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RESEARCH COMMITTEES, Etc. 
APPOINTED BY THE GENERAL COMMITTEE, MEETING IN 
SOUTHAMPTON, 1925. 
Grants of money, if any, from the Association for expenses connected 
with researches are indicated in heavy type. 
SECTION A.—MATHEMATICS AND PHYSICS. 
Seismological Investigations.—Prof. H. H. Turner (Chairman), Mr. J. J. Shaw 
(Secretary), Mr. C. Vernon Boys, Dr. J. E. Crombie, Dr. C. Davison, 
Sir F. W. Dyson, Sir R. T. Glazebrook, Prof. H. Lamb, Sir J. Larmor, Prof. 
A. E. H. Love, Prof. H. M. Macdonald, Prof. H. C. Plummer, Mr. W. E. 
Plummer, Father Rowland, Prof. R. A. Sampson, Sir A. Schuster, Sir Napier 
Shaw, Sir G. T. Walker, Mr. F. J. W. Whipple. £100 (Caird Fund grant). 
Tides.—Prof. H. Lamb (Chairman), Dr. A. T. Doodson (Secretary), Dr. G. R. 
Goldsbrough, Dr. H. Jeffreys, Prof. J. Proudman, Prof. G. I. Taylor, Prof. 
D’Arcy W. Thompson, Commander H. D. Warburg. 
Annual Tables of Constants and Numerical Data, chemical, physical, and technological. 
—Sir E. Rutherford (Chairman), Prof. A. W. Porter (Secretary), Mr. Alfred 
Egerton. £5. 
Calculation of Mathematical Tables.—Prof. J. W. Nicholson (Chairman), Dr. J. R. 
Airey (Secretary), Mr. T. W. Chaundy, Dr. A. T. Doodson, Prof. L. N. G. Filon, 
Mr. R. A. Fisher, Prof. E. W. Hobson, and Profs. Alfred Lodge, A. E. H. Love, 
and H. M. Macdonald. 
Investigation of the Upper Atmosphere.—Sir Napier Shaw (Chairman), Mr. C. J. P. 
Cave (Secretary), Prof. S. Chapman, Mr. J. 8. Dines, Mr. L. H. G. Dines, Mr. 
W. H. Dines, Dr. G. M. Dobson, Commr. L. G. Garbett, Sir R. T. Glazebrook, 
Col. E. Gold, Dr. H. Jeffreys, Dr. H. Knox-Shaw, Sir J. Larmor, Mr. R. G. K. 
Lempfert, Prof. F. A. Lindemann, Dr. W. Makower, Mr. J. Patterson, Sir J. E. 
Petavel, Sir A. Schuster, Dr. G. C. Simpson, Sir G. T. Walker, Mr. F. J. W. 
Whipple, Prof. H. H. Turner. £38. 
To investigate local variations of the Earth’s Gravitational Field.—Col. H. G. Lyons 
(Chairman), Capt. H. Shaw (Secretary), Mr. C. Vernon Boys, Dr. C. Chree, Col. 
Sir G. P. Lenox-Conyngham, Dr. J. W. Evans, Mr. E. Lancaster-Jones; the 
Director-General, Ordnance Survey; the Director, Geological Survey of Great 
Britain. 
SECTION B.—CHEMISTRY. 
Colloid Chemistry and its Industrial Applications.—Prof. F. G. Donnan (Chairman), 
oe W. Clayton (Secretary), Mr. E. Hatschek, Prof. W. C. McC. Lewis, Prof. J. W. 
cBain. £5. 
Absorption Spectra and Chemical Constitution of Organic Compounds.—Prof. I. M. 
Heilbron (Chairman), Prof. E. C. C. Baly (Secretary), Prof. A. W. Stewart. 
The Chemistry of Vitamins.—Sir F. G. Hopkins (Chairman), Prof. J. C. Drummond 
(Secretary), Prof. G. Barger, Prof. A. Harden, Sir J. ©. Irvine, Prof. J. W. 
McBain, Prof. Lash Miller, Dr. S. Zilva. £5. 
