563 



PROCEEDINGS of the FORTY-EIGHTH MEETING, at Dublin, 

 August 1878, Published at £1 4s. 



Contents: — Catalogue of the Oscillation- Frequencies of Solar Rays; — Report 

 on Mr. Babbage's Analytical Machine ;— Third Report of the Committee for deter- 

 mining the Mechanical Equivalent of Heat ;— Report of the Committee for arrang- 

 ing for the taking of certain Observations in India, and Observations on Atmospheric 

 Electricity at Madeira ; — Report on the commencement of Secular Experiments upon 

 the Elasticity of Wires ; — Report on the Chemistry of some of the lesser-known 

 Alkaloids, especially Veratria and Bebeerine ; — Report on the best means for the 

 Development of Light from Coal-Gas ; — Fourteenth Report on Kent's Cavern ; — 

 Report on the Fossils in the North-west Highlands of Scotland ; — Fifth Report on 

 the Thermal Conductivities of certain Rocks ; — Report on the possibility of estab- 

 lishing a ' Close Time ' for the Protection of Indigenous Animals ;— Report on the 

 occupation of a Table at the Zoological Station at Naples ; — Report of the Anthro- 

 pometric Committee; — Report on Patent Legislation ;— Report on the Use of Steel 

 for Structural Purposes ; — Report on the Geographical Distribution of the Chiro- 

 ptera ; — Recent Improvements in the Port of Dublin ; — Report on Mathematical 

 Tables ; — Eleventh Report on Underground Temperature ; — Report on the Explora- 

 tion of the Fermanagh Caves ; — Sixth Report on the Erratic Blocks of England, 

 Wales, and Ireland ; — Report on the present state of our Knowledge of the Crus- 

 tacea (Part P7.) ; — Report on two Caves in the neighbourhood of Tenby ; — Report on 

 the Stationary Tides in the English Channel and in the North Sea, &c. ; — Second 

 Report on the Datum-level of the Ordnance Survey of Great Britain ; — Report on 

 Instruments for measuring the Speed of Ships ; — Report of Investigations into a 

 Common Measure of Value in Direct Taxation ; — Report on Sunspots and Rainfall ; 

 —Report on Observations of Luminous Meteors ; — Sixth Report on the Exploration 

 of the Settle Caves (Victoria Cave) ; —Report on the Kentish Boring Exploration ; — 

 Fourth Report on the Circulation of Underground Waters in the Jurassic, New Red 

 Sandstone, and Permian Formations, with an Appendix on the Filtration of Water 

 through Triassic Sandstone ; — Report on the Effect of Propellers on the Steering of 

 Vessels. 



Together with the Transactions of the Sections, Mr. Spottiswoode's Address, and 

 Recommendations of the Association and its Committees. 



