Ixii RE.SEARC'H COMMITTEES. 



RESEARCH COMMITTEES, Etc. 



APPOINTED BY THE GENERAL COMMITTEE, MEETING IN 



GLASGOW, 1928. 



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

 xcith 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, Dr. F. J. W. 

 Whipple. £100 (Caird Fimd 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. 

 Aircy {Secretary). Mr. T. W. Chamidy, Dr. L. J. Comrie, Dr. A. T. Doodson, 

 Prof". L. N. G. Filon. Dr. R. A. Fisher, Dr. J. Henderson, Prof. E. W. Hobson, 

 Mr. J. 0. Irwin, Profs. Alfred Lodge, A. E. H. Love, and H. M. Macdonald, Dr. 

 J. F. Tocher, Dr. J. Wishart. 



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, Dr. 

 G. M. Dobson. Capt. F. Entwistle, 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, Prof. H. H. 

 Turner, Sir G. T. Walker, Dr. F. J. W. Whipple. 



SECTION B.— CHEMISTRY. 



To consider the possibilities of publishing a compilation of recent materia] on the 

 subject of CoUoid Chemistrj'. — Prof. F. G. Domian {Chairman), Dr. W. Clayton 

 (Secretary), Mr. E. Hatschek, Prof. W. C. McC. Lewis, Dr. E. K. Rideal, Sir R. 

 Robertson. 



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

 Heilbron (Gliairman), Prof. E. C. C. Baly (Secretary), Prof. A. W. Stewart. 



SECTION C— GEOLOGY. 



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

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

 Dr. H. Bolton, Prof. W. S. Boulton, Mr. E. S. Cobbold, Prof. A. H. Cox, Mr. 

 E. E. L. Dixon, Dr. Gertrude Elles, Prof. E. J. Garwood, Prof. H. L. Hawkins, 

 Prof. V. C. Illiug, Prof. O. T. Jones, Prof. J. E. Marr, Dr. F. J. North, Mr. J. 

 Pringle, Dr. T. F. Sibly, Dr. W. K. Spencer, Dr. A. E. Trueman, Dr. F. S. WaUis. 

 £25. 



The Collection, Preservation, and Systematic Registration of Photographs of Geo- 

 logical Interest.^Prof. E. J. Garwood (Chairman), Prof. S. H. Reynolds (Secre- 

 tary), Mr. C. V. Crook, Mr. A. S. Reid, Prof. W. W. Watts, Mr. R. Welch. 



