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Note on the Peritoneum in Meles taxus By Professor RICHARD
3
The Cerebrum of Apes By Professor SHERRINGTON F R S and A
4
MONDAY SEPTEMBER
14
Investigation of the Upper Atmosphere by Means of Kites in cooperation
31
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Meteorological Observations on Ben Nevis Report of the Committee consist
56
Report on the Theory of Pointgroups PART III By FRANCES HARDCASTLE
65
Seismological Investigations Eighth Report of the Committee consisting
77
Comparison of Records from three Milne Pendulums at Shide
81
Wavelength Tables of the Spectra of the Elements and Compounds Report
87
Absorption Spectra and Chemical Constitution of Organic Substances
126
On the Possibility of Making Special Reports more available than at present
169
The Study of Hydroaromatic Substances Report of the Committee con
179
Lifezones in the British Carboniferous Rocks Report of the Committee
185
The Movements of Underground Waters of Northwest Yorkshire Fourth
192
Photographs of Geological Interest in the United Kingdom Fourteenth
197
Estuarine Deposits at Kirmington Lincolnshire Preliminary Report of
218
Erratic Blocks of the British Isles Eighth Report of the Committee consisting
231
Observations on Changes in the Sea Coast of the United Kingdom Report
258
Occupation of a Table at the Zoological Station at Naples Report
282
Index Generum et Specierum Animalium Report of the Committee consist
288
Bird Migration in Great Britain and Ireland Sixth and Final Report
289
The State of Solution of Proteids Report of the Committee consisting
304
The Microchemistry of Cells Report of the Committee consisting
310
Womens Labour Third and Final Report of the Committee consisting
315
The Resistance of Road Vehicles to Traction Report of the Committee con
365
Small Screw Gauge Report of the Committee consisting of Sir W
378
Anthropometric Investigation in Great Britain and Ireland Report of
389
Arch¿ological and Ethnological Researches in Crete Report of the Com
402
Silchester Excavations Report of the Committee consisting of Mr ARTHUR
412
Botanical Photographs Report of the Committee consisting of Professor
416
The Teaching of Science in Elementary Schools Report of the Committee
429
The Conditions of Health essential to the Carryingon of the Work
455
Corresponding Societies Committee Report of the Committee consisting
465
SECTION A MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCE
525
Cosmical Radioactivity By Professor ARTHUR SCHUSTER F R S
538
DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS
556
On the Differential Invariants of Surfaces and of Space By Professor
559
Report on the Investigation of the Upper Atmosphere by means of Kites
565
SUBSECTION OF ASTRONOMY AND METEOROLOGY
573
Progress of the Magnetic Survey of the United States By L A Bauer
579
TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 15
666
Supplementary List of Minerals occurring in Ireland By HENRY
671
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 10
684
Final Report of the Committee on the Migration of Birds p 289
690
372
693
A New Form of Osmometer for Direct Determinations of Osmotic
699
SECTION E GEOGRAPHY
701
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 11
712
MONDAY SEPTEMBER 14
718
TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 15
725
Address by EDWARD W BRABROOK C B President of the Section
729
Report of the Committee on the Economic Effect of Legislation regu
743
Some Economic Aspects of the English Colour Industries By F EVER
749
The Equipment of the Manchester Municipal Technical Institute
773
On Electrical Propulsion as the General Means of Transport By James
779
378
780
History of the Discovery of Natural Gas in Sussex Heathfield District
785
A further Note on Gasengine Explosions By H E WIMPERIS
789
Some Observations on the Pads and Papillary Ridges on the Palm of
802
389
803
the Roman Fortress Bremettenacum By JOHN GARSTANG
808
Report of the Committee on the Psychology and Sociology of the Todas p 415
810
The Toda Dairy By W H R RIVERS M D
811
The Ancient Monuments of Northern Honduras and the adjacent parts of Yucatan and Guatemala with some Account of the Former Civilisation of th...
812
The Progress of Islâm in India By WILLIAM CROOKE B A
813
The Ethnology of Early Italy and its Linguistic Relations to that of Britain By Professor R SEYMOUR CONWAY Litt D
814
The Origin of Jewellery By Professor W RIDGEWAY
815
402
816
Excavations at Knossos in Crete By A J EVANS M A D Litt F R S p 402
817
On a preMycenaean Sanctuary with Votive Terracottas at Pal¿okastro in Eastern Crete By JOHN L MYRES M A
818
The Beginning of the Egyptian Kingdom By Professor W M FLINDERS PETRIE D C L LL D F R S
819
WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 16
820
Mongoloid Europeans By DAVID MACRITCHIE
821
Some Points about Crosses chiefly Celtic By Miss A A BULLEY
822
On the Ethnology of the Siciutl Indians of British Columbia By C HILL TOUT
823
Address by A C SEWARD M A F R S President of the Section
824
Culture Experiments with Biologic Forms of the Erysiphace¿
850
On Stimulus and Mechanism as Factors of Organisation By Professor
858
Plants on the Serpentine Rocks in the NorthEast of Scotland By
864
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 11
882
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