RECOMMENDATIONS ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL COMMITTEE AY THE 
ABERDEEN MeerinG IN SEPTEMBER 1885. 
[When Committees are appointed, the Member first named is regarded as the 
Secretary, except there is a specific nomination. ] 
Involving Grants of Money. 
That Professor G. Carey Foster, Sir William Thomson, Professor 
Ayrton, Professor J. Perry, Professor W. G. Adams, Lord Rayleigh, 
Dr. O. J. Lodge, Dr. John Hopkinson, Dr. A. Muirhead, Mr. W. H. 
Preece, Mr. Herbert Taylor, Professor Everett, Professor Schuster, Dr. 
J. A. Fleming, Professor G. F. Fitzgerald, Mr. R. T. Glazebrook, Professor 
Chrystal, Mr. H. Tomlinson, Professor W. Garnett, Professor J. J. 
Thomson, and Mr. W. N. Shaw be reappointed_a Committee for the 
purpose of constructing and issuing practical Standards for use in 
Electrical Measurements; that Mr. Glazebrook be the Secretary, and 
that the sum of 40/. be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 
That Professor Balfour Stewart, Professor Schuster, Professor Stokes, 
Mr. G. Johnstone Stoney, Professor Sir H. E. Roscoe, Captain Abney, and 
Mr. G. J. Symons be reappointed a Committee for the purpose of con- 
sidering the best methods of recording the direct intensity of Solar Radia- 
tion; that Professor Balfour Stewart be the Secretary, and that the un- 
expended sum of 20/1. be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 
That Professor Balfour Stewart (Secretary), Mr. Knox Laughton, Mr. 
G. J. Symons, and Mr. R. H. Scott be reappointed a Committee, with 
power to add to their number, for the purpose of co-operating with Mr. 
E. J. Lowe in his project of establishing a Meteorological Observatory 
near Chepstow on a permanent and scientific basis, and that the unex- 
pended sum of 25/. be again placed at their disposal for the purpose. 
That Professor G. H. Darwin, Sir W. Thomson, and Major Baird be 
a Committee for the purpose of preparing instructions for the practical 
work of Tidal Observation; that Professor Darwin be the Secretary, 
and that the sum of 50/. be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 
That Professors Balfour Stewart and Sir W. Thomson, Sir J. H. 
Lefroy, Sir Frederick Evans, Professor G. H. Darwin, Professor G. 
Chrystal, Professor S. J. Perry, Mr. C. H. Carpmael, Professor Schuster, 
Mr. G. M. Whipple, and Captain Creake be reappointed a Committee for 
the purpose of considering the best means of comparing and reducing 
Magnetic Observations ; that Professor Balfour Stewart be the Secretary, 
and that the sum of 40/. be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 
That Professor G. Forbes, Captain Abney, Dr. J. Hopkinson, 
Professor W. G. Adams, Professor G. C. Foster, Lord Rayleigh, Mr. 
Preece, Professor Schuster, Professor Dewar, Mr. A. Vernon Har- 
court, Professor Ayrton, and Sir James Douglass be reappointed a Com- 
mittee for the purpose of reporting on Standards of Light; that Professor 
G. Forbes be the Secretary, and that the sum of 20/. be placed at their 
disposal for the purpose. 
