xx CONTENTS. 



Section G.— MECHANICAL SCIENCE. 



THURSDAY, AUGUST 28. 



Page 

 Address by Sir F. J. Bramwell, LL.D., F.R.S., V.P.Inst.C.E., President of 



the Section 875 



1 . The Forth Bridge. By Benjamin Baker, M.Inst.C.E 884 



2. The Severn Tunnel Railway. By J. Clarke Hawkshaw, M.Inst.C.E.... 884 



3. On Single-Track Railways. By W. K. Muir 885 



4. On American Permanent Way. By Joseph Wilson, A.M., M.Inst.C.E. 885 



5. On the Canadian Pacific Railway. By Vernon Smith 885 



FRIDA Y, A UG UST 29. 



1. On the Theory of the Steam-Engine. By Professor Robert II. Thurston 885 



2. Steam-Engine practice in the United States in 1884. By J. C. Hoadlet 886 



3. Pumping Machinery. By E. D. Leavitt, Jun 889* 



4. The Anthracite Burning Locomotive of America. By J. D. Barnett 890 



5. On English Locomotive Engineering. By A. McDonnell and J. A. F. 

 Aspinall 890 



6. On the Construction of Locomotive Engines for the London, Brighton, and 



South Coast Railway. By W. Stroudley 890' 



7. On Valve Gear. By David Joy 890 



8. On Heating Buildings by Steam from a Central Source. By J. H. Bart- 

 lett 891 



MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 1. 



1. On the Lighthouse System of Canada. By Willtam Smith 891 



2. Improvements in Coast Signals ; with supplementary Remarks on the 

 new Eddystone Lighthouse. By Sir James N. Douglass, M.Inst.C.E.... 893 



3. The Watt and Horse-Power. By W. H. Preece, F.R.S 893 



4. Secondary Batteries. By W. H. Preece, F.R.S 893 



5. Domestic Electric Lighting. By W. II. Preece, F.R. S 893 



6. The Portrush Electric Railway. By Dr. A. Traill 893 



7. Electric Tramways. By Holroyd Smith 893 



8. A New Volt-Meter. By Captain Cardew 893 



TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2. 



1. Report of the Patent Law Committee 894 



2. Report of the Screw Gauge Committee 894 



3. Report of the Sea-Coast Erosion Committee 894 



4. Some Points in Dynamo-Electric Machines. By Professor S. P. Thomp- 



son, D.Sc 894 



5. On the Heating of Conductors by Electric Currents. By Professor 



G. Forbes 894 



6. Automatic Sprinklers for Fire Extinction. By C. J. H. Woodbury 894 



7. On the Friction of Journals. By Professor Osborne Reynolds,. F.R.S... 895 



8. Grain Elevators. By V. C. Van Horn 895 



