RECORDS OF MEETINGS. 607 



On the recommendation of the Rumford Committee, it was 



Voted, To appropriate from the income of the Rumford 

 Fund — 



One hundred dollars ($100) to aid in the cataloguing of the 

 books in the Academy Library. 



One hundred and fifty dollars (8150) for the purchase and 

 binding of periodicals. 



One hundred and fifty dollars ($150) for the purchase and 

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

 upon the recommendation of the Rumford Committee. 



One thousand dollars ($1000) for the immediate needs of the 

 Committee in the furtherance of research. 



Voted, That a replica in bronze of each Rumford Medal here- 

 after awarded be struck off and preserved in the Hall of the 

 Academy. 



Voted, To award the Rumford Premium to Elihu Thomson for 

 his inventions in electric welding and lighting. 



On the recommendation of the C. M. Warren Committee, it was 



Voted, To appropriate from the income of the C. M. Warren 

 Fund — 



Four hundred dollars ($400) to Professor C. F. Mabery, of 

 Cleveland, Ohio, for use in his researches on petroleum. 



Three hundred dollars ($300) to Professor A. A. Noyes, of 

 Boston, for use in his investigation of a systematic procedure 

 for the qualitative analysis of the rare metals. 



One hundred and forty-five dollars ($145) to Professor Charles 

 H. Herty, of Athens, Georgia, for use in his research on platinum 

 and allied metals. 



On the recommendation of the Committee on Publication, 

 it was 



Voted, To appropriate from the income of the General Fund 

 twenty-four hundred dollars ($2400) for publications. 



On the recommendation of the Committee on the Library, 

 it was 



Voted, To appropriate from the income of the General Fund 

 one hundred dollars ($100) to continue the catalogue of the 

 Library and to purchase a catalogue-case. 



