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CONTENTS.
OBJECTS and Rules of the Association
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XXV
XXXV
Places and Times of Meeting and Officers from commencement
Presidents and Secretaries of the Sections of the Association from com-
mencement
List of Evening Lectures......
Lectures to the Operative Classes
xlv
lxiii
lxvi
Table showing the Attendance and Receipts at the Annual Meetings .....
lxxii
Report of the Council to the General Committee.
lxxiv
Committees appointed by the General Committee at the Nottingham Meet-
ing in September 1893......
lxxviii
Other Resolutions adopted by the General Committee
lxxxvii
Resolutions, &c., referred to the Council for consideration, and action if
desirable
Synopsis of Grants of Money
lxxxviii
Places of Meeting in 1894 and 1895
lxxxix
General Statement of Sums which have been paid on account of Grants
for Scientific Purposes ....
XC
General Meetings
civ
Address by the President, Dr. J. S. BURDON SANDERSON, M.A., M.D.,
LL.D., D.C.L., F.R.S., F.R.S.E., Professor of Physiology in the
University of Oxford
3
REPORTS ON THE STATE OF SCIENCE.
[An asterisk* indicates that the title only is given. The mark † indicates the same, but a reference is given to the journal or newspaper where it is published in extenso.]
Corresponding Societies.-Report of the Committee, consisting of Professor R.
MELDOLA (Chairman), Mr. T. V. HOLMES (Secretary), Mr. FRANCIS GALTON,
Sir DOUGLAS GALTON, Sir RAWSON RAWSON, Mr. G. J. SYMONS, Dr. J. G.
GARSON, Sir JOHN EVANS, Mr. J. HOPKINSON, Professor T. G. BONNEY, Mr.
W. WHITAKER, Mr. W. TOPLEY, Professor E. B. POULTON, Mr. CUTHBERT
PEEK, and Rev. Canon H. B. TRISTRAM
35
73
Tables connected with the Pellian Equation from the point where the work
was left by Degen in 1817.-Report of the Committee, consisting of Pro-
fessor A. CAYLEY, Dr. A. R. FORSYTH, Professor A. LODGE, and Professor
J. J. SYLVESTER. (Drawn up by Professor CAYLEY)
On the Establishment of a National Physical Laboratory.-Report of the
Committee, consisting of Professor OLIVER J. LODGE (Chairman), Mr. R. T.
GLAZEBROOK (Secretary), Lord KELVIN, Lord RAYLEIGH, Sir H. E. ROSCOE,
Professors J. J. THOMSON, A. W. RÜCKER, R. B. CLIFTON, G. F. FITZGERALD,
G. CAREY FOSTER, J. VIRIAMU JONES, A. SCHUSTER, and W. E. AYRTON 120
The Best Means of Comparing and Reducing Magnetic Observations.-In-
terim Report of the Committee, consisting of Professor W. GRYLLS ADAMS
(Chairman and Secretary), Lord KELVIN, Professors G. H. DARWIN and
G. CHRYSTAL, Mr. C. H. CARPMAEL, Professor A. SCHUSTER, Mr. G. M.
WHIPPLE, Captain CREAK, The ASTRONOMER ROYAL, Mr. WILLIAM ELLIS,
and Professor A. W. RÜCKER
On Electro-optics.-Report of the Committee, consisting of Dr. JOHN KERR
(Chairman), Mr. R. T. GLAZEBROOK (Secretary), Lord KELVIN, and Professor
A. W. RÜCKER
............
Magnetic Work at the Falmouth Observatory.-Report of the Committee,
consisting of Mr. HOWARD FOX, Professor A. W. RÜCKER, and Professor W.
G. ADAMS......
Experiments for Improving the Construction of Practical Standards for Elec-
trical Measurements.-Report of the Committee, consisting of Professor
CAREY FOSTER (Chairman), Lord KELVIN, Professors AYRTON, J. PERRY,
W. G. ADAMS, and Lord RAYLEIGH, Drs. O. J. LODGE, JOHN HOPKINSON,
and A. MUIRHEAD, Messrs. W. H. PREECE and HERBERT TAYLOR, Professor
J. D. EVERETT, Professor A. SCHUSTER, Dr. J. A. FLEMING, Professors
G. F. FITZGERALD, G. CHRYSTAL, and J. J. THOMSON, Messrs. R. T. GLAZE-
BROOK (Secretary), W. N. SHAW, and T. C. FITZPATRICK, Dr. J. T. BOTTOM-
LEY, Professor J. VIRIAMU JONES, Dr. G. JOHNSTONE STONEY, Professor
S. P. THOMPSON, and Mr. G. FORBES...
APPENDIX I.-Supplementary Report of the Electrical Standards
Committee of the Board of Trade
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121
127
129
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APPENDIX II.-Experiments on the Effects of the Heating produced
in the Coils by the Currents used in Testing. By R. T. GLAZEBROOK 136
APPENDIX III.-On Standards of Low Electrical Resistance. By
Professor J. VIRIAMU JONES
The Application of Photography to the Elucidation of Meteorological Pheno-
mena.-Third Report of the Committee, consisting of Mr. G. J. SYMONS
(Chairman), Professor R. MELDOLA, Mr. J. HOPKINSON, and Mr. A. W.
CLAYDEN (Secretary). (Drawn up by the Secretary)
The best methods of recording the Direct Intensity of Solar Radiation.-Ninth
Report of the Committee, consisting of Sir G. G. STOKES (Chairman),
Professor A. SCHUSTER, Mr. G. JOHNSTONE STONEY, Sir H. E. RoscoE,
Captain W. DE W. ABNEY, Professor H. MCLEOD, and Mr. G. J. SYMONS.
(Drawn up by Professor MCLEOD)
.........
The Present State of our Knowledge of Electrolysis and Electro-chemistry.—
Report by W. N. SHAW and T. Č. FITZPATRICK
Table of Electro-chemical Properties of Aqueous Solutions, compiled
by T. C. FITZPATRICK
Investigation of the Earthquake and Volcanic Phenomena of Japan.-Thir-
teenth Report of the Committee, consisting of the Rt. Hon. Lord KELVIN,
Professor W. G. ADAMS, Mr. J. T. BOTTOMLEY, Professor A. H. GREEN,
Professor C. G. KNOTT, and Professor JOHN MILNE (Secretary). (Drawn
up by the Secretary)
Bibliography of Spectroscopy.-Interim Report of the Committee, consisting
of Professor H. MCLEOD (Chairman), Professor W. C. ROBERTS-AUSTEN
(Secretary), Mr. H. G. MADAN, and Dr. D. H. NAGEL
137
140
144
146
214
227
Bessel's Functions.-Report of the Committee, consisting of Lord RAYLEIGH
(Chairman), Lord KELVIN, Professor CAYLEY, Professor B. PRICE, Mr. J.
W. L. GLAISHER, Professor A. G. GREENHILL, Professor W. M. HICKS, and
Professor A. LODGE (Secretary), appointed for the purpose of calculating
Tables of certain Mathematical Functions, and, if necessary, of taking steps
to carry out the Calculations, and to publish the results in an accessible form 227
Meteorological Observations on Ben Nevis.-Report of the Committee, consist-
ing of Lord MCLAREN (Chairman), Professor A. CRUM BROWN (Secretary),
Dr. JOHN MURRAY, Dr. Alexander Buchan, Hon. RALPH ABERCROMBY,
and Professor R. COPELAND. (Drawn up by Dr. BUCHAN)
.............
Earth Tremors.-Report of the Committee, consisting of Mr. G. J. SYMONS,
Mr. C. DAVISON (Secretary), Sir F. J. BRAMWELL, Professor G. H. DARWIN,
Professor J. A. EWING, Dr. ISAAC ROBERTS, Mr. THOMAS GRAY, Sir JOHN
EVANS, Professors J. PRESTWICH, E. HULL, G. A. LEBOUR, R. MELDOLA,
and J. W. JUDD, Mr. M. WALTON BROWN, Mr. J. GLAISHER, Professor C.
G. KNOTT, Professor J. H. PoYNTING, and Mr. HORACE DARWIN. (Drawn
........
APPENDIX.-Account of Observations made with the Horizontal Pen-
dulum. By Dr. E. VON REBEUR-PASCHWITZ
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309
The Action of Magnetism on Light; with a critical correlation of the various
theories of Light-propagation. By JOSEPH LARMOR, M.A., D.Sc., F.R.S.,
Fellow of St John's College, Cambridge
335
I. Magnetic Action on Light
II. Correlation of General Optical Theories.
360
The Bibliography of Solution.-Interim Report of the Committee, consisting
of Professor W. A. TILDEN (Chairman), Dr. W. W. J NICOL (Secretary),
Professor H. MCLEOD, Mr. S. U. PICKERING, Professor W. RAMSAY, and
Professor SYDNEY YOUNG
372
The Action of Light upon Dyed Colours.-Report of the Committee, consisting
of Professor T. E. THORPE (Chairman), Professor J. J. HUMMEL (Secretary),
Dr. W. H. PERKIN, Professor W. J. RUSSELL, Captain ABNEY, Professor
W. STROUD, and Professor L. MELDOLA. (Drawn up by the Secretary)... 373
The Action of Light on the Hydracids of the Halogens in presence of
Oxygen.-Report of the Committee, consisting of Dr. W. J. RUSSELL,
Captain W. DE W. ABNEY, Professor W. N. HARTLEY, Professor W. RAMSAY,
and Dr A RICHARDSON (Secretary)
........ ...
The Investigation of Isomeric Naphthalene Derivatives.-Seventh Report of
the Committee, consisting of Professor W. A. TILDEN and Professor H. E.
ARMSTRONG (Secretary). (Drawn up by Professor ARMSTRONG)
Wave-length Tables of the Spectra of the Elements and Compounds.-Report
of the Committee, consisting of Sir H. E. RoscoE, Dr. MARSHALL WATTS,
Mr. J. N. LOCKYER, Professors DEWAR, LIVEING, SCHUSTER, W. N. HART-
LEY, and WOLCOTT GIBBS, and Captain ABNEY. (Drawn up by Dr. MAR-
SHALL WATTS)
An International Standard for the Analysis of Iron and Steel.-Fifth Report
of the Committee, consisting of Professor W. C. ROBERTS-AUSTEN (Chairman),
Sir F. ABEL, Mr. E. RILEY, Mr. J. SPILLER, Professor J. W. LANGLEY, Mr.
G. J. SNELUS, Professor TILDEN, and Mr. THOMAS TURNER (Secretary).
(Drawn up by the Secretary)
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387
437
On Solution. Report of the Committee, consisting of Professor TILDEN
(Chairman), Dr. W. W. J. NICOL (Secretary), and Professor W. RAMSAY... 438
The Influence of the Silent Discharge of Electricity on Oxygen and other
Gases. Report of a Committee, consisting of Professor H. MCLEOD (Chair-
man), Mr. W. A. SHENSTONE (Secretary), Professor W. RAMSAY, and Mr.
J. TUDOR CUNDALL. (Drawn up by the Secretary)
I. The Preparation and Storage of Oxygen......
II. Ozone from Pure Oxygen. Its Action on Mercury, with a Note on
the Silent Discharge of Electricity. By W. A. SHENSTONE and J.
TUDOR CUNDALL
439
III. Studies on the Formation of Ozone from Oxygen.
SHENSTONE and MARTIN PRIEST.
By W. A.
440
Bacteriology in its relations to Chemical Science. By PERCY FRANKLAND,
Ph.D., B.Sc. (Lond.), F.R.S., Professor of Chemistry in University College,
Dundee, St. Andrews University....
The Circulation of Underground Waters.-Nineteenth Report of the Com-
mittee, consisting of Professor E. HULL (Chairman), Rev. Dr. H. W.
CROSSKEY, Sir D. GALTON, Messrs. J. GLAISHER and PERCY KENDALL,
Professor G. A. LEBOUR, Messrs. E. B. MARTEN, G. H. MORTON, and
W. PENGELLY, Professor J. PRESTWICH, and Messrs. I. ROBERTS, THOS. S.
STOOKE, G. J. SYMONS, W. TOPLEY, C. TYLDEN-WRIGHT, E. WETHERED,
W. WHITAKER, and C. E. DE RANCE (Secretary). (Drawn up by C. E.
DE RANCE)
The Fossil Phyllopoda of the Paleozoic Rocks.-Tenth Report of the Com-
mittee, consisting of Professor T. WILTSHIRE (Chairman), Dr. H. WOOD-
WARD, and Professor T. RUPERT JONES (Secretary). (Drawn up by Pro-
fessor T. RUPERT JONES)
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