Report of the ... Meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, Volume 64

Front Cover

From inside the book

Contents

On the Development of the Cystocarp in Polisiphonia nigrescens By
3
On Engineering Laboratory Instruments and their Calibration By Pro
4
On a Tencandle Lamp for use in Photometry By A VERNON HAR
13
but a reference is given to the journal or newspaper where it is published in extenso
19
Page
45
Report on the Present State of our Knowledge of Thermodynamics
64
The Best Methods of recording the Direct Intensity of Solar Radiation Tenth
106
Experiments for Improving the Construction of Practical Standards for Elec
117
The Application of Photography to the Elucidation of Meteorological Pheno
143
The Electrolytic Methods of Quantitative Analysis Report of the Committee
160
An International Standard for the Analysis of Iron and Steel Sixth Report
237
The Bibliography of Solution Interim Report of the Committee consisting
246
Isomeric Naphthalene Derivatives Eighth Report of the Committee con
268
The Collection Preservation and Systematic Registration of Photographs
274
The Circulation of Underground Waters Twentieth Report of the Com
283
The Eurypteridbearing Deposits of the Pentland Hills Second Report of
302
Stonesfield Slate Report of the Committee consisting of Mr H B WOOD
304
The Volcanic Phenomena of Vesuvius and its Neighbourhood Report of
315
Occupation of a Table at the Zoological Station at Naples Report of
335
The Zoology of the Sandwich Islands Fourth Report of the Committee con
343
Index Generum et Specierum Animalium Report of a Committee consist
347
The Exploration of Hadramout in Southern Arabia Report of the Com
354
Methods of Economic Training in this and other Countries Report of
365
Methods of Determining the Dryness of Steam Report of the Committee
392
Prehistoric and Ancient Remains of Glamorganshire Second Report of
418
Ethnographical Survey of the United Kingdom Second Report of the Com
419
The Lake Village of Glastonbury Report of the Committee consisting
431
Anthropometric Work in Schools Report of a Committee consisting
439
On the NorthWestern Tribes of Canada Ninth Report of the Committee
453
The Structure and Function of the Mammalian Heart Report of the Com
464
On the Formation of Soapbubbles by the Contact of Alkaline Oleates with
475
On the Displacements of the Rotational Axis of the Earth By Professor
476
The Connection between Chemical Combination and the Discharge of Elec
482
On the Electrification of Molecules and Chemical Change By H BRERETON
493
On Methods that have been adopted for Measuring Pressures in the Bores
523
SECTION A MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCE
543
Preliminary Experiments for comparing the Discharge of a Leydenjar
555
On the Addition Theorem By Professor MITTAGLEFFLER
561
DEPARTMENT III
567
Some Points of Special Interest in the Geology of the Neighbourhood
644
On Certain Volcanic Subsidences in the North of Iceland By TEMPEST
650
On a New Method of Measuring Crystals and its Application to
654
On the Probable Temperature of the Glacial Epoch By Professor T
660
Strictures on the Current Method of Geological Classification and Nomen
663
283
665
DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY
681
PHILLIPS
684
On Social Insects and Evolution By Professor C V RILEY
689
DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY
695
on Current Polar Exploration By Colonel H W FEILDEN
711
On Bhutan and the Himalayas East of Darjiling By Colonel H GODWIN
717
Address by Professor C F BASTABLE M A F S S President of the Section
719
On the Unemployed By BOLTON SMART
730
On Cooperation in Agriculture By HAROLD MOORE
736
Address by Professor A B W KENNEDY LL D F R S M INST C E
739
FRIDAY AUGUST 10
750
MONDAY AUGUST 13
756
fessor DAVID S CAPPER M A
759
The Report of the Anthropometric Laboratory Committee
774
On the Alleged Presence of Negritoes in Borneo By H LING ROTH
780
On the Natives of the Hadramout By J THEODORE BENT
786
On the Classificatory System of Relationship By Rev LORIMER FISON
788
On the Tobas of Gran Chaco South America By J GRAHAM KERR
789
Report of the Committee on the NorthWestern Tribes of Canada
790
PHYSIOLOGY THURSDAY AUGUST 9
791
On Some Experiments to determine the Timerelations of the Voluntary Tetanus in Man By DAVID FRASER HARRIS B Sc M B
792
On Mirror Writing By Professor F J ALLEN
793
On Some Physiological Applications of the Phonograph By Professor JOHN G MCKENDRICK M D F R S
794
FRIDAY AUGUST 10
795
On the Absorption of Poisons By Professor P HEGER
804
On the Measurement of Simple Reaction Time for Sight Hearing and Touch By Professor W RUTHERFORD M D F R S
805
On the Microscopic Appearance of Striped Muscle in Rest and in Con traction By Professor W RUTHERFORD M D F R S
806
On an Aerotonometer and a Gasburette By Professor LÉON FREDERICQ
807
A Form of Experimentallyproduced Immunity By J LORRAIN SMITH M A M D and E TREVETHICK M B
808
On the Changes in Nerve Cells due to Functional Activity By GUSTAV
809
On a Modification of Golgis Methods By OLIVER S STRONG
815
302
827
Some Chalkforming and Chalkdestroying Algæ By Professor T JOHN
832

Other editions - View all

Common terms and phrases

Popular passages

Page xxvii - To give a stronger impulse and a more systematic direction to scientific inquiry, — to promote the intercourse of those who cultivate Science in different parts of the British Empire, with one another and with foreign philosophers, — to obtain a more general attention to the objects of Science, and a removal of any disadvantages of a public kind which impede its progress.
Page 737 - ... the art of directing the great sources of power in nature for the use and convenience of man, as the means of production and of traffic in states.
Page 120 - As a unit of electromotive force, the international volt, which is the electromotive force that, steadily applied to a conductor whose resistance is one international ohm, will produce a current of one international...
Page 135 - As a unit of resistance, the international ohm, which is based upon the ohm equal to 10" units of resistance of the CGS system of electromagnetic units, and is represented by the resistance offered to an unvarying electric current by a column of mercury at the temperature of melting ice, 14.4521 grams in mass, of a constant cross-sectional area and of the length of 106.3 centimetres.
Page 135 - Ampere, which is one-tenth of the unit of current of the CGS system of electromagnetic units and which is represented sufficiently well for practical use by the unvarying current which, when passed through a solution of nitrate of silver in water, in accordance with a certain specification, deposits silver at the rate of 0.001118 of a gramme per second.
Page 120 - As a unit of work, the joule, which is equal to 107 units of work in the CGS system, and which is represented sufficiently well for practical use by the energy expended in one second by an international ampere in an international ohm. As a unit of power, the watt, which is equal to 10...
Page 137 - The anode is then immersed in the solution so as to be well covered by it and supported in that position ; the connections to the rest of the circuit are made.
Page 138 - ... to neutralise any free acid. The crystals should be dissolved with the aid of gentle heat, but the temperature to which the solution is raised should not exceed 30° C. Mercurous sulphate treated as described in 3 should be added in the proportion of about 12 per cent, by weight of the zinc sulphate crystals to neutralise any free zinc oxide remaining, and the solution filtered, while still warm, into a stock bottle.
Page 138 - Prepare a neutral saturated solution of pure ('pure recrystallized ') zinc sulphate by mixing in a flask distilled water with nearly twice its weight of crystals of pure zinc sulphate, and adding zinc oxide in the proportion of about 2 per cent. by weight of the zinc sulphate crystals to neutralize any free acid. The crystals should be dissolved with the aid of gentle heat, but the temperature to which the solution is raised should not exceed 30° C.
Page 120 - The anode should be a plate of pure silver some 30 square centimetres in area and 2 or 3 millimetres in thickness. This is supported horizontally in the liquid near the top of the solution by a platinum wire passed through holes in the plate at opposite corners. To prevent the disintegrated silver which is formed on the anode from falling on to the kathode, the anode should be wrapped round with pure filter paper, secured at the back with sealing wax.

Bibliographic information