exliv RESOLUTIONS, ETC. 



Communications ordered to be 'printed in extenso. 



Section A. — Mr. Cunningham. The Principle of Relativity. 



,, Mr. Eddington. Stellar Distribution and Movements. 



Section B. — Professor A. McWilliam. Report on Electric Steel Furnaces. 



,, Mr. Tizard. The Sensitiveness of Indicators. 



Section D. — Professor A. Dendy. Momentum in Evolution. 

 Section G. — Professor G. W. 0. Howe. Recent Developments in Radio- 

 telegraphy. ' 

 Section I. — Dr. Chick and Dr. Martin. Heat Coagulation of Proteins. 



„ Dr. A. D. Waller. Claims of Sir Charles Bell to the Anatomical 



Distinction of Motor and Sensory Nerves. 



Resolutions referred to the Council for consideration, and, if desirable, 



for action. 



From Sections D and II. 



That the Council be approached with the view of requesting His Majesty's 

 Government to equip a vessel for the purpose of making a Biological and 

 Anthropological Exploration in Oceania at the close of the Meeting of the 

 British Association in Australia in 1914. 



From Section II. 



That this Association co-operate with the Royal Anthroplogical Institute 

 in urging upon His Majesty's Government the desirability of instituting an 

 Imperial Bureau of Anthropology, and that the General Officers be empowered 

 to take such action as may be necessary for this purpose. 



From Section I. 



With reference to Dr. A. D. Waller's paper on the Claim of Sir Charles Bell 

 to the Anatomical Distinction of Motor and Sensory Nerves: — 



1. The author of this paper has called the attention of the Sectional Com- 

 mittee to the fact that his communication conveys a serious charge relating to 

 the republication by Bell in 1824 and subsequently of papers originally pub- 

 lished in the 'Phil. Trans.' of the Royal Society in 1821. 



2. In view of the importance attaching to the real authorship of the dis- 

 covery of the distinction between motor and sensory nerves we have examined 

 the printed documents quoted at pp. 298, 299, and verified the accuracy of the 

 quotations given by Dr. Waller of the original passages of 1821 and of the 

 republished passages of 1824. 



3. In our opinion it will be necessary to reconsider carefully the claim first 

 put forward by Bell in 1824 to the discovery of the distinction between motor 

 and sensory nerves. 



4. Dr. Waller's paper on the subject contains sufficient grounds for the 

 revision of the conclusion published in the Report of the British Association 

 for 1833, and we recommend that it be published in extenso in the Report of 

 the present year. 



5. In view of the importance of the historical claim of Bell we recommend 

 that a committee be appointed to consider the case fully and report upon it. 



6. In spite of the fact that many years have elapsed since November 12th, 

 1S24, we are of opinion that a formal communication should be made to the 

 Royal Society calling its attention to the existence of a spurious version of 

 papers received by the Royal Society and published on its authority on 

 July 12th, 1821. 



7. The Sectional Committee recommends that the text of the foregoing reso- 

 lutions be printed as an appendix to Dr. Waller's paper. 



1 Subsequently withdrawn, having been previously printed elsewhere. 



