methods of ginning, carding, etc., described. 9788

Gas from Oil.--Notes on a paper read by Dr. Stevenson
Macadam at a recent meeting of the British Gas Institute,
giving his results with petroleum gas. 9787

Improved Biscuit Machine.--A machine having a capacity for
making 4,000 small biscuits per minute.--1 illustration. 9787

Improved Cream Separator.--A centrifugal apparatus for
dairy use of high capacity.--3 illustrations. 9787

The Manufacture of Salt near Middlesbrough.--By Sir
LOWTHIAN BELL, Bart., F.C.S.--The history and origin of
this industry, the methods used, and the soda ash process
as there applied. 9788

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THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION.


[Illustration: THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION AT MANCHESTER PORTRAITS OF THE
PRESIDENT AND PRESIDENTS OF SECTIONS ]

The fifty-seventh annual meeting of the British Association was opened
on Wednesday evening, Aug. 31, 1887, at Manchester, by an address from