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CONTENTS. ix 



Vngo 

 8. On llif Iiilliit'iifi' of .Mttfjiit'tisiii oil tlio Disfliaixo (if Mli'ctricity through 

 QaMt's. By I'lofesHor AiirubU Sciiuhieu, 1'".U.S \ 033 



0. On a fiahimonictt'r witli Twenty Wires. 15v I'loffssor Lord liAYi.RKiii, 



l.L.l)., 1".1{.S ; 033 



MO.XDA Y, si:rTKMni:ii i. 



1. On the ('(innection Ix'twccii Simspols and T'-rrcslrial i'h'-nomt'na. By 



I'rolessor AiauuK .ScJiusii;ic, I'.lt.S .*. (534 



1*. On corUvin .Sliort IVriods coiunion to .Solar and Tfrn'strial Motcorolop-ioal 

 riicnoniena. \\\ Professor JJali'oik SniWAur, M.A., LL.l)., l'\li.8., 

 and Wm. LAXTCAKnoNTEK, JJ.A., J{.Sc., I'.C.S 634 



3. Second Report of the Commit tto tor t he Harmonic Analysis of Tidal Obser- 



vations 034 



4. lieport of tht! Committee for reducinjr and tfl,hulr> 'iig tlie Tidal Observa- 

 tions in the lOnglish (Jhnnnel made with the Dover Tide-gauge, and of 

 eonnecling them with observations made on the Iniieli Coast 034 



0. (hi the Importance of Tidiil Observations in the (hdf of St. Lawrence and 

 on the Atlantic Coast of (he !>ominion. By Professor Johnson, LL.l)... (334 



0. lleport of iht; ConmiiilHo for considering tin- l)e8t methods of recording 



tht! IJirect Intensity of Solar I{a<liation 035 



7. Fourth J leport of the Committee on Metemic Dust 0;i5 



8. On the Spot Spectrum from D to B. By the Bev. S. J. I'f.kuy, I'Ml.S.... 035 



I). On llecent Progress in Photographing the Solar Spectrum. By Professor 

 H. A. ilowLANi) 035 



10. On an Induct ion Inclinometer adapted for IMiotographic Kegistration. By 



Chaklks Caiu'makl, -M.A 035 



11. On an Electric Control for an Iviuatorial Clock-movement. By the Eari, 



01" ItossE, F.lt.S 030 



12. On Polishing the Specula of lietleeting Telescopes. By the IOakl of 

 JtossK, F.K.S 037 



13. An Account of some preliminary lv\i)eriments with liiram's Anemometers 

 attached to Kite-wires. By I'rotessor \\. Douglas AKCiiinAi.n, M.A 639 



14. On the recent Sun-glows and Ilalo in connection with the lOruption of 



Krakatoa. By Professor 10. DouoLAs AkciiiiiaM), M.A 641 



15. On Whirlwinds and Waterspouts. By Professor .Iamks Thomson, LL.D., 

 F.K.S ; 641 



16. On the Formatiim of Frasil Ice. By O. 11. IlENsnAAV 644 



17. Note on the Internal Temperatui'e of the lOarth at Westville, Nova Scctia. 



By n. S. Poole, F.G.S 044 



18. On the Formation of Mackerel Sky. By Dr. II. MuntiiEAn 044 



TUESDAY, SEPTEMJlini '2. 

 Subsection of Mathematics. 



1. Note on NeAvton's Theory of Astronomical Uefraction, and on hiw Expla- 

 nation of the Motion of the Moon's Apogee. By Professor J. C. Adams, 

 F.Il.S 645 



2. Historical Note on Continuity. By the Bev. C. TAYLoit, D.D 045 



3. On a Model of the C!ylindroid, showing the Nodal Line. By Professor 

 Roberts. Ball, LL.D., F.K.S 046 



