Excerpt from Report of the Electrical Conference at Philadelphia: In September, 1884 The act further provided that the commission thus appointed might invite scientific men, native and foreign, to participate in the confer ence, and to determine the general scope and character of its work. In pursuance of the provisions ofthe act, President Arthur appointed the following distinguished scientists: Professors Henry A. Rowland, Monroe B. Snyder, George F. Barker, Simon Newcomb, C. F. Brackett, J. Willard Gibbs, Edwin J Houston, John Trowbridge, F. C. Van Dyck and Charles A. Young, and Mr. R. A. Fisk and Dr. William H. Wahl as members of the United States Electrical Commission. 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.