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REPORT — 1860. 



Secretaries. — William Newmarch ; Edmund Macrory, M.A. ; Rev. J. E. T. 

 Rogers, M.A., Magdalen Hall, Tooke Professor of Political Economy, King's Col- 

 lege, London. 



SECTION G. MECHANICAL SCIENCE. 



President. — W. J. Macquorn Rankine, LL.D., F.R.S., Professor of Engineering, 

 Glasgow. 



Vice-Presidents.— J. F. Bateman, F.R.S. ; W. Fairbairn, C.E., LL.D., F.R.S. ; 

 J. Glynn, F.R.S. ; Admiral Moorsom; Sir John Rennie, F.R.S. ; Marquis of Stafford, 

 M.P.'; James Walker, C.E., LL.D., F.R.S.; Professor Willis, M.A., F.R.S.: 

 T. Webster, Q.C., M.A., F.R.S. 



Secretaries. — P. Le Neve Foster, M.A. ; Rev. Francis Harrison, M.A. ; Henry 

 Wright. 



CORRESPONDING MEMBERS. 



Professor Agassiz, Cambridge, Massa- 

 chusetts. 

 M. Babinet, Paris. 

 Dr. A. D. Bache, Washington. 

 Professor Bolzani, Kazan. 

 Dr. Barth. 



Dr. Bergsma, Utrecht. 

 Mr. P. G. Bond, Cambridge, U.S. 

 M. Boutigny (d'Evreux). 

 Professor Braschmann, Moscow. 

 Dr. Carus, Leipzig. 

 Dr. Ferdinand Cohn, Breslau. 

 M. Antoine d'Abbadie. 

 M. De la Rive, Geneva. 

 Professor Dove, Berlin. 

 Professor Dumas, Paris. 

 Dr. J. Milne-Edwards, Paris. 

 Professor Ehrenberg, Berlin. 

 Dr. Eisenlohr, Carlsruhe. 

 Professor Encke, Berlin. 

 Dr. A. Erman, Berlin. 

 Professor Esmark, Christiania. 

 Prof. A. Favre, Geneva. 

 Professor G. Forchhammer, Copenhagen. 

 M. Leon Foucault, Paris. 

 Prof. E. Fremy, Paris. 

 M. Frisiani, Milan. 

 Dr. Geinitz, Dresden. 

 Professor Asa Gray, Cambridge, U.S. 

 Professor Henry, Washington, U.S. 

 Dr. Hochstetter, Vienna. 

 M. Jacobi, St. Petersburg. 

 M. Khanikoff, St. Petersburg. 

 Prof. A. Kblliker, Wurzburg. 

 Prof. De Koninck, Liege. 

 Professor Kreil, Vienna. 



Dr. A. Kupffer, St. Petersburg. 



Dr. Lamont, Munich. 



Prof. F. Lanza. 



M. Le Verrier, Paris. 



Baron von Liebig, Munich. 



Professor Loomis, New York. 



Professor Gustav Magnus, Berlin. 



Professor Matteucci, Pisa. 



Professor von Middendorff,Sr.Perers6«r^. 



M. l'Abbe Moigno, Paris. 



Professor Nilsson, Sweden. 



Dr. N. Nordenskiold, Finland. 



M. E. Peligot, Paris. 



Prof. B. Pierce, Cambridge, U.S. 



Viscenza Pisani, Florence. 



Gustave Plaar, Slrraburg. 



Chevalier Plana, Turin. 



Professor Plucker, Bonn. 



M. Constant Prevost, Paris. 



M. Quetelet, Brussels. 



Prof. Retzius, Stockholm. 



Professor W. B. Rogers, Boston, U.S. 



Professor H. Rose, Berlin. 



Herman Schlagintweit, Berlin. 



Robert Schlagintweit, Berlin. 



M. Werner Siemens, Vienna. 



Dr. Siljestrom, Stockholm. 



M. Struve, Pvlkowa. 



Dr. Svanberg, Stockholm. 



M. Pierre Tchihatchef. 



Dr. Van der Hoeven, Leyden. 



Prof. E. Verdet, Paris. 



Baron Sartorius von Waltershausen, 



Gbttingen. 

 Professor Wartmann, Geneva. 



Report of the Council of the British Association, presented to the 

 General Committee at Oxford, June 27, 1860. 



1. The Council were instructed by the General Committee at Aberdeen 

 to maintain the establishment at Kew Observatory by aid of a grant of £500. 

 They have received the following Report of the Committee to whom the 

 working of the Observatory is entrusted. 



