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MEMORANDUM 



BY THF, I,OBl>S COMMISSIOJSE 



OV THK ADMIRALTY, 



Relative to the Compilation of a Manual of Scientific Enquiiy, 



for the nse of Her Majesty's Navy, 



It is the opinion of the Lords Coimnissione'- .f the Admiralty tliat 

 u would be to the honour and advanta<ro of tl- Navy, and ^onduc-,. 



to th 



general interests of Science, if new lawiitie^ 



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m^nt were o:iven to the collection of mfbrmation upoii.dpnUfio subjJJ^ts 

 by me officers, and mwe particuhrlv by the meduj oiEcers, of Hf^r 

 Majesty's Kavy, when upon ibreign service ; md lucir Lordships are 

 C- ;rou3 that for tUia purpose a Manual '~ 

 instructions for oliservation and for rec 



Ineir Lon^-^:ip^ do not consider it u.,i:essarv that this 



t' irous that for Jii^ purpose a Manual be con.pil.-d, givinp sreneral 



various branches of 



'^cience. 



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Manual should be one of V017 deep and ab... .se research. Its direc- 

 tions should not re^uiie the use of nice ap^iratus and instruments : 

 they should W -ciitrally pi,.;.,, so that men merely of good intelli- 

 gence "■ H fv,;,, acquircaicnt way be ablo ,0 act ur-- them : yef, in 

 pointing out objeets, ,;r.ri methods ^t observation ^nd .ccord, tht v 

 might still serve as a guide to oii.^^.^ of high attainment ; Aud il viiil 

 be for their Lordshipa to consider whether some pecuniary rev ... 'd . 

 p: emotion may not be given to those who succeed, in prod^jr-in^ 

 c . .. 3Rtly useful results. 



Their Lordships are aware that in tlie instructions pre^^.jd a.aler 

 the directior=i 01 me Royal Society for the Antarctic expedition -in 

 the bmtsfor collecting information given to o.^.cers on the expedition 

 to Cfliaa, iu the excellent book by A. JacL.u, entitled '-What to 

 observe," and in other documents and pubii^tions— the luil^^sidircc- 

 tjous are to be found ; but they are either more yoluminous or more 

 rdosely confined to objects which regard particular localities than is 

 to be desired fo- a general Manual. Their Lordships are, therefore, 

 'lesirous that a new compilation should be made, and are n-^ed that 



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