APPENDIX IV 
LIST OF REPORTS OF COMMITTEES APPOINTED ON BEHALF 
OF THE GOVERNMENT 
Report of the committee on weights, measures, and coinage.* 
Ann. Rep. for 1863, pp. 11-21. 
Report on the protection of bottoms of iron vessels from corrosion, etc. 
Ann. Rep. for 1863, pp. 21-23. 
Report of the chairman of the compass committee to the National Academy of 
Sciences, January, 1864. 
Ann. Rep. for 1863, pp. 23-96, 7 pls. 
Report of the committee on Saxton’s alcoholometer. 
Ann. Rep. for 1863, pp. 96-97. 
Report of the committee of the National Academy of Sciences appointed to 
examine the “ Wind and Current Charts” and “ Sailing Directions” issued 
from the Naval Observatory. 
Ann. Rep. for 1863, pp. 98-112. 
Report of the committee on tests for purity of whiskey. 
Ann. Rep. for 1864, p. 5. 
Report on the operations of the joint commission on the expansion of steam. 
Ann. Rep. for 1864, pp. 5-7. 
Report of the committee appointed to test the suitableness of aluminum bronze 
for coinage and other purposes. 
Ann. Rep. for 1864, pp. 7-10. 
Report on the explosion of a boiler on the United States gunboat Chenango. 
Ann. Rep. for 1864, pp. 10-14. 
Report of the committee on Greytown Harbor, Nicaragua. 
Ann. Rep. for 1866, pp. 4-16, 1 chart. 
[Report on coating iron head-blocks with zinc. ] 
Ann. Rep. for 1866, pp. 17-18. 
Report of the committee on methods of inspecting and assessing tax on dis- 
tilled spirits. 
Ann. Rep. for 1866, pp. 18-38. 
* For convenience of reference, the wording of the titles follows as closely as practicable 
that given in the reports cited. 
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