GENERAL INDEX. 
131 
Clerk Maxwell and Mr. Fleeming 
Jenldn \—(i.) Introductory, 130 ; (ii.) 
the measurement of magnetic 'pheno¬ 
mena, 132 ; (iii.) measurement of 
electric phenomena by their electro¬ 
magnetic effects, 136 ; (iv.) measure¬ 
ment of electric phenomena by stati¬ 
cal effects, 148 ; (v.) electrical mea¬ 
surements derived from the five ele¬ 
mentary measurements, 163 
D. Description of an experimental 
measurement of resistance, made at 
King's College by Prof. J. C. Max¬ 
well and Messrs. Balfour Stewart 
and Fleeming Jenldn (i.) Method 
employed, 163 ; (ii.) description of 
the apparatus, 164 ; (iii.) mathe¬ 
matical theory of the experiment, 
168 ; (iv.) details of the experiments, 
171 
Appendix to the third report, 
1864 :— 
A. Description of a further experi¬ 
mental measurement of electrical re¬ 
sistance made at King's College by 
Prof. J. C. Maxwell, Mr. Fleeming 
Jenldn, and Mr. Charles Hocldn, 350 
B. On the electrical permanency of 
metals and alloys, by Dr. A. Mat- 
tliiessen, 351 
C. On the reproduction of electrical 
standards by chemical means, by Dr. 
A. Mattldessen and C. Hocldn, 352 
Appendix to the fourth report, 
1865 :— 
On the construction of the British 
Association unit, by Dr. A. Mat- 
tliiessen and Mr. Charles Hocldn, 311 
Appendix to the fifth report, 1867 :— 
I. On a resistance-measurer, by C. W. 
Siemens, 479 
II. On a modification of Siemens's re¬ 
sistance measurer, by F. Jenldn, 481 
III. Comparison of the British Associa¬ 
tion units to be deposited at Kew 
Observatory, by C. Hocldn, 483 
IV. Experiments on capacity, by F. 
Jenkin, 483 
V. Beport on electrometers and electro¬ 
static measurements, by Sir Win. 
Thomson, 489 
VI. Determination of the dynamical 
equivalent of heat from the thermal 
effects of electric currents, by J. P. 
Joule, 512 
Appendix to the sixth report, 1869 :— 
I. Description of Sir W. Thomson's 
experiments made for the determina¬ 
tion of V, the number of electrostatic 
units in the electro-magnetic unit, by 
W. F. King, 434 
II. Experiments on the value of V, the 
ratio of the electro-magnetic to the 
electrostatic unit of electricity, by J. 
Clcrli Maxwell, 436 
Electrical resistance, results of a compari¬ 
son of the British Association units of, 
by G. Clirystal and S. A. Saunder, 
1876, 13 
- on the permanence of the original 
standards of resistance of the British 
Association and of other standard coils, 
by It. T. Glazebroolt and T. C. Fitz¬ 
patrick, 1888, 56 
* - resistance and electrification of some 
insulating materials under pressures up 
to 300 atmospheres, C. W. Siemens on, 
1863, 688 
- resistance, C. F. Varley on a new 
method of testing, 1866, 14 
- resistance pyrometer, Siemens, report 
of the committee on, 1872, 134 
* - resistance, standards of, R. T. 
Glazebrook on, 1888, 616 
*—— resistance of the human body, Dr. 
W. H. Stone on the, 1883, 544 
- resistances, R. Sabine on a new 
method, introduced by Messrs. Siemens, 
for the measurement of, 1865, 16 
- resistances in absolute measure, ac¬ 
count of preliminary experiments on the 
determination of, by Prof. G. C. Foster, 
1881, 426 
-resistances, T. T. P. Bruce Warren on 
the, of fixed and volatile oiis, 1867, 47 
-signals on land-lines, Fleeming 
Jenkin on the retardation of, 1864, 13 
-storage of power, Prof. E. Frank- 
land on the chemical aspect of the, 
1884, 673 
* -tensions, Latimer Clark on, 1862, 
195 
- theories, report on, by Prof. J. J. 
Thomson, 1885,9 7 \ Ampere's, 98 ; Grass- 
rnann's, 100 ; Stefans, 103 ; Korteweg's, 
105 ; Gauss', 108 ; W. E. Weber's, ib.; 
Biemann's, 109 ; Clausius', ib.; F. E. 
Neumann's, 114 ; G. Neumann's, 122 ; 
Maxwell's, 125 ; v. Helmholtz's, 133 ; 
the experimental evidence as to the 
truth of the various theories, 142 ; 
Schiller's experiments, 144 
-traction, series (Northfleet tram¬ 
ways), E. Manville on, 1889, 742 
*—— units, discussion on, 1890, 732 
* - work, underground, in America, 
F. Brewer on, 1887. 882 
Electricity, an analogy between heat and. 
Prof. G. F. FitzGerald on, 1884, 652 
- analogue of static, Prof. W. M. 
Hicks on a vortex, 1888, 577 
- atmospheric, Dr. J. D. Everett on 
the results of observations of, at Kew 
Observatory and Windsor, Nova Scotia, 
1867, 20 
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