882 



REPORT — 1897. 



and of certain dilute aqueous solutions 

 by means of the method of ripples, 551. 



Dravidian race, the North, linguistic and 

 anthro2)ological characteristici of. Re- 

 port on the, 427. 



Drawings, Kootenay Indian, Dr. A. F. 

 Chamberlain on, 792. 



•Drift of Ohio, human relics in the, 

 Prof. E. W. Claypoleon, 796. 



phenomena of Puget Sound and 



their interpretation, Bayley Willis on, 

 653. 



Drumlins, the origin of, Prof. N. S. 

 Shaler on, 654. 



DXJDDELL (W.) on an instrument for 

 recording rapidly varying potential 

 differences and currents, 575. 



Duff (A Wilmer) on the rate of the 

 decrease of the intensity of shrill 

 sounds with time, 583. 



Dunkerlet (Prof. Stanley) and Prof. J. 

 A. EwiNO, on the specific heat of 

 superheated steam, 554. 



DuNNiNGTON (F. P.) on the distribution 

 of titanic oxide upon the surface of the 

 earth, 612. 



on the deliquescence and efflores- 

 cence of certain salts, 612. 



DuNSTAN (Prof. W. R.) on the teach- 

 ing of science in elementary schools, 

 287. 



on the production of haloids from 



pvrc materials, 295. 



Dyed coloun, the action nf light upon, 

 Report on, 286. 



Ear, and lateral line in fishes, F. S. Lee 

 on the, 811. 



Earth strains and structures, O. H. How- 

 arth on, 664. 



Earthquakes, see Seismological Investiga- 

 tion. 



Earthquakes, Bubmarine, geological 

 changes due to, John Milne on, 716. 



*Eclipse instruments, automatic opera- 

 tion of. Prof. D. P. Todd on, 585. 



*Economic choices, the theory of. Prof. 

 F. H. Giddings on, 746. 



entomology in the United States, 



Dr. L. O. Howard on, 694. 



* freedom in the United States, 



recent reaction from, R. R. Bowker on, 

 746. 



history of Canada, J. Castell Hop- 

 kins on, 741. 



*- characteristics of the. Prof. A. 



Shortt on, 741. 



Science and Statistics, Address by 



Prof. E. C. K. Gonner, to the Section 



of, 727. 

 Edgeworth (Prof, 

 of bees, 694. 



F. Y.) on statistics 



♦Edkins (Dr. J.) on silver and copper 



in China, 740. 

 * on the slow refrigeration of the 



Chinese climate, 569. 

 Edmondson (T. W.) on the disruptive 



discharge in air and dielectric liquids, 



591. 

 Education. Reform in the teaching of 



chemistry, Prof. W. W. Andrews on, 



601. 

 EfHorescence and deliquescence of cer- 

 tain salts, F. P. Dunnington on, 612. 

 ElGENMANN (Dr. C. H.) on the Ambly- 



opsidEe, the blind fish of America, 685. 

 Electric alternating currents, demonstra- 

 tions on the form of, Prof. Dr. F. 



Braun on, 570. 

 arc, the source of luminosity in the, 



H. Crew and O. H. Basquin on, 577. 

 arc curves and crater ratios, the 



relations between the, with cored 



positive carbons, Hertha Ayrton on, 



575. 

 curve tracer. Prof. E. B. Rosa on 



an, 571. 

 discharge in air and dielectric 



liquids, the disruptive, T. W. Edmond- 



son on, 591. 



rays, electrostatical experiments on 



nerve simulating the effects of. Prof. 

 Jacques Loeb on, 821. 



spark, constitution of the, Prof. A. 



Schuster on the, 557. 

 tramway system at Montreal, G. 



C. Cunningham on the, 761. 

 traction, the present tendencies 



of, J. G. W. Aldridge on, 761. 

 — waves, the use of the interfero- 



meter in the study of, G. F. Hull on, 

 574. 

 Electrical measurements, experiments for 

 improving the construction of practical 

 standards for. Report on, 206. 

 Appendix : 



I. Note on the constant-volume gas- 

 thermometer, by O. Carey Foster, 

 210. 



II. On a determination of the ohm made 

 in testing the Lorenz apparatus of 

 the McGill University, Montreal, by 

 Prof. W. E. Ayrton and Prof. J. 

 Viriamu Jones, 212. 



method of measuring the tempera- 

 ture of a metal surface on which steam 

 is condensing, Pref. H. L. Callendar 

 on an, 422. 



oscillator, Nicola Tesla on an, 570. 



potential differences and currents, 



an instrument for recording rapidly 

 varying, W. Duddell on, 575. 



units, a new method of determining 



the specific heat of a liquid in terms 

 of the international. Prof. H. L. Cal- 

 lendar and H. T. Barnes on, 552. 



