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REPOKT — 1903. 



KE PORTS ON THE STATE OF SCIENCE. 



[An asterisk * indicates tJiat tlie title only is given. Tfie mark f indicates the same, 

 but with a reference to the Journal or Newspa^per intvhich it is 2>vMished in extenso.] 



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Investigation of the Uppei' Atmosphere by Means of Kites in co-operation 

 with a Committee of the Eoyal Meteorological Society. — Second Report of 

 the Committee, consisting of Dr. W. N. Shaw (Chairman), Mr. AV. H. 

 Dines (Secretary), Mr. D. Archibald, Mr. C. Vernon Bots, Dr. A. 

 BucHAN, Dr. II. T. Glazebrook, Dr. H. R. Mill, and Professor A. 

 Schuster. (Drawn up by the Secretary.) 31 



Magnetic Observations at Falmouth. — Report of the Committee, consisting of 

 sir W. H. Preece (Chairman), Dr. R. T. Glazebrook (Secretary), Pro- 

 fessor VV. G. Adams, Captain Creak, Mr. W. L. Fox, Professor A. 

 Schuster, and Sir A. W. Rijcker, appointed to co-operate with the Com- 

 mittee of the Falmouth Observatory in their Magnetic Observations 32 



Experiments for Improving the Construction of Practical Standards for 

 Electrical Measurements.— Report of the Committee, consisting of Lord 

 Ratleigh (Chairman), Dr. R. T. Glazebrook (Secretary), Lord Kelvin, 

 Professors W. E. Atrton, J. Perrt, W. G. Adams, and G. Carey Foster, 

 Sir Oliver J. Lodge, Dr. A. Muirhead, Sir W. 11. Preece, Professors 

 J. D. Everett, A. Schuster, J. A. Fleming and J. J. Thomson, Dr. 

 "VV. N. Shaw, Dr. J. T. Bottomlet, Rev. T. C. Fitzpatrick, Dr. G. 

 Johnstone Stoney, Professor S. P. Thompson, Mr. J. Rennie, Dr. E. H. 

 Griffiths, Sir A. W. Rijcker, Professor H. L. Callendae, and Mr. 



George Matthey 33 



Appendix I. — On the Values of the Resistance of certain Standard 



Coils of the British Association. By F. E. Smith. 38 

 ^j II. — On some new Mercury Standards of Resistance. By 



F. E Smith 44 



in. — On the Platinimi Thermometers of the British Asso- 

 ciation. By J. A. IIarker, D.Sc 45 



IV. — Table of the Resistance found for Pure Annealed 



Copper CI 



On the Use of Vectorial Methods in Physics. By Professor 0. Heneioi, 



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Ph.D., F.R.S. 



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Meteorologicul Observations on Ben Nevis.— Report of the Committee, consist- 

 ing of Lord M'Laren, Professor A. Crttm Brown (Secretary), Sir John 

 Murray, I'rofessor Copeland, and Dr. Alexander Buchan. (Drawn 

 up by Dr. Buchan.) SG 



Report on the Theory of Point-groups. Part III. By Frances Hardcastle. 65 



