306 PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY 



Sight hundred and fourth Meeting. 



June 15, 1887. — Adjourned Annual Meeting. 



The President in the chair. 



In the absence of Professor Watson, Professor Putnam was 

 appointed Secretary pro tempore. 



The President made a brief statement of the indebtedness 

 of the Academy to its late Fellow, Daniel Treadwell, and 

 suggested that a special appropriation should be made for 

 printing a memoir of Mr. Treadwell. 



On the motion of the Treasurer, it was 



Voted, That an appropriation of four hundred dollars 

 ($400) be made for printing a memoir of Daniel Treadwell, 

 by Dr. Morrill Wyman. 



On the motion of the Treasurer, it was 



Voted, To appropriate from the income for the ensuing 

 year : — 



For general expenses $2,200.00 



For publications 2,000.00 



For the library 1,000.00 



The President read the following report. 



The Rumford Committee present the following report for 

 the year ending with this Annual Meeting : — 



An appropriation of $500 was made to Professor H. P. 

 Bowditch to enable him to construct a calovimetric apparatus 

 for physiological investigations. 



An appropriation of $250 was made to Professor Trow- 

 bridge for investigations on radiant energy. 



An appropriation of $250 was made to Professors Cross 

 and Holman, for new researches in thermometry ; and an ap- 

 propriation of $75 for experiments on the effect of thermo- 

 electric and other thermal actions upon the accuracy of the 

 Munich-shunt method of measuring very strong currents of 



electricity. 



An appropriation of $250 is recommended for the use of 

 Mr. E. D. Leavitt, Jr., for work on pyrometry and other 



