SYNOPSIS OF GllANTS 01' MONEY. lix 



Stjnopsis of Grants of Money appropriated to Scientific Purposes by 



the Geiieral Committee at the Brighton Meeting in August 1873. 



The names of the Members who would be entitled to call on the 

 General Treasurer for the respective Grants are prefixed. 



Mathematics and Physics. 



*Cayley, Professor. — Mathematical Tables 100 



*Thomson, Professor Sir y(. — Tidal Observations 400 



*Brookc, Mr. — British Rainfall 100 



*Ererett, Prof. — Underground Temperature (£100 renewed) . . 150 



*GriiS.th, Mr. G. — Gaussian Constants (renewed) 10 



*Glaisher, Mr. J.— Luminous Meteors 30 



Glaisher, Mr. J.— Efficacy of Lightning Conductors 50 



*Williamson, Prof. A. W. — Testing Siemens's New Pyrometer 



(renewed) 30 



*IIuggins, Dr. "W. — Tables of Inverse Wave-lengths 150 



*Tait, Professor. — Thermal Conductivity of Metals 50 



Chemistry. 



*Williamsou, Prof. A. W. — Eccords of the Progress of Chemistry 



(£100 renewed) , 200 



*Gladstone, Dr. — Chemical Constitution and Optical Properties 



of Essential Oils 30 



Brown, Professor Crum.-^Temperature of Incandescent Bodies 50 



Brown, Professor Crum. — Electric Tensions of Batteries .... 25 



Geology. 



*llanisay. Professor. — Mapping Positions of Erratic Blocks and 



Boulders (renewed) 10 



*Lye]l, Sir C, Bart.— Kent's Cavern Exploration 150 



Lubbock, Sir J. — Exploration of Settle Cave 50 



*Busk, Mr.— Fossil Elephants of Malta 2b 



*Harkness, Professor. — Investigation of Eossil Corals 25 



Carruthers, Mr. — Eossil Elora of Ireland 20 



*IIarkness, Professor. — Collection of Fossils in the North-West 



of Scotland 10 



*Bryce, Dr. — Earthquakes in Scotland 20 



Willett, Mr. H.— The Sub-Wealden Exploration . . 25 



Carried forward £1710 oH) 



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Eeappointed. 



