1878.] Appropriation of the Government Fund. 



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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. 



1878. 



D. Gill, to defray expenses connected with a Determination 

 of the Solar Parallax by Observation of the Diurnal Parallax of 

 Mars £250 



Rev. Dr. Haughton, for aid in the Numerical Reductions of 

 the Tidal Observations made on board the "Discovery" and 

 " Alert " in the late Arctic Expedition 75 



J. A. Broun, for continuation of Correction of the Errors in 

 the Published Observations of the Colonial Magnetic Obser- 

 vatories 150 



J. P. Joule, for an Exhaustive Enquiry into the Change which 

 takes place in the Freezing and Boiling Points of Mercurial 

 Thermometers by Long Exposure to those Temperatures 200 



Professor Jenkin, for Experimental Investigations on Friction 50 



W. C. Roberts, for Researches on Metals and Alloys in a 

 Molten State passing through Capillary Tubes . . „ 25 



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

 Researches 50 



J. 1ST. Lockyer, for continuation of Spectroscopic Researches. . 200 



Dr. O. J. Lodge, for Investigations into the Effect of Light on 

 the Residual Charge of Dielectrics ; on the Conductivity of Hot 

 Glass, and other Transparent Conductors ; on Electrolytic Con- 

 duction and other subjects 100 



Mr. Stevenson, for aid in carrying on Observations of the 

 Temperature of Salmon Rivers in Scotland, and other Meteoro- 

 logical Observations 50 



W. Galloway, for further Investigation of the Explosive Pro- 

 perties of Mixtures of Firedamp and Coal Dust with Air ...... ■ 100 



Sir W. Thomson, for continuation of Tidal Investigation .... 100 



Sir W. Thomson, for experiments in Magnetisation of Different 

 Qualities of Iron, Nickel, and Cobalt under varying Stresses and 

 Temperatures 100 



J. E. H. Gordon, for continuation of Experimental Measure- 

 ments of the Specific Inductive Capacity of Dielectrics 100 



H. Tomlinson, for Researches on the Alteration of Thermal 

 and Electrical Conductivity produced by Magnetism ; and on the 



Carried forward 



£1550 



