590 PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY. 



Report of the Rumford Committee. 



The Committee organized on October 11, 1922, by electing Theodore 

 Lyman to be Chairman and Arthur G. Webster, Secretary. 



The following grants in aid of researches in light and heat have 

 been made during the academic year 1922-1923 : 



October 11, 1922. To Professor W. W. Campbell of the Lick 

 Observatory for the purpose of installing a coarse grating to 

 cover the upper end of the Crossley reflecting telescope at the 

 Lick Observatory $475 



To Professor A. G. Webster of Clark University in further 

 aid of his researches in the Thermodynamic Problems of Inte- 

 rior Ballistics 500 



To Professor Norton A. Kent of Boston University for the 

 continuation of his researches on the Constitution of Spectral 

 Lines 150 



December 13, 1922. To Professor John R. Roebuck of the 

 I niversity of \\ isconsin for the procuring of porous plugs for 

 the Joule-Kelvin Experiment 125 



February 14, 1923. To Professor Wm. Duane an additional 

 grant (to No. 239) for the continuation of his researches on the 

 Heat Energy of Electrons 200 



Reports of Progress in their respective researches have been received 

 from the following persons: — R. T. Birge (research finished), P. W. 

 Bridgman, A. L. Clark, F. Daniels, A. L. Foley, P. F. Gaehr, R. C. 

 Gibbs, H. P. Hollnagel, H. L. Howes, L. R. Ingersoll, X. A. Kent, 

 F. E. Kester, E. Kremers, C. L. Norton, F. Palmer, Jr., J. A. Park- 

 hurst, H. M. Randall, T. W. Richards, F. K. Richtmyer, F. A. Saun- 

 ders, A. W. Smith, B. Spence, L. S. E. Thompson (research finished), 

 O. Tugman (research finished), F. W. Very, A. G. Webster, F. G. 

 Wick, R. W. Wood. 



The following papers in the Proceedings have been published with 

 aid from the Rumford Fund since the presentation of the last Report 

 of this Committee : 



Atmospheric Attenuation of Ultra-Violet Light, E. R. Schaeffer, 

 Vol. 57, No. 14. 



