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4. Modern Views about Hurricanes, as compared witli the Older Theories. 



By Hon. Ralph Abeecrombt, F.H.Met.Soc 586 



5. Report of the Committee appointed to arrange an investigation of the 



Seasonal Variations of Temperature in Lakes, Rivers, and Estuaries in 

 various parts of the United Kingdom 587 



6. On the Temperature of some Scottish Rivers. By Hugh Robert Mill, 

 D.Sc, F.R.S.E 588 



7. On the recent Magnetic Survey of Japan. By Professor Cargill G. 

 KiioTT, D.Sc, F.R.S.E 588 



8. On Reading Electrically Jleteorological Instruments distant from the 



Observer. By J. Jolt, M.A., B.E 589 



9. On the Mechanical Conditions of a Swarm of Meteorites, and on Theories 



of Cosmogony. By Professor G. H. Darwin, F.R.S 590 



10. On some accurate Charts of Kew Corrections for Mercury Thermometers. 



By W. N. Shaw, M.A. •' 590 



11. On an Apparatus for determining Temperature by the Variation of 

 Electrical Resistance. By W. N. Shaw, M.A 590 



12. Fourth Report of the Committee on Standards of Light 591 



TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11. 



1. Joint Discussion with Section G on Lightning-conductors 591 



2. On the Burning by Lightning of a Magnet on a Generating Dynamo at 

 the Waterfall on the Bush River, County Antrim, belonging to the 

 Giant's Causeway and Portrush Electric Railway and Tramway Com- 

 pany. By Anthony Traill, LL.D., M.D 615 



3. Analyse chronometrique des PbiSnomenes ^lectriques lumineux. Par 



Dr. J. Janssen 615 



4. Report of the Committee for constructing and issuing Practical Standards 



for use in Electrical Measurements 616 



5. On Standards of Electrical Resistance. By R. T. Glazebrook, F.R.S. ... 616 



6. On the C.G.S. Units of Measurement. By W. H. Preece, F.R.S 616 



7. Electrometric Determination of 'v.' By Professors Sir W. Thomson, 

 F.R.S., AxRTON, F.R.S., and Perry, F.R.S 616 



WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12. 



1. Report of the Committee for considering the desirability of introducing a 

 Uniform Nomenclature for the Fundamental Units of Mechanics 616 



2. Second Report on our Experimental Knowledge of the Properties of 

 Matter. By P. T. Main, M.A 616 



3. On the Mechanical Arrangements of the Analytical Engine of the late 

 Charles Babbage, F.R.S. By Major-General H. P. Babbage 616 



4. On a Modification of Maxwell's Equations of Electromagnetic Waves. 



By Professor H. A. Rowland 617 



5. On a Photographic Image of an Electric Arc Lamp, probably due to 

 Phosphorescence in the Eye, and on some Photographs of an Eclipse of 

 the Moon. By Friese Greene 617 



6. On the Errors of the Argument of Statistical Tables. By Joseph 

 Kleiber 618 



