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C. Appropriation of the Government Grant of 1000 in 1852. 



1 . To Professor William Thomson of Glasgow, for experi- 

 mental researches in several branches of electrical science. . 50 



This grant, as well as a subsequent one of 50 in 

 1853, was designed to assist in furnishing apparatus 

 for various electrical researches in which Professor 

 Thomson was engaged ; the results, as far as they have 

 yet been obtained, have been communicated to the 

 Royal Societies of London and of Edinburgh, and pub- 

 lished in their Transactions and in other scientific 

 journals. The researches are still in progress. 



2. To Dr. Tyndall, for experimental researches on the 

 diathermic and conductive capacities of crystalline and other 

 bodies 50 



This money has been expended in providing appa- 

 ratus for the experimental researches referred to. The 

 results, so far as they have been yet obtained, have 

 been published in papers in the Philosophical Transac- 

 tions, and the researches are still in progress. 



3. To Professor "Williamson, for experimental investiga- 

 tions into the law of the chemical action of masses. ....... 100 



The experiments are in progress, and the results 

 hitherto obtained will shortly be communicated to the 

 Royal Society. 



4. To Mr*. Joule of Manchester, for experiments on the 

 effects of magnetism on the dimensions of iron and steel bars. 30 



These experiments are still in progress. 



5. To Mr. John A. Dale, of Balliol College, Oxford, for 

 experiments on the relation of metals with each other, and 



with liquids in the voltaic circuit 50 



These experiments are still in progress. 



6. To Professor Owen, for obtaining anatomical drawings 



of undescribed existing and extinct animals 100 



Drawings, forty-three in number, have been executed, 

 and part of the grant yet remains to be similarly applied. 



