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NAS Committees Advisory to the Government, 1863-1913
The following is an alphabetical list of the NAS advisory committees which undertook work for the Government during the period 1863-1913. An asterisk following a committee's date of organization indicates that an individual folder exists for that committee in the Central Policy File collection date bank of 1863-1913.
Ampere & Volt, Committee to Prescribe & Publish Specifications for the Practical Application of the Definitions of: 1894* (Filed under Committee on Standards for Electrical Measure.)
Appointed in accordance with an Act of Congress
Artificial Coloring of Sugars to Simulate a Lower Grade According to the Standard on Which Duties are Levied, Committee on: 1876* (Filed under Committee on Artificial Coloring of Sugars)
Appointed at the request of the Treasury Department
Astronomical Day, the Solar Eclipse of 1866 & the Erection of a New Naval Observatory, Committee on the: 1885*
Appointed at the request of the Navy Department
Building Stone to be used for the Custom House in Chicago, Committee on: 1878
Appointed at the request of the Treasury Department
Coal Mines from Exploding by Means of Electricity, Committee on the Protection of: 1870
Appointed at the request of the President of the United States
Demerara Sugars, Committee on: 1877*
Appointed at the request of the Treasury Department
Experiments on the Expansion of Steam, Committee on: 1864*
Appointed at the request of the Navy Department
Exploration of the Yellowstone, Committee on the: 1873
Appointed at the request of the War Department
Explosion of the United States Steamer CHENANGO, Committee on: 1864
Appointed at the request of the Navy Department
Formulate a Plan for a Systematic Search for the North Magnetic Pole, Committee to: 1890* (Filed under Committee for Investigation of North Magnetic Pole)
Appointed at the request of the Treasury Department
Galvanic Action for Association of Zinc & Iron, Committee on the (Headstones for Soldiers' Graves): 1867*
Appointed at the request of the War Department
Glucose, Committee on: 1882*
Appointed at the request of the Treasury Department
Improvement of Greytown Harbor, Nicaragua, Committee on the: 1866* (Filed under Committee on Greytown Harbor)
Appointed at the request of the Department of State
Inauguration of a Rational Forest Policy for the Forested Lands of the United States, Committee on the: 1896*
Appointed at the request of the Department of Interior
Internal Revenue Stamps, Committee on the Effect of Chemicals on: 1870
Appointed at the request of the Treasury Department
International Astronomical Convention Paris, France: 1887* (Filed under International Relations: International Congresses: International Astronomical Convention: NAS Delegate)
Meeting called by French Academy of Sciences
International Bureau of Weights & Measures, Committee on an: 1873* (Filed under International Relations: International Bureau of Weights & Measures)
Appointed at the request of the Treasury Department
Magnetic Deviation in Iron Ships, Committee on (aka Compass Committee): 1863*
Appointed at the request of the Navy Department
Materials for the Manufacture of Cent Coins, Committee on: 1864* (Filed under Committee on Cent Coinage)
Appointed at the request of the Treasury Department
Means of Distinguishing Calf's Hair from Woolen Goods, Committee on: 1875*
Appointed at the request of the Treasury Department
Methods & Expenses of Conducting Scientific Work Under the Government, Committee on the: 1908* (Filed under Committee on Conduct of Scientific Work of US Government)
Appointed in accordance with an Act of Congress
Metric Standards for the States, Committee on: 1866
Appointed at the request of the Treasury Department
Morphine Content of Opium, Committee on the: 1886* (Filed under Committee on Opium)
Appointed at the request of the Treasury Department
National Board of Health, Committee on a: 1879* (Filed under Committee to Cooperate with National Board of Health)
Appointed in accordance with an Act of Congress
National Currency, Committee on: 1863*
Appointed at the request of the Treasury Department
National Forest Reserve in the Southern Appalachians, Committee on the Establishment of a: 1902
Appointed at the request of Joint Commissions & Committees of Congress
Philosophical & Scientific Apparatus, Committee on: 1884* (Filed under Committee on Customs Duty on Philosophical & Scientific Apparatus)
- at the request of the Treasury Department
Polaris Expedition, Committee on Preparing Instructions for the: 1872 (Filed under Committee on Polaris Expedition)
Appointed in accordance with an Act of Congress
Preservation of Paint on Army Knapsacks, Committee on the: 1868 (Filed under Committee on Knapsacks)
Appointed at the request of the War Department
Prevention of Counterfeiting, Committee on the: 1866*
Appointed at the request of the Treasury Department
Proposed Change in the American Ephemeris, Committee on: 1877* (Filed under Committee on Proposed Changes in Nautical Almanac)
Appointed at the request of the Navy Department
Protecting the Bottoms of Iron Vessels, Committee on: 1863* (Filed under Committee on Subject of Protecting Bottoms of Iron Ships from Injury by Salt Water)
Appointed at the request of the Navy Department
Proving & Gauging Distilled Spirits & Preventing Fraud, Committee on: 1866* (Filed under Committee on Testing & Estimating Strength of Distilled Spirits)
Appointed at the request of the Treasury Department
Quartz Plates used in Saccharimeters for Sugar Determinations, Committee on: 1887* (Filed under Committee on Sugar Determinations)
Appointed at the request of the Treasury Department
Question of Tests for the Purity of Whiskey, Committee on the: 1864
Appointed at the request of the War Department
Questions of Meteorological Science & Its Applications, Committee on: 1881
Appointed at the request of the War Department
Restoration of the Declaration of Independence, Committee on the: 1880
Appointed at the request of the Department of Interior
Restoration of the Declaration of Independence, Committee on the: 1903* (Filed under Committee to Examine Present Condition of Declaration of Independence)
Appointed at the request of the Department of State
Saxton's Alcoholometer, Committee on: 1863 (Filed under Committee on Saxton's Hydrometer)
Appointed at the request of the Treasury Department
Scientific Explorations in the Philippines, Committee on: 1902* (Filed under Committee on Scientific Surveys of Philippine Islands)
Appointed at the request of the President of the United States
Separation of Methyl Alcohol, or Wood Spirits, from Ethyl Alcohol, Committee on: 1882* (Filed under Committee on Separation of Methyl from Alcohol)
Appointed at the request of the Treasury Department
Signal Service of the Army, the Geological Survey, the Coast & Geodetic Survey, and the Hydrographic Office of the Navy Department, Committee on the: 1884* (Filed under Committee on Organization of National Surveys and Signal Service)
Appointed at the request of Joint Commissions and Committees of Congress
Silk Culture in the United States, Committee on the: 1870
Appointed at the request of the Department of Agriculture
Sorghum Sugar, Committee on: 1881*
Self-initiated; reported to Department of Agriculture.
Spirit Meters, Committee on: 1866* (Filed under Committee on Testing & Estimating Strength of Distilled Spirits: Special Investigation on Spirit Meters)
Appointed at the request of the Treasury Department
Surveying & Mapping the Territories of the United States, Committee on a Plan for: 1878*
Appointed in accordance with an Act of Congress
Tariff Classification of Wools, Committee on: 1885*
Appointed at the request of the Treasury Department
Transit of Venus, Committee on the: 1871; 1881* (1881 Committee papers filed under Government: Agencies & Departments: Navy: Commission for Observing Transits of Venus)
1871 Committee appointed in accordance with an Act of Congress
1881 Committee appointed at the request of the Navy Department
Triangulation Connecting the Atlantic & Pacific Coast, Committee on: 1882* (Filed under Committee on Coastal Survey Triangulation to Connect Atlantic & Pacific Coasts)
Appointed at the request of the Treasury Department
Use of Polarized Light to Determine the Value of Sugars, Committee on: 1876*
Appointed at the request of the Treasury Department
Velocity of Light, Committee on Experiments on: 1878* (Filed under Committee on Measurement of Velocity of Light)
Appointed at the suggestion of Simon Newcomb
Water Proofing the Fractional Currency, Committee on: 1875*
Appointed at the request of the Treasury Department
Weights, Measures & Coinage, Committee on: 1863*
Appointed at the request of the Treasury Department
Wind & Current Charts & Sailing Directions, Committee on: 1863*
Appointed at the request of the Navy Department
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