Index 



L.l,"v/ 24. '91,; 



liriiibh Association Meeting at Dundee (continued) : 



Henry H. Cunyngliame, K.C.B., President of the 

 Section, 116 

 Section G (Engineering). — Opening Address : the Art of 

 Fitness : Duty of Engineers in regarding the Material 

 Interests and /Esthetic Susceptibilities of all who can 

 be aiTected by their Works, Prof. Archibald Barr, 

 President of the Section, 83 



Scientific Theory and Outstanding Problems of Wire- 

 less Telegraphy, Prof. J. A. Fleming, F.R.S., 262, 

 291 



Fifth Report of the Gaseous Explosions Committee ; 

 Experiments on Coal Dust Explosions, Prof. H. 

 Dixon ; Ignition of Gaseous Mixtures by Momentary 

 Arcs, Prof. Thornton ; Joint Discussion with Section 

 A on Wireless Telegraphy [see Section A) ; Produc- 

 tion of Electrical Oscillations with Spark Gaps 

 immersed in running Liquids, Dr. Eccles and A. J. 

 Makower ; Telephone Receivers, Profs. Kennelly and 

 Pierce ; Measuring Wind Velocities with a small 

 Wheatstone Bridge having ."^rms of Manganin and 

 Platinum, Prof. J. T. Morris ; the Gas Turbine, Dr. 

 D. Clerk; the Road Problem, Sir J. H. A. Mac- 

 donald, K.C.B., F.R.S. ; Acceleration and Tractive 

 Power of Motor-cars, Mr. Wimperis ; Control of 

 Aeroplanes, Prof. Chatley ; Pressure on Aerocurves, 

 A. P. Thurston ; Suction between Passing Vessels, 

 Prof. Gibson and Mr. Thompson ; Propulsion, Prof. 

 Henderson ; Electrical Transmission, Mr. Mavor : 

 Lifeboat Lowering Gear, Axel Welin ; Optical and 

 Thermo-electric Stress Determinations, Prof. Coker ; 

 Electro-magnetic Machine for obtaining Repetitions 

 of .Stress at Frequencies up to 120 per second, Mr. 

 Haigh ; Kinematography of Fracture of Torsion 

 Specimens, Mr. Larard ; Heat Transmission, Prof. 

 Petavel, Dr. Lander ; F^ry Bomb Calorimeter, R. S. 

 Whipple ; Motor Gyroscopes, Dr. Gray and Mr. 

 Burnside ; Exposure Tests of Aluminium Alloys, 

 Prof. Wilson ; Hysteresis Loss in Iron due to Pul- 

 sating Magnetic Fields, Dr. Wall ; Rescue Apparatus 

 for Coal Mines, T. Reid ; Weathering of Portland 

 Stone, Dr. Owens, 497-498 

 Section H (Anthropolo^v) — Opening Address : the Evolu- 

 tion of Man, Prof.^G. Elliot Smith, F.R.S. , President 

 of the Section, 118 



Discourse : Modern Problems relating to the Antiquity 

 of Man, Prof. Arthur Keith, 2fiS 



(i) Suprasylvian Operculum in Primates with special 

 reference to Man, (2) Brain of La Ouina Man, Prof. 

 Anthony; Human Jaw in Kent's Cavern, Dr. Duck- 

 worth : Human Remains in Raised Beach at Gullane, 

 Dr. Ewart, Prof. Bryce ; Lesions caused by Judicial 

 Hanging, Dr. Wood Jones ; Bontoc Igorots, L. 

 Taylor ; Discussion on Ethnological Aspects of 

 Scottish Folklore ; Discussion on Megalithic Monu- 

 ments, Prof. Elliot Smith, Mr. Peet, and others ; 

 Early Dynastic Tombs in Egypt and Sudan, Prof. 

 Petrie, Mr. Ouibell, Prof. Elliot Smith ; Slides of 

 Temples at Philae, Mr. Ogilvie ; Coloured Slides of 

 Theban Tombs, R. Mond, Mr. Mellor (correction, 

 p. 411); Remains of Primitive Ethiopian Races in 

 Southern Sudan, H. S. Wellcome ; Red Pigment on 

 Ancient Bones, Dr. Derry ; Tombs in Achaia 

 Phthiotis, Mr. Wace ; Bronze and Iron Javelins found 

 in Caria, Prof. Ridgeway ; Crete, Prof. J. L. Myres ; 

 Prehistoric Monuments of Malta and Sardinia, Dr. 

 .^shby ; Hill Fort near Abergele, W. Gardner ; Pigmy 

 Flints from Dee Valley, Miss Leslie-Paterson ; 

 Artificial Islands in Scotch Lochs ; Rev, Father 

 Blundcll ; Disappearance of Useful Arts, and Con- 

 ventionalism in Art, Dr. Rivers; Living Race in 

 North-eastern Asia allied to American Indians, Dr. 

 Hrdlifka, .142-4 

 Section I (Physiology) — Opening Address : Evils of Stuffy 

 Rooms or Stagnant Air, Leonard Hill, F.R.S., 

 President of the Section, 146 



Joint Discussion with Section of Zoology on Physiology 

 of Aquatic Organisms, Prof. A. Piitter, Prof. B. 

 Moore, F.R.S., Prof. F. Botazzi, Dr. W. J. Dakin, 

 (Effect of High Water Pressures on Living Tissues) 

 Prof. L. Hill, F.R.S., Prof. Doflein, Dr. F. A. 



Dixey, F.K.b., Dr. N. Annandale, Prof. A. Dendv, 

 F.R.S., 395 



Discussion on Relation of Mind to Bodv, Prof. R. 

 Latta, Dr. J. S. Haldane, F.R.S., Dr. H. J. Watt, 

 Dr. C. S. Myers, Prof. Geddes, F.R.S., Prof. 

 Starling, F.R.S., Prof. L. Hill, F.R.S., 396 



Kinematograph Illustration of Beating of Tortoise 

 Heart and Circulation in Frog and Crustacea, Prof. 

 Hcger ; Illustration of Effects of Diffusion, Prof. 

 Leduc ; Colour Vision in Dark Adapted Eye. Prof. 

 F. Gotch, F.R.S. ; Criticism of Report of Depart- 

 mental Committee on Sight Tests, Dr. Edridge- 

 Green ; Phagocytosis, Prof. Hamburger ; Cell Per- 

 meability, Prof. .Asher ; Physical Chemistry of 

 Muscle, Prof. Bottazzi ; Cells of Kidney Tubule and 

 .Acid Excretion, Dr. Campbell and Prof. Macallum ; 

 Tumour Growth, Dr. Cramer ; Brightness Dis- 

 crimination with Two Eyes and One, S. Dawson ; 

 Effect of Two Adjacent Pressure Stimuli, Prof, von 

 Frey ; Effect of Tripolar Electrodes in Blocking Nerve 

 Impulses and Action of Alcohol on Cutaneous 

 Reflexes, Prof. Ida Hyde ; Guanidine Group not 

 Free in Lysin, Prof. Kossel ; Distribution of Taste 

 Sensations, Prof. Kronecker ; Strophanthine an- 

 tagonising Potassium, Prof. Loewi ; Distribution of 

 Potassium in Cells, Prof. Macallum, F.R.S. ; Stimu- 

 lation of Splanchnic Nerve causes Hyperglycfemia, 

 Prof. Macleod ; Animals' Memory of Places, Dr. 

 Mclntyre; Race Regeneration, Rev. J. Marchant ; 

 Pharmacology, Prof. C. R. Marshall ; Gaseous 

 Exchange during Apncea, Prof. Milroy ; Value of an 

 Organism to the Community, H. Rcinheimej; Injec- 

 tion of Extract of Corpus Luteum, W. Sack; Output 

 of Nitrogen after administering Arginine, Prof. 

 W. H. Thompson ; Horizontal-vertical Illusion, Dr. 

 Valentine ; Nerves in Elephant Trunk, Prof. Waller, 

 F.R.S. ; Comparison of Electro-cardiogram with 

 Pulse, Prof. Waller ; Dr. H. E. Roaf, 395-397 



Joint Discussion with .Section M (.Agriculture) on 

 Animal Nutrition (see Section M), 398 

 Section K (Botany) — Opening .Address : (i.) Tendency of 

 Specialists to neglect the Art of Expression ; (ii.) 

 Mendelism, Prof. Fred. Keeble, 175 ; Discussion of 

 the Problem of the Origin of Life (see Section D), 

 261 

 Section L (Educational Science) — Opening Address : an 

 Objective Standard in Education, Prof. John Adams, 

 President of the Section, 202 



Psychological Processes underlying Reading and Writ- 

 ing, F." Smith, Mr. Dumville, Miss Foxley ; Relation 

 of the School to Future Vocation, J. W. Peck, Mr. 

 Holland, Miss Faithfull, Miss Burstall. Mr. Reid, 

 Mr. Ferguson ; Present Position of Mathematical 

 Teaching, Dr. T. P. Nunn, Dr. Pinkerton, Dr. 

 Milne, Mr. Eggar, Prof. Silvanus Thompson, Prin- 

 cipal Griffiths ; Scotch Leaving Certificates, Mr. 

 Strong, Mr. Donne, Sir J. Donaldson ; Reports from 

 Committees, 370 

 Section M (Agriculture) — Opening Address : History of 

 Agriculture in Britain, T. H. Middleton, President of 

 the Section, 235 ; Joint Discussion with Meteorolo- 

 gists (see Section A), 369 



Interpretation of Milk Records, W. Gavin ; Effect of 

 Heavy Root Feeding on Milk, Dr. Lauder and Mr. 

 Fagan ; Fat Globules of Milk and its Churnability, 

 Messrs. Cooper, Nuttall, and Freak ; Discussion on 

 the Nation's Food Supply. R. H. Rew, C.B., Major 

 Craigie ; Joint Meeting with Section I on Animal 

 Nutrition : Feeding Experiments, Mr. Bruce, Mr. 

 Watson ; Methods of Valuing Food Stuffs, Prof. 

 Hopkins ; Isolation of \^itamine from Rice Polishings, 

 Dr. Funk ; White and Standard Bread, Prof. L, 

 Hill; Individual Attention, Mr, Ross; Cottonseed Oil 

 and Linseed Oil instead of Butter Fat for Calves. 

 Prof. Hendrick ; Feeding Cows in W. .Scotland, and 

 Probable Error of Pig Feeding Experiments, Prof. 

 Berry; Starch Equivalent, Dr. Crowther ; (i) Lime 

 as an .Antiseptic in the Soil, (2) Nitrogen Assimila- 

 tion, Dr. Hutchinson ; Analyses of the Oat Kernel, 

 Prof. Berry ; Carbonate of Lime, Prof. Hendrick ; 



