RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE GENERAL COMMITTEE. li 
RECOMMENDATIONS ADOPTED BY THE GENTRAL ComMitrer AT tHE BeLrasr 
Meetine in Aveust 1874. 
[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 Committee, consisting of Professor Cayley, Professor G. G. Stokes, 
Professor H. J. 8. Smith, Professor Sir W. Thomson, and Mr. J. W. L. 
Glaisher (Secretary), on Mathematical Tables be reappointed, and that £100 
be granted to them towards the printing the tables of the Elliptic Func- 
tions. 
That the Committee on the Magnetization of Iron, Nickel, and Cobalt, con- 
sisting of Professor Balfour Stewart and Mr. W. F. Barrett, be reappointed, 
with the addition of Professor Clerk Maxwell, and that the sum of £20 be 
placed at their disposal. 
That the Committee for reporting on the Rainfall of the British Isles, eon- 
sisting of Mr. C. Brooke, Mr. J. Glaisher, Mr. J. F. Bateman, Mr. T, Hawks- 
ley, Mr. G. J. Symons, Mr, C. Tomlinson, and Mr. Rogers Field, be reap- 
pointed ; that the Karl of Rosse and Mr. J. Smyth, Junior, be added to the 
Committee; that Mr. G. J. Symons be the Secretary ; that £100 be granted 
for the ordinary purposes of the Committee, and £20 extra for observations 
in the watershed of the Shannon, and in other parts of Ireland, respecting 
the rainfall of which no records exist. 
That the Committee, consisting of Mr. James Glaisher, Mr. R. P. Greg 
Mr. Charles Brooke, Professor G. Forbes, and Professor A. 8. Herschel, on 
Luminous Meteors, be reappointed, and that the sum of £30 be placed at 
their disposal for the purpose of providing a sufticient supply of maps and 
registers for their observations. 
That Professor Clerk Maxwell, Professor J. D. Everett, and Mr. A. 
Schuster be appointed a Committee for the purpose of testing experimentally 
the exactness of Ohm’s law; that Mr. Schuster be the Secretary, and that 
the sum of £50 be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 
That a Committee, consisting of Professor Stokes, Dr. De La Rue, Professor 
Clerk Maxwell, Mr. W. F. Barrett, Mr. Howard Grubb, and Mr. G. Johnstone 
Stoney, be appointed to examine and report upon the reflective powers of 
silver, gold, and platinum, whether in mass or chemically deposited on glass, 
and of speculum metal, and that the sum of £20 be placed at their disposal. 
That the Committee, consisting of Professor A. 8. Herschel and Mr. G. A. 
Lebour, for making experiments on the Thermal Conductivities of certain 
rocks, be reappointed ; that Professor A. 8. Herschel be the Secretary, and 
that £10 be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 
That the Committee on Thermo-Electricity, consisting of Professor Tait, 
Professor Tyndall, and Professor Balfour Stewart, be reappointed, and that 
the grant of £50 which has lapsed be renewed. 
That Professors Williamson, Frankland, and Roscoe be a Committee for 
the purpose of superintending the publication by the Chemical Society of the 
Monthly Reports on the Progress of Chemistry ; that Professor Williamson 
be the Secretary, and that the sum of £100 be placed at their disposal for 
the purpose. 
That Professors Roscoe, Balfour Stewart, and Thorpe be a Committee for 
the purpose of determining the Specific Volumes of Liquids; that Dr. Thorpe 
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