RESEARCHES IN SCIENCE. XXI 



That a Committee, consisting of the Rev. Dr. Robinson, Colonel Sabine, 

 Professor Wheatstone, Rev. W. Whewell, the Astronomer Royal, Sir John 

 Herschel, and Sir John Lubbock, be appointed ; for the purpose of conduct- 

 ing experiments, by captive Balloons, on the Physical Constitution of the 

 Atmosphere. 



The Report to be presented at the next meeting of the Association ; and 

 that the sum of 250/. be placed at the disposal of the Committee for the 

 purpose. 



That the grant of 60/., placed at the disposal of Sir D. Brewster, Mr. Osier, 

 and Professor Forbes, for erecting an Anemometer at Inverness, be continued. 



That the sum of 40/. (including the remainder of the former grant) be 

 placed at the disposal of Sir D. Brewster, for the purpose of continuing in- 

 quiries into the Action of Media upon the Solar Spectrum. 



That the sum of 100/. be placed at the disposal of the Committee formerly 

 appointed (consisting of Sir J. Herschel, Professor Whewell, Dr. Peacock, 

 Professor Lloyd and Colonel Sabine), for conducting the co-operation of the 

 Association in the system of simultaneous Magnetical and Meteorological 

 Observations. 



That the sum of 65/., being the balance of a former grant, be placed at the 

 disposal of Sir D. Brewster and Professor Forbes, for the purpose of revising 

 and continuing the Hourly Observations at Inverness and Kingussie. 



That there be placed at the disposal of Mr. W. Snow Harris : — 



£ s. d. 

 For some new Experiments on the Force and Velocity of the 



Wind 10 



For a continuation of the Observations, &c. with Whewell's 



Anemometer at Plymouth 800 



For defraying the expense of Observations, &c. with Osier's 



Anemometer at Plymouth 25 



For defraying the expense of the Hourly Observations of the 



Barometer, Thermometer, &c. at the Dockyard, Devon - 



port ; 40 



£83 



That the Committee formerly appointed to superintend the translation and 

 publication of Foreign Scientific Memoirs be re-appointed (consisting of 

 Colonel Sabine, Dr. R. Brown, Dr. Robinson, Sir J. Herschel, Professor 

 Wheatstone, Sir D. Brewster, Professor Owen, Professor T. Graham, Professor 

 Miller, Sir W. Jardine, Professor R. Graham) ; and that the sum of 88/. 18s. 

 (being the residue of the grant of last year) be placed at the disposal of the 

 Committee for the purpose. 



That the balance of the grant of 100/., for the reduction of Meteorological 

 Observations (viz. 75/.), under the superintendence of Sir John Herschel, 

 be continued. 



That the balance of the grant of 50/., viz. 32/. Os. 6d., for the revision of 

 the Nomenclature of Stars, be continued to the Committee (consisting of Sir 

 John Herschel, Professor Whewell, and Mr. Baily) formerly appointed for 

 that purpose. 



That the Committee already appointed, viz. Dr. Prout, Dr. T. Thomson, 

 Professor Owen, Professor Graham, and Dr. R. D. Thomson, be requested 

 to undertake a series of researches on the Chemistry and Physiology of Di- 



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