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REPORT

OF THE

SIXTY-FIRST MEETING

OF THE

BRITISH ASSOCIATION

FOR THE

ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE

HELD AT

CARDIFF IN AUGUST 1891.

LONDON:

JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET.

1892.

OFFICE OF THE ASSOCIATION: BURLINGTON HOUSE, LONDON, W.

PRINTED BY

SPOTTIS WOODE AND CO., NEW-STREET SQUARE

LONDON

Report of the Corresponding Societies Committee, consisting of Mr. FRANCIS

GALTON (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)

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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