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(c) Object of the Catalogues

(d) Results already obtained or shown by the Catalogue and Map

IV. On the Velocities with which Waves and Vibrations are propa-

gated on the surface of and through Rock and Earth.

(a) Observations on Artificially Produced Disturbances. Experi-

ments of MALLET, ABBOT, FOUQUÉ and LÉVY, GRAY, and

(b) Observations on Earthquakes. Where the wave paths have

been short: (MILNE and OMORI). Where the wave paths

have been long: (NEWCOMBE and DUTTON, AGAMENNONE,

RICCO, CANCANI, von Rebeur-PASCHWITZ, MILNE)

(c) The Probable Nature and Velocity of Propagation of Earth-

quake Motion. The suggestions of Dr. C. G. KNOTT, Lord

RAYLEIGH, Lord KELVIN

(d) The Paths followed by Earthquake Motion. Hypotheses of

HOPKINS and SEEBACH, SCHMIDT, and a suggestion by the

(e) Conclusions

V. Miscellaneous Notes relating to Large Earthquakes, &c....

APPENDIX.-On Causes producing Movements which may be Mistaken

for Earth Tremors

Earth Tremors.-Fifth Report of the Committee, consisting of Mr. G. J.

SYMONS, Mr. C. DAVISON (Secretary), Sir F. J. BRAMWELL, Professor G. H.

DARWIN, Professor J. A. EWING, Dr. ISAAC ROBERTS, Mr. THOMAS GRAY,

Sir JOHN EVANS, Professors J. PRESTWICH, E. HULL, G. A. LEBOUR, R.

MELDOLA, and J. W. JUDD, Mr. M. WALTON BROWN, Mr. J. GLAISHER,

Professor C. G. KNOTT, Professor J. H. POYNTING, Mr. HORACE DARWIN,

and Dr. R. COPELAND, appointed for the Investigation of Earth Tremors in

this country. (Drawn up by the Secretary) ...

APPENDIX. Note on the History of the Horizontal and Bifilar Pen-

dulums. By C. DAVISON

Meteorological Observations on Ben Nevis. -Report of the Committee, consist-

ing of Lord McLAREN (Chairman), Professor A. CRUм Brown (Secretary),

Dr. JOHN MURRAY, Dr. ALEXANDER BUCHAN, Hon. RALPH ABERCROMBY,

and Professor R. COPELAND. (Drawn up by Dr. BUCHAN)

Experiments for Improving the Construction of Practical Standards for Elec-

trical Measurements.-Report of the Committee, consisting of Professor

CAREY FOSTER (Chairman), Lord KELVIN, Lord RAYLEIGH, Professors

AYRTON, J. PERRY, and W. G. ADAMS, Drs. O. J. LODGE, JOHN HOPKINSON,

and A. MUIRHEAD, Messrs. W. H. PREECE and HERBERT TAYLOR, Professor

J. D. EVERETT, Professor A. SCHUSTER, Dr. J. A. FLEMING, Professors

G. F. FITZGERALD, G. CHRYSTAL, and J. J. THOMSON, Messrs. R. T. GLAZE-

BROOK (Secretary) and W. N. SHAW, Rev. T. C. FITZPATRICK, Dr. J. T. BOT-

TOMLEY, Professor J. VIRIAMU JONES, Dr. G. JOHNSTONE STONEY, Professor

S. P. THOMPSON, Mr. G. FORBES, Mr. J. RENNIE, and Mr. E. H. GRIFFITHS 195

APPENDIX.-On Magnetic Units. By Dr. O. J. LODGE

Remarks on the above. By Professor EVERETT ..... 207

Remarks on the above. By Professor G. CAREY FOSTER

and Dr. G. JOHNSTONE STONEY.

Comparison and Reduction of Magnetic Observations.-Report of the Com-

mittee, consisting of Professor W. G. ADAMS (Chairman), Mr. C. CHREE

(Secretary), Lord KELVIN, Professor G. H. DARWIN, Professor G. CHRYSTAL,

Professor A. SCHUSTER, Captain E. W. CREAK, The ASTRONOMER ROYAL,

Mr. WILLIAM ELLIS, and Professor A. W. RÜCKER. (Drawn up by the

Analysis of the Results from the Kew Declination and Horizontal

Force Magnetographs during the selected "Quiet" Days of the

Five Years 1890-94. By C. CHREE, Sc.D.

SECTIONS 1-3.-Introductory

SECTIONS 4-6.-Non-cyclic Nature of Results obtained from "Quiet "

SECTIONS 7-8.-Tables of Diurnal Inequalities for each Month of Year,

for Quarters, Halves, and Whole Year

SECTIONS 9-10.-Harmonic Analysis of Diurnal Inequalities; Times

SECTIONS 11-12.-Resultant of Horizontal Forces to which Diurnal

Inequality is due........................

SECTIONS 13-15.-Variation of Ranges and Sums of Departures from

Mean for Day throughout the Year, with Harmonic Analysis of Ranges 221

SECTIONS 16-20.--Annual Inequalities (or Cyclic Part of Yearly

The Teaching of Science in Elementary Schools.-Report of the Committee,

consisting of Dr. J. H. GLADSTONE (Chairman), Professor H. E. ARMSTRONG

(Secretary), Professor W. R. DUNSTAN, Mr. GEORGE GLADSTONE, Sir JOHN

LUBBOCK, Sir PHILIP MAGNUS, Sir H. E. RoscoE, and Professor S. P.

Quantitative Analysis by means of Electrolysis.-Second Report of the Com-

mittee, consisting of Professor J. EMERSON REYNOLDS (Chairman), Dr. C. A.

KOHN (Secretary), Professor P. FRANKLAND, Professor F. CLOWES, Dr. HUGH

MARSHALL, Mr. A. E. FLETCHER, Mr. D. H. NAGEL, Mr. T. TURNER, and

Mr. J. B. COLEMAN

The Bibliography of Spectroscopy. Report of the Committee, consisting of

Professor H. MCLEOD, Professor W. C. ROBERTS AUSTEN, Mr. H. G. MADAN,

and Mr. D. H. NAGEL

The Action of Light upon Dyed Colours.-Report of the Committee, consisting

of Dr. T. E. THORPE (Chairman), Professor J. J. HUMMEL (Secretary), Dr.

W. H. PERKIN, Professor W. J. RUSSELL, Captain W. DE W. ABNEY,

Professor W. STROUD, and Professor R. MELDOLA. (Drawn up by the

Isomeric Naphthalene Derivatives.-Ninth Report of the Committee, con-

sisting of Professor W. A. TILDEN and Professor H. E. ARMSTRONG.

(Drawn up by Professor ARMSTRONG)

Wave-length Tables of the Spectra of the Elements and Compounds.-Report

of the Committee, consisting of Sir H. E. RoscoE (Chairman), Dr. MAR-

SHALL WATTS (Secretary), Mr. J. N. LOCKYER, Professors DEWAR, G. D

LIVEING, A. SCHUSTER, W. N. HARTLEY, and WOLCOTT GIBBS, and

Captain ABNEY. (Drawn up by Dr. WATTS)

The Production of Haloids from Pure Materials.-Report of a Committee con-

sisting of Professor H. E. ARMSTRONG, Professor WYNDHAM R. DUNSTAN,

Mr. C. H. BOTHAMLEY, and Mr. W. A. SHENSTONE (Secretary)...

How shall Agriculture best obtain the Help of Science? By Professor R.

WARINGTON, M.A., F.R.S.

High-level Flint-drift of the Chalk.-Report of the Committee, consisting of

Sir JOHN EVANS (Chairman), Mr. B. HARRISON (Secretary), Professor J.

PRESTWICH, and Professor H. G. SEELEY. Drawn up by Mr. B. HARRISON 349

The Volcanic Phenomena of Vesuvius -Final Report of the Committee,

consisting of Mr. H. BAUERMAN (Chairman), Dr. H. J. JOHNSTON LAVIS

(Secretary), Mr. F. W. RUDLER, and Mr. J. J. H. TEALL, appointed for the

purpose of Investigating the Volcanic Phenomena of Vesuvius and its

Neighbourhood
351

The Rate of Erosion of the Sea-coasts of England and Wales, and the In-

fluence of the Artificial Abstraction of Shingle or other Material in that

Action.-Fourth Report of the Committee, consisting of Mr. W.

WHITAKER (Chairman), Messrs. J. B. REDMAN and J. W. WOODALL,

Major-General Sir A. CLARKE, Admiral Sir E. OMMANNEY, Admiral Sir

GEORGE NARES, Captain J. PARSONS, Admiral W. J. L. WHARTON,

Professor J. PRESTWICH, Mr. EDWARD EASTON, Mr. J. S. VALENTINE,

Professor L F. VERNON HARCOURT, and the late Mr. W. TOPLEY, and

Mr. C. E. DE RANCE (Secretaries). (Drawn up by C. E. DE RANCE)

APPENDIX I.-Summary of Previous Reports

APPENDIX II.-Information received and collected since 1888

APPENDIX III.—Various Scheduled Returns: Replies to Printed

Queries circulated by the Committee

APPENDIX IV.-Second Chronological List of Works on the Coast-

changes and Shore-deposits of England and Wales. By W.

WHITAKER, B.A., F.R.Š., F.G.S., Assoc. Inst.C.E.

Structure of a Coral Reef.-Interim Report of the Committee, consisting

of Professor T. G. BONNEY (Chairman), Professor W. J. SOLLAS (Secretary),

Sir ARCHIBALD GEIKIE, Professors A. H. GREEN, J. W. JUDD, C. LAP-

WORTH, A. C. HADDON, BOYD DAWKINS, G. H. DARWIN, S. J. HICKSON, and

A. STEWART, Admiral W. J. L. WHARTON, Drs. H. HICKS, J. MURRAY,

W. T BLANFORD, LE NEVE FOSTER, and H. B. GUPPY, Messrs. F. DARWIN,

H. O. FORBES, G. C. BOURNE, A. R. BINNIE, J. W. GREGORY, and J. C.

HAWKSHAW, and Hon. P. FAWCETT, appointed to consider a project for

investigating the Structure of a Coral Reef by Boring and Sounding...

The Circulation of Underground Waters. Twenty-first Report of the Com-

mittee, consisting of Dr E. HULL (Chairman), Sir DOUGLAS GALTON, Mr.

J. GLAISHER, Mr. PERCY KENDALL, Professor G. A. LEBOUR, Mr. E. B.

MARTEN, Mr. G. H. MORTON, Professor PRESTWICH, and Messrs. I. ROBERTS,

THOS. S. STOOKE, G. J. SYMONS, C. TYLDEN-WRIGHT, C. WETHERED,

W. WHITAKER, and C. E DE RANCE (Secretary). (Drawn up by C. E. DE

APPENDIX. Second List of Works. By W. WHITAKER....................

Cetiosaurus Remains. Report of the Committee, consisting of Professor

A. H. GREEN (Chairman), Mr. JAMES PARKER (Secretary), the EARL of

DUCIE, Professor E. RAY LANKESTER, and Professor H. G. SEELEY,

appointed to examine the Ground from which the Remains of the Cetiosaurus

in the Oxford Museum were obtained, with a View to determining whether

other parts of the same Animal remain in the Rock

The Collection, Preservation, and Systematic Registration of Photographs

of Geological Interest in the United Kingdom.-Sixth Report of the

Committee, consisting of Professor JAMES GEIKIE (Chairman), Professor

T. G. BONNEY, Dr. TEMPEST ANDERSON, the late Dr. VALENTINE BALL,

Mr. JAMES E. BEDFORD, Professor W. BOYD DAWKINS, Mr. EDMUND J.

GARWOOD, Mr. J. G. GOODCHILD, Mr. WILLIAM GRAY, Mr. ROBERT

KIDSTON, Professor T. McKENNY HUGHES, Mr. ARTHUR S. REID, Mr.

J. J. H. TEALL, Mr. R. H. TIDDEMAN, Mr. W. W. WATTS, Mr. HORACE B.

WOODWARD, and Mr. OSMUND W. JEFFS (Secretary). (Drawn up by the

Stonesfield Slate.-Second Report of the Committee, consisting of Mr. H. B.

WOODWARD (Chairman), Mr. E. A. WALFORD (Secretary), Professor A. H.

GREEN, Dr. H. WOODWARD, and Mr. J. WINDOES, appointed to open further

sections in the neighbourhood of Stonesfield in order to show the relation-

ship of the Stonesfield Slate to the underlying and overlying strata.

(Drawn up by Mr. EDWIN A. WALFORD, Secretary)

The Fossil Phyllopoda of the Paleozoic Rocks.-Twelfth Report of the Com-

mittee, consisting of Professor T. WILTSHIRE (Chairman), Dr. H. WOOD-

WARD, and Professor T. RUPERT JONES (Secretary). (Drawn up by

Professor T. RUPERT JONES)........

Erratic Blocks of England, Wales, and Ireland. Twenty-second Report of

the Committee, consisting of Professors E. HULL (Chairman), J. PREST-

WICH, W. BOYD DAWKINS, T. McK. HUGHES, T. G. BONNEY, Messrs. C. E.

DE RANCE, P. F. KENDALL (Secretary), R. H. TIDDEMAN, and J. W.

WOODALL, and Professor L. C. MIALL. (Drawn up by the Secretary) 426

Erratic Blocks of England, Wales, and Ireland.-Twenty-third Report of

the Committee, consisting of Professor E. HULL (Chairman), Professor J.

PRESTWICH, Professor W. BOYD DAWKINS, Professor T. McK. HUGHES,

Professor T. G. BONNEY, Mr. C. E. DE RANCE, Mr. P. F. KENDALL (Secre-

tary), Mr. R. H. TIDDEMAN, Mr. J. W. WOODALL, and Professor L. C.

MIALL. (Drawn up by the Secretary)

Some Suffolk Well-sections.-By W. WHITAKER, B.A., F.R.S., F.G.S.,

Assoc.Inst.C.E.

On the Dip of the Underground Palæozoic Rocks at Ware and Cheshunt. By

JOSEPH FRANCIS, M.Inst.C.E.

Physiological Applications of the Phonograph.-Report by the Committee,

consisting of Professor JOHN G. MCKENDRICK (Chairman), Professor G. G.

MURRAY, Mr. DAVID S. WINGATE, and Mr. JOHN S. MCKENDRICK, on the

Physiological Applications of the Phonograph, and on the True Form of the

Voice-curves made by the Instrument

The Marine Zoology, Botany, and Geology of the Irish Sea.-Third Report

of the Committee, consisting of Professor A. C. HADDON, Professor G. B.

Howes, Mr. W. E. HOYLE, Mr. CLEMENT REID, Mr. I. C. THOMPSON,

Mr. A. O. WALKER, Professor F. E. WEISS, and Professor W. A.

HERDMAN (Chairman and Reporter)

The Zoology of the Sandwich Islands.-Fifth Report of the Committee,

consisting of Professor A. NEWTON (Chairman), Dr. W. T. BLAN-

FORD, Dr. S. J. HICKSON, Professor C. V. RILEY, Mr. O. SALVIN, Dr.

P. L. SCLATER, Mr. E. A. SMITH, and Mr. D. SHARP (Secretary)

Investigations made at the Laboratory of the Marine Biological Association at

Plymouth. Report of the Committee, consisting of Mr. G. C. BOURNE

(Chairman), Professor E. RAY LANKESTER (Secretary), Professor M.

FOSTER, and Professor S. H. VINES

I.-On a Blood-forming Organ in the Larva of Magelona. By

FLORENCE BUCHANAN, B.Sc.

II. On the Nervous System of the Embryonic Lobster. By EDGAR J.

III.-On the Echinoderm Fauna of Plymouth. By J. C. SUMNER...... 471

The Present State of our Knowledge of the Zoology and Botany of the West

India Islands, and on taking Steps to investigate ascertained Deficiencies in

the Fauna and Flora.-Eighth Report of the Committee, consisting of Dr.

P. L. SCLATER (Chairman), Mr. GEORGE MURRAY (Secretary), Mr. W.

CARRUTHERS, Dr. A. C. L. G. GÜNTHER, Dr. D. SHARP, Mr. F. DUCANE

GODMAN, and Professor A. NEWTON...

Index Generum et Specierum Animalium.-Report of a Committee, consist-

ing of Sir W. H. FLOWER (Chairman), Dr. P. L. SCLATER, Dr. H. Wood-

WARD, and Mr. W. L. SCLATER (Secretary), appointed for superintending

the Compilation of an Index Generum et Specierum Animalium

Migration of Birds.-Report of the Committee, consisting of Professor A.

NEWTON (Chairman), Mr. JOHN CORDEAUX (Secretary), Mr. J. A. HARVIE-

BROWN, Mr. Wm. EAGLE CLARKE, Mr. R. M. BARRINGTON, and the Rev.

E. PONSONBY KNUBLEY, appointed to make a Digest of the Observations on

the Migration of Birds at Lighthouses and Light-vessels....

Occupation of a Table at the Zoological Station at Naples.-Report of the

Committee, consisting of Dr. P. L. SCLATER, Professor E. RAY LANKESTER,

Professor J. CoSSAR EWART, Professor M. FOSTER, Professor S. J. HICKSON,

Mr. A. SEDGWICK, and Mr. PERCY SLADEN (Secretary)

APPENDIX I.-The Maturation and Fecundation of the Ova of certain

Echinoderms and Tunicates. By M. D. HILL

APPENDIX II.-List of Naturalists who have worked at the Zoological

Station from July 1, 1894, to June 30, 1895

APPENDIX III.-List of Papers which were published in 1894 by

Naturalists who have occupied Tables in the Zoological Station 478

The Climatology of Africa. Fourth Report of a Committee, consisting of

Mr. E. G. RAVENSTEIN (Chairman), Mr. BALDWIN LATHAM, Mr. G. J.

SYMONS, Mr. H. N. DICKSON, and Dr. H. R. MILL (Secretary). (Drawn up

by the Chairman)

The Exploration of Southern Arabia.-Report of the Committee, consisting

of Mr. H. SEEBOHM (Chairman), Mr. J. THEODORE BENT (Secretary),

Mr. E. G. RAVENSTEIN, Dr. J. G. GARSON, and Mr. G. W. BLOXAM.

(Drawn up by Mr. BENT)

Calibration of Instruments used in Engineering Laboratories.--Report of a

Committee, consisting of Professor A. B. W. KENNEDY, F.R.S. (Chairman),

Professor J. A. EWING, F.R.S., Professor D. S. CAPPER, Professor T. H.

BEARE, and Professor W. C. UNWIN, F.R.S. (Secretary). (Drawn up by

the Secretary)
497

An Ancient Kitchen Midden at Hastings, and a Barrow at the Wildernesse.—

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

W. J. LEWIS ABBOTT (Secretary), Professor J. PRESTWICH, Mr. CUTHBERT

PEEK, and Mr. ARTHUR J. EVANS. (Drawn up by the Secretary)............ 500

Anthropometric Measurements in Schools.-Report of the Committee, con-

sisting of Professor A. MACALISTER (Chairman), Professor B. WINDLE

(Secretary), Mr. E. W. BRABROOK, Professor J. CLELAND, and Dr. J. G.

Mental and Physical Defects of Children.-Report of the Committee, consist-

ing of Sir DOUGLAS GALTON (Chairman), Dr. FRANCIS WARNER (Secretary),

Mr. E. W. BRABROOK, Dr. J. G. GARSON, and Dr. WILBERFORCE SMITH.

(Report drawn up by the Secretary)

APPENDIX I.-Defects enumerated individually and in groups as

distributed amongst the Nationalities and Social Classes, &c.

APPENDIX II. Groups of Children and their Percentage Distribution

on the numbers seen and numbers noted....

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