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647 ; Prof. Bateson, 647 ; Mr. Punnett, 647 ; Dr. Cope- 

 man, 647 ; Experiments with the Cinnamon Canary, 

 Miss Durham, 647; Account of the Recent Expedition 

 to Lake Ourun, Dr. W. A. Cunnington and C. L. 

 Boulengfr, 647 ; Structure of Dendroso^na radians. 

 I''rof. S. J. Hickson and J. T. VVadsvvorth, 648; 

 Haematozoa from Ceylon Reptiles, Muriel Robertson, 

 648; Giant Nerve Cells and Fibres of Halla, Dr. J. H. 

 Ashworth, 648 ; the Vascular System of Stylodrilus, R. 

 Southern, 648 ; the Respiration of Land Isopods, E. E. 

 L'nwin, 648; the Distribution of Irish Fresh-water 

 Mites, J. N. Halbert, 648; Arctic and .Antarctic CoUem- 

 bola. Prof. G. H. Carpenter, 648; Mimicry in Lepidop- 

 tera. Dr. F. A. Dixey, 648 ; Prof. E. B. Poulton, 649 ; 

 J. C. Moulton, 649 ; the Development of Littorina, 

 W. M. Tattersall, 649; Gastrulation in Amphioxus, 

 Prof. E. W. MacBride, 649 ; the Early Development 

 of Dasyurus, Prof. J. P. Hill, 649; the Wild Ancestors 

 of Domestic Horses, Prof. J. C. Ewart, 649 ; Feeding 

 Habits of British Birds, C. Gordon Hewitt, 649 



Section E (Geography). — Opening Address by Major E. H. 

 Hills, C.M.G., R.E., President of the Section, 496; 

 the Survey of the British Empire, Major E. H. Hills, 

 616; the Physiographic Subdivisions of the Appalachian 

 Mountain System in the East of the United States, 

 Prof. W. M. Davis, 617; School Geography as a 

 Mental Discipline, Prof. R. A. Gregory, 617; Dr. A. J. 

 Herbertson, 617; Major W. L. Forbes, 617; the Value 

 of Geographical Study applied in a Special Connection, 

 Prof. J. L. Myres, 617; Rev. T. Corcoran, 617; the 

 Northward Expansion of Canada, W. L. Grant, 617; 

 Notes on the Cartography of the Counties of England 

 and Wales, H. G. Fordham, 617 ; the Longitudinal 

 Section of the River Nile, Captain H. G. Lyons, 617; 

 Unique Experiences at the Birth of a Volcano, Rev. 

 George Furlong, 617; Surveying on the Island of Prince 

 Charles Foreland in the Spitsbergen Group, 618 ; the 

 Mitchelstown Caves in the County Tipperary, Dr. 

 C. A. Hill, 618 



Section F (Economic Science). — Opening Address by Sir 

 Horace Plunkett, President of the Section, 652 ; Experi- 

 ments near Worcester on the Effect of a High-tension 

 Electrical Discharge over a Growing Crop, Sir Oliver 

 Lodge, 652 ; J. H. Priestley, 652 ; Educational Work 

 of the Irish Department of Agriculture, Prof. J. R. 

 Campbell, 652 ; Systematic Trials of Barley Varieties 

 in Ireland, H. Hunter, 653 ; on Breeding and the 

 Light which Science throws on the Problems of the 

 Stock Raiser, Mr. Bateson, 653 ; W. Heape, F.R.S., 

 653 ; Prof. J. Wilson, 653 ; Factors which make for 

 the Success of Small Holdings, Mrs. Wilkins (Miss 

 Jebb), 653 ; Christopher Turner, (153 ; Statistics Relative 

 to Irish Agriculture, Dr. Morilz JBonn, 653 



Section G (Engineering). — Opening .'Vddress by Dugald 

 Clerk, F.R.S., M.Inst.C.E., F.C.S., President of the 

 .Section, 518; Recent Developments in Steam Turbines, 

 G. Stoney, 650 ; Report of the Committee of the Sec- 

 tion on Gaseous Explosions appointed at the Leicester 

 Meeting in 1907, 650 ; on the Deviation of Actual 

 Gases from the Ideal State and on Experimental Errors 

 in the Determination of their Specific Heats, Prof. 

 H. L. Callendar, 650 ; Prof. Bernard Hopkinson, 650 ; 

 ExDeriments on the Determination of Temperatures 

 inside Gas-engine Cylinders, Profs. Callendar and 

 Dalby, 650 ; on the Utilisation of Peat for the making 

 of Gas or Charcoal, Captain Sankey, 650 ; on Producer 

 Gas, Emerson Dowson, 651 ; the Production of Cheap 

 Power by Suction Gas Plants, Mr. Robson, 651 ; Figures 

 obtained as the Result of Experiments on the Utilisa- 

 tion of Peat with a Peat containing 2.2 per cent, 

 of N, W. Crossley, 651 ; the Studv of Breakages, W. 

 Rosenhain. 651 ; the Laws of Flight, F. W. Lan- 

 chester, 651; the Causes of Wear "in Motor Vehicle 

 Machinery, F. A. Royce, 651; on Clock-driving 

 Mechanisms for Telescopes, Sir Howard Grubb, 651 ; 

 Dr. Rambaut, 651 ; a Series of Experiments on Rotating 

 Discs, J. Brown, F.R.S., and Prof. Maurice Fitzgerald, 

 (152 ; on General Urban and Interurban Transportation 

 and Rail-less Electric Traction, Douglas Fox, 652 ; 

 Strength of Solid Cylindrical, Round-ended Colunins, 

 Prof. W. F.. Lillv. 6^2 



Section H (Anthropology). — Opening Address by Prof. 

 William Ridgeway, M.A., F.B.A., Litt.D., President of 

 Lhe Section, the Application of Zoological Laws to 

 Man, 525 ; Certain Changes in the Lateral Wall of the 

 Cranium due to Muscular Development, Prof. Syming- 

 ton, 681 ; on the Significance of the So-called Accessory 

 Dental .Masses sometimes found in the Upper Jaw- 

 bones, Prof. Francis Dixon, 681 ; Anthropological Work 

 in Egypt, Prof. Elliot Smith, 681 ; Mummification in 

 Egypt, Prof. Elliot Smith, 681 ; Rajputs and Mahrattas, 

 Mr. Crooke, 68t ; Veddas of Ceylon, Dr. C. G. Selig- 

 mann, 681 ; Dinka Laws, E. Sidney Hartland, 681 ; 

 Distribution of the Gold Lunula;, Mr. Coffey, 681 ; 

 the Survival of La T6ne Ornament on some Celtic 

 Penannular Brooches, Mr. Coffey, 6S1 ; the Tara 

 Brooch, Mr. Coffey, 6S2 ; Discovery of a Leather Shield 

 in Co. Longford, Mr. Armsfrong, 682 ; the Irish Horse 

 and its Early History, Dr. Scharff, 682 ; the Ipswich 

 Pateolithic Site, Miss Layard, 682 ; W'ho Built the 

 British Stone Circles? J. Gray, 682 ; Classification of 

 Megalithic Remains, G. Clinch, 682 ; Two other Lake 

 Villages at Mcare, 682 ; Portion of Roman Wall 

 recently found at Chester, Dr. Newstead, 682 ; Neolithic 

 Culture in North Greece, J. P. Droop, 682 ; Excavations 

 on the Site of the Sanctuary of Artemis Orthia at 

 Sparta, M. S. Thompson, 682 ; Four Principal Aque- 

 ducts of Rome, Dr. T. Ashby, 682 ; Work in Sardinia, 

 Dr. Ashby and Dr. Mackenzie, 682 ; Sculptured Stones 

 of Norway and their Relations to sonie British Monu- 

 ments, Dr. Schetelig, 682 ; a Sequence of Egyptian 

 Stone Implements, C. T. Currelly, 083 ; Ancient Stone 

 Implement Sites in South Africa, Rev. W. A. Adams, 

 683 ; Prehistoric Archeology in Japan, Dr. Gordon 

 Munro, 683 ; the Mound Builders of North America, 

 Rev. Dr. Bryce, 683 



Section I (Physiology). — Opening Address by J. S. Hal- 

 dane, M.D., F.R.S., Fellow of New College and 

 Reader in Physiology in the University of Oxford, 

 President of the Section, the Relation of Physiology 

 to Physics and Chemistry, 553 ; Physiology at 

 the British Association, Dr. H. E. Roaf, 592 ; on 

 Proprioceptive Reflexes of the Limb, Prof. Sherrington, 

 F.R.S., 592 ; Report of the Committee on the Metabolic 

 Balance Sheet, Prof. Gotch, F.R.S., 592; Effect of 

 Climate on Health and Disease, Sir Lauder Brunton, 

 F.R.S., 592 ; Physics of High Altitudes in Relation to 

 Climate and Health, Dr. Grabham, 592 ; on Ductless 

 Glands, Prof. Sv/ale Vincent, 592 ; Analysis of Urine 

 in Polyuria, Prof. Macallum, 592 ; Distribution of 

 Potassium Salts in the Cell, Prof. Macallum, 592 ; Prof. 

 MacDonald, 1^93 ; Tracings obtained from Muscles 

 immersed in Saline containing Chloroform, Ether, or 

 .■Mcohol, Prof. Waller, F.R.S., 593 ; Mental and Muscu- 

 lar Fatigue, Dr. W. McDougall, 503 ; Prof. MacDonald, 

 593 ; Sackville Lawson, 593 ; Photoelectric Changes in 

 the Eye on Exposure to Light, Prof. Gotch, F.R.S., 

 593 ; Instruction of School Teachers in Physiology and 

 Hygiene, Prof. Sherrington, F.R.S., 593 ; Prof. Gotch, 

 F.R.S., 593 ; Effect of Two Antisera Prepared in Rats, 

 Mr. Walker, so^ ; Atoxyl combines w-ith Proteins, Dr. 

 Nierenstein, ^q-^ ; Effect of many Substances upon 

 Experimental Trypanosomiasis, Prof. B. Moore, 593 



Section K (Botany). — F. F. Blackman, M.A., D.Sc, 

 F.R.S., President of the Section, the Manifestations of 

 the Principles of Chemical Mechanics in the Living 

 Plant, 556 



Section L (Education). — Opening Address by Prof. L. C. 

 Miall, D.Sc., F.R.S., President of the Section, 584: 

 Education at the British Association, G. F. Daniell, 

 618 ; the Outlook : a Grand Experiment in Education, 

 Prof. Armstrong, 618; Progress made in the Organisa- 

 tion of Education in the Area under the London County 

 Council, R. Blair, 618; .Special Schools for the 

 Physically Defective and the Mentally Deficient, Mrs. 

 E. M. Burgwin, 618; Education in Relation to Rural 

 Life, Sir Philip Magnus, 618 ; W. M. Heller, 618 ; 

 Rural Education, Prof. Miall, 619 ; Mr. Fletcher, 619 ; 

 Miss Constance Cochrane, 619 ; Education in Ireland, 

 T. P. Gill, 619 ; Correlation of Primary, Secondary, 

 and University Education in Ireland, Prof. Benjamin 

 Moore, 619 ; Rev. Dr. Evans, 619 ; the Rev. Canon 



