XXVI 



RESEARCH COMMITTEES, Etc. 



APPOINTED BY THE GENERAL COMMITTEE, MEETING IN 



OXFOED, 1926. 



Grants of money, if any, from the Association for expenses connected 

 ivith researches are indicated in heavy type. 



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, Dr. H. Jeffreys, Prof. H. Lamb, Sir J. 

 Larmor, Prof. A. E. H. Love, Prof. H. M. Macdonald, Dr. A. Crichton Mitchell, 

 Mr. R. D. Oldham, Prof. H. C. Plummer, Mr.W. E. Plummer, Rev. J. P. Rowland, 

 S.J., 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. S. 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. £70. 



To investigate local variations of the Earth's Gravitational Field. — Col. Sir H. G. Lyons 

 (Chairman), Capt. H. Shaw (Secretary), Mr. C. Vernon Hoys, 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), 

 Dr. W. Clayton (Secretary), Mr. E. Hatschek, Prof. W. C. McC. Lewis, Prof. J. W. 

 McBain. £5. 



Absorption Spectra and Chemical Constitution of Organic Compounds. — Prof. I. M. 

 Heilbron (Chairman), Prof. E. C. C. Baly (Secretary), Prof. A. W. Stewart. £10. 



The Chemistry of Vitamins. — Sir F. G. Hopkins (Chairman), Prof. J. C. Drummond 

 (Secretary), Prof. G. Barger, Prof. A. Harden, Sir J. C. Irvine, Prof. J. W. McBain, 

 Prof. Lash Miller, Dr. S. Zilva. £5. 



SECTION C— GEOLOGY. 



The Old Red Sandstone Rocks of Kiltorcan, Ireland. — Mr. W. B. Wright (Chairman), 

 Prof. T. Johnson (Secretary), Dr. W. A. Bell, Dr. J. AV. Evans, Prof. W. H. Lang, 

 Sir A. Smith Woodward. £10. 



