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LONDON: PRINTED BY
SPOTTISWOODE AND CO., NEW-STREET SQUARE AND PARLIAMENT STREET
1853
CONTENTS.
OBJECTS and Rules of the Association ......
Places of Meeting and Officers from commencement...................
Presidents and Secretaries of the Sections of the Association from com-
mencement.....
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xxviii
Lectures to the Operative Classes..
Table showing the Attendance and Receipts at Annual Meetings.........
Treasurer's Account.....
Officers of Sectional Committees present at the Dublin Meeting..
Officers and Council, 1878-79...........
Report of the Council to the General Committee......
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General Statement of Sums paid on account of Grants for Scientific
purposes..
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Arrangement of the General Meetings.....
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Address by the President, WILLIAM SPOTTISWOODE, Esq., M.A., D.C.L.,
LL.D., F.R.S., F.R.A.S., F.R.G.S..
REPORTS ON THE STATE OF SCIENCE.
Catalogue of the Oscillation-frequencies of Solar Rays; drawn up under the
superintendence of a Committee of the British Association, consisting of
Dr. HUGGINS (Chairman), Dr. DE LA RUE, Mr. J. NORMAN LOCKYER, Dr.
J. EMERSON REYNOLDS, Mr. SPOTTISWOODE, Dr. W. MARSHALL WATTS,
and Mr. G. JOHNSTONE STONEY (Reporter)..
Report of the Committee, consisting of Professor CAYLEY, Dr. FARR, Mr. J.
W. L. GLAISHER, Dr. POLE, Professor FULLER, Professor A. B. W. KEN-
NEDY, Professor CLIFFORD, and Mr. C. W. MERRIFIELD, appointed to
consider the advisability and to estimate the expense of constructing Mr.
BABBAGE'S Analytical Machine, and of printing Tables by its means. Drawn
up by Mr. MERRIFIELD
Third Report of the Committee, consisting of Dr. JOULE, Professor Sir W.
THOMSON, Professor TAIT, Professor BALFOUR STEWART, and Professor
MAXWELL, appointed for the purpose of determining the Mechanical Equiva-
lent of Heat........
Report of the Committee, consisting of Professor G. FORBES, Professor Sir
WILLIAM THOMSON, and Professor EVERETT, appointed for the purpose of
making arrangements for the taking of certain Observations in India, and
Observations on Atmospheric Electricity at Madeira........
Report of the Committee, consisting of Professor Sir WILLIAM THOMSON,
Professor CLERK MAXWELL, Professor TAIT, Dr. C. W. SIEMENS, Mr. F. J.
BRAMWELL, Mr. W. FROUDE, and Mr. J. T. BOTTOMLEY, for commencing
Secular Experiments upon the Elasticity of Wires. Drawn up by J. T.
BOTTOMLEY
Report of the Committee on the Chemistry of some of the lesser-known Alka-
loids, especially Veratria and Bebeerine; the Committee consisting of W.
CHANDLER ROBERTS, F.R.S. (Sec.), Dr. C. R. ALDER WRIGHT, and Mr.
A. P. LUFF
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Report on the best Means for the Development of Light from Coal-Gas of
different qualities, by a Committee consisting of Dr. WILLIAM WALLACE
(Secretary), Professor DITTMAR, and Mr. THOMAS WILLS, F.C.S., F.I.C. 108
Fourteenth Report of the Committee for Exploring Kent's Cavern, Devon-
shire-the Committee consisting of JOHN EVANS, F.R.S., Sir JOHN
LUBBOCK, Bart., F.R.S., EDWARD VIVIAN, M.A., GEORGE BUSK, F.R.S.,
WILLIAM BOYD DAWKINS, F.R.S., WILLIAM AYSHFORD SANFORD, F.G.S.,
JOHN EDWARD LEE, F.G.S., and WILLIAM PENGELLY, F.R.S. (Reporter)... 124
Report of Committee, consisting of Professor HARKNESS and Mr. WILLIAM
JOLLY (H. M. Inspector of Schools), reappointed for the purpose of investi-
gating the Fossils in the North-west Highlands of Scotland. By Mr.
JOLLY, Secretary
Fifth Report of a Committee, consisting of Professor A. S. HERSCHEL, M.A.,
F.R.A.S., and G. A. LEBOUR, F.G.S., on Experiments to determine the
Thermal Conductivities of certain Rocks, showing especially the Geological
Aspects of the Investigation
Report of the Committee, consisting of the Rev. H. F. BARNES-LAWRENCE,
C. SPENCE BATE, Esq., H. E. DRESSER, Esq. (Sec.), Dr. A. GÜNTHER, J. E.
HARTING, Esq., Dr. GWYN JEFFREYS, Professor NEWTON, and the Rev.
Canon TRISTRAM, appointed for the purpose of inquiring into the possibility
of establishing a "Close Time" for Indigenous Animals
Report of the Committee appointed for the purpose of arranging with Dr.
DOHRN for the occupation of a Table at the Zoological Station at Naples;
the Committee consisting of Mr. DEW-SMITH (Secretary), Professor HUXLEY,
Dr. CARPENTER, Dr. GWYN JEFFREYS, Mr. SCLATER, Dr. M. FOSTER, Mr. F.
M. BALFOUR, and Professor RAY LANKESTER
Report of the Anthropometric Committee, consisting of Dr. FARR, Lord
ABERDARE, Dr. W. BAIN, Dr. BEDDOE, Mr. BRABROOK, Sir GEORGE
CAMPBELL, Captain DILLON, The EARL OF DUCIE, Professor FLOWER, Mr.
DISTANT, Mr. F. P. FELLOWS, Mr. F. GALTON, Mr. PARK HARRISON, Mr. J.
HEYWOOD, Mr. P. HALLETT, Major-General LANE Fox (Sec.), Inspector-
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General LAWSON, Mr. GEORGE SHAW LEFEVRE, Professor LEONE LEVI,
Dr. WALLER LEWIS, Dr. MOUAT, Sir RAWSON RAWSON, Mr. ALEXANDER
REDGRAVE, and Professor ROLLESTON
Report of the Committee, consisting of Dr. A. W. WILLIAMSON, Professor Sir
WILLIAM THOMSON, Mr. BRAMWELL, Mr. ST. JOHN VINCENT DAY, Dr. C. W.
SIEMENS, Mr. C. W. MERRIFIELD, Dr. NEILSON HANCOCK, Mr. F. J. ABEL,
Mr. J. R. NAPIER, Captain DOUGLAS GALTON, Mr. NEWMARCH, Mr. E. H.
CARBUTT, and Mr. MACRORY, appointed for the purpose of watching and re-
porting to the Council on Patent Legislation
Report of the Committee, consisting of Mr. W. H. BARLOW, Mr. H. BES-
SEMER, Mr. F. J. BRAMWELL, Captain DOUGLAS GALTON, Sir JOHN
HAWKSHAW, Dr. C. W. SIEMENS, Professor ABEL, and Mr. E. H. CARBUTT
(Sec.), appointed for the purpose of considering the Use of Steel for Struc-
tural Purposes
Report on the Geographical Distribution of the Chiroptera. By G. E. DOBSON,
M.A., M.B.
On Recent Improvements in the Port of Dublin. By BINDON B. STONEY,
M.A., M.R.I.A., M. Inst. C.E., Engineer of the Dublin Port and Docks
Board...
Report of the Committee, consisting of Professor CAYLEY, F.R.S., Professor
G. G. STOKES, F.R.S., Professor H. J. S. SMITH, F.R.S., Professor Sir
WILLIAM THOMSON, F.R.S., Mr. JAMES GLAISHER, F.R.S., and Mr. J. W.
L. GLAISHER, F.R.S. (Secretary), on Mathematical Tables
Eleventh Report of the Committee, consisting of Professor EVERETT, Professor
Sir WILLIAM THOMSON, Professor J. CLERK MAXWELL, Mr. G. J. SYMONS,
Professor RAMSAY, Professor GEIKIE, Mr. J. GLAISHER, Mr. PENGELLY,
Professor EDWARD HULL, Professor ANSTED, Dr. CLEMENT LE NEVE FOSTER,
Professor A. S. HERSCHEL, Mr. G. A. LEBOUR, Mr. A. B. WYNNE, Mr.
GALLOWAY, and Mr. JOSEPH DICKINSON, appointed for the purpose of inves-
tigating the Rate of Increase of Underground Temperature downwards in
various Localities of Dry Land and under Water. Drawn up by Professor
EVERETT (Secretary)
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Report of the Committee, consisting of the Rev. Dr. HAUGHTON, Professor
LEITH ADAMS, Professor BARRETT, Mr. HARDMAN, and Dr. MACALISTER,
appointed for the purpose of Exploring the Fermanagh Caves. Drawn up
by Mr. THOMAS PLUNKETT, Enniskillen, for Dr. MACALISTER, Secretary of
the Committee...... 183
Sixth Report of the Committee, consisting of Professor PRESTWICH, Professor
HARKNESS, Professor HUGHES, Professor W. BOYD DAWKINS, Rev. H. W.
CROSSKEY, Professor L. C. MIALL, Messrs. G. H. MORTON, D. MACKINTOSH,
R. H. TIDDEMAN, J. E. LEE, JAMES PLANT, and W. PENGELLY, Dr. DEANE,
Mr. C. J. WOODWARD, and Mr. MOLYNEUX, 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 the Rev. H. W. CROSSKEY, Secretary..................................... 185
Report on the Present State of our Knowledge of the Crustacea.-Part. IV.
On Development. By C. SPENCE BATE, F.Ř.S.................
Report of a Committee, consisting of Professor ROLLESTON, Major-General
LANE FOX, Professor BUSK, Professor BOYD DAWKINS, Dr. JOHN EVANS,
and Mr. F. G. HILTON PRICE, appointed for the purpose of examining Two
Caves containing human remains, in the neighbourhood of Tenby
Mr. W. FROUDE, Professor OSBORNE REYNOLDS, Captain DOUGLAS GALTON,
and Mr. JAMES N. SHOOLBRED (Secretary), appointed for the purpose of
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