September 23, 1910] 



SCIENCE 



403 



to regard mathematics as consisting merely 

 of formula; and of rules which provide the 

 means of performing the numerical compu- 

 tations necessary for solving certain cate- 

 gories of problems which occur in the prac- 

 tical sciences. Apart from the deplorable 

 effect, on the educational side, of degrad- 

 ing mathematics to this level, the practical 

 effect of reducing it to a number of rule-of- 

 thumb processes can only be to make those 

 who learn it in so unintelligent a manner 

 incapable of applying mathematical meth- 

 ods to any practical problem in which 

 the data differ even slightly from those 

 in the model problems which they have 

 studied. Only a firm grasp of the prin- 

 ciples will give the necessary freedom in 

 handling the methods of mathematics 

 required for the various practical problems 

 in the solution of which they are essential. 



E. W. HOBSON. 



GRANTS BY THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION 

 At the Sheffield meeting of the British As- 

 sociation the sum of £1,090 was appropriated 

 for scientific work, the grants being as follows : 



Mathematical and Physical Science 

 Turner, Professor H. H. — Seismological Ob- 



sen'ations £60 



Shaw, Dr. W. N. — Upper Atmosphere 25 



Preece, Sir W. H. — Magnetic Observations at 



Falmouth 25 



Gill, Sir David — Establishing a Solar Ob- 

 servatory in Australia 50 



Gill, Sir David — Grant to the International 

 Commission on Physical and Chemical Con- 

 stants 30 



Chemistry 



Divers, Professor E. — Study of Hydro-aro- 

 matic Substances 20 



Armstrong, Professor H. E. — Dynamic Iso- 

 merism 25 



Kipping, Professor F. S. — Transformation of 

 Aromatic Xitroamines 15 



Kipping, Professor F. S. — Electro-analysis . . 15 



Arnold. Professor J. 0.— Influence of Carbon, 

 etc., on Corrosion of Steel 15 



Cleology 

 Harker, Dr. A. — Crystalline Rocks of Anglesey 2 



Tiddeman, R. H. — Erratic Blocks 10 



Lapworth, Professor C. — Paleozoic Rooks ... 10 

 Watts, Professor W. W. — Composition of 



Charnwood Rocks 2 



Watts, Professor W. W. — Igneous and Asso- 

 ciated Sedimentary Rocks of Gleusaul .... 15 

 Bourne, Professor G. C. — Mammalian Fauna 

 in Miocene Deposits, Bugti Hills, Baluchis- 

 tan 45 



Zoology 



Woodward, Dr. H. — Index Animalium 75 



Hickson, Professor S. .J. — Table at the Zoo- 

 logical Station at Naples 75 



Shiplfey, Dr. A. E.— Feeding Habits of British 

 Birds 5 



Shipley, Dr. A. E.— Belmullet Whaling Sta- 

 tion 30 



Bourne, Professor G. C. — Mammalian Fauna 

 in Miocene Deposits, Bugti Hills, Baluchis- 

 tan 30 



Geography 

 Chisholm, 6. G. — Map of Prince Charles 



Foreland 30 



Herbertson, Professor A. J. — Equal Area 



Maps 20 



Economic Science and Statistics 

 Cannan, Professor E. — Amovmt and Distribu- 

 tion of Income 5 



Engineering 

 Preece, Sir W. H. — Gaseous Explosions .... 90 



Anthropology 

 Munro, Dr. R. — Glastonbury Lake Village . . 5 

 Myres, Professor J. L. — ^Excavations on Ro- 

 man Sites in Britain 10 



Read, C. H.— Age of Stone Circles 30 



Read, C. H. — Anthropological Notes and 



Queries 40 



Munro, Dr. R. — Artificial Islands in High- 

 land Lochs 10 



Physiology 



'Schiifer, Professor E. A.— The Ductless 

 Glands 40 



Sherrington, Professor C. S. — Body Metabol- 

 ism in Cancer 6 



Hickson, Professor S. J. — Table at the Zoolog- 

 ical Station at Naples 25 



Waller, Professor A. D. — Electromotive Phe- 

 nomena in Plants 10 



