22 EEPORT OF NATIONAL. MUSEUM, 1923 



E. M. Slociim and M. T. Bogert : " The synthesis of new rose alco- 

 hols of geraniol type " ; L. J. Henderson : " The exchange of oxygen 

 and carbonic acid between blood and air " ; D. L. Rapport : " The 

 relative physiological action of various kinds of protein " ; Joseph 

 Erlanger and H. S. Gasser : " The components of amplified nerve 

 action currents demonstrated by means of the cathode ray oscillo- 

 graph " ; W. D. Harkins : " Tracks of alpha particles," and " Isotopes 

 and atomic stability " ; H. K Russell : "A Study of motions in double 

 stars " ; H. N. Russell and J. Q. Stewart : " Pressures at the sun's 

 surface"; H. D. Curtis: "Irregularities in spectroscopic binary 

 orbital curves " ; S. A. Mitchell : " The trigonometric parallaxes ot 

 350 stars determined by photography with the 26-inch McCormick 

 refractor " ; C. P. Olivier : " Some results of the Yale photographic 

 meteor campaign " ; C. G. Abbot : " The solar prelude of an unusual 

 winter"; E. L. Nichols: "Note on the visible radiation from Ger- 

 manium oxide and on its melting point"; Edwin Bidwell Wilson: 

 "Electric conduction: HalFs theory and Perkins' phenomenon"; 

 E. H. Hall: "The quasi-equation P=T dV/dT"; P. W. Bridgman: 

 " The thermal conductivity of metals under tension " ; William 

 Duane : " The transfer of radiation momentum in quanta to matter " ; 

 R. C. Tolman, S. Karrer, and E. W. Guernsey : " Further experi- 

 ments on the mass of the electric carrier in metals " ; H. D. Arnold 

 and G. W. Elmen : " Permalloy — A supermagnetic material " ; Ralph 

 Bown : " Some recent measurements of transatlantic radio transmis- 

 sion"; G. O. Squier: "New telegraph alphabet"; and the following 

 read by title only: Ira Remsen: "Biographical memoir of Harmon 

 Northrup Morse " ; W. H. Howell : " Biographical memoir of Samuel 

 James Meltzer " ; W. A. Noyes : " Biographical memoir of Alexander 

 Smith"; R. A. F. Penrose, jr.: "Biographical memoir of J. C. 

 Branner." 



The National Associaton of Postmasters of the United States held 

 its 22nd annual convention in the auditorium September 27 to 29. 

 Postmaster Hubert Work and Hon. Cuno H. Rudolph, President of 

 Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia, were among 

 the speakers at this gathering. 



The National Committee on Prisons and Prison Labor used the 

 auditorium, committee rooms, and adjoining lobby from March 22 to 

 24 for a conference on prison industries. The development of indus- 

 tries in prisons has been gradual and without any satisfactory attempt 

 by the different States at coordination of production and distribution. 

 This conference was the result of the recognition by the State Gov- 

 ernments of the need of handling the problem from a national stand- 

 point through cooperation. To make the conference as practical 

 as possible an exhibit of goods manufactured in prisons — including 



