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OFFICE OF THE ASSOCIATION: BURLINGTON HOUSE, LONDON, W.
241
138 1791
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CONTENTS.
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OBJECTS and Rules of the Association
Places and Times of Meeting and Officers from commencement ....
Presidents and Secretaries of the Sections of the Association from com-
xxiv
xxxiv
Officers of Sectional Committees present at the Cardiff Meeting.......
lxiv
Treasurer's Account
lxvi
Table showing the Attendance and Receipts at the Annual Meetings ...
lxviii
Officers and Council, 1891–92 .....
lxx
Report of the Council to the General Committee.....
lxxi
Committees appointed by the General Committee at the Cardiff Meeting
in August 1891
lxxvi
Other Resolutions adopted by the General Committee
lxxxiv
Resolutions referred to the Council for consideration, and action if
desirable
Synopsis of Grants of Money
lxxxv
Places of Meeting in 1892 and 1893
lxxxvi
General Statement of Sums which have been paid on account of Grants
for Scientific Purposes ......................
.... lxxxvii
General Meetings
Address by the President, WILLIAM HUGGINS, Esq., D.C.L., LL.D., Ph.D.,
F.R.S., F.R.A.S., Hon.F.R.S.E., &c.
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REPORTS ON THE STATE OF SCIENCE.
Report of the Corresponding Societies Committee, consisting of Mr. FRANCIS
ĜALTON (Chairman), Professor A. W. WILLIAMSON, Sir DOUGLAS GALTON,
Professor BOYD DAWKINS, Sir RAWSON RAWSON, Dr. J. G. GARSON, Dr.
JOHN EVANS, Mr. J. HOPKINSON, Professor R. MELDOLA (Secretary), Pro-
fessor T. G. BONNEY, Mr. W. WHITAKER, Mr. G. J. SYMONS, General PITT-
RIVERS, and Mr. W. TOPLEY......
Report of a Committee, consisting of Messrs. J. LARMOR and G. H. BRYAN,
appointed to draw up a Report on the present state of our knowledge of
Thermodynamics, specially with regard to the Second Law
Sixth Report of the Committee, consisting of Professors FITZGERALD (Chair-
man), ARMSTRONG, and G. J. LODGE (Secretaries), Sir WILLIAM THOMSON,
Lord RAYLEIGH, J. J. THOMSON, SCHUSTER, POYNTING, CRUM BROWN,
RAMSAY, FRANKLAND, TILDEN, HARTLEY, S. P. THOMPSON, MCLEOD,
ROBERTS-AUSTEN, RÜCKER, REINOLD, CAREY FOSTER, and H. B. DIXON,
Captain ABNEY, Drs. GLADSTONE, HOPKINSON, and FLEMING, and Messrs.
CROOKES, SHELford Bidwell, W. N. SHAW, J. LARMOR, J. T. BOTTOMLEY,
R. T. GLAZEBROOK, J. BROWN, and JOHN M. THOMSON, appointed for the
purpose of considering the subject of Electrolysis in its Physical and Chemical
Bearings
Eleventh Report of the Committee, consisting of Sir WILLIAM THOMSON, Mr.
R. ETHERIDGE, Professor JOHN PERRY, Dr. HENRY WOODWARD, Professor
THOMAS GRAY, and Professor JOHN MILNE (Secretary), appointed for the
purpose of investigating the Earthquake and Volcanic Phenomena of
Japan. (Drawn up by the Secretary).....
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85
122
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129
Second Report of the Committee, consisting of Lord RAYLEIGH, Sir WILLIAM
THOMSON, Professor CAYLEY, Professor B. PRICE, Dr. 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 cer-
tain Mathematical Functions, and, if necessary, of taking steps to carry out
the Calculations, and to publish the results in an accessible form
First Report of the Committee, consisting of Mr. G. J. SYMONS (Chairman),
Professor R. MELDOLA, Mr. J. HOPKINSON, and Mr. A. W. CLAYDEN
(Secretary), appointed to consider the application of Photography to the
Elucidation of Meteorological Phenomena. (Drawn up by the Secretary) 130
Report of the Committee, consisting of Professor O. J. LODGE, Professor CAREY
FOSTER, and Mr. A. P. CHATTOCK (Secretary), appointed to investigate the
Discharge of Electricity from Points
Report of the Committee, consisting of Lord MCLAREN (Chairman), Professor
CRUM BROWN (Secretary), Mr. MILNE-HOME, Dr. JOHN MURRAY, Dr.
BUCHAN, and the Hon. RALPH ABERCROMBY, appointed for the purpose of
co-operating with the Scottish Meteorological Society in making Meteoro-
logical Observations on Ben Nevis
Third (Interim) Report of the Committee, consisting of Professor FITZGERALD,
Dr. JOHN HOPKINSON, Mr. R. A. HADFIELD, Mr. TROUTON, Professor
ROBERTS-AUSTEN, Mr. H. F. NEWALL, and Professor BARRETT (Secretary),
on the various Phenomena connected with the Recalescent Points in Iron
and other Metals....
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