| Description | Present at the meeting: the President, Sir Humphry Davy, in the chair; Mr Baily; Mr Colby; Mr gilbert; Mr Herschel; Captain Kater; Dr Wollaston
Minutes read of the last meeting
The Committee discussed the several charges;
1. Transit observations of 1822
2. Errors alledged to subsit in the means of the readings of the microscopes A and B in the Journal for the two microscopes in 1822
3. Discrepancies between the individual readings of the microscopes A and B in the Journals for two and six microscopes for 1822
4. Discrepancies in the two registries of the Barometer and thermometers
5. A charge founded on an alledged deviation of the mural circle from the Meridian (considered too frivolous to occupy their time0
6. The alledged errors of the 8th class in which the reading of the microscope A is comparedd with those of the other five in 1822
7. Mr Lee's fifth class of errors
Committee adjourned until 4 June |