314 PROCEEDINGS OP THE AMERICAN ACADEMY 



of those Fellows who have already purchased the earlier 



volumes. 



Voted, That ten complete sets of Rumford's Works, includ- 

 ing the Life, be presented to Professor W. R. Nichols, as an 

 acknowledgment of his services to the Academy. 



Voted, That the sum of two hundred and ninety-one dol- 

 lars (^291) be appiopriated from the income of the Rumford 

 Fund to cover the cost of publishing the papers on Light and 

 Heat in Volume X. of the Academy's Proceedings. 



Voted, That the sum of five hundred dollars ('$500) be 

 appropriated from the income of the Rumford Fund, as the 

 said income will permit, to aid Professor John Trowbridge, 

 of Cambridge, in continuing his researches on the improve- 

 ment of the Magneto-electric Machine and Induction Coil. 



Voted, That the Rumford Medal, for the present year, be 

 awarded to Dr. John William Draper, of New York, for his 

 Researches on Radiant Energy. 



On the motion of the Corresj)onding Secretary, it was 



Voted, That an appropriation of fifteen hundred dollars 

 (•$1500) from the general fund be made to defray the ex- 

 penses of publication during the year. 



Voted, To appoint a committee of five to revise the Statutes 

 of the Academy. The President appointed Messrs. Cooke, 

 Thomas, Washburn, Deane, and Norton, members of this 

 committee. 



Voted, To adjourn this meeting to the second Tuesday in 

 June. 



The annual election resulted in the choice of the following 

 officers : — 



Charles Francis Adams, President. 

 Joseph Lovering, Vice-President. 

 JosiAH P. Cooke, Jr., Corresjyonding Secretary. 

 Edward C. Pickering, Recording Secretary. 

 Edmund Quincy, Treasurer and Librarian. 



