RESEARCH COMMITTEES, Etc. 
APPOINTED BY THE GENERAL COMMITTEE, MEETING IN 
LONDON, 1931. 
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——Dr. F. J. W. Whipple (Chairman), Mr. J. J. Shaw 
(Secretary), Mr. C. Vernon Boys, Dr. J. E. Crombie, Sir F. W. Dyson, Sir R. T. 
Glazebrock, Mr. Wilfred Hall, Dr. H. Jeffreys, Sir H. Lamb, Prof. H. M. Mac- 
donald, Prot. E. A. Milne, Mr. R. D. Oldham, Prof. H. C. Plummer, Prof. A. O. 
Rankine, Rev. J. P. Rowland, S.J., Prof. R. A. Sampson, Mr. F. J. Scrase, Sir 
Napier Shaw, Capt. H. Shaw, Sir F. E. Smith, Mr. R. Stoneley, Sir G. T. Walker. 
£250 (including £160, Caird Fund grant). 
Calculation of Mathematical Tables.—Prof. E. H. Neville (Chairman), Dr. L. J. 
Comrie (Secretary), Prof. A. Lodge (Vice-Chairman), Dr. J. R. Airey, Dr. R. A. 
Fisher, Dr. J. Henderson, Dr. J. O. Irwin, Dr. E. S. Pearson, Mr. F. Robbins, 
Dr. A. J. Thompson, Dr. J. F. Tocher, Dr. J. Wishart. £93 (Caird Fund grant). 
SECTION B.—CHEMISTRY. 
To Collect and Tabulate all available data on the Parachors of Chemical Compounds 
with a view to their subsequent publication.—Dr. N. V. Sidgwick (Chairman), 
Dr. 8. Sugden (Secretary), Dr. N. K. Adam. £10. 
SECTION C.—GEOLOGY. 
To excavate Critical Sections in the Paleozoic Rocks of England and Wales.—Prof. 
W. W. Watts (Chairman), Prof. W. G. Fearnsides (Secretary), Mr. W. S. Bisat, 
Dr. H. Bolton, Prof. W. S. Boulton, Dr. E. S. Cobbold, Prof. A. H. Cox, Mr. 
E. KE. L. Dixon, Dr. Gertrude Elles, Prof. E. J. Garwood, Prof. H. L. Hawkins, 
Prof. V. C. Illing, Prof. O. T. Jones, Prof. J. E. Marr, Dr. F. J. North, Mr. J. 
Pringle, Dr. T. F. Sibly, Dr. W. K. Spencer, Prof. A. E. Trueman, Dr. F. 8. Wallis. 
£20. 
The Collection, Preservation, and Systematic Registration of Photographs of 
Geological Interest.—Prof. E. J. Garwood (Chairman), Prof. S. H. Reynolds 
(Secretary), Mr. C. V. Crook, Mr. E. G. W. Elliott, Mr. J. F. Jackson, Mr. J. 
Ranson, Prof. W. W. Watts, Mr. R. J. Welch. 
To investigate Critical Sections in the Tertiary and Cretaceous Rocks of the London 
Area. To tabulate and preserve records of new excavations in that area.—Prof. 
W. T. Gordon (Chairman), Dr. S. W. Wooldridge (Secretary), Mr. H. C. Berdinner, 
Prof. P. G. H. Boswell, Miss M. C. Crosfield, Mr. F. Gosling, Prof. H. L. Hawkins, 
Prof. G. Hickling. £10. 
The Stratigraphy and structure of the Paleozoic Sedimentary Rocks of West Cornwall. 
—Mr. H. Dewey (Chairman), Mr. E. H. Davison (Secretary), Mr. H. G. Dines, Miss 
E. M. Lind Hendriks, Mr. S. Hall, Dr. S. W. Wooldridge. 
To investigate the Travertines of the Kharga Oasis, Africa.—Dr. Gertrude L. Elles 
(Chairman), Miss E. W. Gardner (Secretary), Mr. W. N. Edwards, Dr. W. F. 
Hume. £20. 
To consider and report upon Petrographic Classification and Nomenclature.—Mr. W. 
Campbell Smith (Chairman), Dr. A. K. Wells (Secretary), Prof. P. G. H. Boswell, 
Prof. A.. Holmes, Prof. A. Johannsen, Prof. P. Niggli, Prof. H. H. Read, Prof. 
S. J. Shand, Dr. H. H. Thomas, Prof. C. C. Tilley, Dr. G. W. Tyrrell. 
