REPORT OF THE FORTY-EIGHTH MEETING OF THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE; HELD AT DUBLIN IN AUGUST 1878. CLONDON: JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET. 1879. [Ofice of the Association: 22 ALBEMARLE STREET, LONDON, W.] LSoc 1801.10.2 148th! 1879, Nov. 8, The Assitiation. LONDON: PRINTED BY SPOTTISWOODE AND CO., NEW-STREET SQUARE AND PARLIAMENT STREET CONTENT S. OBJECTS and Rules of the Association Places of Meeting and Officers from commencement......... Presidents and Secretaries of the Sections of the Association from com Page xxi xxviii Table showing the Attendance and Receipts at Annual Meetings............ 1 Treasurer's Account........ lii Officers of Sectional Committees present at the Dublin Meeting....... liii General Statement of Sums paid on account of Grants for Scientific purposes.... lxvi Arrangement of the General Meetings.......... lxxv Address by the President, WILLIAM SPOTTISWOODE, Esq., M.A., D.C.L., 1 REPORTS ON THE STATE OF SCIENCE. Catalogue of the Oscillation-frequencies of Solar Rays; drawn up under the perintendence of a Committee of the British Association, consisting of Dr. HUGGINS (Chairman), Dr. DE LA RUE, Mr. J. NORMAN LOCKYER, Dr. J. EMERSON REYNOLDS, Mr. SPOTTISWOODE, Dr. W. MARSHALL WATTS, and Mr. G. JOHNSTONE STONEY (Reporter)..... 37 |