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and West Yorkshire ;—Report on the Occupation of a Table at the Zoological Station 
at Naples ;—Report on the teaching of Science in Elementary Schools ;—Sixth Report 
on the Fossil Phyllopoda of the Paleozoic Rocks ;—Second Report on the best method 
of ascertaining and measuring Variations in the Value of the Monetary Standard ;— 
Report as to the Statistical Data available for determining the amount of the Precious 
Metals in use as Money in the principal Countries, the chief forms in which the 
Money is employed, and the amount annually used in the Arts;—Fourth Report on 
the North-Western Tribes of the Dominion of Canada ;—Report of the Corresponding 
Societies Committee ;—Second Report on the Prehistoric Inhabitants of the British 
Islands ;—Third Report of the Committee for drawing attention to the desirability 
of prosecuting further research in the Antarctic Regions ;—Report of the Committee 
for aiding in the maintenance of the establishment of a Marine Biological Station at 
Granton, Scotland ;—Report on the Volcanic Phenomena of Vesuvius and its neigh- 
bourhood ;—Report of the Committee to arrange an investigation of the Seasonal 
Variations of Temperature in Lakes, Rivers, and Estuaries in various parts of the 
United Kingdom, in co-operation with the local societies represented on the Associa- 
tion ;—Report on an ancient Sea-beach near Bridlington Quay;—Report on the 
Development of the Oviduct and connected structures in certain fresh-water 
Teleostei ;—Third Report on Electrolysis in its Physical and Chemical Bearings ;— 
Report on the Flora of the Bahamas ;—Second Report on the Physiology of the 
Lymphatic System ;—Report on the Microscopic Structure of the Older Rocks of 
Anglesey ;—Report on our present knowledge of the Flora of China ;—Second Report 
of the Committee for taking steps for the establishment of a Botanical Station at 
Peradeniya, Ceylon ;—Eighth Report on the Earthquake and Volcanic Phenomena of 
Japan ;—Report on the present state of our knowledge of the Zoology and Botany of 
the West India Islands, and the steps taken to investigate ascertained deficiencies 
in the Fauna and Flora;—Second Report on our Experimental Knowledge of the 
Properties of Matter with respect to Volume, Pressure, Temperature, and Specific 
Heat ;—Report on the advisability and possibility of establishing in other parts of 
the country observations upon the prevalence of Karth Tremors similar to those now 
being made in Durham;—The Relations between Sliding Scales and Economic 
Theory ;—Index-numbers as illustrating the Progressive Exports of British Produce 
and Manutfactures;—The Friction of Metal Coils;—Sur lapplication de lanalyse 
spectrale & la mécanique moléculaire et sur les spectres de l’oxygéne. 
Together with the Transactions of the Sections, Sir F. J. Bramwell’s Address, and 
Resolutions of the General Committee of the Association. 
REPORT or tee FIFTY-NINTH MEETING, at Newcastle-upon- 
Tyne, September 1889, Published at £1 4s. 
CONTENTS :—Fifth Report of the Committee for promoting Tidal Observations in 
Canada ;—Report on the Molecular Phenomena connected with the Magnetisation 
of Iron ;—Report on the Collection and Identification of Meteoric Dust ;—Highteenth 
Report on Underground Temperature ;—Fifth Report on the best methods of record- 
ing the direct Intensity of Solar Radiation;—Report of the Committee for con- 
structing and issuing Practical Standards for use in Electrical Measurements ;— 
Second Report of the Committee to arrange an investigation of the Seasonal Varia- 
tions of Temperature in Lakes, Rivers, and Estuaries in various parts of the United 
Kingdom, in co-operation with the local Societies represented on the Association ;— 
Report on the proposals of M. Tondini de Quarenghi relative to the Unification 
of Time, and the adoption of a Universal Prime Meridian ;—Fifth Report on 
the best means of Comparing and Reducing Magnetic Observations ;—Report 
on the best method of establishing International Standards for the Analysis of 
Iron and Steel;—Third Report on the Investigation of the Properties of Solutions ; 
—Third Report on the Bibliography of Solution ;—Report (Provisional) on the 
Influence of the Silent Discharge of Electricity on Oxygen and other Gases ;—Report 
of the Committee appointed to confer with the Committee of the American Associa- 
tion for the Advancement of Science with a view of forming a Uniform System of 
recording the results of Water Analysis ;—Report on the Action of Light on the 
Hydracids of the Halogens in presence of Oxygen ;—Seventh Report on the Fossil 
Phyllopoda of the Paleozoic Rocks;—Report on the Flora of the Carboniferous 
Rocks of Lancashire and West Yorkshire ;—Report on an Ancient Sea-beach nea 
Bridlington Quay ;—Fifteenth Report on the Circulation of Underground Waters 
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