CONTENTS 



CHAP. PAGE 



I. FOUNDATION AND OBJECTS * ' , . . . 1 

 II. THE ASSOCIATION AND THE PROGRESS OF SCIENCE 44 



III. ORGANISATION . . . . . .79 



IV. ANNUAL MEETINGS : THE ASSOCIATION OVER- 



SEAS . . . . . ., . .. 115 



V. THE ASSOCIATION AND KESEARCH : KEW 



OBSERVATORY . . _. . . . 147 



VI. SOME BRITISH ASSOCIATION EESEARCHES . . 170 



VII. THE ASSOCIATION AND THE STATE . . .211 



VIII. EETROSPECT AND PROSPECT . . . . 241 



APPENDICES 



I. CLASSIFIED LIST OF GRANTS PAID BY THE 

 BRITISH ASSOCIATION IN AID OF KESEARCH, 

 1834-1921 . ', . . . . . 256 



II. (1) DATES AND PLACES OF ANNUAL MEETINGS, 

 WITH BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES ON PRESIDENTS 

 OF THE ASSOCIATION (IN CHRONOLOGICAL 

 ORDER) . .-'< . . . .282 



(2) ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES . . 293 



INDEX 311 



