General Committee of the British Association for the Advancement 
of Science. 
Edinburgh, August 7, 1850. : 
Resolved,— 
That a Committee, consisting of Sir John Herschel, the 
Astronomer Royal, Professor Forbes, and Professor Powell, 
with power to add to their number, be empowered to commu- 
nicate with the astronomers of Pulkowa on the observations 
to be made at the next approaching Total Eclipse of the Sun, 
July 28, 1851; and to draw up Suggestions for the guidance 
of observers generally. 
[The following Suggestions have been drawn up by the Com- 
mittee above-named, with the assistance of M. Otto Struve of 
Pulkowa. | 
