CONTENTS. 



TRANSACTIONS OF THE SECTIONS. 



[An asterisk * indicates that the title only is given. The mark f indicates the same, 

 but with a reference to the Journal or Newspaper in which it is published in extenso.J 



Section A.— MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCE. 

 THURSDAY. AUGUST 31. 



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Address by Professor H. H. Turner, D.Sc, D.C.L., F.R.S., President of the 



Section 305 



1 . The Earth as a Radiator. By Professor W. J. Humphreys 319 



2. On the Atomic Structure of the Elements with Theoretical Determina- 



tions of their Atomic Weights. By J. W. Nicholson, M.A., D.Sc. . . . 320 



3. Report of the Committee to aid in Establishing a Solar Observatory in 



Australia (p. 25) 321 



■4. Report on Magnetic Observations at Falmouth Observatory (p. 78.) . . . 321 



FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1. 



Discussion on the Principle of Relativity. Opened by E. Cunningham 



(p. 230) 321 



Department of Mathematics. 



1. On Mersenne's Numbers. By Lieut.-Col. Allan Cunningham, R.E. ... 321 



2. Relations connecting the Branch Points and the Double Points of an 



Algebraic Curve. By Professor J. C. Fields 322 



3. *The Infinitesimal Transformation of an Electromagnetic Field into 



Itself. By H. Bateman, M.A 322 



■i. Report on the further Tabulation of Bessel and other Functions (p. 07) . . 322 



