378 PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY. 



No. 1. "Types of Abnormal Color Vision," by Louis Bell. 



No. 4. "On Electric Conduction and Thermoelectric Action in 

 Metals," by Edwin H. Hall. 



No. 6. "Planck's Radiation Formula and the Classical Electro- 

 dynamics," by David L. Webster. 



At the meeting of February 10, 1915, it was unanimously voted for 

 the first time and at the meeting of March 10, 1915, for the second 

 time, to recommend to the Academy the award of the Rumford Pre- 

 mium to Charles G. Abbot for his researches on Solar Radiation. 



Charles R. Cross, Chairman. 

 May 12, 1915. 



Report of the C. M. Warren Committee. 



The C. M. Warren Committee begs to submit the following report: 

 At the beginning of the year 1914-1915, the Committee had at its 

 disposal a balance of $585 from previous appropriations by the 

 Academy, and the sum of $800 was appropriated for the use of the 

 Committee at the meeting of March, 1914. 



During the year grants have been made as follows : — 



To Professor George H. Burrows, for a study of equilibria in 

 certain organic reactions, including the determination of free 

 energy of formation of the compounds involved $250 



To Professor Roger F. Brunei, for the purchase of a polar- 

 imeter, with accessories, to be used in connection with a study of 

 the equilibria between organic compounds, with special reference 

 to the affinities of certain organic radicals (not to exceed) . . 400 



To Professor Charles A. Kraus, for the purchase of a special 

 high grade balance to be used in an investigation of the proper- 

 ties of very dilute solutions 300 



The two last-named grants for the purchase of apparatus have been 

 made with the provision that these pieces of apparatus are to be the 

 property of the Academy, and are loaned to the investigators in 

 question for the period of three years, or for such longer or shorter 

 period as may be shown to be required for the completion of the 

 investigations for which they were purchased. This policy is in line 

 with that adopted by other Committees or Trustees having charge of 

 research funds, and it is believed that it will tend to increase the 

 effectiveness of the Warren Fund, and will also bring about a larger 



