...17th January, 1884, the Royal Society appointed a Committee of Six, with power to add to the number, " to collect the various accounts of the volcanic eruption at Krakatoa, and attendant phenomena." As finally constituted, the Committee consisted of thirteen members. Their work involved an immense...

...led to much interesting discussion. The fact, as pointed out by 1884.J • Treasurer's Address. 437 General Strachey and Mr. Scott, that at some barometrical...preservation and promote their usefulness, and a sum of 1001. in all has been granted from the Donation Fund to defray the expenses of the Committee. A Committee...

...of the civil day and date of that meridian, and is to be counted from zero up to twenty-lour hours. General Strachey and Mr. Scott, that at some barometrical...preservation and promote their usefulness, and a sum of 100/. in all has been granted from the Donation Fund to defray the expenses of the Committee. A Committee...

...eruption. The council of the Royal society has appointed a committee for the purpose of collecting the various accounts of the volcanic eruption at Krakatoa,...their preservation, and promote their usefulness. The committee invite the communication of authenticated facts respecting the fall of pumice and of...

...SIR, — The Council of the Royal Society has appointed a com mittee for the purpose of collecting the various accounts of the volcanic eruption at Krakatoa,...for their preservation and promote their usefulness. The Committee invite the communication of authenticated facts respecting the fall of pumice and of...

...of scientific but of commercial importance, and we may be confident that eventually our friends on the other side of the Channel, whose metric system...preservation and promote their usefulness, and a sum of 100/. in all has been granted from the Donation Fund to defray the expenses of the Committee. A Committee...

...of scientific but of commercial importance, anfl we may be confident that eventually our friends on the other side of the Channel, whose metric system...preservation and promote their usefulness, and a sum of loo/, in all has been granted from the Donation Fund to defray the expenses of the Committee. A Committee...

...its origin, and that it must have travelled more than three times round the entire circuit of th« earth, shows how vast must have been the initial disturbance...preservation and promote their usefulness, and a sum of loo/, in all has been granted from the Donation Fund to defray the expenses of the Committee. A Committee...

...Mr. RH SCOTT, General STBACHEY, and Mr. GJ " SYMONS, with power to add to their number, be appointed, to collect " the various accounts of the volcanic...their " preservation, and promote their usefulness." The first meeting of the Committee was held on February 5th, all the members being present. It was...

...RH Scott, General Strachey, and Mr. G. J. Symons, with power to add to their number, be appointed, to collect the various accounts of the volcanic eruption...their preservation, and promote their usefulness." A history of the work of the committee is detailed in the preface, its expansion by fusion with a committee...