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viii REPORT— 1902. 



Page 

 Appendix VII. — Switzerland : Federal Legislation, Cantonal Legis- 

 lation .. ;^06 



„ VIII.— Holland 308 



IX. — Grand Duchy of Luxembourg 309 



X.— Hungary 309 



XL— Finland 310 



XIL— Russia 310 



XIIL— Sweden 310 



XIV.— Norway 310 



„ XV.— Denmark 311 



The Resistance of Road Vehicles to Traction. — Report of the Committee, con- 

 sisting of Sir Alexandbe Binnie (Chairman), Professor H. S. Hele-Shaw 

 (Secretary), Mr. T. Aitken, Mr. T, C. Aveling (Treasurer), Professor T. 

 Hudson Beaee, Mr. W. Woebt Beaumont, Mr. J. Beown, Colonel R. E. 

 Crompton, Sir D. Salomons, Mr. A. R. Sennett, Sir J. I. Thoentceoft, 

 and Mr. W. H. Whbelee. (Drawn up, at the request of the Committee, 

 by the Secretary, assisted by Mr. J. F. Gill, B.Sc.j 314 



I. Preface 314 



II." The Works" of Corr^ze and Manes (1832) 314 



in. The Work of Coriolis (1835) 315 



IV. Experiments and Conclusions of General Morin (1837-42) 316 



V. The Researches of M. Dupuit 323 



VI. Theoretical Investigation by Edmund Leahy, C.E. (1847) 326 



VII. The Work of M. Charie-Marsaines 329 



VIIL Experiments by A. Michelin (1896) 330 



IX. Extract from the Report of Professor W. C. Unwin, F.R.S., on 

 the Trials of Self-nioving Vehicles at Birmingham made before 



the Royal Agricultural Society (1897) 336 



X. Experiments by Professor H. S. Hele-Shaw, F.R.S. (1897) 337 



XI. Investigations of Professor Ira 0. Baker (1902) 338 



XII. Summary of the Opinions of various Writers on the Relation 

 between Tractive Effort and the various Independent Elements 



of Road Resistance 343 



XIIL Description and Drawings of the New Dynamometer made for 

 the British Association Committee to carry on the Re- 

 searches .345 



XIV. Nature and Scope of the Experiments by the Committee 346 



XV. The Work of the Committee presented at the Meeting 347 



Small Screw Gauge. — Report of the Committee, consisting of Sir W. H. 

 Peeece (Chairman), Mr. W. A. Peice (Secretary), Lord Kelvin, Sir 

 F. J. Beamwell, Sir 11. Teueman Wood, Major-General Webbek, Colonel 

 Watkin, Lieut.-Colonel Ceompton, Messrs. A. Steoh, A. Le Neve 

 FosTEE, C. J. Hewitt, G. K. B. Elphtnstone, E. Rigg, C. V. Boys, J. 

 Maeshall Goeham, O. P. Clements, and W. Tatloe, Dr. R. T. Glazb- 

 BEOOK, and Mv. Maek Baee, appointed to consider means by which 

 Practical Effect can be given to the introduction of the Screw Gauge pro- 

 posed by the Association in 1884 ,350 



Anthropometric Investigations among the Native Troops of the Egyptian 

 Army.— Interim Report of the Committee, consisting of Professor A. Mac- 

 ALiSTEE (Chairman), Dr. C. S. Myees (Secretary), Sir John Evans, and 

 Professor D. J. Cunningham 350 



Pigmentation Survey of the School Children of Scotland.— Report of the 

 Committee, consisting of Mr. E. W. Beabeooe (Chairman), Mr. J. Geay 

 (Secretary), Dr. A. C. Haddon, Professor A. Macalistee, Professor D. J. 

 Cunningham, Mr. J. F. Tochee, and Dr. W. H. R. Rivees. (Drawn up 

 by the Secretary) 052 



