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KEPORT 1892. 



2. Not receiving Grants of Money — continued. 



Subject for Investigation or Purpose 



The various Phenomena connected with 

 the recalescent Points in Iron and 

 other Metals. 



The Volcanic and Seismological Phe- 

 nomena of Japan. 



Carrying on the Tables connected with 

 the Pellian Equation from the point 

 where the work was left by Degen 

 in 1817. 



To investigate the Phenomena accom- 

 panying the Discharge of Electricity 

 from Points. 



Comparing and Reducing Magnetic Ob- 

 servations. 



Modes of Measuring the Optical Con- 

 stants of Microscopic, Photographic, 

 and other Lenses, and of specifying 

 and enumerating the Properties of 

 their Combinations. 



To co-operate with Dr. Piazzi Smyth in 

 his Researches on the Ultra Violet 

 Rays of the Solar Spectrum. 



The Collection and Identification of 

 Meteoric Dust. 



The Rate of Increase of Underground 

 Temperature downwards in various 

 Localities of dry Land and under 

 Water. 



Members of the Committee 



Chairman. — Professor Fitzgerald. 



Secretary. — Professor Barrett. 



Dr. John Hopkinson, Mr. R. A. Hadfield, 



Mr. Trouton, Professor Roberts-Austen, 



and Mr. H. F. Newall. 



Chairman. — Lord Kelvin. 



Secretary.- — Professor J. Blilne. 



Professor W. G. Adams, Mr. J. T. Bottom- 

 ley, Professor A. H. Green, and Profes- 

 sor C. G. Knott. 



Chairman. — Professor A. Cayley. 

 Secretary. — Professor A. Lodge. 

 Professor Sylvester and Mr. A. R. For- 

 syth. 



Clumrman. — Professor O. J. Lodge. 

 Secretary. — Mr. A. P. Chattock. 

 Professor Carey Foster. 



Chairman. — Professor W. G. Adams. 



Secretary. — Professor W. G. Adams. 



Lord Kelvin, Professors G. H. Dar- 

 win and G. Chrystal, Mr. C. H. Cai-p- 

 mael. Professor Schuster, Blr. G. M. 

 Whipple, Captain Creak, the Astro- 

 nomer Royal, Mr. William Ellis, and 

 Professor A. W. Riicker. 



Chainnan. — Professor G. C. Foster. 

 Secretary. — Professor S. P. Thompson. 

 Mr. R. T. Glazebrook, Mr. J. Walker, Sir 



Howard Grubb, Mr. Whipple, and 



Captain Abney. 



Chairman. — Professor G. D. Liveing. 

 Secretary. — Dr. Piazzi Smyth. 

 Professors J. Dewar and A. Schuster. 



Chairman. — Mr. John Jlurraj^ 

 Secretary. — Mr. John Mm-ray. 

 Professor Schuster, Lord Kelvin, the 



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



R. Abercromby, Dr. M. Grabham, and 



Mr. John Aitken. 



Ch airman. — Professor E v erett . 



Secretary. — Professor Everett. 



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

 Sir A. Geikie, Mr. J. Glaisher, Mr. Pen- 

 gelly. Professor Edward Hull, Professor 

 Prestwich, Dr. C. Le Neve Foster, Pro- 

 fessor A. S. Herschel, Professor G. A. 

 Lebour, Mr. A. B. Wynne, Mr. Gallo- 

 way, Mr. Joseph Dickinson, Mr. G. F. 

 Deacon, Mr. E. Wethered, Mr. A. Stra- 

 han, and Professor Michie Smith. 



