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KESEARCH COMMITTEES. 



2. Not receiving Grants of Money. 



Subject for Investigation, or Purpose 



Members of Committee 



Section A.— MATHEMATICS AND PHYSICS. 



Making Experiments for improving 

 the Construction of Practical Stan- 

 dards for use in Electrical Measure- 

 ments. 



To continue the Magnetic Survey of 

 South Africa commenced by Pro- 

 fessors Beattie and Morrison. 



To carry out a further portion of the 

 Oeodetic Arc of Meridian North of 

 Lake Tanganyika. 



The further Tabulation of Bessel Func- 

 tions. 



To report upon the provision for the 

 Study of Astronomy, Meteorology 

 (inclnding Atmospheric Electricity), 

 and Geophysics in the Universities 

 of the British Empire. 



To report on the present state of our 

 Knowledge of the Upper Atmosphere 

 as obtained by the use of Kites, 

 Palloons, and Pilot Balloons. 



Chairman. — Lord Rayleigh. 



Secretary. — Dr. R. T. Glazebrook. 



Professors W. E. Ayrton, J. Perry, W. G. 

 Adams, and G. Carey Foster, Sir Oliver 

 Lodge, Dr. A. Muirhead, Sir W. H 

 Preece, Professor A. Schuster, Dr. 

 J. A. Fleming, Professor J. J. Thom- 

 son, Dr. W. N. Shaw, Dr. J. T. Bot- 

 tomley, Rev. T. C. Fitzpatrick, Dr. G. 

 Johnstone Stoney, Professor S. P. 

 Thompson, Mr. J. Rennie, Principal 

 E. H. Griffiths, Sir Arthur Rucker, 

 Professor H. L. Callendar, and Messrs. 

 G. Matthey, A. P. Trotter, T. Mather, 

 and F. E. Smith. 



Chah-man. —Sir David Gill. 

 Secretary.— Froiessor J . C. Beattie. 

 Mr. S. S. Hough, Professor Morrison, and 

 Professor A. Schuster. 



Chairman. — Sir George Darwin. 



Secretary. — Sir David Gill. 



Major Close and Sir George Goldie. 



Chairman. — Professor M. J. M. Hill. 

 Secretary. — Dr. L. N. G. Filon. 

 Professor Alfred Lodge and Mr. J. W. 

 Nicholson. 



Chairman. — Sir Arthur Riicker. 

 Secretary. — Professor A. E. H. Love. 

 Sir Oliver Lodge, Professors C. G. Knott, 



E. Rutherford, A. Schuster, J. J. 



Thomson, and E. T. Whittaker, Drs. 



W. G. Duffield and G. T. "Walker, and 



Mr. R. T. A. Innes 



Messrs. E. Gold and W. A. Harwood. 



Section B.— CHEMISTRY. 



The Study of Isomorphous Sulphonic 

 Derivatives of Benzene. 



Chairman. — Professor H. A. Miers. 

 Secretary. — Professor H. E. Armstrong. 

 Professors W. P. Wynne and W. J. Pope. 



