RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE GENERAL COMMITTEE. xlv 
RECOMMENDATIONS ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL CoMMITTEE AT THE NoRwIcH 
Meerine In Aveusr 1868. 
[When Committees are appointed, the Member first named is regarded as the Secretary, 
except there is a specific nomination. | 
Involving Grants 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 Professor Tait, Professor Tyndall, and Dr. Balfour Stewart be a 
Committee for the purpose of repeating Principal J. D. Forbes’s experiments 
on the Thermal Conductivity of Iron, and extending them to other metals ; 
and that the sum of £50 be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 
That Dr. Joule, Sir W. Thomson, Professor Tait, Dr. Balfour Stewart, and 
Professor G. C. Foster be reappointed as a Committee for the purpose of 
executing a remeasurement of the Dynamical Equivalent of Heat; that 
Professor Foster be the Secretary, and that the sum of £50 be placed at 
their disposal for the purpose. 
That the Committee for the purpose of investigating the rate of increase 
of Underground Temperature downwards in various localities of dry land and 
under water, consisting of Sir William Thomson, Dr. Everett, Sir Charles 
Lyell, Bart., Principal Forbes, Mr. J. Clerk Maxwell, Professor Phillips, Mr. 
G. J. Symons, Mr. Balfour Stewart, Professor Ramsay, Mr. Geikie, Mr. 
Glaisher, Rev. Dr. Graham, Mr. E. W. Binney, Mr. George Maw, and Mr. 
Pengélly, be reappointed; that Dr. J. D. Everett be the Secretary, and that 
the sum of £30 be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 
That the Committee for reporting on the Rainfall of the British Isles, con- 
sisting of Mr. Charles Brooke, Mr. Glaisher, Professor Phillips, Mr. G. J. 
Symons, Mr. J. F. Bateman, Mr. R. W. Mylne, Mr. T. Hawksley, Professor 
- Adams, Mr. C. Tomlinson, and Professor Sylvester, be reappointed ; that Mr, 
G. J. Symons be the Secretary, and that the sum of £50 be placed at their 
disposal. 
That the Committee on Tidal Observations be reappointed, and consist of 
Sir W. Thomson, Professor Adams, Professor J. W.M. Rankine, Mr. J.Oldham, 
and Captain Richards (with power to add to their number); and that the 
sum of £100 be placed at their disposal. 
That the Lunar Committee be reappointed, and consist of Mr. J. Glaisher, 
Lord Rosse, Sir J. Herschel, Bart., Professor Phillips, Rev. C. Pritchard, Mr. 
W. Huggins, Mr. W. R. Grove, Mr. W. De La Rue, Mr. C. Brooke, Rev. T. W. 
Webb, Herr Schmidt, Admiral Manners, Mr. W. R. Birt, and Lieut.-Colonel 
Strange ; and that the sum of £50 be placed at their disposal. 
That Dr. Anderson and Mr. Catton be a Committee for the purpose of 
continuing the researches of Mr. Catton on the Synthesis of Organic Acids ; 
and that the sum of £12 be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 
That Dr. Frankland and Mr. M‘Leod be a Committee for the purpose of 
investigating the composition of the gases dissolved in deep-well water; and 
that the sum of £25 be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 
That Dr. Matthiessen, Mr. Abel, and Mr. David Forbes be a Committee for 
the purpose of investigating the Chemical Nature of Cast Iron; and that 
the sum of £80 be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 
That Sir Charles Lyell, Bart., Professor Phillips, Sir John Lubbock, Bart., 
Mr. John Evans, Mr. Edward Vivian, Mr. William Pengelly, Mr. George Busk, 
and Mr. W. Boyd Dawkins be a Committee for the purpose of continuing the 
