602 PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY. 



March 13, 1901 : Three hundred dollars to Professor Arthur A. 

 Noyes, of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in aid of his research 

 upon the effect of high temperature on the electrical conductivity of 

 aqueous salt solutions. 



It was furthermore voted by the Committee at its meeting of April 

 12, 1901, to recommend to the Academy the appropriation of the sum of 

 five hundred dollars from the income of the Rumford Fund to Professor 

 Theodore W. Richards of Harvard University, in aid of his research 

 upon the Thomson-Joule Free Expansion Experiment, which recom- 

 mendation was favorably acted upon by the Academj'. 



The Rumford Committee has given much consideration to t!ie question 

 introduced by Professor E. C. Pickering, of the feasibility of co-operation 

 among tlie various committees in this country having in charge the 

 administration of funds devoted to researcli. It was voted by the Com- 

 mittee that the Chairman be authorized to represent the Committee in 

 such consideration of the subject as might be brought about. Several 

 entirely informal conferences have taken place among representatives of 

 such committees, and it is hoped that some general understanding may 

 be reached which will be helpful to those engaged in research. 



The following recommendations have been voted by the Committee, 

 and are now presented to the Academy for its consideration. 



Oct. 10, 1900, it was voted that the Committee recommend to the 

 Academy the appropriation of one hundred dollars from the income of 

 the Rumford Fund to aid in the cataloguing of the books in the Academy 

 Library. 



March 13, 1901, it was voted to recommend to the Academy that a 

 replica in bronze of each Rumford Medal hereafter awarded by the 

 Academy be struck off and preserved in the Hall of the Academy. 



April 12, 1901, it was voted that the Committee recommend to the 

 Academy the appropriation of one hundred and fifty dollars from the 

 income of the Rumford Fund for the purchase and binding of the usual 

 periodicals for the current fiscal year. 



At the same meeting it was voted that the Committee recommend to 

 the Academy the appropriation of the sum of one hundred and fifty 

 dollars from the income of the Rumford Fund for the purchase and 

 binding of books on light and heat, said works to be purchased upon the 

 recommendation of the Rumford Committee. 



At the same meetinsf it was furthermore voted that the Chairman 

 of the Committee recommend to the Academy the appropriation from 

 the income of the Rumford Fund of one thousand dollars for the 

 immediate needs of the Committee in the furtherance of research. 



