COMMITTEES APrOlNTED BY THE GENERAL COMMITTEE. IxXXvii 

 2. Not receiving Grants of Moncij — continued. 



Subject for Investigation or Purpose 



The Collection and Identification of 

 Meteoric Dust. 



The Eate of Increase of Underground 

 Temperature downwards in various 

 Localities of dry Land and under 

 Water. 



That Mr. W. N. Shaw and the Eev. T. 

 C. Fitzpatrick be requested to con- 

 tinue their Report on the present state 

 of our Knowledge in Electrolysis and 

 Electro-chemistry. 



That Sir. John Brill be requested to 

 draw up a Report on Non-commuta- 

 tive Algebras. 



The Properties of Solutions . • . 



Reporting on the Bibliography of Solu- 

 tion. 



The Continuation of the Bibliography 

 of Spectroscopy. 



The Action of Light on the Hydracids 

 of the Halogens in presence of 

 Oxygen. 



To inquire into the Proximate Chemical 

 Constituents of the various kinds of 

 Coal. 



Members of the Committee 



Chairman. — Mr. John Murray. 

 Secretary. — Mr. John Murray. 

 Professor A. Schuster, Lord Kelvin, the 



Abbe Renard, Dr. A. Buchan, the Hon. 



R. Abercromby, Dr. M. Grabham, and 



Mr. John Aitken. 



Chairman. — Professor J. D. Everett. 



Secretary. — Professor J. D. Everett. 



Professor Lord Kelvin, Mr. G. J. Symons, 

 Sir A. Geikie, Mr. J. Glaisher, Professor 

 Edward Hull, Professor J. Prestwich, 

 Dr. C. Le Neve Foster, Professor A. S. 

 Herschel, Professor G. A. Lebour, Mr. 

 A. B. Wynne, Mr. W. Galloway, Mr. 

 Joseph Dickinson, Mr. G. F. Deacon, 

 Mr. E. Wethered, Mr. A. Strahan, and 

 Professor Michie Smith. 



Chairman. — Professor W. A. Tilden. 

 Secretary.— Bt. W. W. J. Nicol. 

 Professor W. Ramsay. 



Chairman. — Professor W. A. Tilden. 



Secretary. — Dr. W. W. J. Nicol. 



Professor H. McLeod, Mr. S. U. Picker- 

 ing, Professor W. Ramsay, and Profes- 

 sor S. Young. 



CJiairman. — Professor H. McLeod. 

 Secretary. — Professor Roberts-Austen. 

 Mr. H. G. Madan and Mr. D. H. Nagel. 



Chairman.— Dr. W. J. Russell. 

 Secretary. — Dr. A. Richardson. 

 Captain Abney, Professor W. Noel Hart- 

 ley and Professor W. Ramsay. 



Chairman. — Sir I. Lowthian Bell. 

 Secretary.— FroiessoT P. Phillips Bedson. 

 Professor F. Clowes, Mr. Ludwig Mond, 



Professors Vivian B. Lewes and E. 



Hull, and Messrs. J. W. Thomas and 



H. Bauerman. 



