Abstract :
To the Membership of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers: A fund is being raised to purchase the. very valuable Scientific Library of the late Dr. Thompson, and to present it to the Institution of Electrical Engineers, as a Memorial of his life and work, the Library to be accessible to the public on the same conditions as the Ronalds Library of the Institution of Electrical Engineers in London. A committee of fifteen prominent scientists and engineers, has been appointed in England, with Mr. W. M. Mordey acting as chairman, to carry out the plan, and to raise funds for the purchase of the library, the price of which is $20,000 (£4000).
