Report of the ... Meeting, Volume 37

1868

OBJECTS and Rules of the Association	xvii

Presidents and Secretaries of the Sections of the Association from com	xxv

Dr W LAUDER LINDSAY on the Obstacles to the Utilization of NewZealand	xxviii

Treasurers Account	xxxv

Report of the Kew Committee 186667	liv

Report of the Parliamentary Committee	lx

Synopsis of Money Grants	lxvi

Mr E RAY LANKESTER on some New Cephalaspidean Fishes	lxvii

Sir W THOMSON on a Selfacting Electrostatic Accumulator	16

Dr J D EVERETT on the Results of Observations of Atmospheric Electricity	20

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Dr A CRUM BROWNs Remarks on the Calculus of Chemical Operations	32

Dr W LAUDER LINDSAY on the present Uses of Lichens as Dyestuffs	40

Mr JOHN SPILLER on the Preservation of Stone	45

Address by ARCHIBALD GEIKIE F R S F G S President of the Section	54

Professor HARKNESS and Dr H A NICHOLSON on the Coniston Group of	61

Extracts from Resolutions of the General Committee	lxxii

Third Report of the Committee for Exploring Kents Cavern Devon	24

The present state of the Manufacture of Iron in Great Britain and	34

Mr PETER SPENCE on the Economization of Sulphurous Acid in Copper	37

Third Report on the Structure and Classification of the Fossil Crustacea	44

Preliminary Report of the Committee for the Exploration of the Plant	57

Dr COLLINGWOOD on a new form of Cephalopodous Ova	100

On the Meteorology of Port Louis in the Island of Mauritius	108

Mr JOHN CRAWFURD on the Dissemination of the Arabian Race and Language	114

On the Construction and Works of the Highland Railway By JOSEPH	151

Mr DAVID GREIG on Steam Cultivation	155

Experimental Researches on the Mechanical Properties of Steel	161

Report of the Committee appointed to explore the Marine Fauna	275

Supplement to a Report on the Extinct Didine Birds of the Mascarene	287

Fourth Report on Dredging among the Shetland Isles By J GWYN	431

Preliminary Report on the Crustacea Molluscoida Echinodermata	437

Second Report of the Rainfall Committee consisting of J GLAISHER	448

Report on the best means of providing for a uniformity of Weights	468

Report of the Committee on Standards of Electrical Resistance	474

MATHEMATICS AND PHYSICS	1

Mr A R CATTON on the Laws of Symmetry of Crystalline Forms	10

CHARLES MARTINS et EDOUARD COLLOMB sur lAncien Glacier de	66

Dr JULIUS SCHVARCZ on the Internal Heat of the Earth	73

Professor BALFOURS Notice of some rare Plants recently collected in Scotland 79	79

Mr W P HIERN on the occurrence of Aster salignus Willd in Wicken	84

Mr E J LoWE on the Abnormal forms of Ferns	92

Dr JOHN DAVY on the Influence of Atmospheric Air on Vital Action	100

Lieut ANDERSONS Notes of a Reconnaissance of some Portions of Palestine	111

Dr JOHN DAVY on the Character of the Negro chiefly in relation to Industrial	115

F MAURY on the Physical Geography of Nicaragua with reference	125

Major J F TENNANTS Preparations for Observing the Total Solar Eclipse	126

The Rev H B TRISTRAM on the Districts of Palestine as yet imperfectly	131

Dr CUTHBERT COLLINGWOOD on the Consumption of Opium 137	137

Flax 141	141

Mr A STEPHEN WILSON on the Measure and Value of Oats 147	147

Admiral Sir E BELCHER on the Methods for Testing the Speed of Vessels	153

Mr JOHN HALLIDAY on the Heating of Hot Houses 155	155

CHARLES MARTINS sur les Racines aérifères ou Vessies Natatoires	163

Professor CLELAND on the Epithelium of the Cornea of the Ox in relation	171

principal Physical Features of the Carboniferous District of Lancashire 63	175

Dr JOHN FRASER on Amblystegium confervoides a Moss new to Britain	182

Dr JOHN DEAKIN HEATON on certain Simulations of Vegetable Growths	192

Title	Report of the ... Meeting, Volume 37 Report of the ... Meeting, British Association for the Advancement of Science
Author	British Association for the Advancement of Science
Published	1868
Original from	the Bavarian State Library
Digitized	Jun 14, 2011

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