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posed of as soon as may possibly be done advantageously to the interests of my estate and 
that the proceeds thereof be paid over to the Treasurer of said National Academy of 
Sciences. 
I direct that my books and scientific papers be transferred to said National Academy of 
Sciences, to become a part of the library of said Academy. 
In order to carry out the wish hereinbefore expressed as to the disposal of the income 
from the fund resulting from my estate hereby devised to said National Academy of 
Sciences, I do hereby direct that the designation of the particular objects and works which 
may be aided by this fund shall be determined, subject to approval by a vote of the 
Academy, by a Board of Trustees, three in number, who shall be members of the Academy 
and elected, after the first herein named, by said Academy whenever a vacancy may occur 
by death or otherwise. The trustees so appointed shall hold said office, unless voluntarily 
relinquished by them, during the period of their membership in the said National Academy 
of Sciences, and I do hereby appoint and constitute Julius E. Hilgard of the United States 
Coast Survey and Simon Newcomb and J. H. C. Coffin, Professors of Mathematics U. S. 
Navy, all of Washington in the District of Columbia, to be the first Board of Trustees for 
the purposes herein named. 
It is my wish that the Academy may if it shall seem proper provide for a gold medal of 
the value of one hundred dollars to be awarded with a further gratuity of one hundred 
dollars, from time to time to the person in any country who shall make any astronomical 
discovery or produce any astronomical work worthy of special reward as contributing to 
our science. It is my further wish that provision be made for preparing and publishing 
tables of the motion of all the planets which have been discovered by me, as soon as it may 
be practicable to do so and I desire that in all cases the trustees and the Academy shall act 
in harmony to obtain results of the greatest possible aid to our Science from the income fund 
resulting from my estate. I desire that results so obtained shall be published as speedily as 
possible in such manner as may be provided by the Academy. 
I direct that the said National Academy of Sciences take all necessary and proper 
measures to invest the funds resulting from the property hereby devised where they may be 
safe and yield the largest income possible consistent with safety. 
