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into a hollow cylinder ; whereby a system of construction, before used 

 in small-arms only, was rendered applicable to guns of any cahbre, 

 and which is now generally adopted in the manufacture of large can- 

 non ; therefore, the Rumford Committee recommend to the American 

 Academy of Arts and Sciences that the following vote be passed : — 



Voted, That the Rumford Premium be awarded to Professor Daniel 

 Treadwell, for improvements in the management of heat, embodied in 

 his investigations and inventions relating to the construction of cannon 

 of large calibre, and of great strength and endurance. 



The following gentlemen were elected members of the 

 Academy. 



To be Resident Fellows : — 



Dr. John E. Tyler, in Class II. Section 4, 



Dr. Edward H. Clark, " " 11. " 4, 



Rev. Edward Everett Hale, " " III. " 3, 

 Mr. George Bemis, " " III. " 1, 



Hon. Charles Sumner, " " III. " 3. 



To be Associate Fellows : — 



Mr. F. B. Meek, of Washington, in Class II. Section 1, 



Dr. John W. Draper, of New York, " " I. " 3, 



Dr. Tayler Lewis, of Union College, " " III. " 1, 



Dr. S. Weir Mitchell, of Philadelphia, « " II. « 3, 



Prof. Samuel G. Brown, of Dartmouth Coll.," III. " 3, 



Rev. Dr. Daniel R.Goodwin, of Philadelphia," III. " 1. 



Nominations for election into the Academy were presented 

 and read. 



The annual election resulted in the choice of the following 

 officers for the ensuing year. 



Asa Gray, President. 

 Charles Beck, Vice-President. 

 William B. Rogers, Corresponding Secretary. 

 Chauncey Wright, Recording' Secretary. 

 George Livermore, Treasurer. 

 JosiAH P. Cooke, Librarian. 

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