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Back MatterSource: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Containing Papers of aMathematical and Physical Character, Vol. 89, No. 614 (Mar. 2, 1914), pp. i-xPublished by: The Royal SocietyStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/93376 .
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Sir ARCHIBALD GEIKIE, K.C.B., President, in the Chair.
The following Papers were read:- I. "The Soil Solution and the Mineral Constituents of the Soil."
By A. D. HALLr, F.R.S., W. E. BRENCI1lnEY, and L. M. UNDERWOOD.
II. "Studies in Heredity. II.-Further Experiments in crossing British Species of Sea Urchins." By Prof. E. W. MAcBRIDE, F.R.S.
III." Synthesis by Sunlight in Relationship to the Origin of Life., Synthesis of Formaldehyde from Carbon Dioxide and Water by Inorganic Colloids acting as Transformers of Light Energy." By Prof. B. MOORE, F.R.S., and T. A. WEBSTER.
IV. "The Trypanosomes causing Dourine (Mal de Coit or Beschilseuche)." By B. BLACKLOCK, M.D., and W. YORKE, M.D. Communicated by Sir RONALD Ross, F.R.S.
V. "On Postural and non-Postural Activities of the Mid-Brain." By T. G. BROWN. Communicated by Prof. C. S. SHER- RINGTON, F.R.S.
VI. "The Nature of the Coagulant of the Venom of Echis ca'riiatqs." By J. O. W. BARRATT. Communicated by Prof. J. N. LANGLEY, F.R.S.
VII. "Morphological Studies in the Benzene Series. IV.-The Crystalline Form of Sulphonates in Relation to their Molecular Structure." By E. H. RODD. Communicated by Prof. E. H. ARMSTRONG, F.R.S.
VIII. "The Structure of the Diamond." By Prof. W. H. BRAGG, 'F.R.S., and W. L. BRAGG.
IX. "Note on Electric Discharge Phenomena in Rotating Silica Bulbs." By the Hon. R. J. STRUTT, F.R.S.
X. "The Origin of Thermal Ionisation." By J. N. PRING. Com- municated by Prof. E. RUTHERFORD, F.R.S.
XI. "On the Refraction and Dispersion of Gaseous Nitrogen Peroxide." By CLIVE CUTHBERTSON and MAUDE CUTH- BERTSON. Communicated by Prof. A. W. PORTER, F.R.S.
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Sir ARCHIBALD GEIKIE, K.C.B., President, in the Chair.
Dr. Chree, Captain H. G. Lyons, and Sir D. Prain were elected Auditors of the Treasurer's accounts on the part of the Society.
The following Papers were reald:--
I. "The Preparation of Eye-preserving Glass for Spectacles." By Sir WVILLIA M CROOKES, O.M., F.R.S.
Ir. "On an Inversion Poilnt for Liquid Carbon Dioxide in regard to the Joule-Thomson Effect." -By Prof. A. W. PorTuER, F.R.S.
III. "Negative After-Images and Successive Contrast with Pure Spectral Colours." By Prof. A. W. PORTER, F.R.S., and F. W. EDRIDGE-GREEN, M.D.
IV. "The Positive Ions from Hot Metals." By Prof. 0. W. RICHARDSON, F.R.S.
V. "The Diurnal Variation of Terrestrial Magnetism." By G. W. WALKER, F.R.S.
VI. "A Suggestion as to the Origin of Black Body Radiation." By G. W. WALKER.
November 20, 1913.
Sir ARCHIBALD GEIKIE, K.C.B., President, in the Chair.
In pursuance of the Statutes, notice of the ensuing Anniversary Meeting was given from the Chair.
The following Papers were read:--
I. "On Melduzlosa pusilla." By Dr. D. H. SCOTT, For. Sec. R.S.
II. "Neuro-muscular Structures in the Heart." By Prof. A. F. S. KENT. Communicated by Prof. C. S. SHERRINGTON, F.R.S.
III. "The Alleged Excretion of Creatine in Carbohydrate Starva- tion." By GEORGE GIRAIIAM and E. P. POTJLTON. Com- municated by Dr. F. G. HOPKINS, F.R.S.
IV. "The Origin and Destiny of Cholesterol in the Animal Organism. Part XI.-The Cholesterol Content of Growing Chickens under Different Diets." By J. A. GARDNER and P. E. LANDER. Communicated by Dr. A. D. WALLER, F.R.S.
V. "Contributions to the Biochemistry of Growth.-On the Lipoids of Transplantable Tumours of the Mouse and the Rat." By W. E. BIJLLOCK and W. CRAMER. Communicated by Sir J. R. BRADFORD, Sec. R.S.
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Sir ARCHIBALD GEIKIE, K.C.B., President, in the Chair.
In pursuance of the Statutes, notice of the ensuing Anniversary Meeting was given from the Chair, and the List of Council and Officers for the ensuing year, proposed by the Council for election, was read as follows:-
President.-Sir William Crookes, O.M., D.Sc. Other Members of the Council.-The Rt. Hon. Arthur James Balfour,
D.C.L.; Prof. William Maddock Bayliss, D.Sc.; Sir John Rose Bradford, K.C.M.G., M.D., D.Sc., Secretary; Frank Watson Dyson, LL.D.; Henry John Horstman Fenton, Sc.D.; Prof. William Gowland, A.R.S.M.; Frederick Gowland Hopkins, D.Sc.; Alfred Bray Kempe, M.A., D.C.L., Treasurer; Sir Joseph Larmor, D.Sc.; Prof. Charles Herbert Lees, D.Sc.; Prof. Ernest William MacBride, D.Sc.; Prof. Arthur Schuster, Sc.D., Ph.D., Secretary; Dukinfield Henry Scott, M.A., Ph.D., LL.D., Foreign Secretary; Prof. Grafton Elliot Smith, M.D.; Prof. James Lorrain Smith, M.D.; Sir John Thornycroft, LL.D.; Prof. William Whitehead Watts, Sc.D.; Alfred North Whitehead; Charles Thomson Rees Wilson, B.Sc.; Arthur Smith Woodward, LL.D.
The following Papers were read:-
I. "A Method of Measuring the Pressure produced in the Detona tion of High Explosives or by the Impact of Bullets." By Prof. B. HOPKINSON, F.R.S.
II. "Gravitational Instability and the Nebular Hypothesis." By J. IT. JE-NS, F.. RS.
II. " On the Diffraction of Light by Particles Comparable with the Wave-length." By B. A. KEEN, B.Sc., and A. W. PORTER, F.R.S.
IV. "Note on the Colour of Zircons, and its Radioactive Origin." By Prof. R. J. STRUTT, F.R.S.
V. " The Influence of the Constituents of the Crystal on the Form of the Spectrum in the X-ray Spectrometer." By Prof. W. H. BRAGG, F.R.S.
VI. "The Analysis of Crystals by the X-ray Spectrometer." By W. L. BRAGG. Communicated by Prof. W. H. BRAGG, F.R.S.
VII. "Ship Resistance: the Wave-making Properties of certain Travelling Pressure Disturbances." By T. H. HAVELOCK, D.Sc. Communicated by Sir J. LARMOR, F.R.S.
VIII. "The Mathematical lepresentation of a Light Pulse." By R. A. HoUSTOU N, D.Sc. Communicated by Prof. A. GRAY, F.R.S.
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Sir ARCHIBALD GEIKIE, K.C.B., President, in the Chair.
The Report of the Auditors of the Treasurer's accounts was read, and the thanks of the Society were given to the Treasurer and to the Auditors.
The List of Fellows deceased and the List of Fellows elected into the Society since the last Anniversary were read.
The Report to the Society from the Council, upon the work during the past year, was, upon the motion of the President, received.
The President delivered his Anniversary Address. On the motion of the Rev. Dr. T. G. Bonney, seconded by Prof. S. P. Thompson, the thanks of the Society were voted to the President for his Address, and he was requested to allow it to be printed.
The Awards of the Medals for the year were announced as follows, and the Medals were presented from the Chair:-
The Copley Medal............ A Royal Medal ............... A Royal Medal .............. The Davy Medal ........... The Sylvester Medal......... The Hughes Medal ........
To Sir E. Ray Lankester. ,, Prof. Harold B. Dixon. ,, Prof. Ernest H. Starling. ,, Prof. Raphael Meldola. ,, Dr. J. W. L. Glaisher. ,, Dr. Alexander Graham Bell.
The President having, with the consent of the Society, nominated Prof. E. Rutherford and Mr. . G. . Beilby as Serutators, to assist the Secretaries in examininig the balloting lists for the election of Council and Officers, the votes of the Fellows present were taken. The Scrutators reported that the Council and Officers nominated at tlhe preceding meeting had been duly elected, and their names were accordingly announced from the Chair.
The following Fellows were present and voted:--
C. W. Andrews. H. B. Baker. Sir T. Barlow. W. Barlow. Sir J. Wolfe Barry. A. B. Basset. F. A. Bather. (G. T. Beilby. W. A. Bone. T. G. Bonney. G. A. Boulenger. D. L. Chapman,
J. N. Collie. S. M. Copeman. E. W. Creak. A. R. Cushny. W. E. Dalby. F. A. Dixey. H. B. Dixon. F. G. Donnan. eJ. B. Farmer. Sir D. Ferrier. L. Fletcher. rG. C. Foster.
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A. Fowler. J. S. Gamble. Sir A. Geikie. P. C. Gilchrist. Sir D. Gill. J. W. L. Glaisher. R. T. Glazebrook. F. D. Godman. W. B. Hemsley. M. J. M. Hill. G. J. Hinde. Sir H. B. Jackson. Sir A. B. Kempe. G. W. Lamplough. Sir E. R. Lankester. Sir J. Larmor. Sir 0. Lodge. Capt. H. G. Lyons. H. McLeod. Maj. P. A. MacMahon. T. Mather. R. iMeldola. R. Messel. E. A. Minchin. Sir J. Murray. Sir W. D. Niven. Sir A. Noble. Sit H. J. Oranl. Sir A. Pedler.
J. Perry. H. G. Plimmer. E. B. Poulton. A. A. Rambaut. Sir W. Rantsay. Sir R. Ross. E. Rutherford. A. Schuster. A. Scott. D. H. Scott. F. Soddy. E. H. Starling. R. T. Stebbing. A. Strahan. Lord Sudeley. Sir J. Swan. S. P. Thompson. Sir J. Thornycroft. J. Thorpe. H. H. Turner. V. H. Veley. W. Watson. W. W. Watts. A. N. Whitehead. J. T. Wilson. A. S. Woodward. H. Woodward. A. A'. Worthington.
lThe thanks of the Societly were given: to the Serutators.
December 4, 1913.
Sir WILLIAM CROOKES, O.M., President, in the Chair.
The following papers were read :
I. " On a Method of Studying Transpiration." By Sir FRANCIS DARWIN, F.R.S.
II. "The Effect of Light on the Transpiration of Leaves." By Sir FRANCIS DARWIN, F.R.S.
III. "(On Dimiensions of Chromosomes considered in Relation to PIhylogeny." BPy Prof. J. B. FARMER, F.R.S., and L. Di:xBY.
IV. ' The Process of Calcification in. Enamel and Dentine." By J. H. IMUIMERY. Comnmunicated bv Prof. J. SYMINGTON, F.R.S.
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V. "The Optimum Temperature of Salicin Hydrolysis by Enzyme Action is Independent of the Concentrations of Substrate rnd Enzyme." By Atr-ITiR COMPTON. Communicated, by J. R. BnrADFORD, Sec. 1.S.
VI. "The Ratio between Spindle Lengths in the Spermiatocyte Metaphases of J/hlix po2)octia." By C. F. U. MEEK. Com- municated by Sir W. T. T:lISl:i,TON-DYER, F.R.S.
VII. "Egyptian Blue." By A. P. LAURIE, D.Sc., W. F. P. McLINTOCK, and F. D. MILES. Communicated by Sir ARTHUR CHURCH, F.R..S.
D)ecembecr 11, 1913.
Sir WILLIAM CiOOKES, O.M., President, in the Chair.
The President announced that he had appointed as Vice-Presi- dents:-
Sir A. B. Kemnpe (Treasurer). The Right Hon. Arthur James Balfour. Dr. F. W. Dyson (Astronomer Royal). Sir Joseph Larmor. Prof. G. Elliot Smith.
The following Papers were read:-
1. "I ntermlittent Vision." By A. MALLO('K, F.IR.S.
II. "Attempts to Observe the P'roduction of N'eon or Helium by Electric Discharge."' B:y P1rof. th}e Hon. t. J. STRUrr.
Ii:. " The Relations betwveell the Crystal-symmetry of t;he Sim-pler Organic Compounds l1an their Molecular Constitution.-- Part III." By VWALTEr WAHL. Communicated by Sir JAx1:E::S
DEWAR, F.R.S.
IV. "The Selective Absorption of Ketones." By Prof. (4. G. HENDERSON and I. M. HEILBRON. Communicated by Dr. G. T. BEILBY, F.R.S.
V. " Absolute Measurements of a Resistance by a Method based on that of Lorenz." By F. E. SMITH. Communicated by Dr. R. T. GLAZEBROOK, F.R.S.
VI. "A Determination of the Electromotive Force of the Weston Normal Cell in Semi-absolute Volts." With a Preface by Prof i H. L. Callendar, F.1..S. By A. N. SHAAW. Conm- munlicated by Prof. H, L. CALLENDAR{, F.E.S.
VII. "Elastic steresis i Steel." By F E. R. gOWETT. Co-11 municated by Prof. B. HOPKINSON,, F.R.S,
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VIII. " A Simple Form of Micro-balance for Determining the Densities of Small Quantities of Gases." By F. W. ASTON. Com- municated by Sir J. J. THOMSON, F.R.S.
IX. "On a Second Spectrum of Neon." By T. R. MERTON. Com- municated by Prof. G. D. LIVEIN(-, F.R.S., and Sir JAMES DEWAR, F.R.S.
The Society adjourned over the Christmas Recess to Thursday, January 22, 1914.
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Sir WILLIAM CROOKES, O.M., President, in the Chair.
Prof. T. P. Lyle (elected 1912) was admitted into the Society.
In pursuance of the Statutes, the names of Candidates for election into the Society were read as follows:-
Allen, Edgar Johnson. Andrewes, Frederick William. Arber, Edward Alexander Newell. Armstrong, Edward Frankland. Ashworth, James Hartley. Assheton, Richard. Bairstow, Leonard. Barton, Edwin Henry. Bedson, Peter Phillips. Bennett, Geoffrey Thomas. Biffen, Powland Harry. Bousfield, William Robert. Boycott, Arthur Edwin. Brown, Sidney George. Buckmaster, George Alfred. Budge, Ernest A. Wallis. Carpenter, Henry Cort Harold. Carslaw, Horatio Scott. Coker, Ernest George. Cole, Grenville Arthur James. Conway, Arthur William. Conyngham, Gerald Ponsonby
Lenox. Cuthbertson, Clive. Dale, Henry Hallett. Darwin, Leonard. Davidson, Sir James Mackenzie. Dawson, Charles. Dixon, Augustus Edward. Doncaster, Leonard. Duckworth, Wynfrid Laurence
Henry. Eddington, Arthur Stanley. Edkins, John Sydney. Edridge-Green, Frederick William. Evans, Arthur Humble. Evershed, John. Ewart, Alfred James. Fletcher, Walter Morley.
Forbes, Henry Ogg. Fowler, George Herbert. Fox, Sir Francis. Garwood, Edmund Johnston. Grant, William Robert Ogilvie. Gray, Albert Alexander. Green, Arthur George. Groom, Percy. Guppy, Henry Brougham. Harmer, Frederic William. Hartog, Marcus. Havelock, Thomas Henry. Henderson, George Gerald. Henry, Augustine. Horrocks, William Heaton. Houston, Alexander Cruikshank. Hume, William Fraser. Hutchinson, Arthur. Jenkinson, John Wilfrid. Jordan, Karl. Kennedy, Robert. Kitchin, Finlay Lorimer. Lake, Philip. Laurie, Arthur Pillans. Lewes, Vivian B. Littlewood, John Edensor. Locke, Frank Spiller. Lowry, Thomas Martin. Macdonald, John Smythe. Maiden, Joseph Henry. Marshall, Francis Hugh Adam. Masterman, Arthur Thomas. Maw, William Henry. Morgan, Gilbert Thomas. Mummery, John Howard. Murphy, Sir Shirley Forster. Myers, Charles Samuel. Newsholme, Arthur. Orton, Kennedy Joseph Previte.
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Pembrey, Marcus Seymour. Peringuey, Louis A. Perkins, Robert Cyril Layton. Pickard, Robert Howson.
Pollock, James Arthur. Ray, Prafulla Chandra. Read, Sir Charles Hercules. Redwood, Sir Bo-verton. Reed, Frederick Richard Cowper. Reynolds, Sidney Hugh. Rogers, Leonard. Rosenheim, Otto. Ruhemann, Siegfried. Russell, Alexander.
Sidgwick, Nevil Vincent.
Simpson, George Clarke. Smiles, Samuel. Smith, Frank Edward.
Smith, Geoffrey Watkin. Smith, Samuel Walter Johnson. Stanton, Thomas Edward. Steele, Bertram Dillon. Stephens, John William Watson. Swinton, Alan Archibald Campbell. Tansley, Arthur George. Thompson, D'Arcy Wentworth. Vaughan, David T. Gwynne. Vernon, Horace Middleton. Walker, Ernest William Ainley. Walker, James. Warren, William Henry. Weizmann, Charles. Whytlaw-Gray, Robert. Willis, John Christopher. Wilson, Ernest. Woods, Henry. Yarrow, Alfred Fernandez.
The following Papers were read:
I. "On the Heat Production associated with Muscular Work: a Note onl Prof. Macdonald's paper, ' Roy. Soc. Proc.,' B, vol. 87." By R. T. GLAZEBROOK, F.R.S., and D. W. DYE, B.Sc.
II. "The Chemical Interpretation of some Mendelian Factors for Flower Colour." By M. WHELDALE and H. L. BASSETT. Communicated by Prof. W. BATESON, F.R.S.
III. "The Determination of the Minimum Lethal Dose of various Toxic Substances and its Relationship to the Body Weight in Warm-blooded Animals, together with Considerations bearing on the Dosage of Drugs." By Prof. G. DREYER, M.D., and E. W. A. WALKER, M.D. Communicated by Prof. C. S.
SHERRINGTON, F.R.S.
IV. "Experiments on the Restoration of Paralysed Muscles by Means of Nerve Anastomosis. Part II.-Anastomosis of the Nerves
supplying Limb Muscles." By Prof. R. KENNEDY, M.D. Communicated by Prof. J. G. MOKENDRICK, F.R.S.
V. "Variations in the Sex Ratio of Jflus rattiqs following an Unusual
Mortality of Adult Females, Based on an Analysis of Weight Frequency Distributions." By F. N. WHITE, M.D. Com- municated by Dr. C. J. MARTIN, F.R.S.
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Sir WILLIAM CROOKES, O.M., President, in the Chair,
Prof. O. W. Richardson (elected 1913) was admitted into the Society.
The following Papers were read:-
I. "The Origin of Thermal Ionisation from Carbon." By Prof. 0. W. RICHARDSON, F.R.S.
II. "The X-ray Spectra given by Crystals of Sulphur and Quartz." By Prof. W. H. BRAGG, F.R.S.
III. "On the Temperature Variation of the Photo-elastic Effect in Strained Glass." By Prof. L. N. G. FILON, F.R.S.
IV. " Studies in Brownian Movement. I.-On the Brownian Movement of the Spores of Bacteria." By J. H. SHAXBY and E. EMRYS-ROBERTS, M.D. Communicated by Prof. E. H. GRIFFITHS, F.R.S.
V. "The Transmission of Cathode Rays through Matter." By R. WHIDDINGTON, D.Sc. Communicated by Sir J. J. THOMSON, O.M., F.R.S.
VI. "The Variation with Temperature of the Specific Heat of Sodium in the Solid and the Liquid State; also a Determina- tion of its Latent Heat of Fusion." By EZER GRIFFITHS. Communicated by Dr. E. H. GRIFFITHS, F.R.S.
VII. "On Natural Radiation from a Gas." By GEORGE GREEN, D.Sc. Communicated by Prof. A. GRAY, F.R.S.
VIII. "Similarity of Motion in Relation to the Surface Friction of Fluids." By Dr. T. E. STANTON and J. R. PANNELL. Communicated by Dr. R. T. GLAZEBROOK, F.R.S.
IX. "The Influence of Molecular Constitution and Temperature on Magnetic Susceptibility." By A. E. OXLEY. Communi- cated by Sir J. J. THOMSON, O.M., F.R.S.
X. "The Boiling Point of Sulphur on the Thermo-dynamic Scale." By N. EUMORFOPOULOS. Communicated by Prof. A. W. PORTER, F.R.S.
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