with a view to their prevention" be requested to continue their labours; such Committee to consist of Sir W. Fairbairn, Bart., Mr. John Penn, Mr. F. J. Bramwell, Mr. Hugh Mason, Mr. Samuel Rigby, Mr. Thomas Schofield, Mr. C. F. Beyer, Mr. T. Webster, Q.C., Mr. Lavington E. Fletcher, and Mr. Edward Easton, with power to add to their number. That Mr. Bateman, Mr. Le Neve Foster, Mr. Merrifield, Mr. Edward Easton, Mr. F. J. Bramwell, Mr. W. Hope, and Mr. H. Bauerman be a Committee to consider the mode in which new inventions, and claims for reward in respect of adopted inventions, are examined and dealt with by the different Departments of Government, and to report on the best means of removing any real causes of dissatisfaction, as well as of silencing unfounded complaints. That a Committee be appointed— 1o, to consider and report on the best means of advancing science by Lectures, with authority to act, subject to the approval of the Council, in the course of the present year, if judged desirable. 2o, to consider and report whether any steps can be taken to render scientific organization more complete and effectual. That the Committee consist of the following Members, with power to add to their number:-Professor Roscoe, Professor W. G. Adams, Professor Andrews, Professor Balfour, Mr. Bramwell, Professor A. Crum Brown, Mr. Dyer, Sir Walter Elliot, Professor Flower, Professor G. C. Foster, Professor Geikie, Rev. R. Harley, Professor Huxley, Professor Fleeming Jenkin, Dr. Joule, Colonel Lane Fox, Dr. Lankester, Mr. J. N. Lockyer, Dr. O'Callaghan, Professor Ramsay, Professor Balfour Stewart, Mr. Stainton, Professor Tait, Mr. J. A. Tinné, Dr. Allen Thomson, Sir William Thomson, Professor Wyville Thomson, Professor Turner, Professor A. W. Williamson, Dr. Young; and that Professor Roscoe be the Secretary. Resolutions involving Applications to Government. That the President and Council of the British Association be authorized to cooperate with the President and Council of the Royal Society, in whatever way may seem to them best, for the promotion of a Circumnavigation Expedition, specially fitted out to carry the Physical and Biological Exploration of the Deep Sea into all the Great Oceanic areas. That the President and General Officers, with power to add to their number, be requested to take such steps as may seem to them desirable in order to promote observations on the forthcoming Total Solar Eclipse. Communications ordered to be printed in extenso in the Annual Report of the Association. That the letter of Lavoisier to Black, referred to in the Address of the President of the Chemical Section, be printed in the Annual Report; and that the letter dated 19th November, 1790, be published in facsimile. That Mr. Bramwell's paper "On Experiments made with Carr's Disintegrating Flour-mill" be printed in extenso in the Transactions of the Association. Resolutions referred to the Council for consideration and action if it seem desirable. That it is desirable that the British Association apply to the Treasury for funds to enable the Tidal Committee to continue their calculations. That it is desirable that the British Association should urge upon the Government of India the importance for navigation and other practical purposes, and for science, of making accurate and continued observations on the Tides at several points on the coast of India. That the Council of the Association be requested to take such steps as to them may seem most expedient in support of a proposal, made by Dr. Buys Ballot, to establish a telegraphic meteorological station at the Azores. That the Council be requested to take into consideration the desirability of the publication of a periodic record of advances made in the various branches of science represented by the British Association. That the Council of this Association be requested to take such steps as may appear to them desirable with reference to the arrangement now in contemplation to establish "leaving Examinations," and to report to the Association on the present position of science-teaching in the public and first-grade schools. That the Council be requested to take such steps as they deem wisest in order to promote the introduction of scientific instruction into the elementary schools throughout the country. Synopsis of Grants of Money appropriated to Scientific Purposes by the General Committee at the Edinburgh Meeting in August 1871. The names of the Members who would be entitled to call on the General Treasurer for the respective Grants are prefixed. Kew Observatory. The Council.-Maintaining the Establishment of Kew Obser *Crossley, Mr.-Discussion of Observations of Lunar Objects.. servatory Mathematics and Physics. Cayley, Professor.--Mathematical Tables *Tait, Professor.-Thermal Conductivity of Metals.. *Thomson, Professor Sir W.-Tidal Observations *Brooke, Mr.--British Rainfall..... *Thomson, Sir W.-Underground Temperature *Glaisher, Mr.-Luminous Meteors Huggins, Dr. Tables of Inverse Wave-lengths Chemistry. *Williamson, Prof. A. W.-Reports of the Progress of Chemistry Williamson, Prof. A. W.-Testing Siemens's new Pyrometer. Gladstone, Dr.-Chemical Constitution and Optical Properties of Essential Oils... *Brown, Dr. Crum.-Thermal Equivalent of the Oxides of Chlorine Carried forward £1020 0 0 * Reappointed. *Lyell, Sir C., Bart.-Kent's Cavern Exploration *Busk, Mr.-Fossil Elephants of Malta (renewed) Harkness, Professor.-Collection of Fossils in the North-west of Scotland... Ramsay, Professor.-Mapping Positions of Erratic Blocks and Biology. *Stainton, Mr.-Record of the Progress of Zoology.. ...... Christison, Professor.-Antagonism of Poisonous Substances.. Geography. *Murchison, Sir R. Bart.-Exploration of the Country of Moab 100 0 0 Economic Science and Statistics. *Bowring, Sir J.-Metric Committee 75 0 0 Mechanics. Rankine, Professor.-Experiments on Instruments for Measuring the Speed of Ships and Currents * Reappointed. 30 0 0 Place of Meeting in 1873. It was resolved that the Annual Meeting of the Association in 1873 be held at Bradford. Meteorologische Beobachtungen Aufgezeichnet auf Chris tiania Observatorium . . . Beretning om en Botanisk Reise af H. L. Lorensen. Sitzungsberichte der Mathematisch Naturwissenschaftliche Classe der Akademie der Wissenschaften..........280 Annalen für Meteorologie und Erdmagnetismus warte Verhandlungen der Allgemeinen Schweizerischen Gesellschaft der Naturwissenschaften...... Zeitschrift der Osterreichischen Gesellschaft für Mete- Reise der Osterreichischen Frigatte Novara, Magnetische Magnetische Beobachtungen in Wien Tageblatt der 32 Versammlung der N. W. A. in Wien, 1856 .. Jahrbucher der K.-K. Central Anstalt für Meteorologie und Det Kongelige Norske Universitets Aarberetunger, 1856 Abhandlungen der Math-Physikal Classe der K. B. Aka demie der Wissenschaften 80 6 Bulletin der Akademie der Wissenschaften der München. 47 Annaes do Observatorio do Infante D. Luiz....... 46 Harmonia Mensuram. Edes Hartwellianæ Memorie della Società Italiana delle Scienze 5 10 41 Atti della Reale Accademia delle Scienze di Napoli...... 7 vols. Inventory of Apparatus and Instruments at present in the Kew Observatory, with the names of Owners or Funds by which they were purchased. May 1871. [Abbreviations adopted in col. 2:-Brit. Assoc. for British Association; Don. Fund for Donation Fund; Gov. Grant for Government Grant Fund; Met. Com. for Meteorological Committee; Par. Ex. Fund for Paris Exhibition Fund; Roy. Ast. Soc. for Royal Astronomical Society; Royal Soc. for Royal Society.] Entrance Hall. Bird's Mercurial Thermometer Captain Kater's Hygrometer, by Robinson Huygens's Aerial Telescope. (twelve parts). Huygens's Object-glass, with two Eye-glasses by Flamsteed's Object-glass (Venetian) Dollond's 42-inch Transit, with a cast-iron stand.. glass Micrometer by Dollond (nine parts) ...... Apparatus, with Leaden Balls, by Paull of Geneva (ten parts) .... Nairne and Blunt's 12-inch Dipping Needle (two parts) A 12-inch Variation Needle... Dr. Godwin Knight's Battery of Magnets Air-Pump, with Double Barrel Nairne's Air Condenser (three parts) Ramsden's Great Theodolite, with other Instruments and Apparatus employed by Major-General Roy in the Trigonometrical Survey (sixty-six parts, in four cases), incomplete ... |