IV ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 



SECTION III. 



MATHEMATICAL, PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL SCIENCES. 



I. Presidential Address : On the Transcendental Geometry. By 



Professor K F. Dupuis, A.M 3 



II. On some Measurements of the Temperature of the Lachine 

 Rapids made during the Winter of 1896-97 with a Differ- 

 ential Platinum Thermometer. By Howard T. Barnes, 

 M.A.Sc 17 



III. Observations of Soil Temperatures with Electrical Resistance 



Thermometers (Illustrated). By H. L. Callendar, M.A., 

 F.E.S., and C. H. McLeod, Ma.E 31 



IV. Character and Progress of the Tides in the Gulf and River St. 



Lawrence ; as ascertained by simultaneous observations 

 with self -registering Tide Gauges {Illustrated). By W. 



Bell Dawson, M.A., Ma.E 51 



V. On the Calculation of the Conductivity of Aqueous Solutions 

 containing Sodium Chloride and Potassium Sulphate. By 

 E. H. Archibald, B.Sc 69 



SECTION IV. 



GEOLOGICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES. 



I. A Review of Canadian Botany from 1800 to 1895 — Part II. 



By Professor D. P. Penhallow 3 



II. On the Genus Lepidophloios as illustrated by specimens from 

 the Coal Formation of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick 

 {Illustrated). By Sir J. William Dawson 57 



III. The Bay of Fundy Trough in American Geological History. 



By Professor Bailey = 107 



IV. Notes on the Archcean of Eastern Canada. By E. W. Ells, 



LL.D., F.G.S.A 117 



V. John Goldie, Botanist. By G. U. Hay, Ph.B 125 



VI. Upon Raised Peat-Bogs in the Province of New Brunswick 



{Illustrated). By W. F. G-anong, Ph.B, 131 



VII. Studies on Cambrian Faunas {Illustrated). By Dr. G. F. 



Matthew 165- 



