. 
Annual of, 17, 28, 29, 32, 35, 44. 
bill of incorporation of, 5, 6. 
biographical memoir, first, 28, 44. 
Biographical Memoirs of, 375. 
classification of members of, 25, 30. 
classes of, 39. 
committee on diploma of, 23. 
committee on experiments on velocity of 
light, 49. 
committee on organization of, 21. 
committee on seal, 23. 
constitution of, 352. 
constitution of, amendment to, 58. 
constitution and by-laws, adoption of, 28. 
constitution of, committee on revision of, 
38. 
Davis’ letters relating to, 3, 4. 
discussion regarding in 1862, ro. 
first meeting of, 20, 22, 25. 
first scientific session of, 26, 27. 
foreign associates, first list of, 28. 
foreign associates of, list of, 337. 
founding of the, 1. 
governmental relations of, 17. 
honorary members of, 36. 
incorporators of, list of, 104. 
medalists of, list of, 346. 
meetings of, date of changed, 39. 
membership of, question of increase in, 
34, 37, 39- 
members of, list of, 337. 
Memoirs of, 27, 32, 62, 65, 85, 89, rol. 
metric system endorsed by, 32. 
oath administered to members of, 16, 22. 
objects of, 13, 15. 
officers of, list of, 335. 
organization of, for 1863, 23 
original members of, death of, 28, 29, 30, 
31, 32, 34, 36, 38, 42, 45, 47, 61, 75, 
78, 93. 
