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auxiliary propulsion, which will enable work to be done in the vicinity of 

 islands and continents where sailing craft may not go in safety. Hence the 

 action of the Executive Committee in deciding to have constructed a ship 

 for this purpose. Plans for such a ship have been prepared by Mr. Henry 

 Gielow, naval architect and engineer, of New York City, and it is hoped 

 that the contract for her construction may soon be let. A description of 

 this vessel is outlined and illustrated in Dr. Bauer's report in this volume, 

 pages 163-174. With the approval of the Founder of the Institution, she will 

 be called the Carnegie. It is of interest to note, however, that this name was 

 predetermined by wide popular interest in this branch of the work of the 

 Institution. 



Along with the ocean magnetic survey there have been carried on also 

 extensive observations on widely separated land areas of the continents of 

 North and South America, Asia, Africa, and Europe, for the details of 

 which reference must be made to the Director's full report. In connection 

 with this branch of the department's work it is fitting to acknowledge numer- 

 ous courtesies from the representatives of foreign governments at home and 

 abroad. The British Ambassador to the United States has been especially 

 helpful in securing credentials to members of the departmental staff who 

 have been at work in or who have traversed British territory. 



The conduct of its operations naturally requires a large amount of office 

 work from this department. Much time and attention must be given 

 especially to the testing of all magnetic instruments used on land or sea; 

 while the extensive computations essential to prepare the results of obser- 

 vations for publication are carried on as the field work proceeds, in order 

 to promptly check and correct any defects of instruments or methods. It 

 is expected that the first volume of "Magnetic Results" of the department 

 will be ready for publication in the near future. In the meantime the 

 Director has in press, thru the Government Printing Office, the results of 

 a magnetic survey of the United States along with a set of magnetic maps 

 prepared under the auspices of the U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey while 

 he was assistant in charge of the magnetic work of that bureau. 



As may be seen by reference to the tables on page 20, 31 grants have been 



made during the year to individuals and to organizations in aid of re- 



_ . , ,. searches conducted by them. In addition to these, many 



Work of Minor . 11, • , r ,,.,;. 



Grantees and of Re- Other researches have been carried forward thru aid of 



search Associates grants made in former years. In all, under this head, 

 about 65 individuals have been engaged in work of in- 

 vestigation during the year. Their range of work includes more than 

 twenty different fields with ramifications into subjects too numerous to be 

 mentioned here. It may suffice to report, therefore, that all of these re- 

 searches are practically certain to be fruitful and that many of them have 

 already reached the stage of publication of results. Of 19 volumes ema- 

 nating from this source, 7 have been issued during the year, 5 are in press, 



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