PROEEDINGS FOR 1913 XLIX 



The Section recommended that action be taken by the Society to 

 memorialize the Government in regard to the grave dangers arising 

 from tiie use of white poisonous phosphorus in making matches and to 

 urge them to introduce an enactment prohibiting the importation, 

 manufacture and use of matches tipped with poisonous phophorus. 



The Section further recommends that the Society make a grant of 

 $50.00 a year-for two years to help meet the expenses in connection with 

 the publication of the Annual International Tables of Physico-Chemical 

 Constant. 



The question of the most desirable use of the surplus funds referred 

 to in Section XIII of the Report of Council was very fully discussed by 

 the Section and it was decided to make the following recommendations; 



1.— That the major portion of the money available be devoted to 

 the encouragement of research. 



2. — That a medal be awarded at intervals and only in recognition 

 of scientific or literary work of very exceptional merit. 



List of Papers presented in Section III. 



1.— The Solar Rotation in 1912, by J. S. Plaskett, B.A., D.Sc, and 

 R. E. DeLury, Ph.D. 



2. — The Formation Carbon Monoxide during the Rapid Combustion 

 of Carbon ,by F, M. G. Johnson and Douglas Mcintosh, Ph.D. 



3. — The amounts of Radium and Radium Emanation Present in 

 the Waters from Several Springs, by R. W. Boyle and Douglas Mcintosh, 

 Ph.D. 



4. — The corrosion of Metals by Water with special reference to 

 Relative Corrosivity of "Mechanically Filtered" and "Raw" Waters 

 and to the Effect of Waters on Unlike Metals in Contact, by A. T. 

 Stuart, B.A., presented by Frank T. Shutt, M.A. 



5. — Proofs of Certain Theorems relating to Adjoint Orders of Coin- 

 cidence, by J. C. Fields, Ph.D., F.R.S. 



6. — Measurements of the Penetrating Radiation from the Earth 

 with a Wulf Electrometer, by Prof. J. C. McLennan, Ph.D., and Mr. 

 D. A. Keys. 



7. — On the Electrical Conductivity imparted to Liquid Air by Al- 

 pha Rays, by Prof. J. C. McLennan, Ph.D., and Mr. D. A. Keys. 



8. — On the Temperature of the Mercury Arc in a Cooper Hewitt 

 Lamp, by Prof. J. C. McLennan, Ph.D. 



9. — An Application of the Photo-electric Effect to 'the Measurement 

 of the Thermal Conductivity of Different Gases, by Mr. F. C. Ashbury, 

 presented by Prof. J. C. McLennan, Ph.D. 



