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KEPORTS ON THE STATE OF SCIENCE. 



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 Report of the Correspondinn: Societies Committee, consisting of Mr. Frakcis 

 Galton (Chairman), Professor A. W. Williamson, Sir Douglas Galton, 

 Professor Boyd Uawkins, Sir Rawson Rawson, Dr. J. G. Gaeson, Dr. 

 John Evans, Mr. J. IIopkinson, Professor R. Meldola (Secretary), Pro- 

 fessor T. G. JioNNET, Mr. W. Whiiakee, Mr. G. J. Symons, General PiiT- 

 RivEKs, and Mr. W. Toplet 41 



Report of a Committee, consisting of Messrs. J. Laemoe and G. H. Brtait, 

 appointed to draw up a Report on the present state of our knowledge of 

 Thermodynamics, specially with regard to the Second Law 85 



Sixth Report of the Committee, consisting of Professors Fitzgerald (Chair- 

 man), Armstrong, and 0. J. Lodge (Secretaries), Sir William Thomson, 

 Lord Ratleigh, J. J. Thomson, Schuster, Potnting, Crxtm Brown, 

 Ramsay, Feankland, Tilden, Haetlet, S. P. Thompson, McLeod, 

 Roberts- Austen, Rucker, Reinold, Caret Foster, and 11. B. Dixon, 

 {'aptain Abney, Drs. Gladstone, Hopkinson, and Fleming, and Messrs. 

 Crookids, Shelford Bidwell, W. N. Shaw, J. Laemoe, J. T. Bottomley, 

 R. T. Glazebkook, J. Brown, and John M. Thomson, appointed for the 

 purpose of considering the subject of Electrolysis in its Physical and (Jhemical 

 Bearings 122 



Eleventh Report of the Committee, consisting of Sir William Thomson, Mr. 

 R. Etheridge, Professor John Perky, Dr. Heney Woodward, Profe.ssor 

 Thomas Gray, and Professor John Milne (Secretary), appointed for the 

 purpose of investigating the Earthqualie and Volcanic Phenomena of 

 Japan. (Drawn up by the Secretary) 123 



Lodge (Secretary), appointed for the purpose of calculating Tables of cer- 

 tain Matliematical Functions, and, if necessary, of taking steps to carry out 

 the Calculations, and to publish the results in an accessible form 129 



First Report of the Committee, consisting of Mr. G. J. Symons (Chairman), 

 Professor R. Meldola, Mr. J. Hopkinson, and Mr. A. W. Clayden 

 (Secretary), appointed to consider the application of Photographv to the 

 Elucidation of Meteorological Phenomena. (Drawn up by the Secretary) 130 



Report of the Committee, consisting of Professor 0. J. Lodge, Professor Carey 

 Foster, and Mr. A. P. Chattock (Secretary), appointed to investigate the 

 Discharge ot Electricity from Points ] 



Report of the Committee, consisting of Lord McLaeen (Chairman), Professor 

 (;rdm Brown (Secretary), Mr. Milne-Home, Dr. John Mureay Dr 

 BucHAN, and the lion Ralph Aberceomby, appointed for the purpose of 

 co-opeiatinK with the Scottish Meteorological Society in making Meteoro- 

 logical Observations on Ben Nevis 



Third (Interim) Report of the Committee, consisting of Professor Fitzgerald, 

 Dr. John Hopkinson fth-.R. A. Hadfibld, Mr. Trouton, Professor 

 Roberts- Austen Mr. H. F. Newall, and Professor Barrett (Secretary), 

 on the various Phenomena connected with the Recalescent Points in Iron 

 and other Metals 



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