(a) Observations on Artificially Produced Disturbances. Experi-
ments of MALLET, ABBOT, FOUQUÉ and LÉVY, GRAY, and
MILNE......
(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
writer
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) ...
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
Secretary)
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 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
Variations)
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.
THOMPSON
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
Secretary)
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)
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 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
RANCE)
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
Secretary).
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)
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
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 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.
GARSON
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)
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