Excerpt from Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Vol. 2 The tribute paid by Professor holden, in his report, to Captain C.'C. Carpenter, command ing the Hartford, and to his officers and crew is cordially indorsed, as well as his appreciation of the services of those officers who took part in the observations of the eclipse. The committee held a final meeting in Washington on October 23. The reports of Professor holden and his associates (excepting Professor hastings) were presented, discussed, and put in proper form for presentation to the Academy at its November meeting in New Haven. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.