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REPORTS ON THE STATE OF SCIENCE. 



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 Report of the Corresponding Societies Committee, consisting of Mr. Francis 

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

 Professor Boxd Dawkins, Sir Rawson Rawson, Dr. J. G. Gaeson, Sir 

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

 fessor T. G. Bonne?, Mr. W. Whitaker, Mr. G. J. Symons, General Pitt- 

 RiVEKS, Mr. W. TopLEY, and Mr. T. V. Holmes 29 



Report of the Committee, consisting of Lord 5IcLaeen (Chairman), Professor 

 < ;rijm Brown (Secretary), Dr. John Murray, Dr. A. Buchan, the Hon. 

 Ralph Abercromby, and Professor Copeland, appointed for the purpose of 

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

 logical Observations on Ben Nevis. (Drawn up by Dr. A. Buchan) 68 



Seventh Report of the Committee, consisting of Professor Fitzgerald (Chair- 

 man), Professors H. E. Armstrong and 0. J. Lopge (Secretaries), Profes- 

 sors Lord Kelvin, Lord Rayleigh, J. J. Thomson, A. Schuster, J. H. 

 PoYNTiNG, A. Crum Brown, W. Ramsay, E. Franeland, W. a. Tilden, 

 W. N. Hartley, S. P. Thompson, W. C. Roberts-Austen, A. W. Rucker, 

 A. W. Reinold, G. Carey Foster, and H. B. Dixon, Captain "\V. de W. 

 Abney, Drs. J. H. Gladstone, J. Hopeinson, and J. A. Fleming, and 

 Messrs. W. Ceooees, Shelford Bidwell, W. N. Shaw, J. Larmor, J. T. 

 BoTTOMLEY, R. T. Glazebrooe, J. Brown, E. J. Love, and John M. Thom- 

 son, appointed to consider the subject of Electrolysis in its Physical and 

 Chemical Bearings 72 



Report of the Committee, consisting of Professor 0. J. Lodge, Mr. A. P. Ohat- 

 TOCE, and Professor G. Cakey Foster, appointed to investigate the pheno- 

 mena accompanying the Discharge of Electricity from Points. (Drawn up 

 by Mr. A. P. Chattoce) 72 



Second Report of the Committee, consisting of Professor Liteing, Dr. C. Piazzi 

 Smyth (Secretary), and Professors Dewar and Schuster, appointed to 

 co-operate with Dr. C. PiAZZi Smyth in his researches on the Ultra-violet 

 Eiays of the Solar Spectrum 74 



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

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

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

 Elucidation of Meteorological Phenomena. (Drawn up by the Secretary)... 77 



Twelfth Report of the Committee, consisting of the Rt. Hon. Lord Kelvin, Mr. 

 R. Etheridge, Professor John Perry, Dr. Henry Woodavard, Professor 

 Thomas Gra.y, and Professor John Milne (Secretary), appointed for the 

 purpose of investigating the Earthquake and Volcanic Phenomena of 

 Japan. (Drawn up by the Secretary) 93 



Nineteenth Report of the Committee, consisting of Professor Everett, Pro- 

 fessor Lord Kelvin, Mr. G. J. Symons, Sir A. Geieie, Mr. J. Glaisher, 

 Mr, W. Pengelly, Professor Edward Hull, Professor Prestwich, Dr. C. 

 Le Neve Foster, Professor A. S. Herschel, Professor G. A. Lebour, 

 Mr. A. B. Wynne, Mr. W. Galloway, Mr. G. F. Deacon, Mr. E. 

 Wethered, and Mr. A. Strahan, appointed for the purpose of investigat- 

 ing the Rate of Increase of Underground Temperature downwards in various 

 Localities of Dry Land and under Water. (Drawn up by Professor 

 Everett, Secretary) 129 



