The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-29
THE SCIENTIFIC ASSOCIATION.
List Of Papers Read Yesterday Before the
Various Sections of the Organization.

MONTREAL, Aug g. The different sections Of
the British Association for the Advancement Of
Science proceeded to business to-day. The
mathematical section met in Monroe Hall, at
McGill College, where Sir William Thompson
delivered his address Papers were read by
Prof Reynolds on 'The Action of Lubricants
and sKinetic Elasticity as Illustrating the Me
chanical Origin of Heat Prof Ramsay read a
paper on -Four Pressures Of Substance in Lii
quid and Solid State Of the same Temperature
J. S. Bottomly on Loss of Heat by Radiation
and Contraction, as Affected by the Dimensions
of Cooling Body and on 1fVacuums.
Sir w. Thompson read a paper on ''The
Magnetism Of the Compass Admiral Daniel
Ammon. of the United States navy, a paper on
q Recent Improvements in Apparatus and Meth
DDS for Sounding Ocean Depths" Prof. Hill
shaw on Certain Practical Applications of new
Mechanical Principles" Prof VIM. Hicks on
Some Irregularities Depending on Tempera-
ture in Baileys Experiments on Mean Density
of the Earth" E. Thatcher on '"The New Cylin-
drical Slide Rule" p Burton gave an account of
unusual colored bows observed in fogs.
Section B-Chemical Science-met at its room
in McGill College. Prof Roscoe delivered his
address, and papers were read from Prof VOL
colt Gibbs on Complex Inorganic Acids from
Sir A. Vernon Harcourt, AN Example Of Chem
in Gaseous Combustion" Profs. Liveing and
Dewar, "Spectroscopic Studies of Explosions"
Prof Chandler Roberts, Diffusion of Metals
Prof. e. Frankland, Chemical Aspect of the
Storage Of Energy Sir f; r. Roscoe, Ola
thol Lao
and President W. T. Blanford delivered his ad-
dress. Papers were read by Mr.. Gipin, inspect
or of mines of Nova Scotia on Results of Past
Experience in Gold Mining in Nova Scotia, and
Comparison of Distinctive Features of Nova
Scotia Coal Fields by Mr.. Budden, on sCoals
of CANADA by Mr. Honeyman, on ''Gleanings
of Halifax Harbor;s by Mr.. Parton on Clean
ings from the Outcrops of the Silurian Strata in
the Red-river Valley Of Manitoba by Mr..
Brown, on 'Apatile Deposits of the Province of
Quebec BY Mr. Adams on Geological Survey
of Canada and Occurrence Of Norwegian
Apatile;7 by Mr.. Bringar, on Canada, with a
Few Notes on Microscopic Characters in the St.
Lawrence Valley by Mr.. Bailey. on "Geolog-
ical Survey Of Canada, the Acadian Basin of
American Geology" by Prof Claypole, on The
Geological Survey of Pennsylvania Before and
After the Elevation of the Appalachian Mount
ains.n
Section -Biology-met in the medical de-
partment Of McGill College, and Professor
Mosely delivered his address. Papers were read
by G. Spence Bate on Geographical Distribution
81 Macrourous Crustacea;S p Herbert Carpen-
ter, on Geographical and Pathymetrical Dis
tribution of Crinoideasn w. y. Sollas on "The
Origin of Fresh -water Fauna D. Honeyman, on
"Fish Supposed to be of Deep Sea Origin Pro-
fessof Mosely, observations on the Trapping of
Young Fish by Untricularia Vulgaries, Water
Weed DR.. Gwin Jefferys, on Concordance of
Mollusca Inhabiting Both Sides Of the North
Atlantic