RECOMMENDATIONS ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL COMMITTEE. Ixxi 



G. J. Symons, Mr. R. H. Scott, and Mr. .Jolinstone Stoney 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 Meteoro- 

 logical Observatory near Chepstow on a permanent and scientific basis, 

 and that the unexpended sum of 20Z. be placed at their disposal for the 

 purpose. 



That Professors Balfour Stewart and Sir W. Thomson, Sir J. H. 

 Lefroy, Professors G. H. Darwin, G. Chrysta), and S. J. Perry, Mr. C. H. 

 Carpmael, Professor Schuster, Mr. G. M. Whipple, Captain Creak, the 

 Astronomer Royal, Mr. William Ellis, Professor W. G. Adams, and Mr. 

 W. Lant Carpenter be reappointed a Committee for the purpose of con- 

 sidering the best means of comparing and reducing Magnetic Observa- 

 tions ; that Professor Balfour Stewart be the Secretary, and that the sum 

 of 40Z. be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



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 

 Chrysta], Mr. H. Tomlinson, Professor W. Garnett, Professor J. J. 

 Thomson, Mr. W. N. Shaw, and Mr. J. T. Bottomley be reappointed a 

 Committee for the purpose of making experiments for improving the 

 construction of practical Standards for use in Electrical Measurements ; 

 t^hat Mr. Glazebrook be the Secretary, and that the sum of 50Z. be placed 

 at their disposal for the purpose. 



That Professors McLeod and Ramsay, Mr. J. T. Cundall, and Mr. W. A. 

 Shenstone be a Committee for the further investigation of the Influence 

 of the Silent Discharge of Electricity on oxygen and other gases ; that 

 Mr. W. A. Shenstone be the Secretary, and that the sum of 201. be placed 

 at their disposal for the purpose. 



That Captain Abney, General Festing, and Professors W. N. Hartley 

 and H. E. Armstrong be a Committee for the purpose of investigating the 

 Absorption Spectra of Pure Compounds ; that Professor Armstrong be 

 the Secretary, and that the sum of 40Z. be placed at their disposal for the 

 purpose. 



That Professors Williamson, Armstrong, Tilden, Reinold, J. Perry, 

 O. J. Lodge, Stirling, Bower, D'Arcy Thompson, and Milnes Marshall, 

 and Messrs. A. V. Harcourt, Dixon, Crookes, and E. J. Love be a Com- 

 mittee for the purpose of considering the desirability of combined action 

 for the purpose of Translation of Foreign Memoirs and for reporting 

 thereon ; and that the sum ^of 51. be placed at their disposal for the 

 purpose. 



That Professors Tilden and W. Ramsay and Dr. W. W. J. Nicol be 

 a Committee for the purpose of investigating the Nature of Solution ; 

 that Dr. W. W. J. Nicol be the Secretary, and that the sum of 201. be 

 placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



That Professors Tilden and W. Chandler Roberts- Austen, and Mr. T. 

 Turner be a Committee for the purpose of investigating the Influence of 

 Silicon on the Properties of Steel ; that Mr. T. Turner be the Secretary, 

 and that the sum of 301. be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



That Messrs. H. Bauerman, F. W. Rudler, J. J. H. Teall, and H. J. 

 Johnston-Lavis be reappointed a Committee for the purpose of investi- 

 gating the Volcanic Phenomena of Vesuvius and its neighbourhood ; that 



