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Appendix VII. {continued.) Table 4. — Experiments with Yacht ' Erminia,' 

 October 12, 1858, in Stokes Bay. 



Draft forward, 9 ft. 3 in. Immersion of periphery, 2 ft. 6 in. Diam.of cylinder, 15 in. Stroke,18in- 

 Draft aft, 12 ft. 11 in. Area of midsection, 149-18 sq. ft. Diam. of screw, 8 ft. Pitch, 13 ft. 



Report of the Proceedings of the Balloon Committee of the British Association 

 appointed at the Meeting at Leeds. 



The Committee met at Burlington House, London, on the 29th November 

 1858 : present — 



Colonel Sykes in the Chair, Lord Wrottesley, Dr. Lee, and Mr. Gassiot 

 on the part of the Kew Committee. 



Mr. Gassiot read the resolution of the General Committee appointing 

 the Balloon Committee ; namely — 



" That Colonel Sykes, Lord Wrottesley, Professor Faraday, Professor 

 Wheatstone, Dr. Lee, and Professor Tyndall, be appointed a Committee to 

 confer with the Kew Committee as to the expediency of arranging further 

 balloon ascents, and (if it should be judged expedient) to carry them into 

 effect ; and that a sum of £200 be placed at their disposal, if it should be 

 required for that purpose." 



Mr. Gassiot, as Chairman of the Kew Committee, reported that, in con- 

 sequence of the severe indisposition of General Sabine and of Mr. Welsh, 

 he had not summoned the other members of the Kew Committee to attend 

 this meeting. 



Colonel Sykes read letters from Sir John Herschel and the Astronomer 

 Royal, approving of further balloon ascents. 



The question of expediency was discussed ; and it was resolved, in con- 

 sequence of the absence of three members of the Committee, and General 

 Sabine and Mr. Welsh, to postpone the further consideration of the subject 

 until the next meeting of the Committee, to be summoned by the Chairman. 



Burlington House, 27th May, 1859. 



Present, Colonel Sykes in the Chair, Lord Wrottesley, Professor Faraday, 



Professor Tyndall, and Dr. Lee. 

 Resolved, — That it is expedient for scientific objects that balloon ascents 



be renewed, due care being taken for the safety of the aeronaut, and the 



competency of the agents employed. 

 1859. u 



