RBPORT 1839. 



Synopsis of Sums appropriated to Scientific Objects by the 

 General Committee at the Birmingham Meeting. 



Section A. 



1. For the Reduction of Meteorological Obser- 



vations, under the superintendence of Sir J. 



Herschel £100 



2. For the Reduction of Lacaille's Stars, under 



the superintendence of Sir J. Herschel, the 

 Astronomer Royal, and Mr. Henderson . 189 



3. For the Revision of the Nomenclature of the 



Stars : Sir John Herschel, Mr. Whewell, 



and Mr. Baily 50 



4. For the Reduction of Stars in the Histoire 



Celeste : Mr. Baily, the Astronomer Royal, 



and Dr. Robinson 328 1 6 



5. To extend the Royal Astronomical Society's 



Catalogue : Mr. Baily, the Astronomer 



Royal, and Dr. Robinson . c . . . . 343 3 6 



6. For Magnetical Observations (Instruments, 



&c.) : Sir J. Herschel, Mr. Whewell, Dr. 



Peacock, Mr. Lloyd, and Major Sabine . 400 



7. Hourly Meteorological Observations in Scot- 



land : Sir D. Brewster and Mr. Forbes . 50 12 4 



8. To the Committee on Waves : Sir J. Robi- 



son and Mr. J. S. Russell 30 



*9. For the Reduction and Tabulation of Obser- 

 vations on Subterranean Temperature : un- 

 der the superintendence of Prof. Forbes . 20 

 10. For Tide Discussions : Mr. Whewell ... 50 

 *11. For procuring an Engraved Plate for tabu- 

 lating observations : under the direction of 



Prof. Forbes 10 



12. For the Translation of Foreign Scientific 

 Memoirs : Major Sabine, Dr. R. Brown, 

 Dr. Robinson, Sir J. Herschel, and Prof. 

 Wheatstone. (In the application for this 

 grant the Committee of Section D. also 



joined.) 100 



*13 For Observations with Prof. Whewell's Ane- 

 mometer at Plymouth : under the superin- 

 tendence of Mr. Snow Harris 10 



Carried forward £1680 17 4 



