XCIV 



REPORT — 1897. 

 2. Not receiving Chants of Money. 



Subject for Investigation or Purpose 



To confer with British and Foreign 

 Societies publishing Mathematical 

 and Phj'sical Papers as to the desir- 

 ability of securing Uniformity in the 

 size of the pages of their Transactions 

 and Proceedings. 



Co-operating with the Scottish Meteoro- 

 logical Society in making Meteoro- 

 logical Observations on Ben Nevis. 



To confer with the Astronomer Royal 

 and the Superintendents of other 

 Observatories with reference to the 

 Comparison of Magnetic Standards 

 with a view of cairying out such 

 comparison. 



Comparing and Reducing Magnetic Ob- 

 servations. 



The Collection and Identification of 

 Meteoric Dust. 



The Rate of Increase of Underground 

 Temperature downwards in various 

 Localities of drj' Land and under 

 Water. 



That Professor S. P. Thompson and Pro- 

 fessor A. W. Riicker be requested to 

 draw up a Report on the State of our 

 Knowledge concerning Resultant 

 Tones. 



The Application of Photography to the 

 Elucidation of Meteorological Phe- 

 nomena. 



Members of the Committee 



Chairman. — Professor S. P. Thompson. 



Secretary. — Mr. J. Swinburne. 



Prof. G. H. Bryan, Mr. C. V. Burton, Mr. 



R. T. Glazebrook, Professor A. W. 



Riicker, and Dr. G. Johnstone Stoney. 



Chairman. — Lord McLaren. 

 Secretary. — Professor Crum Brown. 

 Mr. Jolm Murray, Dr. A. Buchan, and 

 Professor R. Copeland. 



Cliairman. — Professor A. W. Riicker. 

 Secretary. — Mr. W. Watson. 

 Professor A. Schuster and Professor H. 

 H. Turner. 



Chairman. — Professor W. G. Adams. 



Secretary. — Dr. C. Chree. 



Lord Kelvin, Professor G. H. Darwin, 

 Professor G. Chrystal, Professor A. 

 Schuster, Captain E. W. Creak, the 

 Astronomer Royal, Mr. William Ellis, 

 and Professor A. W. Riicker. 



Chairman. — Mr. John Murraj'. 

 Secretary. — Mr. John Murray. 

 Professor A. Schuster, Lord Kelvin, the 



Abbe Renard, Dr. A. Buchan, Dr. M. 



Grabham, Mr. John Aitken, Mr. L. 



Fletcher, Mr. A. Ritchie Scott. 



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, 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, Professor Michie 

 Smith, and Professor H. L. Callendar. 



Chairman. — Mr. G. J. Symons. 

 Secretary.— Ht. A. W. Clayden. 

 Professor R. Meldola, Mr. John Hopkin- 

 son, and Mr. H. N. Dickson. 



