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British Association Meeting at Dundee (continuci) : 



Hilton : Proof of Theorent on Orders of Coincidence, 

 Prof. J. C. Fields; Algebraic Functions derived from 

 Permutations of any Assemblage, Major MacMahon ; 

 Apparatus for Solution of Equations of >2th Degree, 

 Prof. W. Peddie ; Use of E.\ponential Curve in 

 Graphics, Dr. H. B. Heywood ; Report of Committee 

 for tabulating Bessel's and other Functions, Dr. 

 Nicholson, 425 



Cosmical Physics and Astronomy : Report of Committee 

 on Seismological Investigations ; Seismic Periodicity, 

 Prof. H. H. Turner ; Prof. Schuster's Method of 

 Analysing for suspected Periodicities and the Method 

 of Correlation, J. I. Craig; Total Number of Stars, j 

 Dr. S. Chapman ; Chromospheric Lines and Radium, 

 Prof. Dyson (Astronomer Royal), Prof. Kavser, 

 Prof, the Hon. R. J. Strutt, Prof. Rutherford, 

 Father Cortie, Dr. Lockyer ; Magnetic Disturbances, 

 Sun-spots, and the Sun's Corona, Father Cortie; 

 Report of Committee on Magnetic Observations at 

 Falmouth, 426 



Evening Discourse : Radiations Old and New, Prof. 

 W. H. Bragg, F.R.S., 529, 557 

 Section B (Cheynistry) — Opening Address : I., the Nature 

 and Method of Chemistry; H., Sub-atoms, Atoms, 

 Molecules, Molecular Aggregates, Valency; HI., 

 Pursuit of Chemistry Justified by its Useful Applic- 

 ability, Prof. A. Senier, President of the Section, 43 



Interaction between Thiocarbamide, Iodine, and Sul- 

 phur, Prof. H. Marshall ; Distillation of Binary 

 Mixtures of Metals in vacuo, A. J. Berry; Diffusion 

 in .Solids, Dr. C. H. Desch ; Nitrogen Chloride and 

 Photochemical Inhibition, R. de J. Fleming- 

 Struthers ; Inseparability of Thorium and Uranium 

 X, .\. Fleck ; Dissociation of Phosphorus Vapour, 

 Prof. Stock and Dr. G. E. Gibson ; Enzymes and 

 Glucoside of Flax, Dr. J. V. Eyre and Prof. H. E. 

 Armstrong ; Variation of Glucoside and Enzvme in 

 Lotus corniculatus, Prof. Armstrong; Biochemistry 

 of Plant Pigmentation, Prof. F. Keeble and Dr. 

 E. F. Armstrong ; Distribution of Oxydases in White 

 Flowers, W. N. Jones; Synthetic Aminoglucosides, 

 Prof. Irvine and A. Hynd ; Constitution of Mannitol 

 Triacetone, Prof. Irvine and Miss B. M. Patterson ; 

 Rotatory Powers of Partially Methylated Glucoses, 

 Prof. Irvine and Dr. J. P. Scott ; Method of Prepar- 

 ing Acetyliodoglucose, Dr. W. S. Mills ; Hexose 

 Phosphate, Dr. Harden ; Nomenclature, Dr. E. F. 

 Armstrong ; Prof. Irvine ; the Walden Rearrange- 

 ment, A. McKenzie ; Isomeric Change, Dr. Lowry ; 

 Conversion of Benzenes, Prof. K. J. P. Orton, Prof. 

 Holleman ; Leucine and similar Amphoteric Sub- 

 stances, Dr. J. K. Wood ; Supposed Dibromo Com- 

 pound. Prof. C. R. Marshall ; Phototropy, Prof. A. 

 Senier, 318-321 

 Section C (Geology) — Opening Address :• Relation between 

 the Cambrian Faunas of Scotland and North 

 America, B. N. Peach, F.R.S., President of thi 

 Section, 49 ; 



Local Geology, Dr. T. J. Jehu ; Breccia formation in 

 Mull, E. B. Bailey; Sequence of Volcanic Rocks in 

 Scotland, Dr. T. S. Flett, Dr. ]. W. Evans, Dr. T. 

 Anderson, G. W. Tyrrell, Dr. Hatch ; Older Granite 

 in Lower Dee Side. G. Barrow ; ArchEean Rocks of 

 Lewis, Dr. B. N. Peach and Dr. J. Home; Fossils 

 in Jasper and Green Schist of the Highland Border, 

 Dr. R. Campbell ; Fossils in the Boundary Fault 

 Series, Dr. Jehu, Dr. Home, Dr. Ami, Miss Ellis; 

 Actinolite-bearing Rock, Dr. A. W. Gibb ; Volcanic 

 Rocks in Aberdeenshire, Dr. W. Mackie ; .Alkaline 

 Igneous Rocks of Ayrshire, G. W. Tyrrell ; Mica 

 Schists of .Anglesey, E. Greenly ; Lower Old Red 

 Beds of Kincardineshire, Dr. R.' Campbell ; Silurian 

 Inlier of Usk. C. J. Gardiner ; the " Fern Ledges " of 

 New Brunswick, Dr. Marie C. Stopes ; Fossil Flora 

 of Pettycur Limestone and Evolution. Dr. W. T. 

 Gordon ; the Fossil Parka decipiens, W. R. Don ; 

 Dr. G. Hickling, Dr. Newell Arber ; Contents of 

 Millstone Grit of Yorkshire, A. Gilligan ; Mineral 

 Grains in Sands of Scottish Carboniferous, T. O. 

 Bosworth ; Settlement of Sand in Water, J. S. i 



Owens ; Theory of Menai Strait, E. Greenly ; Kopje.s- 

 and Insolberge, J. D. Falconer; Country North of 

 Lake Albert, G. W. Grabham ; W. Lower Carter, 

 207-2 1 2 



Section D (Zoology) — Opening -Address : Zoological 

 Gardens and the Preservation of Fauna, P. Chalmers 

 Mitchell, F.R.S., President of the Section, 75 

 Discussion of the Problem of the Origin of Life, Prof. 

 E. A. Minchin, H. Wager, Prof. F. W. Keeble, 

 Prof. A. B. Macallum, Prof. Ben. Moore, Prof. J. S. 

 Macdonald, Prof. M. Hartog, Prof. P. Geddes, Dr. 

 J. S. Haldane, Rev. T. R. R. Stebbing, Dr. P. 

 Chalmers Mitchell, 261 ; Joint Discussion with 

 Section I (Physiology) on Aquatic Organisms (see 

 Section I), 395 

 Lantern Lecture : Life-history of a Water-beetle, F. 

 Balfour Browne ; Life-history of Saccammina, 

 Messrs. Heron-Allen and Earland ; Isle of Wight 

 Disease of Bees, Dr. H. B. Fantham, Dr. Annie 

 Porter, Prof. Minchin ; a Sessile Ctenophore, Dr. 

 Th. Mortensen, E. S. Goodrich ; Recent Progress in 

 Helminthology, and Morphology of Trematodes, Dr. 

 W. Nicoll ; Trout Disease due to a larval Bothrio- 

 cephalid, J. W. Chaloner ; Polychaeta : Resemblance 

 between Filograna with Operculum and Salmacina 

 without. Prof. W. C. M'Intosh ; (i) Habits of a New 

 Species of Phyllochaitopterus found off Vancouver 

 Island ; (2) Formation of Reproductive Buds in 

 Trypanosyllis sp., F. A. Potts ; Development of 

 Mesoderm and Head Kidneys of Pomatoceros, Dr. 

 Cresswell Shearer ; Development of the Starfish 

 Asterias rubens, Dr. J. F. Gcmmill ; Development of 

 Echinocardium cordatum. Prof. E. W. MacBridc ; 

 Hybridisation of Species of Echinus, H. M. Fuchs ; 

 Methods of raising Parthenogenetic Larv« of 

 Echinus esculcntus, Miss Jordan Lloyd ; New Para- 

 site Copepod, Chordcuma obesum, Prof. H. F. E. 

 Jungerscn ; Luminous Cells of Pyrosoma and Cyclo- 

 salpa, Prof. Ch. Julin, Prof. Minchin ; a Hermaphro- 

 dite Amphioxus, E. S. Goodrich ; Scottish Sea 

 Fisheries, 1898-1912, Prof. W. C. M'Intosh, Prof. 

 Ewart, Dr. Petersen ; Reissner's Fibre and the Sub- 

 commissural Organ in the Vertebrate Brain, Prof. 

 Dendy ; Crops of iSoo Birds of 95 Species, Miss 

 Laura Florence ; Foot Ring Method of Bird-marking, 

 A. L. Thomson ; Development of the Thymus and 

 Thyroid in a Marsupial, Prof. J. P. Hill, Miss E. A. 

 Eraser; Origin of Fat-tailed Sheep, Prof. J. C. 

 Ewart ; Survey of Fresh-water Fauna of India, Dr. 

 N. Annandale ; Marine Zoological Results of the 

 Scottish National Antarctic Expedition, Dr. W. S. 

 Bruce; Plankton of Lough Neagh, Dr. W. J. Dakin 

 and Miss M. Latarche ; Biological Science and the 

 Pearl Industry, Dr. H. L. Jameson ; Relation of 

 Mechanics of the Cell to Mechanics of Development, 

 Prof. L. Rhumbler ; Method by which the Individual 

 Organism becomes adapted to New Enviromental 

 Stimuli, Dr. C. J. Bond; Inheritance Theory, Dr. J. 

 Wilson ; Speech in Animals, Prof. R. J. Anderson, 

 Dr. J. H. Ashworth, 447-451 

 Resolution of Council regarding Preservation of Fauna, 

 468 



Section E (Geography) — From the Opening Address : the 

 International Map of the World on the Scale of 

 i/ioooooo: Mapping by Explorers: the Sudan, 

 Colonel Sir C. M. Watson, K.C.M.G., C.B. President 

 of the Section, 8r, 395 

 The International Map, the Director-General of the 

 Ordnance Survey, Capt. Hcnrici ; Improvements in 

 Surveying Instruments, E. A. Reeves ; African 

 Geography, Dr. Oswald, G. W. Grabham ; the 

 Libyan Desert, W. J. Harding; the Sonora Desert 

 of Mexico, I. N. Dracopoli ; S. Nigeria, P. A. 

 Talbot ; the Antarctic, Sir C. Markham Dr. W. S. 

 Bruce, Dr. R. N. R. Brown, Dr. Marshall, Dr. 

 Hodgson. Prof. Chilton, 395 



Section F (Economic Science and Statistics) — From the 

 Opening Address ; Claim of Economics to rank 

 among the Exact Sciences : its Capability of being 

 demonstrated by Geometry and Mathematics, Sir 



