XXll CONTENTS. 



TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6. 



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1. Report of the Committee on Patent Legislation 779 



2. Report of the Committee on the Steering of Screw Steamers 779 



3. Report of tlie Committee on Wind Pressure 779 



4 Report of the Committee on Tidal Observations in the English Ohaimel and 

 the North Sea 779 



5. On some applications of Electric Energy to Horticultural and Agricultural 



Purposes. By Dr. C. Wm. Siemens, F.R.S 779 



6. On the Transmission of Power by Electricity. By J. N, Shoolbked, 



C.E., F.G.S ; 779 



7. On the Relative Value of Incandescent Electric Lights. By J. N. Shool- 



BRED, C.E.,F.G.S 780 



8. On the Society of Arts Patent Bill. By Sir F. J. Bramivell, M.I.C.E., 

 F.R.S 780 



WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7. 



1. On Coal and the Abatement of Smoke in Large Towns. By W. R. E. 



Coles ..... 780 



2. On British Shipping and the Tonnage Laws. By Captain Bedford 



PiM, R.N 780 



•3. On the Pressure of Wind upon a Fixed Plane Surface. Bv Thomas 

 Hawksley, C.E., F.R.S [ 780 



4. On a new form of Lightning Conductor, which can be easily tegted. By 



Samtjel Vxle 780 



5. On an Organisation for the Systematic Gauging of the Wells, Springs, and 



Rivers of Great Britain. By Joseph Ltjoas, F.G.S 781 



6. On a Dynamometer Coupling. By Professors AV. E. Atrton, F.R.S., and 



John Perry, B.E 781 



7. On the Lawyer's Marine Pocket Case. By Captain Bedford Pim, R.N. 781 

 INDEX [ 783 



