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15. Second Report of the Committee appointed to arrange an inTestigation of 

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



in various parts of the United Kingdom 509 



16. On the Temperature of the Tidal Estuaries of the South-east of England. 



By H. C. SoEBT, LL.D., F.R.S 509 



17. Apparatus for reading Indications of distant Meteorological Instruments. 



By T. J. MuEDAT 509 



18. On the Periodical Return of Storms. By T. J. Mttedat 509 



19. On the Periodicity of Mild Winters. By R. E. W. Goodkidqe 510 



TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17. 



1. Some Experiments on Radiation v?ith Professor Hertz' Mirrors. By F. T. 

 Teouto:n^ 510 



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



for use in Electrical Measurements 510 



3. Fourth Report of the Committee on Electrolysis 510 



4. Report on the present State of our Knovs^ledge in Electrolysis and Electro- 



chemistry. By W. N. Shaw, M.A 510 



5. The Passage of Electricity through Gases. By Professor Aethttr 

 SCHUSTEB, F.R.S 510 



6. On the Discharge of Electrification by Flames. By Professor A. M. 



WOETHINGTON 510 



7. On the Failure of Metal Sheets to screen oif the Electrostatic Action of a 

 Moving or Varying Charge. By Professor Olitee J. Lodge, F.R.S 510 



8. On a new form of Current- Weigher. By Professor James Blyth, M.A., 

 F.R.S.E ; 511 



9. On a Phenomenon in the Electro-chemical Solution of Metals. By Pro- 

 fessor S. P. Thompson, Ph.D 512 



10. On the Employment of Chromic Acid instead of Nitric Acid in the Bunsen 

 Cell. By J. Wilson Swan , 512 



11. A Variable Standard of Self-induction. By Professor J. Peeet, F.R.S.... 512 



12. Hot Twisted Strip Voltmeter. By Professor J. Peeet, F.R.S. 512 



13. On the Relative Effects of Steady and Alternate Currents on different 

 Conductors. By William Henet Peeece, F.R.S 513 



14. A new Thermometric Scale. By Geoege Foebes, F.R.S., and William 



Henet Peeece, F.R.S ." 514 



15. Exhibition of Leyden Jars with Multiple Fracture. By J. T. Bottomlet, 

 F.R.S., and Sir Aechibalb Campbell, Bart 515 



16. On Sparkless Electro-magnets. By Professor S. P. Thompson, Ph.D. ... 515 



17. On the Correspondence between the Molecular Refraction, Dispersion, and 

 Magnetic Rotation of Carbon Compounds. By Dr. J. H. Gladstone, 

 F.R.S., and Dr. W. H. Peekin, F.R.S 515 



18. On Kerr's Magneto-optic Phenomenon: its Laws and Application for 

 Measuring purposes. By H. E. J. G. Dr Bois, Ph.D 515 



WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18. 



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

 Uniform Nomenclature for the Fundamental Units of Mechanics 516 



