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PUBLICATIONS OF THE ACADEMY 
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 Peirce. 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 Alle- 
gheny Observatory by S. P. Langley, assisted by F. W. Very and J. E. Keelee. 
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 
1-4. Pp. 45-59. " 
4. The Baume hydrometers. C. F. Chandler. Read at Philadelphia meeting, 1881. 
Pp. 61-71. 
5. On small differences of sensation. C. S. Peirce and J. Jastrow. Read October 17, 
1884. Pp. 73-83. 
6. Description of an articulate of doubtful relationship from the Tertiary beds of Floris- 
sant, Colorado. Samuel H. Scudder. Read April 20, 1882. Pp. 85-90. 
7. The structure of the columella auris in the Pelycosauria. E. D. Cope. Read Octo- 
ber 16, 1884. Pp. 93-95. 
8. On the structure of the brain of the sessile-eyed Crustacea. 1. The Brain of Asellus 
and the eyeless form Cecidotasa. A. S. Packard. Plates 1-5. Pp. 97-110. 
Volume III. (Part 2.) 1886 
9. Contributions to meteorology. Elias Loomis. Plates 1-16. Pp. 5-66. 
10. On Flamsteed's stars "observed, but not existing." C. H. F. Peters. Read Novem- 
ber 11, 1885. Pp. 67-83. 
