Report of the Annual MeetingJ. Murray., 1894 |
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... Museum Preparations . By E. S. GOODRICH 697 4. On Random Publishing and Rules of Priority . By Thomas R. R. STEB- BING , M.A. 697 5. On the Relations of the Cranial Nerves to the Sensory Canal System of Fishes . By W. E. COLLINGE 698 6 ...
... Museum Preparations . By E. S. GOODRICH 697 4. On Random Publishing and Rules of Priority . By Thomas R. R. STEB- BING , M.A. 697 5. On the Relations of the Cranial Nerves to the Sensory Canal System of Fishes . By W. E. COLLINGE 698 6 ...
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... Museum . LEEDS , September 22 , 1858 . HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE CONSORT . ABERDEEN , September 14 , 1859 . The Lord Chief Baron , Dublin Sir William R. Hamilton , LL.D. , F.R.A.S. , Astronomer Royal of Ireland Lieut . - Colonel ...
... Museum . LEEDS , September 22 , 1858 . HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE CONSORT . ABERDEEN , September 14 , 1859 . The Lord Chief Baron , Dublin Sir William R. Hamilton , LL.D. , F.R.A.S. , Astronomer Royal of Ireland Lieut . - Colonel ...
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... Museum of Practical Geology SWANSEA , August 25 , 1880 . W. H. Brittain , Esq . ( Master Cutler ) Professor T. H. Huxley , Ph.D. , LL.D. , Sec . R.S. , F.L.S. , F.G.S. Professor W. Odling , M.B. , F.R.S. , F.C.S. The Right Hon . the ...
... Museum of Practical Geology SWANSEA , August 25 , 1880 . W. H. Brittain , Esq . ( Master Cutler ) Professor T. H. Huxley , Ph.D. , LL.D. , Sec . R.S. , F.L.S. , F.G.S. Professor W. Odling , M.B. , F.R.S. , F.C.S. The Right Hon . the ...
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... Museum , London Professor John Struthers , M.D. , LL.D. C. W. A. Jellicoe , Esq . John E. Le Feuvre , Esq . Morris Miles , Esq . J. H. Ellis , Esq . Dr. Vernon . T. W. Willis , Esq . S. E. Dawson , Esq . R. A. Ramsay , Esq . S. Rivard ...
... Museum , London Professor John Struthers , M.D. , LL.D. C. W. A. Jellicoe , Esq . John E. Le Feuvre , Esq . Morris Miles , Esq . J. H. Ellis , Esq . Dr. Vernon . T. W. Willis , Esq . S. E. Dawson , Esq . R. A. Ramsay , Esq . S. Rivard ...
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... Museum ..... NEWCASTLE - UPON - TYNE , September 11 , 1889 . Professor Michael Foster , M.A. , M.D. , LL.D. , Sec . R.S. , F.L.S. , F.C.S. W. S. Gore - Langton , Esq . , J.P. , D.L. Colonel R. P. Laurie , C.B. , M.P. Jerom Murch , Esq ...
... Museum ..... NEWCASTLE - UPON - TYNE , September 11 , 1889 . Professor Michael Foster , M.A. , M.D. , LL.D. , Sec . R.S. , F.L.S. , F.C.S. W. S. Gore - Langton , Esq . , J.P. , D.L. Colonel R. P. Laurie , C.B. , M.P. Jerom Murch , Esq ...
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Page 723 - ... 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 137 - 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 xxix - 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 137 - As a unit of resistance, the international ohm, which is based upon the ohm, equal to 109 units of resistance of the Centimeter-Gramme-Second System of electro-magnetic 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 grammes in mass, of a constant cross-sectional area, and of the length of 106-3 centimeters.
Page xxxvii - Vice-Presidents, one or more Secretaries, and a Treasurer shall be annually appointed by the General Committee. Council. In the intervals of the Meetings, the affairs of the Association shall be managed by a Council appointed by the General Committee. The Council may also assemble for the despatch of business during the week of the Meeting.
Page 122 - As a unit of quantity, the international coulomb, which is the quantity of electricity transferred by a current of one international ampere in one second. As a unit of capacity, the international farad, which is the capacity of a condenser charged to a potential of one international volt by one international coulomb of electricity.
Page 140 - ... --5 centimetre thick to fit the tube ; at one side of the cork bore a hole through which the zinc rod can pass tightly; at the other side bore another hole for the glass tube which covers the platinum wire ; at the edge of the cork cut a nick through which the air can pass when tlio cork is pushed into the tube.
Page 122 - 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 xxxvi - Committee of Recommendations. The General Committee shall appoint at each Meeting a Committee, which shall receive and consider the Recommendations of the Sectional Committees, and report to the General Committee the measures which they would advise to be adopted for the advancement of Science.
Page 137 - ... the unvarying electric current which when passed through a solution of nitrate of silver in water in accordance with the specification appended hereto, and marked A, deposits silver at the rate of O'OOlllS of a gramme per second.