Iviii KEPOBT — 1870. 



Eecomitendations .vdopted by the General Committee at the LiVERrooL 



MEETIIfG IN SEriElIBEK IS 70. 



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

 except there is a specific nomination.] 



Applications involving Gi-ants of Money. 



That the sum of £600 be placed at the disposal of the Council for main- 

 taining the establishment of the Kew Observatory. 



That the Committee for reporting on the llainfall of the British Isles be 

 reappointed, and that this Committee consist of Mr. Charles Brooke, Mr. 

 Glaisher, Professor Phillips, Mr. G. J. Symons, Mr. J. P. Bateman, Mr. 11. 

 W. Mylne, Mr. T. Hawksley, Professor Adams, Mr. C. Tomlinson, Professor 

 Sylvester, Dr. Pole, and Mr. llogcrs Field ; that Mr. G. J. Symons be the 

 Secretary, and that the sum of £50 be placed at their disposal for the 

 purpose. 



That the Committee on Underground Temperature, consisting of Sir William 

 Thomson, Dr. Everett, Sir Charles LyeU, Bart., Mr. J. Clerk Maxwell, Pro- 

 fessor PhiUips, Mr. G. J. Symons, Mr. Balfour Stewart, Professor Ramsay, 

 Mr. Geikie, Mr. Glaisher, Rev. Dr. Graham, Mr. E. W. Biuney, Mr. George 

 Maw, Mr. Pcngellj^, and Mr. S. J. Mackie, be reappointed with the addition 

 of the name of Mr. Edward Hull ; that Dr. J. D. Everett be the Secretary, 

 and that the sum of £150 be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



That the Committee on the Thermal Conductivity of Metals, consisting of 

 Professor Tait, Professor Tyndall, and Dr. Balfour Stewart be reappointed ; 

 that Professor Tait be the Secretary, and that the sum of £20 be placed at 

 their disposal for the purjjose. 



That the Committee on Tides, consisting of Sir W. Thomson, Professor 

 Adams, Professor W. J. M. Eankine, Mr. J. Oldham, Bear- Admiral Richards, 

 and Mr. W. Parkes be reappointed, and that the sum of £100 be placed at 

 theii- disposal for the purpose. 



That the Committee on Luminous Meteors, consisting of Mr. Glaisher, 

 Mr. R. P. Greg, Mr. Alexander Herschel, and Mr. C. Brooke be reappointed, 

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



That Mr. Edward Crossley and Rev. T. AV. Webb be a Committee for dis- 

 cussing Observations of Lunar Objects suspected of change ; that Mr. Cross- 

 ley be the Secretary, and that the sum of £20 be placed at their disposal for 

 the purpose. 



That Sir J. Herschel, Bart., and Professor Erman be a Committee for the pur- 

 pose of procuring the Recomputation by Professor Petersen of the Gaussian 

 Constants for 1839, so as to make the additional available observations, and 

 that the sum of £50 be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



That Professor Balfour Stewart, Mr. Latimer Clark, and Mr. C. T. Yarley 

 be a Committee for the purpose of investigating the best method of Measu- 

 ring Electrical Capacity, and of constructing Standard Measures of Capacity ; 

 that Prof. Balfour Stewart be the Secretary, and that the sum of £20 bo 

 placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



That Professor Sir "William Thomson, Mr. J. Clerk Maxwell, and Professor 

 Fleeming Jenkin be a Committee for the purpose of investigating the bes 

 method of measuring differences of Electrical Potentiul, and issuing a Stan, 



