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Appropriation of the Government Fund. [Dec. 1, 



Account of Appropriations from the Government Fund of £4,000 

 made by the Lords of the Committee of Council on Educa- 

 tion, on the recommendation of the Council of the Royal 

 Society. 



Arnulph Mallock, for the cost of Construction of a Machine 

 for Ruling Diffraction Gratings of large size £200 



G. Gore, for continuation of Researches into the Thermo- 

 electric Properties of Liquids ; the Determination of the Electro- 

 motive Force, and internal resistance of a Liquid Thermo-electric 

 Battery, and to complete Tables of Electric Relations of Metals 

 at different Temperatures 100 



Sir Wm, Thomson, for completing a Tidal Harmonic Analyser 50 



Sir Wm. Thomson, for continuation of Experiments on the 

 Effects of Stress on Magnetization 50 



J. Kerr, for continuation of Electro-optic and Magneto-optic 

 Investigations 100 



J. H. Poynting, for continuation of Experiments to determine 

 the Mean Density of the Earth, by means of an Ordinary Balance 93 



Rev. Dr. Haughton, for continuing his Discussion of Tidal 

 Observations made in Arctic Seas 50 



J. N. Lockyer, for continuation of Researches on the Solar 

 Spectrum 200 



A. Tribe, for Researches into the Distribution of the Radicals 

 of Electrolytes on Metallic Conductors 50 



W. C. Roberts, for continuation of Researches on the Passage 

 of Metals and Alloys in a Molten State through Capillary Tubes 25 



R. H. Ridout, to investigate more fully the Sound developed 

 in Homogeneous Conductors by Electrical Disturbance 15 



Professors Liveing and Dewar, for continuing their Researches 

 into the Spectra of Elements and Compounds under various cir- 

 cumstances 100 



E. Neison, for continuation of Computations in the Lunar 

 Theory 75 



Alex. Buchan, for the expense of collecting and discussing 

 Data for Determination of the Hourly Means of the Barometer 

 for each Month, from a large number of Stations, on Land and 

 Sea over the Globe 100 



W. E. Ayrton, for extending to other Gases the Investigations 

 already made in Air (by Professor Perry and himself) on the 

 Electro-motive Force of Contact of Solids and Liquids 100 



Carried forward £lo08 



