RefNoCMB/2/18/2
LevelFile
TitleMinutes of meeting
Date11 March 1875
DescriptionPresent at the meeting of the Polar Committee: Dr Hooker C B President in the chair; Dr Allman; Professor J C Adams; Mr Busk; Captain Evans; Mr Evans; Mr Galton; Dr Gunther; Professor Huxley; Mr Gwyn Jeffreys; Professor Rupert Jones; Professor Maskelyne; Sir H Rawlinson; Professor Ramsay; Admiral Richards; Mr Scott; Mr Spottiswoode; Professor Stokes; Professor Williamson

Minutes of last meeting read and confirmed

Drafts of instructions for the use of the Arctic Expedition received by the Secretary from Dr Allman, Professor Flower, Mr Hind, and Mr Gwyn Jeffreys; Secretary authorized to send these and other drafts to the Hydrogrpher

Letter from F J O Evans, the Hydrographer at the Admiralty, of 29 January 1875 read, stating the Admiralty has two pendulums and a Transit Instrument. Asks if The Royal Society would lend one of theirs to the Expedition. States the Vacuum apparatus at Kew which may be required for the Base Observations is the property of the Admiralty.

Resolved; the Council to be recommended to lend one of the Astronomical clocks belonging to the Society for the use of the Arctic Expedition.
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