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INDEX 



Barnard, F. A. P., 21, 27, 41, 71, 75, 207, 

 218, 223, 226, 227, 240, 241, 257, 304. 



biographical sketch of, 116. 



death of, 71. 



will of, 71. 

 Barnard, J. G., 27, 62. 



biographical sketch of, 117. 

 Barnard Medal, 71, 72, 75, 89, 90, 98. 



awarded to Ernest Rutherford, 98. 



awarded to Henri Becquerel, 89. 



awarded to Professor Rontgen, 82. 



committee on, 82. 



establishment of, 71. 



first award of, 72. 

 Bartlett, J. R., 225. 

 Bartlett, W. H. C., 75. 



biographical sketch of, 119. 

 Barus, C., 314. 

 Batcheller, Geo. S., 312. 

 Baume, hydrometer, committee on, 52. 

 Beaumont, J. B. Elie de, 28. 

 Becker, George F., 92, 102, 326. 

 Becquerel, Henri, awarded Barnard Medal, 



89. 



Bell, A. Graham, 81, 304. 

 Benjamin Apthorp Gould Fund, 79, 96, 367. 

 Bentley, Henry, 46. 



Bequests, question of Academy administer- 

 ing, 58. 



Bequests and trusts, text of, 361. 

 Billings, J. S., 57, 77, 81, 282, 283. 

 Biographical Memoirs, 104. 



publication of first volume of, 28, 44. 

 Bologna, University of, 57. 

 Botanical Congress, International, 92. 

 Botanists, International Association of, 84. 

 Bourgois, M., 223. 

 Bowditch, H. P., 81. 

 Bradley, James, 71. 

 Brewer, Wm. H., 60, 286, 296, 307, 316, 



320, 325, 326. 

 Brewster, Sir David, 28, 

 Bristow, B. H., 262. 

 Brogger, W. C., 93. 

 Brown, S. J., 64. 

 Brush, Geo. J., 302. 

 Building-stone, committee on, 204, 331. 

 Bunsen, Robert, 28. 



Burton, J. R., letter of, regarding a national 

 Appalachian forest reserve, 324. 



Calf's hair goods, committee on distinguish- 

 ing from woolen goods, 204, 331. 

 Campbell, W. W., 61, 92, 330. 

 Capitol, meeting of Academy held in, 30. 

 Carnegie Institution of Washington, 87. 



Caroline Island, eclipse expedition to, 64. 



report on, 64. 



Carpenter, Captain, 63, 65. 

 Carpmael, Charles, 312. 

 Caswell, Alexis, 20, 21, 36, 45, 75, 223. 



biographical sketch of, 120. 

 Cent coins, committee on materials for the 



manufacture of, 227. 



Centennial Exhibition, Government collec- 

 tions at, 43. 

 Central American Transit Company, 249, 



250. 



Chamberlin, T. C., 92, 95. 

 Chandler, Charles F., 262, 263, 280, 282, 

 286, 291, 293, 307, 310. 



letter regarding the Declaration of Inde- 

 pendence, 283. 

 Chandler, Ralph, 259. 

 Chandler, Seth C., 75. 



awarded Watson Medal, 75. 

 Chaplain, M., 59. 



Chart of the Heavens, resolutions on, 56. 

 Chase, Salmon P., 27, 206, 227. 

 Chasles, Michel, 28. 

 Chauvenet, Wm., 35, 38, 206, 218, 223. 



biographical sketch of, 121. 

 Chemical research, plan for national co- 

 operation in, 90. 



Chemical tables, plan to publish, 99. 

 Chemicals on revenue stamp, committee on 



the effect of, 254. 

 Chenango, U. S. S., 231, 232. 



committee on explosion on the, 230. 

 Chittenden, R. H., 95. 

 Circassian, U. S. S., 216. 

 Classes of Academy, 30, 68. 

 Classification of membership, committee on, 



68, 69. 



Cleveland, President, 317, 320. 

 Coal mines, committee on protection of, 253. 

 Coast and Geodetic Survey, committee on, 



295. 



Coffin, J. H. C., 37, 52, 63, 223, 233, 257, 

 258, 267. 



biographical sketch of, 122. 



elected Treasurer of Academy, 52. 

 Coinage, consideration of changes in, 36. 

 Coinage, weights and measures, bill on, 210. 

 Collier, Peter, 285, 286. 

 Color, conventional standard of, corre- 

 spondence relating to, 331. 

 Combs, H. Wheeler, 307. 

 Commercial Advertiser, the, 20. 

 Commission, Permanent, i, 2, 4, 15. 



Select, 2. 



on electrical units, resolution on, 54. 



