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REPORT OF THE ANNUAL MEETING 
AWARD OF MEDALS 
The following medals were awarded at the annual dinner on the evening of 
April 17, 1917, at the Raleigh Hotel: 
The Henry Draper Medal, to A. A. Michelson of the University of Chicago 
for his numerous and important contributions to spectroscopy and astronom- 
ical physics. 
The Medal for Eminence in the Application of Science to the Public Welfare, 
to Samuel Wesley Stratton for his services in introducing standards into the 
practice of technologists in the United States. 
RESEARCH GRANTS FROM THE TRUST FUNDS 
OF THE ACADEMY 
During the twelve months preceding the Annual Meeting of the Academy 
the following grants for the promotion of research, in addition to those 
hsted in these Proceedings, 2, 743, were made from the Trust funds of the 
Academy. 
GRANTS FROM THE BACHE FUND 
No. 202, W. C. Allee, Lake Forest College, 111., $415. For an investigation of a possible 
correlation between the rate of carbon dioxide production and reversal in light reaction 
of certain Arthropods, especially May-fly nymphs. 
No. 203, Joseph P. Iddings, Brinklow, Md., $500. For a continuance of the micro- 
scopical and chemical investigation of rocks collected by Mr. Iddings in Japan, Philippine 
Islands, Java, Borneo, Celebes, Sumatra, New Zealand, Tahiti, and the Leeward Islands, 
and the Marquesas. 
No. 204, Irving W. Bailey, Bussey Institution, Harvard University, $300. To secure 
field data in regard to the effects of various tropical environments upon the growth forms 
of the Angiosperms and to secure material for a study of the effects of these environments 
upon the anatomical structure of the Angiosperms. (Expedition to Guatemala has been 
delayed.) 
GRANTS FROM THE WATSON FUND 
No. 14, John A. Miller, Sproul Observatory, Swarthmore College, $500. To measure 
plates for determining stellar parallaxes. (Supplementary to Grant No. 13.) 
No. 15, Herbert C. Wilson, Goodsell Observatory, $325. To determine the position 
and brightness of asteroids (chiefly those discovered by Watson) by the photographic method, 
together with a study of the brightness of some variable stars. 
GRANTS FROM THE WOLCOTT GIBBS FUND 
No. 7, W. D. Harkins, University of Chicago, $200. For the purchase of an air-pump 
which will be of use in five researches either now in progress or to be undertaken in the near 
future. 
No. 8, H. L. Datta, Presidency College, Calcutta, India, £25. To provide organic sub- 
stances for his researches of chlorination. 
GRANT FROM THE J. LAWRENCE SMITH FUND 
No. 8, S. A. Mitchell, University of Virginia, $400. To continue his researches on 
the paths, radiants, and orbits of meteors. (Supplementary to Grant No. 6.) 
