Xll CONTENTS. 



Patre 



11. On Vowel Sounds. By Dr. R. J. Lloyd ^s.-j 



12. A Latent Characteristic of Aluminium. By Dr. A. Spkinger 553 



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Section B.— CHEMICAL SCIENCE. 

 THURSDAY, AUGUST 20. 



Address by Professor W. C. Roberts-Austei^, C.B., F.R.S., President of 



the Section 584 



1. Report of the Committee on International Standards for the Analysis of 



Iron and Steel fiO 1 



2. Report on the Action of Light upon Dyed Colours 601 



3. Report on the Influence of the Silent Discharge of Electricity on Oxygen 

 and other Gases 601 



4. Report on the Bibliography of Solution 60:3 



5. Report on the Properties of Solutions 602 



6. Report on the Bibliography of Spectroscopy 602 



FRIDAY, AUGUST 2i. 



1. Report of the Committee on the Formation of Haloids G02 



2. The Spontaneous Ignition of Coal. By Professor Vivian B. Lewes 602 



o. On Nickel Carbon Oxide and its application in Arts and Manufactures. 

 By LuDWiG MoND, F.R.S 602 



4, On the Electrical Evaporation of Metals and Alloys. By W. Ceookes 



F.R.S 



607 



6. On the Cause of Imperfections in the Surface of Rolled Conner lllovs 

 By T. Turner, A.R.S.M .....^.. ....." 607 



MOJVDAY, AUGUST 24. 



1 . Certain Pyrometric Measurements and Methods of Recording them By 

 Professor W. C. RoBEETS-AtrsTEN, C.B., F.R.S 607 



2. On the Existence of a Compound in Alloys of Gold and Tin Bv A P 



Latjeie, M.A QQj 



3. On the Relation between the Composition of a Double Salt and the Com- 

 position and Temperature of the Solution in which it is formed By 



A. Vernon Harcourt, F.R.S., and F. W. Humphert 608 



4. Some Experiments on the Molecular Refraction of Dissolved Electrolytes. 



By Dr. J. H. Gladstone, F.R.S., aud W. Hibbert 609 



^' ^^^^''^'°" "^^^^^ °'' Alkaline Hypochlorites. By Professor H. McLeod, 

 ^•^•^ 609 



6. A simple Apparatus for Storing Dry Gases. By W. Sfmons, F.C.S 609 



