CONTENTS. Vll. 



PAGE 



Hyde, Henry.— On the Growth of Maize near Manchester ... ... 19 



Jones, Francis, F.R.S.Ed. — On Specimens of Marble exposed to 



town air ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 30 



Lamb, Horace, M.A., F.R.S. — On the mode of Propagation of Waves 



through Water by a Moving Object 34 



Langdon, M. J., Ph.D.— On Specimens of the Salt of Technical 



Chlorophyll ..20 



Lees, C. H. — On the determination of the Thermal Conductivity of 



Water ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 34 



Melvill, J. Cosmo, M.A., F.L.S. — On Bulimus labeo and various New 



Zealand Insects ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 83 



Nicholson Francis, F.Z.S.— On Gulls at Old Trafford 86 



Reynolds, Osborne, LL.D., M.A., F.R.S., M.I.C.E.— On the Latent 



HeatofSteam 31 



On Kitchen Boiler Explosions ... ... . ... ... ... 90 



On an Aurora seen at Fallowfield ... ... ... ... ... 107 



Smithells, Prof. — On Flame and Flame Spectra 98 



Schuster, Arthur, Ph.D., F.R.S., F.R.A.S.— On an Oak Tree struck 



by Lightning .. ... ... ... ... ... ... ..91 



On Apparatus for testing Clinical Thermometers ... ... ... 100 



Weiss, Prof. F. E. — On Second Crops of Fruit on Raspberry Canes, on 



Second Flowers on Apple Trees, and on a Monstrous Wallflower. . . 20 



On Pieces of Wood found in Gravel Beds near Stockport ... ... 35 



Wells, Lionel B., M.I.C.E. — On the Inland Waterways of England 



and Wales . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 32 



Wilde, Henry, F.R.S. — On the Philosophical Uses to which the Cor- 

 poration Supply of Electricity may be put ... ... ... ... 93 



General Meetings ... ... ... ... ... ... 30, 90, 98, 105 



Annual General Meeting 171 



Report of the Council with Obituary Notices of Archibald Sandeman, 

 John Tyndall, Heinrich Hertz, Arthur Milnes Marshall, 



Charles Clay, and Thomas Armstrong 205 



Treasurer's Accounts ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .. 220 



Meetings of the Natural History and Microscopical Section : Annual ... 173 



Ordinary 19, 21, 83, 92, 99, 106 



Annual Report of the Microscopical and Natural History Section — ... 223 



List of the Council and Members ... ... ... ... ... ... 226 



