Author: ROYAL SOCIETY
Title: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A. Mathematical and Physical Sciences. Volume XCII 1915-1916 (Numbers 634-645)
Description: London: The Royal Society, 1916. First Edition; First Edition. Library Buckram. Vii, 620, liv pages. With plates, (folding) diagrams, tables & illustrations. Original wrappers bound in. With library stamps & labels. Slight wear & some soiling to spine, covers & corners. ; Ex-Library; Quarto; SERIES A. VOL. XCII. No. A 634.-October 1, 1915.Ñ On the Longitudinal Strength of Cylinders closed by Screw Plugs. By Lieut. - Colonel A. G. Hadcock. Communicated by Sir George Greenhill, F. R. S Ñ The Reaction between Gas and Pole in the Electrical Ignition of Gaseous Mixtures. By Prof. W. M. Thornton, D. Sc, D. Eng, Armstrong College, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Communicated by Sir Charles Parsons, K. C. B, F. R. S. Ñ On the Conditions under which the - Probable Errors + of Frequency Distributions have a Beal Significance. By L. Isserlis, B. A. Communicated hy Prof. Karl Pearson, F. R. S Ñ Some Experiments on the Properties of Dielectrics. By Spencer W. Richardson, M. A. (Camb. ) , D. Sc. (Lond. ) , formerly Principal of, and Professor of Physics at, the University College, Southampton. Communicated by Sir Joseph J. Thomson, O. M, F. R. S No. A 635.-November 1, 1915.Ñ On Deep-Sea Water Waves caused by a Local Disturbance on or beneath the Surface. By K. Terazawa, Ri-Gakushi in the Imperial University of Tokyo. Communicated by Sir Joseph Larmor, F. R. S Ñ An Application of the Principle of Dynamical Similitude to Molecular Physics. By W. B. Hardy, F. R. S Ñ The Flow of Electricity through Dielectrics. By Spencer W. Richardson, M. A. (Camb. ) , D. Sc. (Lond. ) , formerly Principal of, and Professor of Physics at, the University College, Southampton. Communicated by Prof. A. Schuster, Sec. R. S No. A 636.-December 1, 1915.Ñ The Motion of a Stream of Finite Depth past a Body. By Robert Jones, M. A. (1851 Exhibition Scholar of the University College of North Wales, Bangor) . Communicated by Dr. R. T. Glazebrook, C. B, F. R. S Ñ The Consumption of Carbon in the Electric Arc. I. -Variation with Current and Arc-length. II. -Influence upon the Luminous Radiation from the Arc. By W. Geoffrey Duffield, D. Sc, Professor of Physics, and Dean of the Faculty of Science in University College, Reading. Communicated by Sir Ernest Rutherford, F. R. S Ñ On the Etfect of the Form of the Transverse Section on the Frictional Resistance to the Motion of an Elongated Body Parallel to its Length through a Fluid. By Charles H. Lees, D. Se, F. R. S. No. A 637.-January 1, 1916.Ñ Address of the President, Sir William Crookes, O. M, at the Anniversary Meeting on November 30, 1915 Ñ On a Method of Estimating Distances at Sea in Fog or Thick Weather. By J. Joly, Sc. D, F. R. S. Ñ On a Method of Avoiding Collision at Sea. By J. Joly, Sc. D, F. R. S. Ñ On the Theory of the Capillary Tube. By Lord Rayleigh, O. M, F. R. S. Ñ Skin Friction of the Wind on the Earth+s Surface. By G. I. Taylor, M. A. Communicated by Sir Napier Shaw, F. R. S. Ñ Memorandum on the Kew Heliograph. By Dr. C. Chree, F. R. S, Superintendent of the Kew Observatory No. A 638.-February 1, 1916.Ñ An Application of the Theory of Probabilities to the Study of a priori Pathometry. -Part I. By Lieut. -Colonel Sir Ronald Ross, K. C. B, F. R. S, R. A. M. C. T. F. Ñ On the Emulsifying Action of Soap. -A Contribution to the Theory of Detergent Action. By S. A. Shorter, D. Sc, Assistant Lecturer in Physics in the University of Leeds, and S. Ellingworth. Communicated by Prof. W. H. Bragg, F. R. S. Ñ The Consumption of Carbon in the Electric Arc. No. III. -The Anode Loss. By W. G. Duffield, D. Sc, and Mary D, Waller, B. Sc. Communicated by Sir E. Rutherford, F. R. S. Ñ A Collision Predictor. By J. Joly, Sc. D, F. R. S. Ñ On the Oxy-hydrogen Flame Spectrum of Iron. By Sir Norman Lockyer, K. C. B, Hon. D. Sc, LL. D, F. R. S, and H. E. Goodson, A. R. C. Sc. Ñ The Theory of the Helmholtz Resonator. By Lord Rayleigh, O. M, F. R. S. No. A 639.-March 1, 1916.Ñ The Reduction of Metallic Oxides with Hydrogen at High Pressures. By Edgar Newbery, M. Sc, and John Norman Pring, D. Sc. Communicated by Prof. Sir E. Rutherford, F. R. S. (Plate 1) Ñ Discontinuous Fluid Motion Past a Curved Boundary. By H. Levy, M. A, B. Sc, Carnegie Research Fellow, late 1851 Exhibitioner of University of Edinburgh. Communicated by Prof. A. E. H. Love, F. R. S. Ñ On the Single-Line Spectra of Magnesium and other Metals and their Ionising Potentials. By J. C. McLennan, F. R. S. (Plate 2) Ñ A Portable Variometer for Magnetic Surveying. By George W. Walker, A. R. C. Sc, M. A, F. R. S, formerly Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. (Plate 3) No. A 640.-April 1, 1916.Ñ On the Structure of Broadened Spectrum Lines. By Thomas R. Merton, B. Sc. (Oxon. ) , Lecturer in Spectroscopy, University of London, King+s College. Communicated by A. Fowler, F. R. S. (Plate 4) Ñ A Diagram to Facilitate the Study of External Ballistics. By W. E. Dalby, F. R. S. (Plate 5) Ñ Surface Friction : Experiments with Steam and Water in Pipes. By Cecil H. Lander, M. Sc, A. M. I. C. E. Communicated by Prof. J. E. Petavel, F. R. S Ñ Note on the Existence of Converging Sequences in Certain Oscillating Successions of Functions. By Prof. W..H. Young, Sc. D, F. R. S No. A 641.-May 6, 1916.Ñ The Microscopic Structure of Semipermeable Membranes and the Part Played by Surface Forces in Osmosis. By Frank Tinker, M. Sc. Communicated by Sir Oliver Lodgej F. R. S. (Plate 6) Ñ On Speed Effect and Recovery in Slow-Speed Alternating Stress Tests. By W. Mason, D. Sc. Communicated by Prof. B. Hopkinson. (Abstract) Ñ On Prof. Joly+s Method of Avoiding Collision at Sea. By H. C. Rlummer. Communicated by Prof. J. Joly, F. R. S Ñ The Ignition of Gases by Impulsive Electrical Discharge. By Prof. W. M Thornton, D. Sc, D. Eng, Armstrong College, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Com municated by the Hon. Sir Charles Parsons, F. R. S No. A 642.-July 1, 1916.Ñ Investigation of Atmospheric Electrical Variations at Sunrise and Sunset. By E. H. Nichols, B. Sc, A. R. C. Sc. Communicated by Sir Napier Shaw, F. R. S. Ñ On the Motion of Solids in a Liquid Possessing Vorticity. By J. Proudman. Communicated by Prof. H. Lamb, F. R. S Ñ A Theory of Colour Vision. By R. A. Houstoun, M. A, ? ? ? G? +, D. Sc, Lecturer on Physical Optics in the University of Glasgow. Communicated by Prof. A. Gray, F. R. S Ñ On Legendre+s Function Pn(? ) , when n is great and T has any Value. By Lord Rayleigh, O. M, F. R. S Ñ An Active Modification of Nitrogen. -VII. By the Hon. R. J. Strutt, Sc. D, F. R. S, Imperial College, South Kensington Ñ A Hypothesis of Molecular Configuration in Three Dimensions of Space. By Sir William Ramsay, K. C. B, F. R. S No. A 643 - August 1, 1916.Ñ On the Use of Partly Neutralised Mixtures of Acids as Hydrion Regulators. By E. B. R. Prideaux. Communicated by Prof. F. S. Kipping, F. R. S Ñ Linkages Illustrating the Cubic Transformation of Elliptic Functions. By Colonel R. L. Hippisley, C. B, R. E. Communicated by Sir George Greenhill, F. R. S. Ñ Further Determinations of Direct Osmotic Pressures. By the Earl of Berkeley, F. R. S, and E. G. J. Hartley, B. A. (Oxon) Ñ The Transmission of Electric Waves Around the Earth+s Surface. By H. M. Macdonald, F. R. S, Professor of Mathematics in the University of Aberdeen Ñ BAKERIAN LECTURE : On the X-Rays and the Theory of Radiation. By C. G. Barkla, F. R. S, Professor of Natural Philosophy in the University of Edinburgh. (Abstract) No. A 644.-September 1, 1916.Ñ Apparatus for the Determination of Gravity at Sea. By W. G. Duflield, D. Sc, Professor of Physics in University College, Reading. Communicated by Prof. A. E. H. Love, F. R. S Ñ On the Determination of Gravity at Sea (Note on Dr. Duffield+s Paper) . By Arthur Schuster, Sec. R. S Ñ On the Magnetic Shielding of Large Spaces, and its Experimental Measurement. By Ernest Wilson, M. Inst. C. E, M. I. E. E, Siemens Professor of Electrical Engineering, and J. W. Nicholson, M. A, D. Sc, Professor of Mathematics in the University of London. Communicated by Dr. J. A. Fleming, F. R. S Ñ The Period of a Spherical Resonator with a Circular Aperture. By F. Puryer White, St. John+s College, Cambridge. Communicated by Lord Rayleigh, O. M, F. R. S Ñ On Some Determinations of the Sign and Magnitude of Electric Discharges in Lightning Flashes. By C. T. R. Wilson, M. A, F. R. S, Observer in Meteorological Physics at the Solar Physics Observatory, Cambridge No. A 645.-October 2, 1916.Ñ On the Ionisation Potentials of Magnesium and other Metals, and on their Absorption Spectra. By Prof. J. C. McLennan, F. R. S, University of Toronto. (Plates 7 and 8) Ñ On the Bunsen Flame Spectra of Metallic Vapours. By Prof. J. C. McLennan, F. R. S, and Andrew Thomson, M. A, University of Toronto. (Plate 9) Ñ On the Ionisation of Metallic Vapours in Flames. By Prof. J. C. McLennan, F. R. S, and David A. Keys, M. A, University of Toronto Ñ Emission and Absorption in the Infra-Red Spectrum of Mercury. By Raymond C. Dearie, M. A, University of Toronto. Communicated by Prof. J. C. McLennan, F.R.S Ñ OBITUARY NOTICES OF FELLOWS DECEASED. John Henry Poynting (with portrait) ; James Francis Tennant ; William James Sell ; Arthur Auwers ; Sir Arthur Rƒcker (with portrait) ; George Minchin Minchin. Good .

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