IV 
CONTENTS. 
South Florida notes, W. H. Dall, (Title only) -------.------- 
Depth of earthquake foci, C. E. Dutton --__-.--#_--_.---- 
Manchester meeting of the British Association for the advance- 
ment of Science, 1887, F. W. Clarke, (Title only) --------- 
Signal Service bibliography of meteorology, C. Abbe-__-_.-- 
Geographical distribution of fossil plants, L. F. Ward, (Title 
OVC) so a ree Re ae a ree 
Speed * propagation of the Charleston earthquake, C. E. 
Dutton and Simon Newcomb, (Title only) ----- -----. ---- 
Representation of comet orbits by models, William Harkness, 
(Witla ONY) onrn ass Hoan Se) 1 ae eee 
Statistics of the Philosophical Society, G. K. Gilbert ----___- 
Newton’s vis, M. H. Doolittle, (Title only) ----- ----------..- 
Reference indexing, B: Pickman Mann-_-_------. -__ -__- 
Presentation of the annual. address -.....-.._ _. = se 
Annual meeting 2.28 cise 22 oe ee 
Proceedings at the Baird memorial meeting -_-- -_-- -----_ ---. ---.- 
Introduction 255 2-2-2 oJ es oe he a a 
Relation of Professor Baird to participating societies, Garrick 
Mallery s2 222. s)o2/s225 Soa oa ee ee 
Professor Baird as administrator, Wm. B. Taylor___-__ -_-- Ps 
Professor Baird in science; Wi. H.. Dall -222 222s eae 
Personal characteristics of Professor Baird, J. W. Powell-_-- 
Bulletin‘of ‘the Mathematical Section, 22-223). ee eee 
Standing rules of the section— .._. —__. . =o eee 
List of officers and members of the section ..-.-.---. ---___- 
Association” ratios, MSE. Doolittles-.2 2-22) =o eee 
The rotten apple problem, a question in probabilities, Marcus 
Baker, M. H. Doolittle, G.W. Hill, G. E. Curtis, E. B. Elliott, 
Henry Farquhar, Artemas Martin, Alex. S. Christie, Ormond 
Stone 2.2. pio ae ee 
Free cooling of a homogeneous sphere, R. 8. Woodward, (Title 
Only) q22- 5 tte ee 
Brachisthode on the helicoid, C. H. Kummell_-_-- ---.---__- 
Motion of Hyperion, G.. We Hill 22.6.2. co eee 
Parallax of ¢)'Tauri, Asaph Halls = 
Most probable value of latitude from entangled observations 
in use}of Taleott’s method. sAl Ss. Klint 222 eee 
Mutual action of elements of electric currents, E. B. Elliott__ 
Association ratios, M.JH.’ Doolittle:22=~ £2. ee eee 
Solution of a problem in Science, Henry Farquhar, (Title only) 
Solutions of the trisection problem, Marcus Baker, G. E. Curtis_ 
Integration of differential equations admitting periodic inte- 
erals, Gi W.. Hill 2-22 cee oe So oa as cil eo 
Euler’s theorem (generally called Lambert’s), Asaph Hall.__- 
New form of computing machine, E. B. Elliott _----. ---__._ 
The constant P in observations of terrestrial magnetism, Wm, 
Harkness 25 22s Sees Sans oe ee 
Conditioned cooling of a homogeneous sphere, R. 8. Woodward- 
The orbit of Hyperion, Ormond Stone____ -_____ __-- -_...e 
Quotients of space-directed lines, HE. B. Elliott---__ -___ -__- 
Methods of finding n** power numbers whose sum is an nth 
power, Artemas Martin oto.) 22... 5.35 
Committees on mathematical communications__-_-__-------- 
Note on the publications of the Society_-__- .-...-- o_o mr 
Index to Veluumes IX At 29254 en et eee 
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