RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE GENERAL COMMITTEE. Ivii 



Everett (Secretary), Professor Sir W. Thomson, Sir Charles Lyell, Bart., Pro- 

 fessor J. Clerk Maxwell, Professor Phillips, Mr. G. J. Symons, Professor 

 Eamsay, Professor Gcikie, Mr. Glaisher, Eev. Dr. Graham, Mr. George Maw, 

 Mr. Peugelly, Mr. S. J. Maclde, Professor Edward Hull, and Professor Ansted, 

 be reappointed, with the addition of Dr. Clement Le Neve Poster. 



That the Committee, consisting of Dr. Huggins, Mr. J. IST. Lockyer, Dr. 

 Reynolds, and Mr. Stoney, on Inverse Wave-lengths, be reappointed, and that 

 Mr. Spottiswoode, Dr. De La Eue, and Dr. W. M. "Watts be added to the 

 Committee. 



That the Committee, consisting of Professor Cayley, Mr. J. W. L. Glaisher, 

 Dr. W. Pole, Mr. Merrificld, Professor Fuller, Mr. H. M. Brunei, and Pro- 

 fessor W. K. Clifford, be reappointed to estimate the cost of constructing Mr. 

 Babbage's Analytical Engine, and to consider the advisability of printing 

 tables by its means. 



That Mr. ^Y. 11. L. Russell be requested to continue his Report on recent 

 progress in the Theory of Elliptic and Hyperelliptic Functions. 



That Professor H. J. S. Smith, Professor Clifford, Professor W. G. Adams, 

 Professor Balfour Stewart, Mr. J. G. Fitch, Mr. George Griffith, Mr. Marshall 

 Watts, Professor Everett, Professor G. Carey Foster, and Mr. W. F. Barrett 

 be a Committee (with power to add to their number) to consider and report 

 on the extent and method of teaching Physics in Schools, and that Professor 

 G. Carey Foster be the Secretary. 



That Professor Sir W. Thomson, Professor Everett, Professor G. C. Foster, 

 Professor J. Clerk Maxwell, Mr. G. J. Stoney, Professor Fleeming Jenkin, 

 Dr. Siemens, Mr. Bramwell, Professor W. G. Adams, and Professor Balfour 

 Stewart be a Committee for reporting on the Nomenclature of Dynamical and 

 Electrical Units, and that Professor Everett be the Secretary. 



That Professor Tait be requested to prepare a Report on Quaternions. 



That Mr. Roberts, Dr. Mills, J. S. Sellon, Dr. Boycott, and Mr. Gadesden 

 be a Committee for the purpose of inquiring into the method of making gold 

 assays, and stating the results thereof ; that Mr. W. C. Roberts be the Se- 

 cretary. 



That Dr. Bryee, Professor Sir W. Thomson, Mr. J. Brough, Mr. G. Forbes, 

 Mr. D. Milne-Holme, and Mr. J. Thomson be a Committee for the purpose 

 of continuing the Observations and Records of Earthquakes in Scotland, and 

 that Dr. Bryce be the Secretary. 



That the Ruv. H. F. Barnes, Mr. Dresser, Mr. Harland, Mr. Harting, 

 Professor Newton, and the Rev. Canon Tristram be reappointed a Committee 

 for the purpose of inquiring into the possibility of establishing " a close time " 

 for the protection of indigenous animals, and that Mr. Dresser be the Se- 

 cretary. 



That Professor Balfour, Dr. Cleghorn, Mr. Hutchinson, Mr. Buchan, and 

 Mr. Sadler be reappointed a Committee for the purpose of taking observations 

 on the effect of the denudation of timber on the rainfall of North Britain ; 

 that Mr. Hutchinson be the Secretary. 



That Dr. Carpenter, Professor AUman, Professor Newton, and Mr. H. B. 

 Brady be a Committee for the purpose of inquiring into and reporting upon 

 the possibility of increasing the scientific usefulness of the Aquaria at Brighton 

 and Sydenham ; that Dr. Carpenter be the Secretary. 



That the Metric Committee be reappointed, such Committee to consist of 

 The Right Hon. Sir Stafford H. Northcote, Bart., C.B., M.P., The Right Hon. 

 C. B. Adderley, M.P., Sir W. Armstrong, Mr. Samuel Brown, Dr. Farr, A. 

 Hamilton, Professor Frauklaud, Professor Heuuessy, Professor Leone Levi, 



