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(Secretary), appointed for the purpose of reporting on the Bibliography of

Fifth Report of the Committee, consisting of Professors TILDEN and RAMSAY

and Dr. NICOL (Secretary), appointed for the purpose of investigating the

Properties of Solutions

Third Report of the Committee, consisting of Professor ROBERTS-AUSTEN

(Chairman), Sir F. ABEL, Messrs. E. RILEY and J. SPILLER, Professor J. W.

LANGLEY, Mr. G. J. SNELUS, Professor TILDEN, and Mr. THOMAS TURNER

(Secretary), appointed to consider the best method of establishing an Inter-

national Standard for the Analysis of Iron and Steel. (Drawn up by the

Report (provisional) of a Committee, consisting of Professors H. E. ARM-

STRONG and W. R. DUNSTAN and Messrs. C. H. BOTHAMLEY and W. A.

SHENSTONE (Secretary), appointed to investigate the direct formation of

Haloid Compounds from pure materials

Provisional Report of the Committee, consisting of General FESTING, Captain

ABNEY, and Professor H. E. ARMSTRONG (Secretary), on the Absorption

Spectra of Pure Compounds

Nineteenth Report of the Committee, consisting of Professor PRESTWICH, Dr.

H. W. CROSSKEY, Professors W. BOYD DAWKINS, T. MCKENNY HUGHES,

and T. G. BONNEY, and Messrs. C. E. DE RANCE, W. PENGELLY, J. PLANT,

and R. H. TIDDEMAN, appointed for the purpose of recording the Position,

Height above the Sea, Lithological Characters, Size, and Origin of the Erratic

Blocks of England, Wales, and Ireland, reporting other matters of interest

connected with the same, and taking measures for their preservation.

(Drawn up by Dr. CROSSKEY, Secretary)......

Second Report of the Committee, consisting of Dr. H. WOODWARD (Chair-

man), Rev. G. F. WHIDBORNE, Messrs. R. ETHERIDGE, R. KIDSTON, J. E.

MARR, C. D. SHERBORN, and A. S. WOODWARD (Secretary), for the Regis-

tration of all the Type Specimens of British Fossils

Seventeenth Report of the Committee, consisting of Drs. E. HULL and

H. W. CROSSKEY, Sir DOUGLAS GALTON, Professor G. A. LEBOUR, and

Messrs. JAMES GLAISHER, E. B. MARTEN, G. H. MORTON, J. PARKER, W.

PENGELLY, JAMES PLANT, J. PRESTWICH, I. ROBERTS, C. FOX-STRANGEWAYS,

T. S. STOOKE, G. J. SYMONS, W. TOPLEY, TYLDEN-WRIGHT, E. WETHE-

RED, W. WHITAKER, and C. E. DE RANCE (Secretary), appointed for the

purpose of investigating the Circulation of Underground Waters in the

Permeable Formations of England and Wales, and the Quantity and Character

of the Water supplied to various Towns and Districts from these Forma-

tions. (Drawn up by C. E. DE RANCE, Reporter)

Report of the Committee, consisting of Messrs. H. BAUERMAN, F. W. RUDLER,

and J. J. H. TEALL and Dr. JOHNSTON-LAVIS, appointed for the investigation

of the Volcanic Phenomena of Vesuvius and its neighbourhood. (Drawn

up by Dr. JOHNSTON-LAVIS) .....

Second Report of the Committee, consisting of Professor JAMES GEIKIE (Chair-

man), Dr. TEMPEST ANDERSON, Dr. VALENTINE BALL, Mr. JAMES E. BED-

FORD, Professor T. G. BONNEY, Professor W. BOYD DAWKINS, Mr. JAMES W.

DAVIS, Mr. WILLIAM GRAY, Mr. ROBERT KIDSTON, Mr. ARTHUR S. REID,

Mr. R. H. TIDDEMAN, Mr. W. W. WATTS, Mr. HORACE B. WOODWARD, and

Mr. OSMUND W. JEFFS (Secretary), to arrange for the collection, preserva-

tion, and systematic registration of Photographs of Geological Interest in

the United Kingdom. (Drawn up by the Secretary)
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Report of the Committee, consisting of Mr. G. J. SYMONS, Mr. C. DAVISON

(Secretary), Sir F. J. BRAMWELL, Mr. E. A. CowPER, Professor G. H. DAR-

WIN, Professor EWING, Mr. ISAAC ROBERTS, Mr. THOMAS GRAY, Dr. JOHN

EVANS, Professors PRESTWICH, HULL, LEBOUR, MELDOLA, and JUDD, Mr. M.

WALTON BROWN, and Mr. J. GLAISHER, appointed to consider the advisa-

bility and possibility of establishing in other parts of the country Observa-

tions upon the Prevalence of Earth Tremors similar to those now being

made in Durham in connection with coal-mine explosions

Report of the Committee, consisting of Dr. H. WOODWARD (Chairman),

Messrs. W. D. CRICK, T. G. GEORGE, WM. HULL, E. A. WALFORD, E.

WILSON, H. B. WOODWARD, and BEEBY THOMPSON (Secretary), to work

the very Fossiliferous Transition Bed between the Middle and Upper Lias

in Northamptonshire, in order to obtain a more clear idea of its fauna, and

to fix the position of certain species of fossil fish, and more fully investigate

the horizon on which they occur. (Drawn up by the Secretary)

Report of the Committee, consisting of Mr. J. W. DAVIS (Chairman), Rev. E.

JONES (Secretary), Drs. J. EVANS and J. G. GARSON, and Messrs. W. PEN-

GELLY, R. H. TIDDEMAN, and J. J. WILKINSON, to complete the investiga-

tion of the Cave at Elbolton, near Skipton, in order to ascertain whether

Remains of Palaeolithic Man occur in the Lower Cave Earth.

Report of the Committee, consisting of Dr. JOHN EVANS (Chairman), Mr. B.

HARRISON (Secretary), and Professors J. PRESTWICH and H. G. SEELEY,

appointed to carry on excavations at Oldbury Hill, near Ightham, in order

to ascertain the existence or otherwise of Rock-shelters at this spot.

(Drawn up by Mr. B. HARRISON)

Fourth Report of the Committee, consisting of Professor FLOWER (Chairman),

Mr. D. MORRIS (Secretary), Mr. CARRUTHERS, Dr. SCLATER, Mr. THISELTON-

DYER, Dr. SHARP, Mr. F. DU CANE GODMAN, Professor NEWTON, Dr.

GÜNTHER, and Colonel FEILDEN, appointed for the purpose of reporting

on the present state of our knowledge of the Zoology and Botany of the

West India Islands, and taking steps to investigate ascertained deficiencies

in the Fauna and Flora ....

Draft of Report of the Committee, consisting of Professor FLOWER (Chair-

man), Mr. D. SHARP (Secretary), Dr. BLANFORD, Dr. HICKSON, Professor

NEWTON, Professor RILEY, Mr. O. SALVIN, and Dr. SCLATER, appointed to

report on the present state of our knowledge of the Zoology of the Sand-

wich Islands, and to take steps to investigate ascertained deficiencies in the

Fifth Report of the Committee, consisting of Professor FOSTER, Professor

BAYLEY BALFOUR, Mr. THISELTON-DYER, Dr. TRIMEN, Professor MARSHALL

WARD, Mr. CARRUTHERS, Professor HARTOG, Mr. WALTER GARDINER, and

Professor BOWER (Secretary), appointed for the purpose of taking steps for

the establishment of a Botanical Laboratory at Peradeniya, Ceylon ...

Fourth Report of the Committee, consisting of Mr. A. W. WILLS (Chairman),

Mr. E. W. BADGER, Mr. G. CLARIDGE DRUCE, and Professor HILLHOUSE,

for the purpose of collecting information as to the Disappearance of Native

Plants from their Local Habitats. (Drawn up by Professor HILLHOUSE,

Report of a Committee, consisting of Professor NEWTON, Mr. JOHN CORDEAUX

(Secretary), Messrs. JOHN A. Harvie-Brown, R. M. BARRINGTON, W.

EAGLE CLARKE, and the Rev. E. P. KNUBLEY, appointed at Leeds to make

a digest of the observations on the Migration of Birds at Lighthouses and

Light-vessels, which have been carried on by the Migration Committee of

the British Association, and to report on the same at Cardiff ...........

Report of the Committee, consisting of Professor FLOWER (Chairman), Pro-

fessor M. FOSTER, Professor RAY LANKESTER, Professor VINES, and Mr. S. F.

HARMER (Secretary), appointed for the purpose of arranging for the occupa-

tion of a Table at the Laboratory of the Marine Biological Association at

Report of the Committee, consisting of Dr. P. L. SCLATER, Professor RAY

LANKESTER, Professor CossAR EWART, Professor M. FOSTER, Mr. A.

SEDGWICK, Professor A. M. MARSHALL, and Mr. PERCY SLADEN (Secre-

tary), nominated for the purpose of arranging for the occupation of a Table

at the Zoological Station at Naples

Report of the Committee, consisting of Professor A. C. HADDON, Professor

W. A. HERDMAN, and Mr. W. E. HOYLE (Secretary), appointed for im-

proving and experimenting with a Deep-sea Tow-net, for opening and

closing under water

Report of the Committee, consisting of Dr. J. H. GLADSTONE (Chairman),

Professor H. E. ARMSTRONG (Secretary), Mr. S. BOURNE, Dr. CROSSKEY,

Mr. G. GLADSTONE, Mr. J. HEYWOOD, Sir JOHN LUBBOCK, Sir PHILIP

MAGNUS, Professor N. STORY MASKELYNE, Sir H. E. Roscoe, Sir R. TEMPLE,

and Professor S. P. THOMPSON, appointed for the purpose of continuing the

inquiries relating to the teaching of Science in Elementary Schools

Third Report of the Committee, consisting of Sir J. N. DOUGLASS, Professor

OSBORNE REYNOLDS, Professor W. C. UNWIN, and Messrs. W. TOPLEY,

E. LEADER WILLIAMS, W. SHELFORD, G. F. DEACON, A. R. HUNT, W. H.

WHEELER, W. ANDERSON, and H. BAMFORD, appointed to investigate the

Action of Waves and Currents on the Beds and Foreshores of Estuaries by

means of Working Models.........

Report of the Committee, consisting of Professor FLOWER (Chairman), Dr.

GARSON (Secretary), Dr. BEDDOE, General PITT-RIVERS, Mr. FRANCIS

GALTON, and Dr. E. B. TYLOR, appointed for the purpose of editing a new

Edition of 'Anthropological Notes and Queries'

Report of the Committee, consisting of Professor FLOWER (Chairman), Dr.

GARSON (Secretary), Mr. BLOXAM, and Dr. WILBERFORCE SMITH, for the

purpose of carrying on the work of the Anthropometric Laboratory

Seventh Report of the Committee, consisting of Dr. E. B. TYLOR, Mr. G. W.

BLOXAM, Sir DANIEL WILSON, Dr. G. M. DAWSON, and Mr. R. G.

HALIBURTON, appointed to investigate the physical characters, languages,

and industrial and social condition of the North-Western Tribes of the

Dominion of Canada
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Fifth Report of the Committee, consisting of Sir JOHN LUBBOCK, Dr. JOHN

EVANS, Professor W. BOYD DAWKINS, Dr. R. MUNRO, Mr. W. PEngelly, Dr.

HENRY HICKS, Professor MELDOLA, Dr. MUIRHEAD, and Mr. JAMES W.

DAVIS, appointed for the purpose of ascertaining and recording the localities

in the British Islands in which evidences of the existence of Prehistoric

Inhabitants of the country are found. (Drawn up by Mr. JAMES W. DAVIS) 449

Fourth and Final Report of the Committee, consisting of the Hon. RALPH

ABERCROMBY, Dr. A. BUCHAN, Mr. J. Y. BUCHANAN, Mr. J. WILLIS BUND,

Professor CHRYSTAL, Mr. D. CUNNINGHAM, Professor FITZGERALD, Dr. H. R.

MILL (Secretary), Dr. JOHN MURRAY (Chairman), Mr. ISAAC ROBERTS,

Dr. H. C. SORBY, and the Rev. C. J. STEWARD, appointed to arrange an in-

vestigation of the Seasonal Variations of Temperature in Lakes, Rivers, and

Estuaries in various parts of the United Kingdom in co-operation with the

local societies represented on the Association. (Drawn up by Dr. H. R.

On the Capture of Comets by Planets, especially their Capture by Jupiter.

By Professor H. A. NEWTON......

The Recent Progress of Agriculture in India. By C. L. TUPPER

TRANSACTIONS OF THE SECTIONS.

SECTION A.-MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCE.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 20.

Address by Professor OLIVER J. LODGE, D.Sc., LL.D., F.R.S., President of the

1. Interim Report of the Committee on Phenomena connected with

2. On the Action of a Planet upon small Bodies passing near the Planet,

with special reference to the Action of Jupiter upon such Bodies. By

Professor H. A. NEWTON

3. On the Absorption of Heat in the Solar Atmosphere. By W. E. WILSON,

M.R.I.A., F.R.A.S.

4. The Ultra-Violet Spectrum of the Solar Prominences. By Professor

GEORGE E. HALE, Director of the Kenwood Physical Observatory,

5. Report on Researches relative to the Second Law of Thermodynamics.

By Dr. J. LARMOR and G. H. BRYAN ....

6. Note on a Simple Mechanical Representation of Carnot's Reversible

Cycle. By G. Ĥ. BRYAN

FRIDAY, AUGUST 21.

1. Interim Report of the Committee on Researches in Electro-optics ....... 558

2. Note on the Electromagnetic Theory of the Rotation of the Plane of

Polarised Light. By Professor A. GRAY, M.A., F.R.S.E.

3. On an Experiment on the Velocity of Light in the neighbourhood of

rapidly-moving Matter. By Professor OLIVER J. LODGE, F.R.S.

4. The Action of Electrical Radiators, with a Mechanical Analogy. By

5. On the Measurement of Stationary Hertzian Oscillations along Wires, and

the Damping of Electric Waves. By Professor D. E. JONES, B.Sc.

6. On the Propagation of Electromagnetic Waves in Wires. By WALTER

7. On Reflection near the Polarising Angle from the Clean Surfaces of

Liquids. By LORD RAYLEIGH, Sec.R.S.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 22.

DEPARTMENT I.-PHYSICS.

1. Sixth Report of the Committee on Electrolysis

2. Interim Report on the present state of our Knowledge in Electrolysis

and Electro-Chemistry

3. Electrolytic Problems. By ROBERT L. MOND

4. On Clausius' Theory of Electrolytic Conduction, and on some Secret

Evidence for the Dissociation Theory of Electrolysis. By J. BROWN ... 564

5. Report of the Committee on the Phenomena accompanying the Discharge

of Electricity from Points

6. On the Electrification of Needle Points in Air. By A. P. CHATTOCK...... 565

7. On the Measurement of Liquid Resistances. By J. SWINBURNE

8. The Surface-Tension of Ether and Alcohol at Different Temperatures.

By Professor WILLIAM RAMSAY, Ph.D., F.R.S...........

DEPARTMENT II.-MATHEMATICS.

1. Interim Report of the Committee on Mathematical Functions.......

2. Interim Report of the Committee on the Pellian Equation Tables

3. On Periodic Motion of a Finite Conservative System. By Sir WILLIAM

THOMSON, Pres.R.S.

4. On a Geometrical Illustration of a Dynamical Theorem. By Sir ROBERT

5. On the Transformation of a Differential Resolvent. By the Rev. ROBERT

HARLEY, M.A., F.R.S.

6. On the Transformations used in connection with the Duality of Differential

Equations. By E. B. ELLIOTT, F.R.S.

7. Note on a Method of Research for Invariants. By E. B. ELLIOTT, F.R.S. 568

8. On Liquid Jets under Gravity. By Rev. H. J. SHARPE, M.A.

9. The Geometry of Confocal Conics. By Professor T. C. LEWIS

10. Some Tangential Transformations, including Laguerre's Semi-Droites

Réciproques. By Professor R. W. GENESE, M.A.

11. Note on the Normal to a Conic. By R. H. PINKERTON

12. On the Importance of the Conception of Direction in Natural Philosophy.

MONDAY, AUGUST 24.

1. Report of the Committee on Researches on the Ultra-Violet Rays of the

2. Comparison of Eye and Hand Registration of Lines in the Violet and

Ultra-Violet of the Solar Spectrum, against Photographic Records of

the same, with the same Instrument, after a lapse of several years. By

C. PIAZZA SMYTH, LL.D., F.R.S.E.

3. Note on Observing the Rotation of the Sun with the Spectroscope. By

G. JOHNSTONE STONEY, M.A., D.Sc., F.R.S.

4. On the Cause of Double Lines in Spectra. By G. JOHNSTONE STONEY,

M.A., D.Sc., F.R.S.

5. Seventh Report of the Committee on Solar Radiation

6. Report of the Committee on Meteorological Photography.

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