Report of the Board of Trustees. 15 



SPECIAL EEPORT FROM THE TRUSTEES. 



The Board of Trustees respectfully report : That in accordance 

 with a resolution adopted bj the Institute, and by virtue of the 25th 

 article of the by-laws, the Board made all the preliminary arrange- 

 ments for a course of scientific lectures to be delivered once a week 

 for three months, and published the following programme : 



SCIEI^'TiriC LECTURES 



BBFOBB THE 



^MERIOA-N INSTITUTE, 



AT STEINWA Y hall, FOUR TEENTH STREET. 



The Trustees have the pleasure of announcing that they have secured the services 

 of twelve distinguished Scientists for the coming Course of Lectures, which promi- 

 ses to be one of vmsiu*passed value and interest. 



Wednesday, Nov. 25, 1868— By Prest. Barnard, Columbia College, N. Y. ; " On 

 the Microscope and its Eevelations." 



FiHday, Dec. 4 — Prof. Alexander, College of New Jersey, Princeton ; " On the 

 Telescope." 



Fi-iday, Dee. 11 — Prof. Guyot, College of New Jersey, Princeton ; " On the Bar- 

 ometer." 



Wednesday, Dec. 16 — Prof Silliman, Yale College, New Haven, Conn. ; " On the 

 Philosophy of the Tea Kettle." 



Wednesday, Dec. 23 — President Dawson, of McGUl College, Montreal ; " On the 

 Primeval Flora." 



Wednesday, Dec. 30— Mr. James Hall, State Geologist, Albany ; " On the Evolu- 

 tion of the North American Continent." 



Wednesday, Jan. 6, 1869— Prof Horsford, Cambrige, Mass. ; " On the Philosophy 

 of the Oven." 



Wednesday, Jan. 13 — Dr. T. Sterry Hunt, Montreal, Canada ; " On Pruneval 

 ChemisUy." 



Friday, Jan. 22— Prof. Doremus, College of the City of New York ; " On the 

 Photometer." 



Wednesday, Jan. 27 — Mr. Waterhouse Hawkins, of London ; " On Comparative 

 Zoology." 



Wednesday, Feb. 3— Prof. Cooke, Harvard College, Mass. ; " On the Spectroscope." 



