RECOMMENDATIONS ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL COMMITTEE AT THE Involving Applications to Government and Public Institutions. That Her Majesty's Government be requested to direct the publication of the Meteorological Observations made by the Officers of the Irish Trigonometrical Survey at Mountjoy and the Pigeon House since the year 1834. That application be made to Her Majesty's Government, to direct that during the progress of the Ordnance Trigonometrical Surveys in the North of Scotland, the so-called parallel roads of Glen Roy and the adjoining country be accurately surveyed, with the view of determining whether they are truly parallel and horizontal, the intervening distances, and their elevations above the present Sea-level. Recommendations for Reports and Researches not involving Grants of Money. That Mr. Hopkins be requested to furnish, at the next Meeting of the Association, a Report on the Theory of such movements and displacements of the Earth's Crust, as may be connected with Earthquakes. That Mr. Mallet be requested to furnish, at the same time, a Report of the Static and Dynamic Facts which have been observed to be the results of Earthquakes, or connected with them. That Mr. Ellis be requested to continue bis Report on the recent Progress of Analysis. That Professor Edward Forbes be requested to prepare a Report on the State of our knowledge of the Acalephæ. That Mr. J. Scott Russell be requested to prepare a Report on the present condition of the Science of Naval Construction, including Steam Navigation. That Mr. Robert Mallet be requested to continue his inquiry into the Corrosion of Iron Rails in and out of use. That Mr. Robert Hunt be requested to continue his investigations with the Actinograph, and that Mr. Ronalds be associated with him (the instrument to be placed at Kew). That Mr. Robert Hunt be requested to continue his investigations on the Influence of Light on the Growth of Plants. That a Committee, consisting of The Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, and Capt. Sir James C. Ross, R.N., be requested to draw up a Plan for a Naval Expedition for the purpose of completing our knowledge of the progress of the Tides. That the Master of Trinity College, Cambridge be requested to draw up brief Instructions for Tide-observations by Voyagers and Surveyors, with a view to a speedy determination of the course of the Tide-wave. That Professor Forchhammer's paper on Sea-Currents be printed entire among the Reports of the Association. That Professor Owen's paper on the Homologies of the Cranial Vertebræ be printed entire among the Reports of the Association. Recommendations of Special Researches in Science, involving Grants of Money. KEW OBSERVATORY. That the sum of £150 be placed at the disposal of the Council for the purpose of maintaining the establishment in Kew Observatory. MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL SCIEnce. That £50 be placed at the disposal of Professor Erman for continuing and completing the computation of the Gaussian Constants for 1839, and that he be requested to superintend the same. That Mr. Birt be requested to endeavour to procure a repetition of the Barometric Observations made during the month of November in former years; and that the sum of £10 be placed at his disposal for the purpose. That a provisional grant of £70 be placed at the disposal of the Committee for the publication of the Catalogues of Lalande and Lacaille, to enable them to complete the publication and distribution of those Catalogues. That a grant of £10 be made for a new Anemometer of the Rev. Dr. Robinson's improved construction, for the use of the Observatory at Kew; and that Dr. Robinson be requested to superintend its construction. CHEMICAL SCIENCE. That Dr. Percy and Professor Miller be requested to continue the examination of Crystalline Slags, and the quantity of impurities which perfect Crystals may contain; and that £20 be placed at their disposal for the purpose. That Dr. Schunck be requested to continue his investigations on Colouring Matters, and that the sum of £10 be placed at his disposal for the purpose. ZOOLOGY AND BOTANY. That Mr. H. E. Strickland, Dr. Daubeny, Professor Lindley and Professor Henslow, be requested to continue their experiments on the Vitality of Seeds, and that the sum of £10 be placed at their disposal for the purpose. That Capt. Portlock, R.E., be requested to continue his investigations into the Marine Zoology of Corfu by means of the dredge, and that the sum of £10 be placed at his disposal for the purpose. That a Committee, consisting of Sir Charles Lemon and Mr. Couch, be requested to aid Mr. Peach in his Researches into the Marine Zoology of Cornwall, and that the sum of £10 be placed at their disposal for the purpose. That a Committee, consisting of Prof. E. Forbes, Mr. Goodsir, Mr. Patterson, Mr. Thompson, Mr. Ball, Mr. J. Smith, Mr. Couch, Dr. Allman, Mr. M'Andrew, Mr. Alder, and the Rev. F. W. Hope, be requested to continue their investigations into the Marine Zoology of Britain by means of the dredge, and that the sum of £10 be placed at their disposal for the purpose. That Sir Philip Egerton, Professor Owen, and Professor E. Forbes, be a Committee for aiding Mr. Price in his Researches into the Habits of Marine Animals, and that the sum of £10 be placed at their disposal for the purpose. That Mr. Newport be requested to draw up a Report on the Scorpionidæ and Tracheary Arachnidæ, and that the sum of £10 be placed at the disposal of Mr. Spence and Mr. Wollaston for the purpose. That Professor Owen and Mr. R. Taylor be a Committee to superintend the publication of Tabular Forms in reference to the Report of periodical pha nomena of Animals and Vegetables, and that £10 be placed at their disposal for the purpose. MEDICAL SCIENCE. That a Committee, consisting of Dr. J. Blake and Professor Sharpey, be requested to continue their Researches into the Action of Medicines, and that the sum of £20 be placed at their disposal for the purpose. That the second and third parts of Dr. Carpenter's Report on the Microscopic structure of Shells, be illustrated by lithographic plates, not exceed ing twenty. Synopsis of Grants of Money appropriated to Scientific Objects by the General Committee at the Southampton Meeting, September 1845, with the Name of the Member, who alone or as the First of a Committee, is entitled to draw for the Money. Kew Observatory. For maintaining the establishment in Kew Observatory under the direction of the Council Mathematical and Physical Science. ERMAN, A.-For Computation of the Gaussian Constants for 1839 BIRT, W.-Researches on Atmospheric Waves... Chemical Science. PERCY, Dr.-On Crystalline Slags, &c....... .... Zoology and Botany. STRICKLAND, H. E.-Vitality of Seeds.... PORTLOCK, Capt.-Marine Zoology of Corfu LEMON, Sir Charles, Bart.-Marine Zoology of Cornwall..... EGERTON, Sir Philip, Bart.-Habits of Marine Animals OWEN, Prof.-Tabular Forms for Registering Periodical Phæ nomena Physiology. BLAKE, Dr.-Physiological Action of Medicines... Total of Grants £410 0 0 Dr. CARPENTER'S Report on the Microscopic Structure of Shells, &c., to be illustrated by Plates, not exceeding Twenty in number. 1846. |