517 



7. To Dr. Miller, Mr. Gassiot, and Col. Sabine, for the 

 construction and verification of standard meteorological in- 

 struments 150 



See note to a similar appropriation in 1851, No. 9. 



8. To Henry Gray, Esq., for investigations concerning 



the spleen 100 



The results of these investigations are published in an 

 Essay on the Spleen, for which the triennial Astley 

 Cooper Prize of 300 was awarded in 1853. 



9. To Professor Beale, for investigations into the che- 

 mistry of morbid products 50 



This investigation is still in progress. 



10. To Dr. Carpenter, for the execution of drawings of 

 Foraminifera . . . . - 25 



See note to a similar appropriation in 1851, No. 6. 



11. For the publication of Vol. II. of the Markree Cata- 

 logue of Ecliptic Stars 130 



Vol. II. has been published, and the edition of 500 

 copies disposed of as in the case of Vol. I. (1850, No. 2.) 



12. To Professor William Thomson and Mr. Joule, for 

 experiments on the thermal effects experienced by fluids in 

 passing through small apertures 100 



The experiments referred to in this and in subsequent 

 grants of 100 in 1853, and of 200 in 1854, are still 

 in progress. A memoir describing part of the results 

 obtained, has been presented to the Royal Society, and 

 printed in the Philosophical Transactions. 



13. To Dr. Frankland, for investigations into organo-me- 



tallic compounds 65 



The results of this investigation have been commu- 

 nicated to the Royal Society in a memoir which will 

 appear in the forthcoming volume of the Philosophical 



Transactions. 



Total sum appropriated in 1852. . . . 1000 



