| Description | Smith's letter of the 20th instant was laid before the President and Council of the Royal Society; Bradford is directed to suggest the following names of gentlemen they consider specially qualified to take part in the enquiry into vision tests in force under the regulations of the Board of Trade:
The Right Hon Lord Rayleigh, KCB, FRS [Fellow of the Royal Society.
Sir William W de W Abney, KCB, FRS.
Prof J [John] H [Henry] Poynting, DSc, FRS.
Prof Arthur Schuster, FRS.
Mr William McDougall, MB, BC.
Prof Francis Gotch, DSc, FRS.
Dr W [William] H [Halse] R [Rivers] Rivers, FRCP, FRS.
Prof C [Charles] S [Scott] Sherrington, Md, ScD, FRS.
Prof E [Ernest] H [Henry] Starling, Md, FRCP, FRS. |