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RESEARCH COMMITTEES, Etc. 



APPOINTED BY THE GENEEAL COMMITTEE, MEETING IN 



LEEDS, 1927. 



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

 with researches are indicated in heavy type. . 



SECTION A.— MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES. 



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, 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. 

 DArcy 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, Dr. J. Henderson, and Profs. E. W. Hobson, 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, Dr. L. F. Richardson, Sir A. Schuster, Dr. G. C. Simpson, Sir G. T. 

 Walker, Mr. F. J. W. Whipple, Prof. H. H. Turner. £70. 



SECTION B.— CHEMISTRY. 



Colloid Chemistry and its Industrial Applications.— Prof. F. G. Donnan (Chairman). 

 Dr. W. Clayton (Secretary), Mr. E. Hatsehek, Prof. W. C. McC. Lewis, Dr. E. K. 

 Rideal. 



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. 



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. W. Evans, Prof. W. H. Lang, 

 Sir A. Smith Woodward. £10. 



To excavate Critical Sections in the Palaeozoic Rocks of England and Wales. — Prof. 

 W. W. Watts (Chairman), Prof. W. G. Fearnsides (Secretary), Mr. W. S. Bisat, 

 Prof. W. S. Boulton, Mr. E. S. Cobbold, Mr. E. E. L. Dixon, Dr. Gertrude Elles, 

 Prof. E. J. Garwood, Prof. H. L. Hawkins, Prof. V. C. Illing, Prof. 0. T. Jones, 

 Prof. J. E. Marr, Dr. T. F. Siblv, Dr. W. K. Spencer, Dr. A. E. Trueman. £30. 



