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LIST OF PUBLICATIONS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF 
SCIENCES AND OF THE NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL 
Part 1. PUBLICATIONS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY 
OF SCIENCES 
From the year 1864 to date the National Academy of Sciences has pub- 
lished at various times Scientific Memoirs, Biographical Memoirs, Annual 
Reports, Proceedings, and Reports of Committees. All except the Pro- 
ceedings are distributed free to institutions and students interested in 
the subjects discussed. The price of subscription to the Proceedings, 
of which twelve numbers are published each year, is five dollars. The 
detailed list of titles, with the number of pages and the year of publication, 
is given below. 
MEMOIRS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 
Volume I. 1866 
1. Reduction of the observations of fixed stars made by Joseph LePaute D'Agelet, at 
Paris, in 1783-1785, with a catalogue of the corresponding mean places, referred 
to the Equinox of 1800.0. Benjamin Apthorp Gould. Read January 8, 1864. 
Pp. 1-261. 
2. The Saturnian system. Benjamin Pierce. Read January 8, 1864. Pp. 263-286. 
3. On the distribution of certain diseases in reference to hygienic choice of location 
for the cure of invalid soldiers. Augustus A. Gould. Read August 5, 1864. 
Pp. 287-290. 
4. On shooting stars. H. A. Newton. Read August 6, 1864. Pp. 291-312. 
5. Rifled guns. W. H. C. BartlETT. Read August 25, 1865. Pp. 313-343. 
Volume II. 1884 
1. Report of the eclipse expedition to Caroline Island, May, 1883. Pp. 5-146. 
2. Experimental determination of wave-lengths in the invisible prismatic spectrum. 
S. P. LanglEy. April, 1883. 4 plates. Pp. 147-162. 
3. On the subsidence of particles in liquids. William H. Brewer. Read November 
15, 1883. Pp. 163-175. 
4. Upon the formation of a deaf variety of the human race. Alexander Graham 
Bell. Read November 13, 1883. Pp. 177-262. 
Volume III. (Part 1.) 1885 
1. The sufficiency of terrestrial rotation for the deflection of streams. G. K. Gilbert. 
Read April 15, 1884. Pp. 5-10. 
2. On the temperature of the surface of the moon. From researches made at the 
Allegheny Observatory by S. P. LanglEy, assisted by F. W. Very and J. E. 
KEELER. Read October 17, 1884. Plates 1-6. Pp. 11-42. 
3. On a method of precisely measuring the vibratory periods of tuning-forks, and 
the determination of the laws of the vibrations of forks; with special reference 
to these facts and laws to the action of a simple chronoscope. Alfred M. 
Mayer. Plates 1^. Pp. 45-59. 
