318 Appropriation of the Government Grant. 



Account of the appropriation of the sum of £4,000 (the Govern- 

 ment Grant) annually voted by Parliament to the Royal 

 Society, to be employed in aiding the Advancement of 

 Science (continued from vol. 1, p. 24 6). 



November 30, 1891, to March 31, 1893. 



Geneeal Fund. 



£ s. d. 



W. M. Conway, in aid of an Expedition to the 

 Karakoram Mountains 100 



L. Oertling, for Repair of Apparatus belonging to the 

 Government Grant Committee 6 10 6 



Secretary of the Colour- Vision Committee, towards 

 the Expense of the Committee's Researches 60 



H. A. Miers, for an Investigation of the Irregularities 

 in the Angles of Crystals in Isomorphous Mixtures ... 40 



R. P. Chattock, for an Investigation of the Absolute 

 Measurement of the Charge conveyed by the Ions of an 

 Electrolyte 10 



J. Joly, for a Research on the Specific Heats of Gases 

 at Constant Volume 15 



Prof. C. G. Knott, for an Investigation of the Effect 

 of Magnetism upon the Internal Volume of Iron, Steel, 

 and Nickel Tubes of various Bores 50 



Prof. Poynting, for aid in Experimenting on the 

 Construction of a Portable Differential Gravity Meter 

 with Temperature Compensation 30 



Prof. W. Ramsay, for a Verification of the Law 

 jiv = RT, for Gases under Low Pressures (£25) ; and 

 for an Investigation of the Capillary Constants of 

 Liquids up to their Critical Points (£25) 50 



Profs. Riicker and Thorpe, for the Completion of the 

 Magnetic Survey of the British Isles 650 



Prof. Worthington, for Measurement of the Relations 

 between Tensile Stress and Strain in Liquids at Different 

 Temperatures 50 



H. L. Callendar, for a Comparison of Platinum and 

 Air Thermometers 80 



Carried forward 



£1,141 10 6 



