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and Werner's Co-ordination Number from the Standpoint of the Ammines of Cobalt" with 
G. L. Clark. The existence of the salt CoCl 2 IONH 3 has been established; and the phe- 
nomena observed in the formation of this compound have been studied, and some of 
its physical constants. The work was broken off by the enlistment of Mr. Clark in the serv- 
ice of the Government before it could be brought to an end. It will be continued as soon 
as possible, as it promises to show either that Werner's constitution of the cobaltammines is 
incorrect, or that his co-ordination number must be changed from 6 to 10. Other results of 
great interest are also indicated. 
No. 8, R. L. Datta, Presidency College, Calcutta, has sent orders for organic chemicals 
amounting to £20, but has received none because of the war. 
A report was received from the Committee on the Marsh Fund, signed by 
E. H. Moore, Chairman, recommending grant No. 2 (as announced below, p. 
274) and containing the following statement: 
No. 1, J. M. Clarke, State Museum, Albany, reports progress in the assembling of mate- 
rial for his study of mutualism, symbiosis, and dependent life among animals. 
A report was received from the Committee on the Murray Fund, signed by 
Wm. H. Dall, Chairman, as follows: 
On November 1, the sum to the credit of the Murray Fund was $569.61. The Treasurer 
suggested and as Chairman I approved of the investment of the major part of this sum in 
Liberty bonds, which (should the Council decide to offer the medal this year) could readily 
be turned into cfsh 
A report was received from the Committee on the Comstock Fund, signed 
by Edw. L. Nichols,. Chairman, as follows: 
Five years having nearly elapsed since the first award of the Comstock prize to Professor 
(now Lieutenant Colonel) R. A. Millikan, the committee met in Philadelphia at the time of 
the November (1917) sessions of the Academy, four members being present. After careful 
consideration of various suggestions previously made in writing at the request of the chair- 
man, the committee unanimously recommended that the second award of the Comstock 
Prize be made by the Academy to Samuel Jackson Barnett, Professor of Physics at Ohio 
State University, for his investigations on Magnetization by Rotation. 
In this research the following fundamental and very important facts were established: 
(1) that there are within the iron currents of negative electricity in orbital revolution, 
(2) that these gyrostatic systems have inertia and are capable of definite orientation or 
arrangement by the rotation of the body without the action of any external magnetic field, 
(3) that such orientation manifests itself as a magnetization of the body as a whole. 
The committee further recommended that as in the case of the first award, the value of 
the prize be $1,500.00. 
The President presented recommendations from the Committees on the 
Henry Draper Medal and the Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal and Honorarium 
for the following awards which were approved by the Academy: 
American Museum of Natural History, 
New York, February 7, 1918. 
My dear Mr. Day: 
Thanking you for your letter of February sixth and the return of my letter of January 
ninth, as Chairman of the Committee on the award of the Daniel Giraud Elliot Gold Medal, I 
