RECORDS OF MEETINGS. 605 



May 25, 1886. Samuel Pierpont Langley-, of Allegheny, for his 

 researches in radiant energy. Presented May 11, 1888. 



May 29, 1888. Albert Abraham Michelson, of Cleveland, for his 

 determination of the velocity of light, for his researches upon the 

 motion of the luminiferous ether, and for his work on the ahsolute de- 

 termination of the wave-lengths of light. Presented April 10, 1889. 



May 26, 1891. Edward Charles Pickering, of Cambridge, for his 

 work on the photometry of the stars and upon stellar spectra. Pre- 

 sented January 13, 1892. 



May 8, 189a. Thomas Alva Edison, of Oraage, N. J., for his 

 investigations in electric lighting. Presented May 13, 1896. 



May 11, 1898. James Edward Keeler, of Allegheny, for his applica- 

 tion of the spectroscope to astronomical problems, and especially for 

 his investigations of the proper motions of the nebulae, and the physi- 

 cal constitution of the rings of the planet Saturn, by the use of that 

 instrument. Presented June 14, 1899. 



May 10, 1899. Charles Francis Brush, of Cleveland, for the prac- 

 tical development of electric arc lighting. Presented March 14, 1900. 



May 9, 1900. Carl Barus, of Providence, for his various researches 

 in heat. 



Report of the C M. Warren Committee. 



The C. M. Warren Committee recommends to the Academy the fol- 

 lowing appropriations from the income of the C. M. Warren Fund : — 



To Professor C. F. Mabery, Case School of Applied Science, Cleve- 

 land, Ohio, four hundred dollars for use in his researches on petroleum. 



To Professor A. A. Noyes, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 

 three hundred dollars for use in his investigation of a systematic pro- 

 cedure for the qualitative analysis of the rare metals. 



To Professor Charles H. Herty, Athens, Georgia, one hundred and 

 forty-five dollars for use in his research on platinum and allied metals. 



C. L. Jackson, Chairman. 



Report of the Committee of Publication. 



The Publishing Committee begs leave to report that there have been 

 issued during the last academic year five numbers of Volume XXXV. of 

 the Proceedings and the first twenty-eight numbers of Volume XXXVI., 

 aggregating 719 pages and 11 plates. Besides this a small edition of 

 Volume XXXIV. was reprinted, at a cost of $180, to replace losses by 



