Copy letter from Michael Foster, to the Secretary, Royal Astronomical Society Replying to the Secretary's letter of 8 April, the President and Council cordially approve of the suggestion to form a joint Committee with the Eclipse Committee of the Royal Astronomical Society and have nominated for that purpose the following gentlemen; Lord Kelvin [William Thomson], John Evans, Michael Foster, Lord Rayleigh [John William Strutt], Sir Archibald Geikie, the Astronomer Royal Captain Abney, Mr Common, Mr Hind, Dr Huggins, Professor Lockyer, Professor Schuster, Sir Gabriel Stokes, Mr Stone, General Tennant and Captain Wharton. 11 May 1892