520 



4. To Dr. Tyndall, for experimental researches in heat 



and magnetism 100 



The results of a part of these researches have been 

 presented to the Royal Society, and will be published 

 in the forthcoming volume of the Philosophical Trans- 

 actions. 



5. To Dr. Woods of Parsonstown in Ireland, for experi- 

 mental researches on the heat developed in the oxidation of 

 certain metals 20 



The experiments are in progress, and an interim report 

 has been presented to the Royal Society. 



6. To Professor William Thomson of Glasgow and Mr. 

 Joule of Manchester, for experimental researches on fluids 

 in motion, and on the thermal effects experienced by fluids in 

 passing through small apertures 200 



See note to an appropriation for the same purpose in 

 1852, No. 12, and in 1853, No. 6. A memoir contain- 

 ing the results of these researches, so far as they have 

 yet been completed, has been presented to the Royal 

 Society, and printed in the Philosophical Transactions. 



7. To Warren De la Rue, Esq., for mounting the Huyge- 



nian object-glass 250 



See note to a similar appropriation in 1853, No. 4. 



8. ToT. H. Huxley, Esq., for the publication of his zoolo- 

 gical researches 300 



Mr. Huxley was employed under the orders of the 

 Admiralty in a Surveying Expedition under Captain 

 Owen Stanley, during which these researches were made. 

 On his return Mr. Huxley contributed two memoirs to 

 the Royal Society, for which the Royal Medal was 

 awarded him. They were printed in the Philosophical 

 Transactions. The publication of the whole of his 

 researches has been strongly recommended by the 

 highest authorities in this branch of science, and will 

 be accomplished by this grant. The work itself will be 

 the property of Her Majesty's Government, and will 



