REPORT 



OF THE COMMITTEE ON MANUFACTURES, SCIENCE AND ART OF 

 THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE. 



The Committee on Manufactures, Science and Art, in compliance 

 with a resolution of the Institute, respectfully report : 



That at their first meeting, on the second Wednesday in March 

 last, they were organized by the selection of Prof. Reuwick as chair- 

 man, and Samuel T. Tillman as secretary for the year ; at the same 

 meeting Prof. Chas. A. Joy, of Columbia College, was appointed chair- 

 man of the Poi3^technic Association, and Thos. D. Stetson its secretary. 



During the summer Prof. Charles A. Joy visited Europe, and since 

 his return his college duties have increased so as to prevent his 

 attendance. In tendering his resignation, he expressed great inter- 

 est in the welfare of this branch of the American Institute. 



The association having been several months without a regular 

 chairman, the committee thought it their duty to accept the resigna- 

 tion of Prof. Joy. At the November meeting, Samuel D. Tillman was 

 selected as chairman of the Polytechnic for the remainder of the year. 



The proceedings of the association have not been as fully reported 

 as when a reporter was specially employed for that purpose ; but the 

 able abstracts from the discussions, which have regularly appeared 

 in the Scientific American, show that the association have devoted 

 much attention to all mechanical and chemical improvements directly 

 connected with the great military movements now going on, while they 

 have not overlooked the progress of the useful arts in other directions. 



During the present year your committee have not been directed 

 by the Institute to examine any invention or improvement; they 

 have had, however, before them several novelties, upon which they 

 will make reports whenever authorized to do so. The committee 

 cannot close without alluding to the devotion which their chairman 

 has uniformly shown in the welfare of the Institute. Previous to 

 his present illness, his frequent attendance at their rooms was a sure 

 guaranty that the interests of such manufacturers and artisans as 

 might require the action of this committee, would not be overlooked. 



Respectfully submitted. 



JOHN D. WARD, 

 JOSEPH DIXON, 

 JAS. L. JACKSON, 

 S. D. TILLMAN, 



New York, December 2, 1862. Committee. 



