INDEX 
Committee on award of Barnard Medal, 
report of, 82, 90, 98. 
Committee on award of Henry Draper 
Medal, report of, 55, 67, 82, 85. 
Committee on award of Lawrence Smith 
Medal, report of, 66. 
Committee on chemical research, 91. 
Committee on experiments on velocity of 
light, 49. 
Committee on first Henry Draper Medal, 55. 
Committee on Gilliss’ observations on zones 
of stars around the South Pole, 36. 
Committee on Harkness’ magnetic observa- 
tions, 36. 
Committee on paleontologic correlation, ror. 
Committee on revision of constitution of the 
Academy, 38. 
Committee on solar eclipse of 1883, 63. 
Committee on tables of celestial movements, 
42. 
Committee on transit of Venus of 1874, 38. 
Committee on weights, measures and coin- 
age, 36, 45. 
Committee to codperate with National Board 
of Health, 50. 
Committees, appointment of first, 26. 
remarks of Bache on, 27. 
Committees on behalf of the Government, 
list of, 203. 
list of reports of, 348. 
“Compass committee,” 36, 215. 
Comstock, Cyrus B., 207, 271, 276, 296. 
Comstock Fund, 91, 363. 
Comstock Prize, 91, 92. 
Congress of Electricians, 54. 
Conklin, E. G., 99. 
Conness, Senator, 235. 
Constitution, amendment to, 58. 
committee on amendment to, 73, 74. 
Constitution of the National Academy of 
Sciences, 352. 
Counterfeiting, committee on the preven- 
tion of, 331. 
Coville, F. V., 327. 
Coxstsmoy 58: 
Cox and Murphy, meter of, 244. 
Crafts, J. M., 81. 
Craig, B. F., 240, 241. 
Customhouse at Chicago, 
building stone for, 331. 
committee on 
Dahlgren, John A. B., 62. 
biographical sketch of, 123. 
Daly, Chief Justice, of N. Y., 312. 
391 
Dana, Edward S., 309. 
Dana, James D., 23, 30, 31, 76, 85, 223, 272, 
279, 304. 
biographical sketch of, 125. 
reasons of, for resignation, 30. 
Davis, A. McF., to. 
Davis, Charles H., Admiral, 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 
8, 9, 10, II, 23, 45, 213, 215, 216, 219, 
222, 226, 250, 256, 258, 259, 306. 
appointed chief of Bureau of Naviga- 
tion, 2. 
biographical sketch of, 127. 
letter of, to Bache, 222. 
letter of, to Gideon Welles, 222. 
letters of, on organization of Academy, 3. 
relation of, to organization of Academy, 
8. 
Davis, Charles H., Captain, 2. 
Davis, W. M., 95. 
Dean, G. W., 217. 
Declaration of Independence, committees on 
restoration of, 279. 
first report of committee on, 28r. 
Delegates, appointment of, 56, 57, 81, 84, 
85, 92, 95, 98, 99- = 
practice of appointing, inaugurated by 
Academy, 56. 
Demarara sugars, committee on, 264. 
Dietrich’s method of analysis, 311. 
Diploma of the Academy, committee on, 23. 
Distilled spirits, committee on proving and 
gauging, 239. 
Douglass, J. W., letter of, 
revenue stamps, 255. 
Draper Fund. (See Henry Draper Fund.) 
Draper, Henry, 55, 63, 207, 259, 260. 
regarding 
Draper, Mrs. Henry, establishment of 
Draper Medal by, 55. 
Draper Medal. (See Henry Draper 
Medal.) 
Dublin, University of, 57. 
Durchmusterung, Southern, 68. 
Eckfeldt, J. R., 229. 
Eclipse of sun, 1869, committee on, 36. 
May 6, 1883, committee on, 62, 63. 
Edison, Thomas A., 46. 
Electrical units, committee on application of 
definitions of, 313. 
commission on, 54. 
Electricians, congress of, 54. 
Emmons, S. F., 92, 99- 
Engelmann, George, 75. 
biographical sketch of, 129. 
Evermann, B. W., 327. 
Experiments on animals, bill relating to, 77. 
remarks of Senator Gallinger on, 78. 
