U. UCi 12 1897 s. 



CONTENTS 



MEMOIRS. page 



Arenaria gothica (E. Fries) as a plant new to Britain. By Charles 

 Bailey, F.L.S 8 



Selections from the Correspondence of Lieut. -Colonel John Leigh Philips, 



of Mayfield, Manchester. Parti. By F. J. Faraday, F.L.S. ... 13 



On the Law of Cooling, and its bearing on the Theory of the Motion of 

 Heat in Bars. By Charles H. Lees, M.Sc, Berkeley Fellow of 

 Owens College. Communicated by Arthur Schuster, Ph.D., 

 F.R.S. ... 57 



A Criticism of Dr. Croll's Theory of Alternate Glacial and Warm Periods 

 in each Hemisphere, and of Interglacial Climates. By Henry H. 

 Howorth, M.P., F.S.A. 65 



On the combination of Hydrogen and Chlorine, alone, and in presence of 

 other gases. By Harold B. Dixon, M.A., F.R.S., Professor of 

 Chemistry, and J. A. Barker, Research-Student in the Owens 

 College ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 18 



A Bibliography relating to the Viscosity of Liquids. By W. W. 



Haldane Gee, B.Sc, F.C.S 123 



The Author of the Glacial Theory. By Henry H. Howorth, M.P., 



F.S.A 144 



Sphenophyllum as a branch of Aster ophyllites. By A. C. Seward, 



M.A., F.G.S., St. John's College, Cambridge. Communicated by 



W. C. Williamson, LL.D., F.R.S ••• 153 



On some applications of Caustic Soda or Potash and Carbon in the 



qualitative and quantitative Analysis of Minerals. By Charles A. 



Burghardt, Ph.D 17 1 



Thomas Augustine Arne as an Inventor of Musical Form. By Charles 



John Hall, D.Mus. Lond 19 1 



The Levenshulme Limestones. By William Brockbank, F.L.S., 



F.G.S 209 



Description of a New Reflecting Telescope and Observatory at Bowdon, 



Cheshire. By Samuel Okell, F.R.A.S 212 



