INDEX. 



1077 



Discussion on the publication of the 

 differences between the hourly and 

 monthly magnetic means, 749. 



on the magnetic and electrolytic 



effects of electric railways, 758. 



* on the results of the recent Solar 



Eclipse Expeditions, 801, 840. 



on the alternation of generations in 



plants, 1051. 

 Dispersion, the dynamical theory of. 



Lord Kelvin on, 782. 

 Donaldson (J. M.) and A. A. Cahen on 



a comparison between charging a 



secondary cell at constant potential 



and at constant pressure, 779. 

 Dorsetshire soils, analyses of, C. M. Lux- 



moore on, 841. 

 Drosera, changes in the gland cells of, 



produced by various food materials, 



Lily H. Huie on, 1066. 

 Drying tube, aconvenient form of, A. G. V. 



Harcourt on, 846. 

 Dunn (S. T.) on the origin of railway 



vegetation, 1044. 

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

 ing of science in elementary schools, 



433. 

 DuRRANT (R. G.) on green cobaltic 



compounds, 840. 

 I>ye(l colours, the action of light upon, 



Report on, 285. 



Ear, the human, as a means of identifi- 

 cation, Miss M. A. Ellison, 1011. 



Earthquake in India, June 12, 1897, the 

 great, R. D. Oldham on, *882, 939. 



study. Prof. J. Milne on, 490. 



Eastbkfibld (T. H.), T. B. Wood, and 

 W. T. N. Spivey, on the constitution 

 of oxycannabin, 849. 



Echinodermata, classification. See 'Pel- 

 matozoa.' 



*Eclipse, solar, Discussion on the ob- 

 servations of the recent, 801, 840. 



Economic aspects of the Imperial idea, 

 Ethel R. Faraday on, 964. 



■ history, A plea for the study of, 



by Dr. W. Cunningham, 962. 



Science and Statistics, Address by 



Dr. J. Bonar to the Section of, 950. 



Edge WORTH (Prof. F. Y.) on the mathe- 

 matical representation of statistics, 791. 



Edinburgh outlook tower. Prof. J. Geddes 

 on the, 945. 



*Egypt under the first three Dynasties, 

 Prof. W. M. Flinders Petrie on, 1020. 



Electric arc, drop of potential at the 

 carbons of the, Mrs. Ayrton on the, 805. 



balloon signalling in Arctic Ex- 

 peditions, E. Stuart Bruce on, 948. 

 brush discharge, E. H. Cook on 



Electric cell of Jacques, carbon-consum- 

 ing, S. Skinner on the, 804. 



secondary cell, comparison between 



charging an, at constant potential and 

 at constant volume, A. A. Cahen and 

 J. W. Donaldson on, 779. 



earth-current observations, the in- 

 terpretation of. Prof. A. Schuster on, 

 756. 



lighting and power plant combined 



for docks and harbours, J. G. W. Ald- 

 ridge on, 994. 



* system at Bristol, with special 



reference to auxiliary plant, H. F. 

 Proctor on the, 991. 



motor, application of the, to small 



the, 810. 

 — canal haulage, A. H. Allen on, 995. 



industrial purposes, and its effects on 



trade, &c., A. H. Gibbings on the, 



989. 

 * power in workshops, A. Siemens 



on, 989. 

 and its application on the 



three-phase system to the Bristol 



Waggon and Carriage Works, W. 



Geipel on, 989. 

 railways, magnetic and electrolytic 



action of. Discussion on the, 758. 

 magnetic effects at Berlin of, 



Dr. Eschenhagen on the, 759. 

 , the disturbance of magnetic 



observatories by, Dr. W. von Bezold on, 



758. 

 resistances, standard high, F. B. 



Fawcett on, 805. 

 * traction, economic and social in- 

 fluences of. Prof. S. P. Thompson on, 



968. 



by surface contacts. Prof. S. 



P. Thompson and Miles Walker on, 991. 

 voltmeter, platinum. Prof. H. L. 



Callendar on a, 788. 

 wind, velocity of the electricity in 



the, Prof. A. P. Chattock on the, 801. 

 Electrical changes in nerve, excitatory. 



Prof. F. Gotch and G. J. Burch on, ' 



716. 

 measurements, experiments for im- 

 proving the construction of practical 



standards for. Report on, 145. 

 Appendix : 



I. Comparison of the standard coils 

 used by Profs. J. V. Jones and W. 

 E. Ayrton in detervdning the abso- 

 lute resistance of mercury, with the 

 standards of the Association, by R. 

 T. Glazebrook, 147. 



II. On the temperature coefficient of the 

 10-ohm coils used in the 1897 deter- 

 mination of the ohm, by M. Solomon, 

 151. 



III. An ampere balance, by Prof. W. 

 E. Ayrton and Prof. J. V. Jones, 157. 



* resistance, measurement of small 



differences in, E. H. Griffiths on, 782. 



