IVlay 2nd, 1887.] 



SCIENTIFIC NEWS. 



71 



RECORD OF SCIENTIFIC AND 

 TECHNICAL SOCIETIES. 



*,* The whole 0/ the papers of the Societies referred to are not iiidmied 

 in this list. 



THE ROYAL SOCIETY. 



Mar. 2ist. — Papers read, " On Ice and Brine," by Mr. J. Y. Buchanan ; 

 " On the Distribution of Temperature in the Antarctic Ocean," by 

 Mr. J. Y. Buchanan, ; "The Sense of Smell," Part III., by 

 Professor Haycraft. 



Mar. 24th. — Papers read, " Preliminary Note on the Radio-Micrometer 

 — a New Instrument for Measuring the most feeble Radiation," by 

 Mr. C. V. Boys ; " Note to a Memoir on the Theory of Mathe- 

 matical Form," by Mr. A. B. Kempe ; " On EUipsordial Current 

 Sheets," by Professor II. Lamb ; " On the Magnetisation of Iron 

 in Strong Fields," by Professor J. A. Ewing and Mr. W. Low. 



Mar. 31st. — Papers read, " Note on the Development of Voltaic Elec- 

 tricity by Atmospheric Oxidation," by Dr. Alder Wright and Mr. 

 C. Thompson ; " On Clausin's Formula for the Change of State 

 from Liquid to Gas ajiplied to Messrs. Ramsay and Young's Obser- 

 vations," by Professor Fitzgerald ; " The Influence of Stress and 

 Strain on the Physical Properties of Matter," Part III. ; " Magnetic 

 Induction," by Mr. 11. Tomlinson. 



April 2ist. — Papers read, "On Phosphonium Chloride," by Mr. .S. 

 Skinner ; "On the Principal Electric Time-Constant of a Circular 

 Disc," by Professor II. Lamb; "Conduction of Meat in Liquids," 

 by Mr. C. Chree. 



THE ROYAL INSTITUTION OF GREAT BRITAIN. 

 April 1st.— Paper read, " Light as an Analytic Agent," by Professor 



Dewar, M.A., F.R.S., M.R.I. 

 April 2nd. — Lecture, " The Science of Thought," by Professor Max 



Miiller. 

 April 19th. — Lecture. "Electricity," by Mr. J. Hopkinson, M.A., 



D.Sc. 

 April 22nd. — Paper read, " The Work of the Imperial Institute," by 



Sir Frederick Abel, C.B., D.C.L., F.R.S., M.R.I. 

 April 29th.— Paper read, "The Rolling Contact of Bodies," by Professor 



H. S. Ilele Shaw. 



THE SOCIETY OF ARTS. 

 Mar. 2lst and 28th, and April 4th. - Cantor Lectures, Nos. I, 2, and 3 ; 



" Machines for Testing Materials, especially Iron and Steel," by 



Professor W. C. Unwin. 

 March 23rd. — Paper read, "Some of the Conditions Affecting the 



Distribution of Micro-Organisms in the Atmosphere," by Dr. P. 



Frankland. 

 Mar. 2Sth. — Paper read, " Indian Coffee," by Mr. F. Clifford. 

 April 19th. -Paper read, "South Africa," by Major-General Sir Charles 



Warren. 

 April 20th. — Paper read, " Electric Locomotion," by Mr. A. Recken- 



zaun. 



ROYAL DUBLIN SOCIETY. 



Mar. 23rd. — Papers read, "On Sources of Light for Projection," by 

 Professor W, F. Barrett ; " On the Cause of Iridescence in Clouds," 

 continued by Mr. S. Johnstone Stoney ; " Analysis of the Beryls 

 of GlencuUen, Co. Wicklow," by Professor W. N. Hartley ; " On 

 Specimens of Granite from Galway," by Mr. G. H. Kinahan, 

 M.R.I. A. ; " On the Ruby Mines of Burmah," by Mr. V. Ball ; 

 " Note on Submerged Peat Mosses and Trees in certain Lakes in 

 Connaught," by Mr. A. B. Wynne ; " Lisbellaw Conglomerate, Co. 

 Fermanagh and Chesil Bank, Dorsetshire," by Mr. G. H. Kinahan ; 

 " Economic Geology in Ireland — Sands and Sandstones," by Mr. 

 G. H. Kinahan; " Observations on Professor Suess's Statements 

 regarding the Level of the Ocean Surface," by Professor E. Hull. 



April 20th. — Papers read, " A Mechanical Method of Solving Problems 

 in Spherical Trigonometry," by Mr. A. A. Rambant ; " Notes on 

 Recent Embryological Researches," by Professor A. C. Haddon ; 

 " Deal Timber in the Lake Basins and Peat Bogs of North-East 

 Donegal," by Mr. G. H. Kinahan. 



ROYAL SCOTTISH SOCIETY OF ARTS. 



Mar. 28.— " Report on Mackenzie's Sketching Protractor;" "Report 

 on Mr. Turnbull's Gas Process ; " " Notes on some of the large 

 Engineering Works of the Century " (First Series : The Suez 

 Canal), by Mr. Wm. A. Carter.- 



April II. — "'Report on Mr. PoUitl's Mirror Level;" " A Technical 

 Aspect of Stained Gl.iss," liy Mr. O. Paterson ; " Economical 

 Meteorology," by Mr. A. Frazer ; " Proposed Method of Gradu- 

 ating Barometers," by Mr. A. Frazer. 



THE INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS. 

 April 5. — Paper re.ad, " Printing Machinery," by Mr. E. A. Clowes. 

 April 15. — Paper read, "Water-Supply from Wells," by Messrs. 



Grover, Fox, Stooke, and Matthews. 



students' meetings. 

 April I. — Paper read, " Hydraulic Appliances at the Forth Bridge 



Works," by Mr. E. W. Moir, Stud.Inst.C.E. 

 April 15. — Paper read, " Experiments on Iron and Steel in Tension, 



Torsion, and Shear," by Messrs. R. F. Hayward and J. Piatt, 



Students Inst.C.E. 



INSTITUTION OF NAVAL ARCHITECTS. 



March 30. — Papers read, " The Merchant Service and the Royal Navy," 

 by Sir Nathaniel Barnaby ; " Torpedo Boat Trials," by M. de 

 Bussy ; " Twin Screw Torpedo Boats," by Afr. J. H. Biles. 



March 31. — Papers read, "English and American Yachts," by Mr. 

 Dixon Kemp ; " The Corrosion of Iron and Steel Ships, .and their 

 Protection," by Mr. V. B. Lewes ; " Fuel Supply in Ships of 

 War," by .Sir N. Barnaby ; " Changes of Level in Water surround- 

 ing a Vessel," by Prof. J. H.^Cotterill ; " The Forces acting on the 

 Blade of a Screw Propellor," by Mr. G. A. Calvert ; " On the 

 Machinery of Small Steamboats," 1 ly Mr. A. Spayer. 



April I. — Papers read, " Side and Internal Armour of Cruisers," by 

 Mr. J. H. Biles ; " On the Shifting of Cargoes," by Prof. P. 

 Jenkins ; " The Application of Stability Calculations," by Mr. A. 

 Denny ; " An Hydraulic Apparatus for Transmitting Signals," by 

 Mr. E. Widmann ; "High-Speed Twin Screws," by Mr. E. A. 

 Linnington ; " Paper Sections for Cross Curves of Stability," by 

 Mr. J. H. Heck ; " StabiUty Calculations by the Planimeter," by 

 Mr. L. Benjamin. 



CIVIL AND .MECHANICAL ENGINEERS' SOCIETY. 

 Jan. 5. — Paper read, " On the Treatment of Sewage at Wimbledon," 



by Mr. C. H. Cooper. 

 Jan. 19. — Paper read, "The Design of Iron Bridges," by Mr. Francis 



Campin. 

 Feb. 2. — Paper read, " House Drainage," by Mr. W. Lee Beardmore. 

 Feb. 16. — Paper read, " Reservoir Dams," by Mr. D. Gravell. 

 Mar. 2. — Paper read, " Wave Percussion," by Mr. B. Haughton. 

 Mar. 16.— Paper read, " Rural Sanitary Authorities," by Mr. II. D. 



Appleton. 

 Mar. 30. — Paper read, " Methods of Boring for Petroleum in Galicia," 



by Mr. R. V. Boyd. 

 April 13.— Paper read, "The Forth Bridge," by Mr. R. E. Middleton. 

 April 27. — Paper read, " The Use and Care of Chains for Lifting and 



Hauling," by Mr. H. Adams. 



ROYAL METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETV. 

 April 20. — Papers read, " The Storm and Low Barometer of December 

 Sth and 9th, 1886," by Mr. C. Harding ; " Report of the Wind 

 Force Committee," by Mr. G. Chatterton ; " A New Form of 

 Velocity Anemometer," by Mr. VV. H. Dines ; " Description of 

 Two Maximum Pressure Registering Anemometers," by Mr. G. 

 M. Whipple. 



JUNIOR ENGINEERING SOCIETY. 

 Mar. 25.— Paper read, " Torpedo Boats and Machinery," by Mr. W. C 

 C. Smith. 



SOCIETY OF TELEGRAPH ENGINEERS AND 

 ELECTRICIANS. 

 Mar. 24.— Paper read, " Resistance of Faults in Submarine Cables," 

 by Mr. A. E. Kennelly. 



GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



Mar. 23. — Papers read, " Notes on Some of the Older Rocks of Brit- 

 tany," by Mr. T. G. Bonney ; " The Rocks of Sark, Herm, and 

 Jethon," by Rev. E. Hill. 



April 6.— Papers read, "On the Rocks of the Malvern Hills," Part II., 

 by Mr. F. Rutley ; "On the Alleged Conversion of Crystalline 

 Schists into Igneous Rocks," by Mr. C. Callaway; "A Prelimi- 

 nary Inquiry into the Genesis of the Crystalline Schists of the 

 Malvern Hills," by Mr. C. Callaway. 



SOCIETV OF CHEMICAL INDUSTRY. 

 April 4.— Paper re.ad, " Further Notes and Experiments on the Com- 

 position and Manuiial Value of Filter-pressed Sewage Sludge," by 

 Dr. J. M. H. Munro. 



