196 
port on the progress of the solution of 
certain special problems of dynamics, 
184, 
Christison (Prof.), report on technical 
and scientific evidence in courts of 
law, 373. 
Collingwood (Cuthbert), report of the 
committee appointed at Manchester 
to consider and report upon the best 
means of advancing science through 
ie agency of the mercantile marine, 
122. 
Compass Committee, Liverpool, report 
on the three reports of the, by A. 
Smith and F. J, Evans, 87. 
De Souza (Dr. Jacintho Antonio), re- 
port presented to the Portuguese Go- 
yernment relating to the observatory 
at Kew, 109. 
Donegal, granites of, report of the com- 
mittee for investigating the chemical 
and mineralogical composition of the, 
163. 
Donkin (Prof.), report on the adequacy 
of existing data for carrying into effect 
the suggestion of Gauss, to apply his 
general theory of terrestrial magnetism 
to the magnetic variations, 170. 
Dredging on the north and east coasts of 
Scotland, report of the committee for, 
by J. Gwyn Jeffreys, 371. 
of the Northumberland coast and 
Dogger Bank, Henry T. Mennell’s re- 
port on the, 116. 
Dufferin (the Lord), fourth report of the 
committee on steamship perform- 
ance, 282. 
Dynamics, Arthur Cayley on the pro- 
gress of the solution of certain special 
problems of, 184 :—rectilinear motion, 
186; central forces, 187 ; elliptic mo- 
tion, 191; the problem of two centres, 
194; the spherical pendulum, 201; 
motion as affected by the rotation of 
the earth, and relative motion in 
general, 203; motion of a single par- 
ticle, 205; motion of three mutually 
attracting bodies in a right line, 206; 
articular cases of the motion of three 
odies, 207; motion in a resisting 
medium, 208; memoirs by Jacobi, 
Bertrand, and Donkin, relating to va- 
rious special problems, 213; the pro- 
blem of three bodies, 214; transfor- 
mation of coordinates, 218 ; principal 
axes, and moments of inertia, 223; 
the rotation of a solid body, 229; 
kinematics of a solid body, 242; mis- 
cellaneous problems, 244; rotation 
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round a fixed point, 244; other cases 
of the motion of a solid body, 244; 
list of memoirs and works referred to, 
245, 
Egerton (the Hon. Capt.), fourth report 
of the committee on steamship per- 
formance, 282. 
Electrical permanency of metals and 
alloys, Dr. Matthiessen on the, 136. 
—— resistance, provisional report of the 
committee on standards of, 125; cir- 
cular addressed to foreign men of 
science, 156. 
resistance of alloys due to change 
of temperature, Dr. Matthiessen on 
the variation of the, 136. 
—— apparatus, description of the, ar- 
ranged by Mr. Fleeming Jenkin for 
the production of exact copies of the 
standard of resistance, 159. 
—w— standards, Prof. Williamson and 
Dr. Matthiessen on the reproduction 
of, by chemical means, 141. 
Ellis (the Hon. Leopold Agar), fourth 
report of the committee on steamship 
performance, 282. 
| Esselbach (Dr.) on standards of electri- 
eal resistance, 155. 
Evans (Frederick John), report on the 
three reports of the Liyerpool compass 
committee and other recent publica- 
tions on the same subject, 87. 
Evidence in courts of law, report of com- 
mittee on technical and scientific, 373. 
Fairbairn (W.) on the mechanical pro- 
perties of iron projectiles at high 
velocities, 178; fourth report of the 
committee on steamship performance, 
282. 
Gassiot (J. P.) on Dr. Jacintho Anto- 
nio de Souza’s visit to Kew Observa- 
tory, 109. 
Gifford (the Earl of), fourth report of 
the committee on steamship perform- 
ance, 282. 
Glaisher (James), report on observations 
of luminous meteors, 1} an account 
of meteorological and physical obser- 
vations in eight balloon ascents, 376. 
Granites of Donegal, preliminary report 
of the committee for investigating the 
chemical and mineralogical composi- 
tion of the, 163. 
Greg (R. P.), report on observations of 
luminous meteors, 1. 
Guns, rifled, T. Aston on, adapted for 
attacking armour-plate defences, 103. 
