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MEMOIR OF DANIEL TREADWELL. 



The first meeting was held at his house in 



scientific, literary, and social purposes. 

 November, 1842. The regular meetings for forty-five years have since been held on 

 the second and fourth Thursdays of each month, for the greater part of the year, at 

 the houses of the members in rotation. 



The member at whose house the meeting was 

 held at the same time read a paper, the evening closing with a supper. The paper 

 it has never been omitted — sometimes prepared for publication, was almost always 

 connected with the reader's department in the University, or his profession, and was a 

 subject of friendly criticism, both on its reading and at the table, where the most 



*s was usually limited to twelve.! 

 eetings ; he took a lively interest 



The 



umber of membe 



perfect freedom prevailed. 



Mr. Tread well rarely failed to be present at these me 



in the subjects brought forward, and his remarks 



upon 



them 



were serious 



and 



thoughtful. 



At the table he added to 



the general enjoyment by his good humor 



and ready repartee. 



Subjects of Professor TreadwelVs Papers. 



November 14, 1842. 



Construction of Cannon of large Calibre. 



First meeting of the Club 



October 

 March 



1846. Percussion. 



9, 1848. 



State of the Arts among the Romans 



December 14, 1848. Aqueducts of Rome. 

 November 22, 1849. Friction. 



April 

 December, 



18, 1850. 

 1850. 



Strait 



Metals 



September 11, 1851. Second paper on Percussion. 



November 



18, 1852 



Captain Beaufoy's Book on the Increase of the Size of Vessel to gain 



May 

 March 



Speed. 



12. 1853. Joseph Priestley. 



23. 1854. Discovery of America, 



Washington 



CD 



November 22, 1855. Machinery of War since 1815. 



October 30, 1856. Scientific Societies. 



December 10, 1857. Ocean Telegraph. 

 April 



January 27, 1859. Clocks and Watches. 



22, 1858. Ninth Bridgewater Treatise. Credibility of Testimony 



t The following gentlemen were member 



* Louis Agassiz. 



* Charles Beck. 

 Francis Bowen. 



* Charles Henry Davis. 

 Epos S. Dixwell. 



* Edward Everett. 



* Cornelius Conway Felton. 

 ♦Asa Gray. 



Those marked with an asterisk are dead. 



* Simon Greenleaf. 



* Thaddeus Mason Harris 

 Thomas Hill. 



* William Kent. 

 Joseph Lovering. 



* Joel Parker. 



* Benjamin Peirce. 



* Josiah Quincy. 



Treadwell, from 1842 to 1862. 



* Jared Sparks. 



* James Walker. 



* Emory Washburn. 



* Joseph Wiulock. 



* Joseph Emerson Worcester 



Morrill Wyman. 



