486 



Appropriation of the Government Grant [Dec. 1, 



The following Table shows the progress and present state of the 

 Society with respect to the number of Fellows : 



Account of the appropriation of the sum of 4,000 (the Govern- 

 ment Grant) annually voted by Parliament to the Royal 

 Society, to be employed in aiding the advancement of 

 Science (continued from Vol. XL VI, p. 469). 



1889-1890. 







E. Nevill, for continuing his Deduction of the Corrections to 

 the Theory embodied in Hansen's Lunar Tables 50 



P. Smyth, for further Researches in Spectroscopic Measure- 

 ment of Ultra Definition and Extreme Separation 100 



J. N. Lockyer, for Astrophysical Observations, including 

 Long Exposure Photographs of the Spectra of Nebulae with 

 Comparison Spectra 125 



G. Higgs, for the Production by means of Photography of a 

 Map of a Normal Solar Spectrum from w. 1. 3,000 to 10.000. . 50 



C. Davison, for the Preparation of the Bibliography of 

 Seismology (1800-83) 10 



A. M. Worthington, for an Investigation of the Relation 

 between Tensional Stress and Strain in Liquids 40 



Dr. J. W. Tripe, for further Aid in Providing Assistance 

 for the Discussion of Observation of Thunderstorms in 

 1888-89 30 



Prof. W. Ramsay, for an Investigation of the Ratio be- 

 tween the Specific Heat at Constant Volume and at Constant 

 Pressure of (primarily) Ether-gas 60 



Carried forward 465 



