Reports of Committees. 9 



William Kelly January 14,1872... Torquay, England. 



Joseph B. Lyman January 28,1872... Richmond Hill, L.I. 



Respectfully submitted. 



JAMES H. DRAKE. 



GEORGE RANDELL. 



J. W. RICHARDS. 



JOHN W. CHAMBERS. 



S. R. KROM. 

 New Yokk, January 31, 1872. 



MANUFACTURES AND MACHINERY. 



The Committee on Manufactures and Machinery respectfully 

 report : 



At the first meeting after the election, your committee reappointed 

 Prof. S. D. Tillman chairman of the Polytechnic Association, and 

 Robt. Weir secretary of the same. 



The work accomplished by the association, under the able manage- 

 ment of the chairman, is such, that it is now looked upon as a regular 

 institution of instruction, where information is eagerly sought upon 

 all subjects pertaining to the arts. 



It was found necessary to change the time of the meetings from 

 Thursday to Friday evenings, so that the meetings of the American 

 Institute, which are held on the first Thursdays of the months, should 

 not interfere with the regular course. The change has proved satis- 

 factory, and has continued for the past four months, with the excep- 

 tion of one evening which was given up to the general course of 

 Institute lectures. 



The number of new inventions which have been presented to this 

 body has not been numerous ; but the subjects which have been 

 brought up for discussion have been treated with such ability as to 

 command a full attendance at all times, and your committee can 

 truthfully state that the association is in a most flourishing condition, 

 as a perusal of the careful reports by our able stenographer will show. 



WELLINGTON LEE. 

 CHAS. E. EMERY. 

 GEO. II. BABCOCK. 

 FRANK L. POPE. 

 ROBT. WEIR. 



New York, February 1st, 1872. 



