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Beginnings of Egyptian Civilisaliun, Dr. Naville, 462 ; 

 Excavations at Gizch and Rifeli, Prof. Petrie, 462 ; 

 Greetc Archa^ology, Prof. Bosanquct and R. M. 

 Dawtcins, 462 ; Recent Expedition to Northern Syria 

 and Asia Minor, Prof. Garslang, 462 ; Objects Refer- 

 able to the Viking Age discovered at Yorfc, Dr. 

 Auden, 462 ; Prehistoric Objects from New Guinea, 

 Dr. Seligmann and Mr. Joyce, 462 ; Importance of the 

 .'\nglo-Egyptian Sudan as a Field for Anthropological 

 Research, J. W. Crowfoot, 463 ; Dr. Usener's Theories 

 concerning Sonder-Gotter and .'Xugenblick-Gotter, Dr. 

 Earnell, 463 ; Origin of Totemisni, G. L. Gomme, 463 ; 

 Sociology, Dr. Rivers, 463 ; a Terminology of Decor- 

 ative Art, Prof. J. L. Myres, 463 ; " Door-step " Art 

 of the West of Scotland, Mr. Newbery and Dr. Bryce, 

 463 ; Origin of the Crescent as a Mohammedan Badge, 

 Prof. Ridgeway, 463 

 Section I (Physiology) — Opening .Address bv Augustus 



D. Waller, M.D., ' LL.D., F.R.S., President of the 

 Section, on the Action of Anaesthetics, 402 ; Physiology 

 at the British Association, J. Barcroft, 533 ; Physio- 

 logical and Therapeutical Value of Alcohol, Prof. 

 Cushny, F.R.S., 533 ; Dr. Rivers, 533 ; Dr. Waller, 

 F'.R.S., 533; Sir Victor Horsley, 534; Prof. Di.Kon, 

 ^34; Dr. Reid Hunt, 534; the Value of Perfusions, 

 Prof. Schafer, F.R.S., 534; Mr. Barcroft, 534; Ana;s- 

 thetics. Sir Victor Horsley and Dr. Vernon Harcourt, 

 534 ; Dr. Frederick Hewitt, 534 ; Prof. Waller, 534 ; 

 the Coordination of Refle.x Muscular Movements in the 

 Spinal Animal, Prof. Sherrington, F.R.S., 535 ; Effect 

 of Climate upon Health, Prof. Zuntz, 535 



Section K (Botanv) — Opening .Address by Prof. J. B. 

 Farmer, M.A., F.R.S., President of the Section, 430; 

 the Preservation of Natural Monuments, Prof. Con- 

 wentr, 556 ; Discussion on the Cytology of Reproduc- 

 tion in the Higher Fungi, Prof. Farmer, 556: Prof. 

 Blackman, 1557 ; Prof. Hartog, 557 ; Dr. Darbishire, 

 557 ; Miss Fraser, 557 ; Development of the Ascocarp 

 in Aspergillus (Eurotinm) herhariorum, Miss Fraser 

 and Miss Chambers, 556; Fertilisation in Ascoboliis 

 ftirfuraccus. Miss Welsford, 556 ; Cytology of Humaria 

 rutilans. Miss Fraser, 556 ; Enzymes, their Mode of 

 Action and Function, Prof. H. E. Armstrong and Dr. 



E. F. Armstrong, 557 ; Experiments on the Inocula- 

 tion of Nitrogen-fixing bacteria in Plants, Prof. 

 Bottomley, 557; Prof. Farmer, 5';7 ; the Cotyledon of 

 Sorghum as a Sense Organ, F. Darwin, 557 ; Embry- 

 ology of Pteridophytes, Prof. Bower, 557 ; the Real 

 Nature of the so-called Tracheids of Ferns, Mr. 

 Gwynne-Vaughan, 557; Structure and Affinities of 

 Physostoma clegans (Williamson), Prof. F. W. Oliver, 

 55S ; Cone of Bothrodendron (Lepidodendron) munduni, 

 D. M. S. Watson, 558 ; Phylogenetic Connections of 

 the Recent Addition to the Thread-bacteria Spiro- 

 phyllum ferrugineum, Ellis, David Ellis, 558 ; Cell- 

 division in Mcrismopedia, B. H. Bentley, 558 ; 

 Botanical Excursion to the Welwitschia Desert, Prof. 

 H. H. W. Pearson, 558; Hairiness of Certain Marsh 

 Plants, Prof. R. H. Yapp, 558; Inheritance of Certain 

 Characters in Primula sinensis, R. P. Gregory, ^58; 

 Disappearance of Certain Cryptogamic Plants from 

 Charnwood Forest, A. R. Horwood, 55S 



Section L (Educational Science) — Opening Address bv 

 Sir Philip Magnus, B.Sc, B.A., M.P., President of 

 the Section, the Application of Scientific Methods to 

 Educational Problems, 434 ; .Anthropometric Measuri'- 

 ments, J. Gray, 505 ; Results obtained by Anthropo- 

 metric Method's, Dr. F. C. Shrubsall, 505 ; Medical 

 Inspection of School Children, Sir Victor Horsley, 50:; ; 

 Prof. M. E. Sadler, .^05 ; Anthropometrics in Schools, 

 J. Ramsay Macdonald. 505 ; E. Meyrick, F.R.S., 505 ; 

 Types of Physical Development in Schools, Cecil 

 Hawkins, 505 ; the Scholarship System, Prof. M. E. 

 Sadler and H. Bompas Smith, 50s ; R. Blair, 505 ; 

 G. Gidlev Robinson, 506; Rev. A. A. David, 506: Dr. 

 H. B. Baker, F.R.S., ^06; Prof. H. A. Miers, F.R.S., 

 506; Report of the Committee on the Curricula^ of 

 Secondary Schools, 506 ; Sequence of Scientific Studies, 

 Prof. .Armstrong, 506; Dr. Anderssen, 506; Prof. L. 

 Morel. 506; Conditions of Science Work in Secondary 

 Schools, R. E. Thwaites, 506 ; the Teaching of Biology 



in Schools, O. H. Latter, 506 ; Prof. Hickson, 507 ; 

 Prof. Marcus Hartog, 507 ; Need of a Scientific Basis 

 to Girls' Education from a Domestic Point of View, 

 Prof. H. E. Armstrong, 507; Types of Specialised 

 Teaching, J. H. Hawthorn, 507; C. T. Millis, 507; 

 Mrs. J. Ramsay Macdonald, 507 

 British Medical Association, the Annual Meeting of the, 



375 

 British Museum, the Extension of the, 224 

 British Museum (Natural History), Catalogue of the 



Madreporarian Corals in the, II. M. Bernard, 146 

 British Rainfall, 1906, on the Distribution of Rain in 



Space and Time over the British Isles during the Year 



1906, Dr. H. R. Mill, 587 

 Broadbent (Sir William H., Bart., F.R.S.), Death of, 254; 



Obituary Notice of, 277 

 Broca (Andr^), High-frequency Currents without Action on 



Arterial Pressure, 560 

 Brockman (F. S.), Aboriginal Rock Paintings discovered 



in Western Australia, 263 

 Broglie (Maurice de), a New Property of Gases issuing 



from Flames, 143 

 Brooks (E. E.), Electric Light and Power, 612 

 Brooks (F. T.), Parasitism of Botrytis, 311 

 Brooks (J. F.), Machine for Weighing the Forces on a 



Cutting Tool, 487 

 Brooks (Prof. W. K.), Are Heredity and Variation Facts? 



472 



Brough (Bennett), Iron-ore Supplies, 484 



Brown (Prof. C. W.), the Jamaica Earthquake, 86 



Brown (Sir Hanbury, K.C.M.G.), Irrigation, its Principles 

 and Practice as a Branch of Engineering, 513 



Brown (J., F.R.S.), the Convection Explanation of Electro- 

 lysis, 617 



Brown (S. G.), Relay Working of Long Submarine Tele- 

 graph Cables, 59, 190 



Brown (T. F.), Death of, 608 



Brown (W.), the Densities and Specific Heats of some 

 Alloys of Iron, 312 



Browne (Frank Balfour), Report for iqo6 on the Lanca- 

 shire Sea-fisheries Laboratory at the University of 

 Liverpool and the Sea-fish Hatchery at Piel, 91 



Browne (Sir James Crichton), Food Inspection and Adulter- 

 ation, 547 



Brownlee (R. H.), Precipitated Sulphur, 407 



Bruce (Colonel, F.R.S.), Epidemiology of Malta Fever, 39 



Bruce's (Dr. W. S.) .Arctic Expedition, 132 



Bruner (Dr. H. L.), Why Lizards and Snakes Inflate the 

 Head, &c., 596 



Brunton (Sir Lauder, F.R.S.), Obitu.-iry Notice of Sir 

 Joseph Favrer, Bart., K.C.S.I.. F.R.S., 130; Fleas 

 and Plague, Address at London School of Tropical 

 Medicine, 648 , ^ . • ^u 



Brvan (Prof. G. H., F.R.S.), Progress of Science m the 

 Century Prof. J. Arthur Thomson, 74; Unscientific 

 Administration, 198; the Royal Visit to the University 

 College of North Wales, 282; Thermodynamics, an_ In- 

 troductorv Treatise dealing mainly with First Principles 

 and their Direct Applications, 290; Thermodynamics of 

 Diffusion, 637: the Shores of the Adriatic, the Italian 

 Side, F. Hamilton Jackson, Supp. to October 10, vin 



Brvce (Dr.) Door-step Art of the West of Scotland, 463 



Buchan (D^. Alexander, F.R.S.), Death of, 61 ; Obituary 

 Notice of, Dr. W. N. Shaw, F.R.S., 83 



Buckingham (Edgar), Regnault's Experiments on the 

 Joule-Thomson Effect, 493 



Buckman (S. S.). Brachiopod Morphology, Cincta, 

 Eudesia, and the Development of Ribs, 214 



Buildings, Concrete Steel, W. Noble Twelvetrees, 516 



Burbury (S. H., F.R.S.), Thermodynamics, an Introduc- 

 tory Treatise dealing mainly with First Principles and 

 their Applications, Prof. G. H. Bryan, F.R.S., 290; 

 Thermodynamics of Diffusion, 638 



Burdon (E. R.), Spruce-gall and Larch-blight Diseases 

 caused bv the Genus Chermes of the Aphida; 109; 

 Results of Experiments with the Spruce-gall and Larcn- 

 blight Disease. 288 



Burgess (G. K.), the Melting Point of Platinum, 300 1 

 Measurements of the Temoerature and Selective Radi- 

 ation of the Filaments of \'arious Kinds of Incandescent 

 Electric Lamps made by, 507 



