xlviii REPORT — 1864. 



Recommendations adopted by the General Committee at the Eath 

 Meeting in SEPTEMiiEii 1864. 



[When Committees are aijpointod, the Member first named is regarded as the Secretary, 

 except there is a specific nomination.] 



Involving Grants of Money. 



That the sum of .£600 he placed at the disposal of the Council for maiii- 

 taiuiug the Establishment of the Kew Observatory. 



That Mr. J. Glaishef , Lord E-osse, The Rev. T. W. Webb, Mr. W. E. Birt, 

 Dr. Lee, Mr. J. N. Lockyer, Mr. W. E. Dawes, Sir J. Herschol, Bart., Pro- 

 fessor Philhps, Mr. J. Nasmyth, Mr. Warren De la Rue, and Mr. H. S. Ellis 

 be a Committee (with power to add to their number) for the purpose of 

 preparing forms for registering the various craters and visible objects on 

 the Moon's surface, and for constructing an outline map of four times the 

 scale of that of Beer and Miidler according to the j^kin proposed by Mr. Birt, 

 and also for conducting an extensive correspondence with philosophers on 

 the subject. That Mr. J. Glaisher be .the Chairman of the Committee, and 

 Mr. W. R. Birt bo the Secretary; and that the sum of £35 be placed at 

 their disposal for the piu'pose. 



That the Committee on Luminous Meteors and Aerolites, consisting of 

 Mr. Glaisher, Mr. R. P. Greg, Mr. E. W. Brayley, and Mr. Alexander 

 Hersehel be reappointed ; that Mr. Herschel be the Secretary, and that the 

 sum of £40 be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



That the Committee on Electrical Standards, consisting of Professor Wil- 

 liamson, Professor Wheatstone, Professor W. Thomson, Professor Miller, 

 Dr. A. Matthiessen, Mr. Eleeming Jenkin, Sir Charles Bright, Professor 

 Maxwell, Mr. C. W. Siemens, Mr. Balfour Stewart, Dr. Joule, aud Mr. C. 

 F. Varley, be reappointed ; that Mr. Eleeming Jenkin be the Secretary, and 

 that the sum of £100 be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



That the Balloon Committee, consisting of Colonel Sykes, Professor Airy, Lord 

 Wrottcslcy, Sir David Brewster, Sir J. Herschel, Bart., Dr. Lloyd, Admiral 

 EitzRoy, Dr. Lee, Dr. Robinson, Mr. Gassiot, Mr. Eairbairn, Dr. Tyudall, 

 Dr. W. A. Miller, and Mr. Glaisher, be reappointed for the purpose of winter 

 observations, night observations, electrical observations, if possible, and 

 making experiments in months and seasons in which no observation has yet 

 been made ; that Mr. Glaisher be the Secretary, and that the sum of .£150 

 be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



That Mr. G. J. Symons be requested to report on the Rainfall of the 

 British Isles during the years 1863 and 1864, and also to have constructed 

 and to transmit Rain-gauges to districts where observations are not at pre- 

 sent made. The Gauges to be sent within the British Isles, and the instru- 

 ments to be recalled should the observations not be satisfactorily made ; and 

 that the sum of £30 be placed at his disposal for the purpose. 



That Dr. Robinson, Professor Wheatstone, Dr. Gladstone, and Professor 

 Hennessy be a Committee (with power to add to their number) for the 

 purpose of making experiments on the Transmission of Sound under Water ; 

 and tliat the sum of £30 be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



That Dr. Matthiessen, Mr. Koad, and Dr. D. Price be a Committee for the 

 purpose of investigating the Chemical Constitution of Cast Iron ; and that 

 the sum of £30 be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



