CONTENTS. 



TRANSACTIONS OF THE SECTIONS. 



Section A.— MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCE. 



THURSDAY, AUGUST 20. 



Page 

 Address by Professor Oliver J. Lodge, D.Sc, LL.D., F.R.S., President of the 



Section 547 



1. Interim Report of the Committee on Phenomena connected with 

 Recalescence 557 



2. On the Action of a Planet upon small Bodies passing near the Planet, 



with special reference to the Action of Jupiter upon such Bodies. By 

 Professor H. A. Newton 557 



3. On the Absorption of Heat in the Solar Atmosphere. By W. E. Wilson, 

 M.RI.A., F.R.AS 557 



4. The Ultra-Violet Spectrum of the Solar Prominences. By Professor 

 Geokge E. Hale, Director of the Kenwood Physical Observatory, 

 Chicago 557 



5. Report on Researches relative to the Second Law of Thermodynamics. 



By Dr. J. Lakmor and G. H. Bryan ,.., 558 



6. Note on a Simple Mechanical Representation of Carnofs Reversible 

 Cycle. By G. H. Bryan 658 



FBIBA Y, A UG UST 2 1 . 



L Interim Report of the Committee on Researches in Electro-optics 558 



2. Note on the Electromagnetic Theory of the Rotation of the Plane of 

 Polarised Light. By Professor A. Gray, M. A., F.R.S.E 558 



3. On an Experiment on the Velocity of Light in the neighbourhood of 

 rapidly-moving Matter. By Professor Oliver J. Lodge, F.R.S 560 



4. The Action of Electrical Radiators, with a Mechanical Analogy. By 



J. Larmor 560 



5. On the Measurement of Stationary Hertzian Oscillations along Wires, aud 

 the Damping of Electric Waves. By Professor D. E. Jones, B.Sc 561 



G. On the Propagation of Electromagnetic Waves in Wires. By Walter 

 Thorp 562 



7. On Reflection near the Polarising Angle from the Clean Surfaces of 

 Liquids. By Lord Rayleigh, Sec.R.S 563 



SATURDA r, A UG UST 22. 

 Department I. — Physics. 



1. Sixth Report of the Committee on Electrolysis 564 



2. Interim Report on the present state of our Knowledge in Electrolysis 

 and Electro-Chemistry 664 



