Front Matter Source: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Vol. 154, No. 881 (Mar. 2, 1936), pp. i-viii Published by: The Royal Society Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/96464 . Accessed: 07/05/2014 14:13 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact [email protected]. . The Royal Society is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Mathematical and Physical Sciences. http://www.jstor.org This content downloaded from 169.229.32.136 on Wed, 7 May 2014 14:13:13 PM All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions
Transcript
Front MatterSource: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Mathematical and PhysicalSciences, Vol. 154, No. 881 (Mar. 2, 1936), pp. i-viiiPublished by: The Royal SocietyStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/96464 .
Accessed: 07/05/2014 14:13
Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at .http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp
.JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range ofcontent in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new formsof scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact [email protected].
.
The Royal Society is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Proceedings of theRoyal Society of London. Series A, Mathematical and Physical Sciences.
http://www.jstor.org
This content downloaded from 169.229.32.136 on Wed, 7 May 2014 14:13:13 PMAll use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions
1. R. A. MCCANCE. " Experimental sodium chloride deficiency in man." Communicated by E. MELLANBY, F.R.S.
2. D. Y. SOLANDT. "The measurement of accommodation in nerve." Communicated by A. V. HILL, Sec. R.S.
3. J. M. ROBSON and W. R. HENDERSON. The action of oestrin on the bitch and its relation to the sex cycle." Communicated by F. H. A. MARSHALL, F.R.S.
4. ANNE HOSKER. " Studies on the epidermal structures of birds. I-The development of feathers. II-Theories of feather development. III-Regeneration of feathers after plucking." Communicated by A. S. PARKES, F.R.S.
5. J. CALDWELL. " Factors affecting the formation of local lesions by tobacco mosaic virus." Communicated by Sir John RUSSELL, F.R.S.
6. A. V. HILL, F.R.S. " Excitation and accommodation in nerve."
7. C. B. TAYLOR. " Short period fluctuations in the numbers of bacterial cells in soil." Communicated by Sir John RUSSELL, F.R.S.
8. D. E. LEA, R. B. HAINES, and C. A. COULSON. " The mechanism of the bactericidal action of radioactive radiations. I-Theoretical. II-Experimental, oc- and n-particles." Communicated by Sir F. Gowland HOPKINS, O.M., P.R.S.
9. W. LEACH. "Researches on plant respiration. IV-The relation between the respiration in air and in nitrogen of certain seeds during germination. (b) Seeds in which carbohydrates constitute the chief food reserve." Communicated by W. STILES, F.R.S.
10. A. V. HILL, Sec. R.S. " The strength-duration relation for electric excitation of medullated nerve."
11. S. MADWAR. " Biology and morphology of the immature stages of Mycetophilidae (Diptera, Nematocera)." Communicated by D. KEILIN, F.R.S.
Thursday, February 6, 1936.
Sir William BRAGG, President, in the Chair.
The following papers were read.
1. H. CARMICHAEL. " The nature of large cosmic ray bursts." Com- municated by Lord RUTHERFORD, O.M., F.R.S.
This content downloaded from 169.229.32.136 on Wed, 7 May 2014 14:13:13 PMAll use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions
2. H. LONDON. "An experimental examination of the electrostatic behaviour of supraconductors." Communicated by F. A. LINDEMANN, F.R.S.
3. P. PRINGSHEIM and 0. D. SALTMARSH. " Fluorescent emission of the mercury line 2537 A at pressures betwe6n 10-3 and 10-1 mm." Communicated by Lord RAYLEIGH, F.R.S.
4. R. C. L. BOSWORTH. "The mobility of potassium on tungsten." Communicated by E. K. RIDEAL, F.R.S.
5. H. C. BROWN and J. C. BROOM. "Studies in microcataphoresis. I-Technique." Communicated by C. M. WENYON, F.R.S.
6. R. RADO. " Transformations of linear sequences." Communicated by G. H. HARDY, F.R.S.
7. M. S. BARTLETT. " Statistical information and properties of suffici- ency." Communicated by G. Udney YULE, F.R.S.
8. C. H. CARTWRIGHT and J. ERRERA. " Extreme infra-red dispersion of polar and nonpolar liquids." Communicated by E. K. RIDEAL, F.R.S.
9. Sir Richard GLAZEBROOK, F.R.S., and H. M. LYON. " On the force between two coaxial single layer helices carrying current."
10. J. PROUDMAN, F.R.S., and A. T. DOODSON, F.R.S. " Tides in oceans bounded by meridians. I-Ocean bounded by complete meridian: general equations. 1T-Ocean bounded by complete meridian: diurnal tides."
11. H. J. BHABHA. "The scattering of positrons by electrons with exchange on Dirac's theory of the positron." Communicated by R. H. FOWLER, F.R.S.
12. R. V. SOUTHWELL, F.R.S. "Castigliano's principle of minimum strain energy."
13. E. A. MILNE, F.R.S. "On the foundations of dynamics."
14. P. B. MOON and J. R. TILLMAN. " Neutrons of thermal energies." Communicated by G. P. THOMSON, F.R.S.
15. G. TEMPLE. "Gauss's theorem in general relativity." Communicated by Sir Arthur EDDINGTON, F.R.S.
16. R. PEIERLS. "Statistical theory of superlattices with unequal con- centrations of the components." Communicated by W. L. BRAGG, F.R.S.
17. L. HOWARTH. " On the calculation of the velocity and temperature distributions for flow along a flat plate." Communicated by G. I. TAYLOR, F.R.S.
18. T. C. KEELY and K. MENDELSSOHN. " Magnetic properties of supra- conductors." Communicated by F. A. LINDEMANN, F.R.S.
This content downloaded from 169.229.32.136 on Wed, 7 May 2014 14:13:13 PMAll use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions
19. A. HOLMES and F. A. PANETH. "Helium-ratios of rocks and minerals from the diamond pipes of South Africa." Communicated by Lord RAYLEIGH, F.R.S.
20. W. A. CASPARI. " Calcium sulphate hemihydrate and the anhydrites. I-Crystallography." Communicated by F. A. FREETH, F.R.S.
21. D. M. NEWITT and J. B. GARDNER. " The initial formation of alcohols during the slow combustion of methane and ethane at atmo- spheric pressure." Communicated by W. A. BONE, F.R.S.
22. S. E. JANSON and Sir William POPE, F.R.S. " The symmetrical spiroheptanediamine and its resolution into optically active components."
23. R. P. BELL. " The theory of reactions involving proton transfers." Communicated by C. N. HIINSHELWOOD, F.R.S.
24. C. G. DARWIN, F.R.S. " The inertia of electrons in metals."
25. A. E. GREEN. " The equilibrium and elastic stability of a thin twisted strip." Communicated by G. I. TAYLOR, F.R.S.
26. J. L. RUSSELL and E. K. RIDEAL, F.R.S. "Studies on thixotropic gelations. I-The mechanism of thixotropic gelation."
27. D. F. MARTYN and 0. 0. PULLEY. "The temperatures and con- stituents of the upper atmosphere." Communicated by Lord RUTHERFORD, O.M., F.R.S.
28. E. J. BOWEN, F.R.S. cHeterochromatic photometry of the ultra- violet region."
29. H. R. HULME. " On the interaction of two particles." Communi- cated by P. A. M. DIRAC, F.R.S.
Thursday, February 13, 1936.
Sir William BRAGG, President, in the Chair.
The following papers were read.
1. L. HOGBEN and D. SLOME. "The pigmentary effector system. VII-The chromatic function in Elasmobranch fishes. VIII- The dual receptive mechanism of the amphibian background response." Communicated by J. B. S. HALDANE, F.R.S.
2. C. H. WADDINGTON, J. NEEDHAM, and Jean BRACHET. " Studies on the nature of the amphibian organization centre. III-The activation of the evocator." Communicated by Sir F. Gowland HOPKINS, O.M., F.R.S.
3. C. H. WADDINGTON, J. NEEDHAM, W. W. NOWINSKI, R. LEMBERG,
and A. COHEN. " Studies of the nature of the amphibian organization centre. IV-Further experiments on the chemistry of the evocator." Communicated by Sir F. Gowland HOPKINS,
O.M., F.R.S.
This content downloaded from 169.229.32.136 on Wed, 7 May 2014 14:13:13 PMAll use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions
4. M. L. ROONWAL. "Studies on the embryology of the migratory locust, Locusta migratoria L. Part 1. The early development, with a new theory of multiphased gastrulation among insects." Communicated by A. D. IMMS, F.R.S.
5. C. G. BUTLER and Jean M. INNES. " A comparison of the rate of metabolic activity in the solitary and migratory phases of Locusta migratoria." Communicated by A. D. IMMS, F.R.S.
Thursday, February 20, 1936.
Sir William BRAGG, President, in the Chair.
Professor Niels Bohr was admitted into the Society.
The following papers were read.
l. N. THOMPSON. " The electrical resistance of bismuth alloys." Com- municated by A. M. TYNDALL, F.R.S.
2. E. G. WILLIAMS, M. W. PERRIN, and R. 0. GIBSON. " The effect of pressure up to 12,000 kg/cm2 on reactions in solution." Com- municated by C. N. HINSHELWOOD, F.R.S.
3. A. CALLENDER, D. R. HARTREE, F.R.S., and A. PORTER. "Time lag in a control system."
4. A. MULLER. " The van der Waals potential and the lattice energy of a n-Ch2 chain molecule in a paraffin crystal." Communi- cated by Sir William BRAGG, O.M., F.R.S.
5. W. A. BONE, F.R.S., and J. B. GARDNER. "Comparative studies of the slow combustion of methane, methyl alcohol, formaldehyde and formic acid."
6. J. D. COCKCROFT and W. B. LEWIS. " Experiments with high velocity positive ions. V-Further experiments on the disintegration of boron. VI-The disintegration of carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen by deuterons." Communicated by Lord RUTHERFORD,
0. M., F.R.S.
7. H. G. HOWELL. " The emission spectrum of bismuth fluoride (BiF)." Communicated by W. E. CURTIS, F.R.S.
8. R. W. LUNT, R. W. B. PEARSE, and E. C. W. SMITH. "The X2530 band of NH." Communicated by A. FOWLER, F.R.S.
9. D. R. HARTREE, F.R.S., and W. HARTREE. Self-consistent field with exchange, for beryllium. II-The (2s) (2p) 3P and ip excited states."
10. J. W. McBAIN, F.R.S., and R. C. SWAIN. "Measurements of adsorption at the air-water interface by the microtome method."
i 1. Ann C. DAVIES. " The production of radiation and ionization from helium atoms by potassium positive ions." Communicated by Lord RUTHERFORD, 0.M., F.R.S.
This content downloaded from 169.229.32.136 on Wed, 7 May 2014 14:13:13 PMAll use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions
12. W. R. ANGUS, A. H. LECKIE, and C. L. WILSON. "Investigations of Raman spectra. III-Deuterium-substituted acetic acids." Communicated by F. G. DONNAN, F.R.S.
13. L. A. K. STAVELEY and C. N. HINSHELWOOD, F.R.S. " Catalysis and inhibition of a homogeneous gas reaction. The influence of nitric oxide on the decomposition of diethyl ether."
Thursday, February 27, 1936.
Sir William BRAGG, President, in the Chair.
Professor T. H. Laby was admitted into the Society.
The following papers were read.
1. W. R. GRAHAM, jun., H. D. KAY, and N. R. MCINTOSH. "I-A con- venient method for obtaining bovine arterial blood." W. R. GRAHAM, jun., T. S. G. JONES, and H. D. KAY. "II-The precursors in cow's blood of milk fat and other milk constitu- ents." S. J. FOLLEY and P. WHITE. " III-The effect of thyroxine on milk secretion and on some blood constituents of the lactating cow." Communicated by H. S. RAPER, F.R.S.
2. L. E. BAYLISS, R. J. LYTHGOE, and Katherine TANSLEY. " Some new forms of visual purple found in sea fishes with a note on the visual cells of origin." Communicated by C. A. Lovatt EVANS, F.R.S.
3. C. M. YONGE. " On the nature and permeability of chitin. II-The permeability of the uncalcified chitin lining the foregut of Homarus." Communicated by E. J. ALLEN, F.R.S.
4. G. 0. BURR. "Carbonic anhydrase and photosynthesis." Com- municated by F. F. BLACKMAN, F.R.S.
Thursday, March 5, 1936.
Sir William BRAGG, President, in the Chair. In pursuance of the Statutes the names of seventeen candidates recom-
mended for election into the Society were read from '-he Chair.
The following papers were read. 1. G. C. ULLYETT. " Host selection by Microplectron fuscipennis, Zett.
(Chalcididae, Hymenoptera)." Communicated by W. R. THOMPSON, F.R.S.
2. I. W. ROWLANDS and A. S. PARKES, F.R.S. "A study of anti- thyrotropic activity."
3. G. A. MILLIKAN. " The kinetics of muscle- haemoglobin." Com- municated by Sir Joseph BARCROFT, F.R.S.
This content downloaded from 169.229.32.136 on Wed, 7 May 2014 14:13:13 PMAll use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions
4. K. St. G. CARTWRIGHT, W. G. CAMPBELL, and F. H. ARMSTRONG.
"The influence of fungal decay on the properties of timber. I-The effect of progressive decay by Polyporus hispidus, Fr. on the strength of English ash (Fraxinus excelsior, L.)." Com- municated by E. J. BUTLER, F.R.S.
5. K. MATHER. "Competition between bivalents during chiasma formation." Communicated by R. A. FISHER, F.R.S.
6. R. A. MCCANCE and E. M. WIDDOWSON. " The response of the kidney to an alkalosis during salt deficiency." Communicated by E. MELLANBY, F.R.S.
7. H. G. THORNTON and J. E. RUDORF. "The abnormal structure induced in nodules on lucerne by the supply of sodium nitrate to the host plant." Communicated by Sir John RUSSELL, F.R.S.
Thursday, March 12, 1936.
Sir William BRAGG, President, in the Chair.
A discussion meeting on Surface Phenomena-Films was opened by Professor E. K. Rideal, F.R.S.I
Dr. N. K. Adam, Mr. G. Gee, Dr. E. A. Askew, Mr. J. S. Mitchell, Dr. J. Schulman, Professor E. Garter, Mr. 0. Gatty, Dr. Danielli, Dr. H. Hughes, and Sir Almroth Wright also spoke.
Thursday, March 19, 1936.
Sir William BRAGG, President, in the Chair.
The following papers were read.
1. D. F. MARTYN and 0. 0. PULLEY. " The temperatures and consti-
tuents of the upper atmosphere." Communicated by Lord RUTHERFORD, O.M., F.R.S.
2. P. I. DEE and C. W. GILBERT. " The disintegration of boron into three a-particles." Communicated by Lord RUTHERFORD, O.M., F.R.S.
3. H. J. GOUGH, F.R.S., and W. A. WOOD. " A new attack upon the problem of fatigue of metals, using X-ray methods of precision.."
4. E. A. GUGGENHEIM. " On magnetic and electrostatic energy." Com- municated by C. G. DARWIN, F.R.S.
5. W. A. WOOSTER and A. J. P. MARTIN. " An automatic ionization
spectrometer." Communicated by Lord RUTHERFORD, O.M., F.R.S.
6. Sir William POPE, F.R.S., and J. B. WHITWORTH. " Optically active
di- and tetra-methyl-spiro-5 :5-dihydantoins."
7. H. A. WILSON, F.R.S. " The calculation of atomic weight from nuclear reaction energies."
This content downloaded from 169.229.32.136 on Wed, 7 May 2014 14:13:13 PMAll use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions
8. G. A. MILLIKAN and F. J. W. ROUGHTON. " Photoelectric methods of measuring the velocity of rapid reactions." Communicated by Sir Joseph BARCROFT, F.R.S.
9. F. J. W. ROUGHTON. "Photoelectric methods of measuring the velocity of rapid reactions. 11-A simple apparatus for rapid and p1 and other changes, requiring 200 cc or more of each reagent." Communicated by Sir Joseph BARCROFT, F.R.S.
10. G. A. MILLIKAN. "Photoelectric methods of measuring the velocity of rapid reactions. III-A portable micro-apparatus applicable to an extended range of reactions." Communicated by Sir Joseph BARCROFT, F.R.S.
I1. E. HOGNER. " Influence lines for the wave resistance of ships, I." Communicated by T. H. HAVELOCK, F.R.S.
12. F. H. SCHOFIELD. The freezing point of palladium." Com- municated by Sir Joseph PETAVEL, F.R.S.
13. H. R. HULME, N. F. MOTT, F. OPPENHEIMER, and H. M. TAYLOR. "The internal conversion coefficient for y-rays." Communicated by C. D. ELLIS, F,R.S.
14. S. HILL and A. H. WOODCOCK. The elastic scattering of slow electrons from organic molecules." Communicated by Lord RUTHERFORD, O.M., F.R.S.
15. C. W. OATLEY. " The measurement of contact potential difference." Communicated by E. V. APPLETON, F.R.S.
16. H. G. BOOKER. " Oblique propagation of electromagnetic waves in a slowly-varying non-isotropic medium." Communicated by E. V. APPLETON, F.R.S.
17. E. A. GUGGENHEIM. " The thermodynamics of magnetism." Com- municated by C. G. DARWIN, F.R.S.
18. J. L. RUSSELL. " Studies on thixotropic gelation. Il-The coagula- tion of clay suspensions." Communicated by E. K. RIDEAL, F.R.S.
19. E. C. STONER. "Collective electron specific heat and spin para- magnetism in metals." Communicated by R. WHIDDINGTON, F.R.S.
20. D. A. JACKSON and H. KUHN. " Isotope shift in the resonance line of magnesium." Communicated by F. A. LINDEMANN, F.R.S.
21. The late H. H. CHAMPION and R. H. CORKAN. " The bore in the Trent." Communicated by A. T. DOODSON, F.R.S.
22. N. I. FISHER and F. M. HAMER. " A comparison of the absorption spectra of some typical symmetrical cyanine dyes." Com- municated by Sir William POPE, F.R.S.
This content downloaded from 169.229.32.136 on Wed, 7 May 2014 14:13:13 PMAll use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions
23. H. E. WATSON, K. L. RAMASWAMY, and G. P. KANE. " The dielectric coefficients of gases. III-Allene, allylene, butanes, butylenes, cyanogen, and hydrogen cyanide. IV-Fluorides of boron, nitrogen, and carbon." Communicated by F. G. DONNAN, F.R.S.
24. W. CAWOOD and H. S. PATTERSON. "The determination of atomic weights by means of the microbalance, and the values obtained for carbon nitrogen, and fluorine." Communicated by R. WHYTLAW-GRAY, F.R.S.
25. F. C. CHALKLIN. "The L spectra of iron, cobalt, nickel, and copper." Communicated by E. N. da C. ANDRADE, F.R.S.
26. C. V. JACKSON. " The red line of cadmium as a standard of wave- length." Communicated by A. FOWLER, F.R.S.
27. C. H. LANDER and J. V. HOWARD. Investigation of the tensile properties of solid mercury and a comparison with those of other metals at low temperatures." Communicated by W. E. DALBY, F.R.S.
This content downloaded from 169.229.32.136 on Wed, 7 May 2014 14:13:13 PMAll use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions
