Report of the ... Meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, Volume 77

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Contents

List of Corresponding Societies 19071908
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Experiments for improving the Construction of Practical Standards
73
Preparation of the Weston Cadmium Standard Cell
80
Seismological Investigations Twelth Report of the Committee consisting
83
Note on the Duration of the First Preliminary Tremor in
93
The Teaching of Elementary Mechanics Report of the Committee con
97
The Study of Hydroaromatic Substances Report of the Committee con
104
Wavelength Tables of the Spectra of the Elements and Compounds Report
116
Dynamic Isomerism Report of the Committee consisting of Professor H
270
Investigation of the Fauna and Flora of the Trias of the British Isles Fifth
298
The Faunal Succession in the Carboniferous Limestone of the Southwest
313
Composition and Origin of the Crystalline Rocks of Anglesey Second
317
APPENDIX Methods of Rock Analysis By JOHN OWEN HUGHES B Sc
323
Erratic Blocks of the British Isles Report of the Committee consisting
329
The Fossil Flora of the Transvaal Report of the Committee consisting
345
Colour Physiology in Animals Report of the Committee consisting of Pro
349
The Age of Stone Circles Report of the Committee consisting of Mr C
368
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Anthropological Photographs Report of the Committee consisting of
374
Megalithic Remains in the British Isles Interim Report of the Committee
391
Excavations on Roman Sites in Britain Interim Report of the Committee
400
The Structure of Fossil Plants Third Interim Report of the Committee
408
Botanical Photographs Report of the Committee consisting of Professor
417
TRANSACTIONS OF THE SECTIONS
427
Optical Pyrometry By Professor C FÉRY
442
On Essentially Positive Double Integrals and the Part which they play
447
An Electrical Experiment for illustrating the Two Modes of Condensation
453
The Teaching of the Elements of Analysis By C O TUCKEY
459
A Mountain Observatory in South India By C MICHIE SMITH
465
Report on Wavelength Tables of the Spectra of the Elements
486
FRIDAY AUGUST 2
504
MONDAY AUGUST 5
507
SECTION F ECONOMIC SCIENCE AND STATISTICS
579
FRIDAY AUGUST 2
594
Some Notes on the Small Holdings of Worcestershire By Professor
600
The Cooperative Organisation of Consumers By T TWEDDELL
606
The Present Condition of Gas and Petrol Engines By DUGALD CLERK
620
Notes on the Governing of Hydraulic Turbines By ROBERT S BALL
626
Dr Useners Theories concerning SonderGötter and AugenblickGötter
638
A Study of the Conditions of the Maoris in 1907 By Miss B PULLEN BURRY
642
Considerations on the Origin of Totemism By G L GOMME F S A
643
Iramian Tribes of the Ottoman Empire By MARK SYKES
644
An Account of some Souterrains in Ulster By Mrs MARY HOBSON
645
Some Objects recently found in York referable to the Viking Period By G A AUDEN M A M D
646
Report on the Age of Stone Circles p 363
647
Artemis Orthia and the Scourging Festival at Sparta By Professor R C
648
a Traditional Folk Art i The Art Relations By F H NEWBERY
649
Note on the Ethnography of Sardinia By T ASHBY D Litt F S A
650
Recent Explorations in Asia Minor and North Syria By Professor J GARSTANG
652
Some Sociological Definitions By W H R RIVERS M D
653
Racial Types in Connaught By Professor R J ANDERSON M D
654
A Terminology of Decorative Art By Professor J L MYRES M A
655
FRIDAY AUGUST 2
667
TUESDAY AUGUST 6
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A Botanical Excursion in the Welwitschia Desert By Professor
685
On the Hairiness of certain Marsh Plants By Professor R H YAPP M A
691
Address by Sir PHILIP MAGNUS B Sc M P President of the Section
694
FRIDAY AUGUST 2
707
The Scholarship System as affecting Preparatory Schools By
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The Secondary School Curriculum in France with particular reference
719
EVENING DISCOURSES
728
INDEX
739
His Grace the DUKE OF RUTLAND Lord Lieutenant The Right Rev the LORD BISHOP OF PETER
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MONDAY AUGUST 5
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The Applications of Grignards Reaction By ALEX MACKENZIE M A
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