1873.] Appropriation of the Government Grant. 19 



Account of the appropriation of the sum of jBlOOO annually voted 

 by Parliament to the Royal Society (the Government Grant), 

 to be employed in aiding the advancement of Science (con- 

 tinued from Vol. XXI. p. 35) . 



1873. 



1. Dr. Stenhouse, for continuation of Researches on the Orcins 



and Varieties of Tannins .100 



2. "W. G-alloway, for Experiments bearing on the Causes of 

 Colliery Explosions ,. .... 75 



3. W. N". Hartley, for Researches on the effect of Heat on 

 Absorption Spectra 50 



4. Dr. Klein, for Researches on the Lymphatic System of the 

 Higher Animals 100 



5. J. Dewar and W. Dittmar, for Experiments on Vapour Den- 

 sities at High Temperatures 50 



6. A. Dupre, for investigating the Specific Heat of Mixtures 



and of Elements in the Nascent State 50 



7. W. Lassell (as Treasurer of the Eclipse (1870) Committee), for 



a Spectroscope for the Eclipse Expedition .17 10s. 



8. Rev. Canon Selwyn, for continuation of his Series of Solar 

 Autographs . .. . . 50 



9. Dr. Frankland, Researches on Organo-Boron Compounds, 



and on the Synthesis of Organic Acids 100 



10. J. N. Lockyer, for procuring a Siderostat, to be employed 

 in photographing in detail the Spectroscopic Phenomena observed 



in the Solar Disk 300 



11. Rogers Field, for continuation of Experiments to determine 



the Amount of Evaporation from a Water-surface 100 



12. Prof. B. Stewart, for investigating a possible connexion be- 

 tween the Meteorology of our Earth and the Positions of the 

 nearer Planetary Bodies 100 



13. F. Galton, for the construction of an Instrument for com- 

 puting the mean Distance which a ship could sail in one day, &c. . . 25 



14. W. C. Williamson, for continuation of Researches into the 

 Organization of the Fossil Plants of the Coal-measures 25 



15. Prof. P. G. Tait, for a research on the Thermoelectric Pro- 

 perties of Metals and Alloys 75 



Cheque Book 10s. 



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