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Front MatterSource: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. B, Vol. 180 (1889), pp. i-xviiPublished by: The Royal SocietyStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/91711 .
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THE Committee appointed by the Royal Society to direct the publication of the
Philosophical Transactions take this opportunity to acquaint the public that it fully
appears, as well from the Council-books and Journals of the Society as from repeated declarations which have been made in several former Transactionzs, that the printing of
them was always, from time to time, the single act of the respective Secretaries till
the Forty-seventh Volume; the Society, as a Body, never interesting themselves any further in their publication than by occasionally recommending the revival of them to
some of their Secretaries, when, from the particular circumstances of their affairs, the
Transactions had happened for any length of time to be intermitted. And this seems
principally to have been done with a view to satisfy the public that their usual
meetings were then continued, for the improvement of knowledge and benefit of
mankind: the great ends of their first institution by the Royal Charters, and which
they have ever since steadily pursued. But the Society being of late years greatly enlarged, and their communications more
numerous, it was thought advisable that a Committee of their members should be
appointed to reconsider the papers read before them, and select out of them such as
they should judge most proper for publication in the future Transactions; which was
accordingly done upon the 26th of March, 1752. And the grounds of their choice are, and will continue to be, the importance and singularity of the subjects, or the
advantageous manner of treating them; without pretending to answer for the
certainty of the facts, or propriety of the reasonings contained in the several papers so published, which must still rest on the credit or judgment of their respective authors.
It is likewise necessary on this occasion to remark, that it is an established rule of
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upon any subject, either of Nature or Art, that comes before them. And therefore the
thanks, which are frequently proposed from the Chair, to be given to the authors of
such papers as are read at their accustomed meetings, or to the persons through whose
hands they received them, are to be considered in no other light than as a matter of
civility, in return for the respect shown to the Society by those communications. The
like also is to be said with regard to the several projects, inventions, and curiosities of
various kinds, which are often exhibited to the Society; the authors whereof, or those
who exhibit them, frequently take the liberty to report, and even to certify in the
public newspapers, that they have met with the highest applause and approbation. And therefore it is hoped that no regard will hereafter be paid to such reports and
public notices; which in some instances have been too lightly credited, to the
dishonour of the Society.
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LIST OF INSTITUTIONS ENTITLED TO RECEIVE THE PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OR
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY.
Institutions marked A are entitled to receive Philosophical Transactions, Series A, and Proceedings. ,, ,, B ,, 9 ,, Series B, and Proceedings.
,, ,1 AB ,, ,, ,, ,, Series. A and B, and Proceedings. ,, , p ,, Proceedings only.
America (Central). Mexico.
p. Sociedad Cientifica "Antonio Alzate."
America (North). (See UNITED STATES.)
America (South). Buenos Ayres.
AB. Museo Nacional. Caracas.
B. University Library. Cordova.
AB. Academia Nacional de Ciencias. Rio de Janeiro.
p. Observatorio.
Australia. Adelaide.
p. Royal Society of South Australia. Brisbane.
p. Royal Society of Queensland. Melbourne.
p. Observatory. p. Royal Society of Victoria. AB. University Library.
Sydney. p. Linnean Society of New South Wales. AB. Royal Society of New South Wales. AB. University Library.
Austria. Agram.
p. Societas HIistorico-Naturalis Croatica. Briinn.
AB. Naturforschender Verein. Gratz.
AB. Naturwissenschaftlicher Yerein fur Steier- mark.
Hermannstadt.
p, Siebenbiirgischer Verein fur die Natur- wissenschaften,
Austria (continued). Innsbruck.
AB. Das Ferdinandeum. p. Naturwissenschaftlich - Medicinischer
Verein.
Klausenburg. AB. Az Erdelyi Muzeun. Das siebenbiirgische
Museum.
Prague. AB. Konigliche Bohmische Gesellschaft der
Wissenschaften. Schemnitz.
p. K. Ungarische Berg- und Forst-Akademie. Trieste.
B. Museo di Storia Naturale.
p. Societa Adriatica di Scienze Naturali. Vienna.
p. Anthropologische Gesellschaft. AB. Kaiserliche Akademie der Wissenschaften. p. K.K. Geographische Gesellschaft. AB. K.K. Geologische Reichsanstalt. B. K.K. Zoologisch-Botanische Gesellschaft. B Naturhistorisches Hof-Museum.
p. CEsterreichische Gesellschaft fur Meteoro- logie.
Belgiun Brusse
B.
AB.
B.
1.
lis. Academie Royale de Medecine. Academie Royale des Sciences. Musee Royal d'Histoire Natarelle de
Belgique. I I . . . . . I
p. Ubservatoire Royale. p. Societ6 Malacologique de Belgiq
Ghent. AB. University.
Liege, A3. Societe des Sciences.
p. Societe Geologique de Belgique.
ue.
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MVontreal. AB. McGill College. p. Natural History Society.
Ottawa. AB. Geological Survey of Canada. AB. Royal Society of Canada.
Toronto.
p. Canadian Institute. AB. University.
Cape of Good Hope. A. Observatory. AB. South African Library.
Ceylon. Colombo.
B. Museum. China.
Shanghai. p. China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society.
Denmark. Copenhagen.
AB. Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab.
England and Wales. Birmingham.
AB. Free Central Library. AB. Mason College. p. Philosophical Society.
Bristol. p. Merchant Venturers' School.
Cambridge. AB. Philosophical Society. p. Union Society.
Cooper's Hill. AB. Royal Indian Engineering College.
Dudley. p. Dudley and Midland Geological and
Scientific Society. Essex.
p. Essex Field Club. Greenwich.
A. Royal Observatory. Kew.
B. Royal Gardens. Leeds.
p. Philosophical Society. AB. Yorkshire College.
Liverpool. AB. Free Public Library. p. Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire.
England and Wales (continued). Liverpool (continued).
p, Literary and Philosophical Society. A. Observatory. AB. University College.
London. AB. Admiralty. p. Anthropological Institute. B. British Museum (Nat. Hist.). A. Chemical Society. p. " Electrician," Editor of the. B. Entomological Society. AB. Geological Society. AB. Geological Survey of Great Britain.
p. Geologists' Association. AB. Guildhall Library. A. Institution of Civil Engineers. A. Institution of Mechanical Engineers. A, Institution of Naval Architects. p. Iron and Steel Institute. B. Linnean Society. AB. London Institution.
p. London Library. A. Mathematical Society. p. Meteorological Office.
p. Odontological Society. p. Pharmaceutical Society. p. Physical Society. p. Quekett Microscopical Club.
p. Royal Asiatic Society. A. Royal Astronomical Society. B. Royal College of Physicians. B. Royal College of Surgeons. p. Royal Engineers (for Libraries abroad, six
copies). AB. Royal Engineers. Head Quarters Library. p. Royal Geographical Society. p. Royal Horticultural Society. p. Royal Institute of British Architects. AB. Royal Institution of Great Britain. B. Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society. p. Royal Meteorological Society. p. Royal Microscopical Society. p. Royal Statistical Society. AB. Royal United Service Institution. AB. Society of Arts.
p. Society of Biblical Archaeology. p. Standard Weights and Measures Depart-
ment. AB. The Queen's Library. AB. The War Office. AB. University College. p. Victoria Institute, B. Zoological Society.
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AB. Free Library. AB. Literary and Philosophical Society. p. Geological Society. AB. Owens College.
Netley. p. Royal Victoria Hospital.
Newcastle. AB. Free Library. p. North of England Institute of Mining and
Mechanical Engineers. p. Society of Chemical Industry (Newcastle
Section). Norwich.
p. Norfolk and Norwich Literary Institution. Oxford.
p. Ashmolean Society. AB. Radcliffe Library. A. Radcliffe Observatory.
Penzance. p. Geological Society of Cornwall.
Plymouth. B. Marine Biological Association. p. Plymouth Institution.
Richmond. A. "Kew" Observatory.
Salford. p. Royal Museum and Library.
Stonyhurst. p. The College.
Swansea. AB. Royal Institution.
Woolwich. AB. Royal Artillery Library.
Finland.
Helsingfors. p. Societas pro Fauna et Flora Fennica. AB. Societe des Sciences.
France. Bordeaux.
p. Academie des Sciences. p. Faculte des Sciences. p. Societe de Meddecine et de Chirurgie. p. Societe des Sciences Physiques et
Naturelles. Cherbourg.
p. Societe des Sciences Naturelles. Dijon.
p. Academie des Sciences. Lille.
p. Faculte des Sciences.
France (continued). Lyons.
AB. Academie des Sciences, Belles-Lettres et Arts. Marseilles.
p. Faculte des Sciences. Montpellier.
AB. Academie des Sciences et Lettres. B. Faculte de Medecine.
Paris. AB.
p.
p.
p. AB.
AB.
AB,
AB.
AB.
AB.
A.
pB. p. AB.
AB.
p. B.
AB.
p. p.
Academie des Sciences de l'Institut. Association Fran9aise pour l'Avancement
des Sciences. Conservatoire des Arts et Metiers. Cosmos (M. L'ABBEI VALETTE).
Depot de la IMarine. Ecole des Mines. Ecole Normale Sup6rieure. Ecole Polytechnique. Faculte des Sciences de la Sorbonne. Jardin des Plantes. L'Observatoire. Revue Internationale de 1'Electricite. Revue Scientifique (Mons. H. DE VARIGNY). Societe de Biologie. Societe d'Encouragement pour l'Industrie
Nationale. Societe de Geographie. Societ6 de Physique. Societe Entomologique. Societe Geologique. Societe Mathematique. Societe Meteorologique de France.
Toulouse. AB. Academie des Sciences. A. Faculte des Sciences.
Germany. Berlin.
A. Deutsche Chemische G A. Die Sternwarte.
p. Gesellschaft fiir Erdku AB. Konigliche Preussisce
Wissenschaften. 1 *1 t ? i 11 i
esellschaft.
nde. he Akademie der
p ~. A. krysiallsscne u-esellscnart.
Bonn. AB. Universitit.
Bremen.
p. Naturwissenschaftlicher Verein. Breslau.
p. Schlesische Gesellschaft fuir Vaterliandische Kultur.
Brunswick.
p. Verein fir Naturwissenschaft. Carlsruhe. See Karlsruhe.
Danzig. AB. Naturforschende Gesellschaft.
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ADJUDICATION of the MEDALS of the ROYAL SOCIETY for the year 1889,
by the PRESIDENT and COUNCIL.
The COPLEY MEDAL to the Rev. GEORGE SALMON, D.D., F.R.S., for his various
Papers on subjects of Pure Mathematics, and for the valuable Mathematical Treatises of which he is the Author.
A ROYAL MEDAL to WALTER HOLBROOK GASKELL, F.R.S., for his Researches in Cardiac Physiology, and his important Discoveries in the Anatomy and Physiology of the Sympathetic Nervous System.
A ROYAL MEDAL to THOMAS EDWARD THORPE, F.R.S., for his Researches on Fluorine Compounds, and his Determination of the Atomic Weights of Titanium and Gold.
The DAVY MEDAL to WILLIAM HENRY PERKIN, F.R.S., for his Researches on
Magnetic Rotation in relation to Chemical Constitution.
The Bakerian Lecture, "A Magnetic Survey of the British Isles for the Epoch January 1, 1886," was delivered by Professor A. W. RiCKER, F.R.S., and Professor T. E. THORPE, F.R.S.
The Croonian Lecture, "Les Inoculations Preventives," was delivered by Dr. E. Roux.
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I. On the present Position of the Question of the Sources of the Nitrogen of Vegetation, zvith some new Results, and preliminary Notice of netw Lines of Investigation. By Sir J. B. LAWES, Bart., LL.D., F.R.S., and Professor J. IH. GILBERT,
LL.D., F. . .. . . . . . . .... page 1
II. On the Secretion of Saliva, chiefly on the Secretion of Salts in it. By J. N. LANGLEY, M.A., F.R.S., Fellow of Trinity College, and H. M. FLETCHER, B.A., Trinity College, Cambride . . .............109
III. On the Organisation of the Fossil Plants of the Coal-Mieasulres.-Part XV. By WILLIAM CRAWFORD WILLIAMSON, LL.D., F.R.S., Professor of Botany in the Owens College, Manchester. ........155
IV. On the Electromotive Changes connected with the Beat of the Mammaliacn Heart, and oJ the Human Heart in particular. By AUGUSTUS D. WALLER, M.D. Communicated by Professor BURDON SANDERSON, F.R.S. . .... 169
V. On the Organisation of the Fossil Plants of the Coal-Measures.-Part XVI. By W. C. WILLIAMSON, LL.D., F.R.S., Professor of Botany in the Owens College, Manchester . .. ............ 195
VI. Researches on the Structure, Organization, and Classification of the Fossil
Reptilia.-VI. On the Anomodont Reptilia and their Allies. By H. G. SEELEY, F.R.S., Professor of Geography in King's College, London . . 215
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VII. On some Variations of Cardium edule apparently Correlated to the Conditions
of Life. By WILLIAM BATESON, M.A., Fellow of St. John's College, Cam-
bridge, and Balfour Student in the University. Communicated by ADAM
SEDGWICK, MAA,, F.R.S . ..... .297
VIII. On the Descending Degenerations which follow Lesions of the Gyrus Marginalis and Gyrus Forncatus in Monkeys. By E. P. FRANCE. With an Introduction
by Professor SCHAFER, F.R.S. (From the Physiological Laboratory, University College, London) .......... 331
