RESEARCHES IN SCIENCE. XX1 
-That applications be made— . 
To Mr. Airy, requesting him to furnish the Second Report on the progress 
of Astronomy, if possible, by the next Meeting of the Association. 
To Professor Wheatstone for his Report on Vision, to be presented, if 
possible, at.the next Meeting. 
To Mr. Hodgkinson for his Report on the Resistance of the Atmosphere, 
to be presented, if possible, at the next Meeting of the Association. 
To Professor Kelland for his Report on the Undulations of Fluid and Elastic 
Media, to be presented, if possible, at the next Meeting of the Association. 
To Mr. Fox Talbot for his Report on Photography and its Applications, 
to be presented, if possible, at the next Meeting of the Association. 
To Professor Phillips for his Report on the Structure and Colours of 
Clouds, to be presented, if possible, at the next Meeting of the Association. 
To Dr. Lloyd for his second Report on Physical Optics, to be presented, 
if possible, at the next Meeting of the Association. 
To Dr. Richardson for a Report on the State of our Knowledge of the 
Fishes of the Chinese Seas. 
To Mr. H. E. Strickland for a Report on the present State of our Know- 
ledge of Ornithology. 
To Mr. Blackwall to enlarge his Report on the Palpi of Araneidea, so as to 
include in a condensed form a notice of the Habits and Structure of the entire 
tribe. 
To Mr. Alder and Mr. Hancock for a Report on the British Nudibranchiate 
Mollusca. 
To Mr. Blake fora Report of his Researches on the Physiological Action of 
Medicines. 
That Mr. Fairbairn, Mr. Houldsworth, Mr. Hodgkinson, and Mr. Buck, be 
requested to continue their investigations on the Consumption of Fuel and the 
Prevention of Smoke. 
Recommendations of Special Researches in Science, involving Grants of 
Money. 
MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCE, 
That Sir David Brewster be requested to. continue till Nov. 1, 1843, the 
hourly observations on the Thermometer, Barometer and Anemometer, and 
that a sum not exceeding 12/. be placed at the disposal of the Council of the 
British Association for that purpose. 
That Mr, William Snow Harris be requested to complete the Meteorolo- 
gical Observations at Plymouth, with 35/. at his disposal for the purpose. 
__ That a Committee be appointed, consisting of Dr. Robinson, Col. Sabine, 
and Mr. Wheatstone, with 100/. at their disposal for the purpose of conduct- 
| ing experiments with Captive Balloons, on the Physical Constitution of the 
_ Atmosphere. 
__ That a Committee be appointed, consisting of Sir John Herschel, Dr. Whe- 
well, The Dean of Ely, Professor Lloyd, and Colonel Sabine, with 50/. at their 
} disposal, for the purpose of Magnetic and Meteorological co-operation,—and 
} that this Committee be authorized to superintend the reduction of Meteoro- 
logical Observations formerly conducted by Sir J. Herschel. 
_ That Sir D. Brewster be requested to investigate the action of different 
bodies on the Spectrum, with 10/. at his disposal for the purpose. 
That a Committee be appointed, consisting of Colonel Sabine, Dr. Robin- 
son, Sir John Herschel, Professor Wheatstone, Professor Owen, Professor 
T, Graham, Professor Miller, and Sir William Jardine, with 202. at their 
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