COMMITTEES APPOINTED BY THE GENERAL COMMITTEE. xciii 



2* Not receiving Grants of Money. 



Subject for Investigation or Purpose 



Members of the Committee 



Section A.— MATHEMATICS AND PHYSICS. 



Radiation from a Source of Light in a 

 Magnetic Field. 



To establish a Meteorological Ob- 

 servatory on Mount Koyal, Montreal. 



Co-operating with the Scottish Meteoro- 

 logical Society in making Meteoro- 

 logical Observations on Ben Nevis. 



The Rate of Increase of Underground 

 Temperature downwards in various 

 Localities of Dry Land and under 

 "Water. 



Considering the best Methods of Re- 

 cording the Direct Intensity of Solar 

 Radiation. 



That Miss Hardcastle be requested to 

 draw up a Report on the present 

 state of the Theory of Point-groups. 



Chairman. — Professor A. Schuster. 



Secretar I/. —Mr. W. E. Thrift. 



Sir Oliver Lodge, Professor S. P. 

 Thompson, Dr. Gerald Molloy, Dr. 

 W. E. Adeney, and Mr. E. P. Culver- 

 well. 



Chairman. — Professor H. L. Callendar. 

 Secretary. — Professor C. H. McLeod. 

 Professor F, Adams and Mr. R. F. 

 Stupart. 



CJiairman. — Lord McLaren. 

 Secretary. — Professor Crum Brown. 

 Sir John Murray, Dr. A. Buchan, and 

 Professor R. Copeland. 



Cliairman and Secretary. — Professor J. D. 

 Everett. 



Lord Kelvin, Sir Archibald Geikie, Mr. 

 James Glaisher, Professor Edwari 

 Hull, Dr. C. Le Neve Foster, Professor 

 A. S. Herschel, Professor G. A. Lebour, 

 Mr. A. B. Wynne, Mr. W. Galloway, 

 Mr. Joseph Dickinson, Mr. G. F. 

 Deacon, Mr. E. Wethered, Mr. A. 

 Strahan, Professor Michie Smith, Pro- 

 fessor H. L. Callendar, and Mr. B. H. 

 Brough. 



CluLirman. — Dr. G. Johnstone Stoney. 



Secretary. — Professor H. McLeod. 



Sir G. G. Stokes, Professor A. Schuster, 

 Sir H. E. Roscoe, Captain Sir W. de 

 W. Abney, Dr. C. Chree, Professor 

 H. L. Callendar, Mr. W. E. Wilson, 

 and Professor A . A. Rambaut. 



Section B.— CHEMISTRY. 



The Nature of Alloys. 



Isomeric Naphthalene Derivatives. 



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Chairman and Secretary. — Mr. F. H. 



Neville 

 Mr. C. T. Heycock and Mr. E. H. 



Griffiths. 



Chairman. — Professor AV. A. Tilden. 

 Secretary. — Professor H. E. Armstrong. 



The Study of Isomorphous Sulphonic \ Chairman. — Professor H. A. Miers. 

 Derivativea of Benzene. i Secretary. — Professor H. E. Armstrong. 



Dr. W. P. Wynne and Mr. W. J. Pope. 



