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the range of the grounds, and to Mr. Morris, flax-spinner, Blairgowrie, for making all 
the arrangements. The party arrived at the Post-office, Dundee, about half-past nine 
o’clock, nothing having occurred to mar the pleasures of the day.” 
BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE. 
The thirty-seventh annual meeting of the British Association opened on Wednesday, 
September 4, at Dundee. The attendance, although not so large as at some of the pre¬ 
vious meetings, was very satisfactory. 
At the meeting of the General Committee, the various reports were read, and in the 
evening the President, the Duke of Buccleuch, K.G., delivered his address. 
The following are the names of the officers in the Chemical Section :— 
President —Prof. T. Anderson. 
Vice-Presidents —I. Lowthian Bell, Prof. Brazier, Dr. J. H. Gilbert, Prof. Odling, 
Prof. Penny, Dr. Maxwell Simpson, Prof. Williamson. 
Secretaries —Dr. A. Crum Brown, Prof. G. D. Liveing, Dr. W. J. Russell. 
Committee —J. H. Atherton, Dr. J. Attneld, J. G. Barford, J. C. Brough, A. R. Catton, 
R. Calvert Clapham, W. Crookes, Dr. J. Davy, A. E. Fletcher, Prof. Heddle, W. E. 
Heathfield, H. E. Roscoe, Angus Smith, P. Spence, J. Spiller, E. C. C. Stanford, Prof. 
J. A. Wanklyn, J. Young. 
The list of papers read in this Section was as follows:— 
A. R. Catton—Report on the Synthesis of Certain Organic Acids. A. R. Catton— 
On the Synthesis of Fonnic Acid. J. A. Wanklyn and R. Schenk—On the Synthesis 
of Caproic Acid. J. A. Wanklyn—Action of Sodium on Valerianic and similar Ethers. 
P. T. Main and A. R. Catton—On a New Synthesis of Ammonia. J. Spiller—On the 
Decay of Stone. W. Weldon—On the Regeneration of the Oxide of Manganese. 
Lauder Lindsay—On the Present Uses of Lichens as Dye Stuffs. J. Alfred Wanklyn— 
On the Existence of Putrescible Matter in River and Lake Waters. Dugald Campbell 
—A Note on Messrs. Wanklyn, Chapman, and Smith’s Method of Determining Nitro¬ 
genous Organic Matters in Water. A. E. Fletcher—On an Ether Anemometer for 
Measuring the Speed of Air in Flues and Chimneys. A. E. Fletcher—On a Self-Re¬ 
gistering Perpetual Aspirator. G. Ansell—On an Apparatus for Indicating the Pressure 
and Amount of Fire-Damp in Mines. Prof. Lawson—Notes of the Analyses of Gold 
Coins. A. Crum Brown—Remarks on the Calculus of Chemical Operations. Maxwell 
Simpson—On the Formation of Succinic Acid from Ethylidine. Maxwell Simpson and 
Gautier—On a Compound formed by the Direct Union of Anhydrous Prussic Acid and 
Aldehyde. A. R. Catton—On Loewig’s Researches on the Action of Sodium Amalgam 
on Oxalic Ether. I. Lowthian Bell—On a Method of Recovering Sulphur and Oxide 
of Manganese, used at Dieuze, near Nancy, France. J. H. Gladstone—On the Refrac¬ 
tion Equivalent of Salts in Solution. J. Spiller—On Certain New Processes of Photo¬ 
graphy. W. Crookes—On a New Polarizing Photometer. I. Lowthian Bell—On the 
Present State of the Manufacture of Iron in Britain, and its Position as Compared with 
that of some other Countries. J. B. Lawes and J. H. Gilbert—Preliminary Notice of 
Results on the Composition of Wheat, grown for Twenty Years in Succession on the 
same Land. R. F. Smith—On the Gaseous Products of the Destructive Distillation of 
Hydrocarbons, obtained from Shales and Coals at Low and High Temperature. P. 
Spence—On the Economization of the Sulphurous Acid in Copper Smelting. W. L. 
Scott—On the Bisulphite of Calcium as a Preservative of Animal Substances. W. L. 
Scott—Note on the Artificial Production of Oil of Cinnamon. T. T. P. Bruce Warren— 
On the Electrical Resistances of the Fixed and Volatile Oils. 
