RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE GENERAL COMMITTEE. Iv 



inhabitants of tho British Isles ; that Mr. Francis Galton be the Secretary, 

 and that the sum of £100 be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



That the Committee on instruments for measuring the speed of ships be 

 reappointed ; that it consist of the following Members : — Mr. W. Froude, Mr. 

 F. J. Bramwell, Mr. A. E. Fletcher, Rev. E. L. Berthon, Mr. James E. Napier, 

 Mr. C. W. Merrifield, Dr. C. W. Siemens, Mr. H. M. Brunei, Mr. W. Smith, 

 Sir William Thomson, Mr. J. N. Shoolbrcd, and Professor James Thomson ; 

 that Mr. J. N. Shoolbred be the Secretary, and that the sum of £50 be placed 

 at their disposal for tho purpose. 



That Mr. James R. Napier, Sir WUliam Thomson, Mr. "William Froude, 

 and Professor Osborne Reynolds be a Committee for the purpose of making 

 experiments and of reporting on the effect of the propeller on the turning of 

 Steam-vessels ; that Professor Osborne Reynolds be the Secretary, and that 

 the sum of £50 be placed at their disposal for the purpose. 



Applications for Reports and Researches not involving Grants of 



Money. 



That the Committee on Underground Temperature, consisting of Professor 

 Everett (Secretary), Professor Sir W. Thomson, Professor J. Clerk Maxwell, 

 Mr. G. J. Symons, Professor Ramsay, Professor Geikie, Mr. J. Glaisher, 

 Mr. George Maw, Mr. Pengelly, Professor Edward Hull, Professor Ansted, 

 Dr. Clement Le Neve Foster, Professor A. S. Hersehel, Mr. G. A. Lebour, 

 Colonel Strange, and Mr. A. B. Wynne, be reappointed. 



That the Committee on the Magnetization of Iron, Nickel, and Cobalt, 

 consisting of Professor Balfour Stewart, Professor Clerk Maxwell, Mr. H. A. 

 Rowland, and Professor W. F. Barrett, be reappointed. 



That the Committee, consisting of Professor Sylvester, Professor Cayley, 

 Professor Hirst, Rev. Professor Bartholomew Price, Professor H. J. S. 

 Smith, Dr. Spottiswoode, Mr. R. B. Hayward, Dr. Salmon, Rev. Professor E. 

 Townsend, Professor Fuller, Professor KeUand, Mr. J. M. Wilson, Professor 

 Heurici, Mr. J. W. L. Glaisher, and Professor Clifford, for considering the 

 possibility of improving the methods of instruction in elementary geometry, 

 be reappointed, and that they be requested to consider the Syllabus drawn 

 up by the Association for the Improvement of Geometrical Teaching, and 

 report thereon. 



That the Committee, consisting of Dr. Joule, Professor Sir W. Thomson, 

 Professor Tait, Professor Balfour Stewart, and Professor J. Clerk Maxwell, 

 for effecting the determination of the Mechanical Equivalent of Heat, bo 

 reappointed. 



That the Committee, consisting of 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 G. Carey Foster, Mr. W. 

 F. Barrett, Professor Clerk Maxwell, and Mr. G. F. RodweU, for considering 

 and reporting on the extent and method of Teaching Physics in Schools, be 

 reappointed, and that Professor G. C. Foster be the Secretary. 



That Mr. Spottiswoode, Professor Stokes, Professor Cayley, Professor H. J. 

 S. Smith, Sir W. Thomson, Professor Henrici, Lord Rayleigh, and Mr. J. "VV. 

 L. Glaisher be appointed a Committee to report on Mathematical Notation. 



That Mr. W. H. L. Russell be requested to continue his Report on Hyper- 

 elliptic Functions. 



That Dr. Atkinson, Professor Gladstone, and Mr. A. Yernon Harcourt, bo 



