1876.] Appropriation of the Government Grant, 



369 



Account of the appropriation of the sum of j^lOOO annually voted 

 by Parliament to the Royal Society (the Government Grant) ^ 

 to be employed in aiding the advancement of Science (con- 

 tinued from Vol. XXIV. p. 101) . 



1876. 



1. Mr. J. A. Broun, for investigating the effects due to the Sun's 

 Rotation on the Earth's Magnetism, and the Atmospheric Varia- 



tions £100 



2. Dr. Stenhouse, for continuing his Researches on Products ob- 

 tained from, the Lichens, and for a Research on Pyrogallol and its 

 Derivatives 50 



3. Mr. J. A. Pleming, for a Research on the production of In- 

 duced Currents in Liquid and Gaseous Conductors when under the 

 influence of a Magnetic Pield 25 



4. Mr. G. J. Romanes, for Apparatus to enable him to continue 

 and extend his Researches into the Muscular and JNTervous Systems 



of the Medusa 50 



5. Mr. E. Neison, for an Investigation of the structural consti- 

 tution of the Octylalcohol Methylhexylcarbinol, and a detailed 

 examination of its derivatives, and of the derivatives of Sebacic 

 Acid : 25 



6. Mr. J. N. Lockyer, for continuation of Spectroscopic Re- 

 searches 100 



7. Mr. W. Crookes, for continuation of Investigation on Repul- 

 sion accompanying Radiation, and for Apparatus 50 



8. Prof. "W. G. Adams, for aid in further Investigation of the 

 Action of Light on Selenium ' 25 



9. Mr. C. R. A. Wright, for a Research on the Determination 

 of the Absolute Value of Chemical Affinity in terms of Electrical 

 Magnitudes 50 



10. W. Murrell, for a Research on the Physiological Action of 

 certain Alkaloids, particularly Jaborandine and Gelsemanine .... 50 



11. Dr. Carpenter, for purchase of Dr. Semper's collection of 

 tropical Antedons from the Philippine Seas. — £200 ; or, as an 

 alternative, for finishing his own series of drawings of Antedon . . 100 



12. Sir W. Thomson, for continuation of Harmonic Reduction 



of Tidal Observations = 50 



13. SirW. Thomson and Prof. J.Thomson, for the construction 

 of an Analyzing Machine suitable for performing the Harmonic 

 Analysis of Meteorological Observations and of Tidal Observations . 100 



£775 



