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Volume InformationSource: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Containing Papers of aBiological Character, Vol. 89, No. 609 (Jul. 1, 1915), pp. i-viiPublished by: The Royal SocietyStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/80820 .
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On the Function of Chlorophyll. By Alfred J. Ewart, D.Sc., Ph.D., Professor of Botany and Plant Physiology in the Melbourne University and Government Botanist of Victoria. Commlnuniicated by Prof. A. C. Seward, F.R.S . ............ 1
On Forms of Growth Resembling Living Organisms and their Products Slowly Deposited froma Metastable Soluitions of Inorganic Colloids. By Prof. Benjamin Moore, M.A., D.Sc., F.R.S., andW. G. Evans, B.Sc. (Platel) ........ ............. 17
The Production of Growths or Deposits in Mvetastable Inorganic Hydrosols. By Prof. Benjamin Moore, M.A., I).Sc., F.R.S. (Plates 2 and 3) ........................ 27
A Contribution to our Knowledge of the Chemiiistry of Coat-Colour in Animals and Dominant and PRecessive Whiteness. By H. Onislow. Commuinicated by Prof. F. G. Hlopkins, F.R.S .................................................................... 36
No. B 610.-August 2, 1915.
The Transmiiission of Infra-red R-ays by the Media of the Eye andi the Transmis- sion of Radiant Energy by Crookes and other Glasses. By H. Hartridge, M.A., M.B., B.C., Fellow of King's College, Cambridge, and A. V. Hill, AM.A., Fellow of Trinity College. Communicated by W. B. Hardy, F.R.S ......................... 58
Soil Protozoa and Soil Bacteria. By Edward Johni Russell (Rothamsted Experi- mental Station). Communicated by Dr. Horace T. Brown, F.R.S ................... 76
The Chromiosome Cycle in Coccidia and Gregarines. By Clifford Dobell and A. Pringle Jameson. Communicated by J. Bretland Farmer, F.R.S . ............ 83
Experiments on the Restoration of Paralysed AMuscles by Means of Nerve Anastomosis. Part 1II.-Anastomosis of the Brachial Plexus, with a Con- sideration of the Distributioni of its Roots. By Robert Kennedy, M.A., D.Sc., M.D., St. Mungo Professor of Surgery in the University of Glasgow. Com- municated by Prof. J. G. McKendrick, F.R.S. (Abstract.) ........................... 94
The Development of the Thymus, Epithelial Bodies, and Thyroid in the Mar- supialia. Part I.-Trichosurus vulpecula. By Elizabeth A. Fraser, B.Sc. (Lond.), and Prof. J. P. Hill, F.R.S. (Abstract.) ....................................... 97
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The Developmnent of the Thymus, Epithelial Bodies, and Thyroid in the Mar- supialia. Part 1I.-Phascolarctos, Phascolomys and Perameles. By Elizabeth A. Fraser, B.Sc. Communicated by Prof. J. P. Hill, F.R.S. (Abstract.) ...... 100
A Bacterial Test for Plant Food Accessories (Auximones). By W. B. Bottomley, M.A., Professor of Botany, University of Loindon, King's College. Com- municated by Prof. F. W. Oliver, F.R.S .................................................102
No. B 611.-November 1, 1915. The Inheritance of Colour in the Stick-Insect, Carausius morosas. By E. W.
MacBride, F.R.S., and Miss A. Jackson. (Plates 4 and 5) ........................... 109
The Rate of Absorption of Various Pheiiolic Solutions by Seeds of Iordeumn vulgare, and the Factors Governing the Rate of Diffusion of Aqueous Solutions across Semipermeable Membranes. By Adrian J. Brown, F.R.S., and Franlk Tinker, M.Sc. ........... ...................... 119
No. B 612.-January 1, 1916.
The Controlling Influence of Carbon Dioxide. Part 1II.-The Retarding Effect of Carbon Dioxide on Respiration. By Frankland Kidd, B.A., Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge; Cambridge UTniversity Frank Smart Student. Communicated by Dr. F. F. Blackmain, F.R.S. ............. ............................. 136
The Growth of the Body in Man.-The Relationship betweeni the Body-weight and the Body-length (Stem-length). By E. WT Aiinley Walker, M.A., D.M., Fellow and Tutor of University College, and Lecturer in Pathology in the University of Oxford. Communicated by Prof. C. S. Sherrington, F.R.S . ...... 157
Note on an Orderly Dissimilarity in Inheritanice from Different Parts of a Plant. By W. Bateson, F.R.S., and Caroline Pellew .. ........................................... 174
No. B 613.-April 1, 1916.
Investigations dealing with the Phenomena of Clot Formations. Part III.- Further Investigations of the Cholate Gel. By S. B. Schryver, Assistant Professor in the Imperial College of Science. Communicated by Prof. V. H. Blackman, FIR.S. ......................................................................176
Gametogenesis and Sex-Determination in the Gall-Fly, Neuroteras lenticularis (Spathegaster baccarum).-Part III. By L. Doncaster, Sc.D., F.R.S., Fellow of King's College, Cambridge. (Plates 6 and 7) .183
No. B 614.-May 60 1916.
On the Mechanism of Chemical Temperature Regulation. By J. M. O'Connor. Commiunicated by J. Barcroft, F.R.S. ...................................................... 201
Physiological Investigations with Petiole-Pulvinus Preparations of Minosa pudica. By Prof. J. C. Bose, M.A., D.Sc., C.S.I., C.I.E., assisted by Surendra Chanidra Das, M.A. Communicated by Prof. S. H. Vines, F.IR.S ............................... 213
The Antiseptic Action of Substances of the Chloramine Group. By II. D. Dakin, J. B. Cohen, F.R.S., M. Daufresne, and J. Kenyon .232
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Preliminary Report on the Purbeck Characece. By Clement Reid, F.R.S., and J. Groves. (Plate 8) ..................................................................... 252
The Endemic Flora of Ceylon, with Reference to Geographical Distribution and Evolution in General: A Correction. By J. C. Willis, M.A., Sc.D., late Director of the Botanic Gardens, Rio de Janeiro. Communicated by D. H. Scott, For. Sec. R.S . .................................................................... 257
The Growth Rings on Herring Scales. By Geoffrey W. Paget, B.A., and Robert E. Savage, A.R.C.Sc. Communicated by Dr. A. T. Masterman, F.R.S. ......... 258
On the Classificatioin of the Reptilia. By Edwin S. Goodrich, F.R.S., Fellow of Merton College, Oxford ................... 261
The Relation of Excised Muscle to Acids, Salts, and Bases. By Dorothy Jordan Lloyd, B.Sc., "N" Fellow of Newnham College, Cambridge. Communicated by W. B. Hardy, Sec. R.S ................... 277
No. B 616.-August 1, 1916. Notes on the Genus Toxoplasnma, with a Description of Three New Species. By
H. G. Plimmer, F. R.S., Professor of Comparative Pathology in the Imperial College of Science and Technology, London. (Plates 9 and 10) ........ ............. 291
Further Observations on Protozoa in Relation to Soil Bacteria. By T. Goodey, D.Sc., Protozoologist, Research Laboratory in Agricultural Zoology, University of Birmingham. Communicated by Prof. F. W. Gamble, F.R.S . .................. 297
On the Occurrence of Gelatinous Spicules, and their Mode of Origin, in a New Genus of Siliceous Sponges. By Arthur Dendy, D.Sc., F.R.S., Professor of Zoology in the University of London (King's College). (Plate 11) ....... ........ 315
On the Experimental Production of Congenital Goitre. By Robert McCarrison, M.D., D.Sc., F.R.C.P. (late on Special Duty for the Study of Goitre -and Cretinism in India). Communicated by Sir Victor Horsley, F.R.S. (Plate 12) 322
No. B 617.-November 1, 1916. The Ultra-Violet Absorption Spectra of Blood Sera. By S. Judd Lewis, D.Sc.
(Tiubingen), B.Sc. (London), F.I.C. Communicated by Sir William Ramsay, K.C.B . ................................................... 327
An Experimental Investigation into the R61e of the Blood Fluids in the Intra- cellular Digestion of Certain Bacteria and Red Corpuscles. By S. R. Douglas, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Lond.), Captain LM.S. (Retired), 1st Assistant Bacterio- logical Departnient, Medical Research Committee, National Insurance Act. Communicated by Sir Almroth Wright, F.R.S . .......................................... 335
,Some Photochemical Experiments with Pure Chlorophyll and their Bearing on Theories of Carborn Assimilation. By Ingvar Jorgensen and Franklin Kidd. Communicated by V. H. Blackman, F.R.S . ................................................ 342
Investigations dealing with the Phenomena of " Clot " Formations. Part IV.-The Diphasic Erosive Action of Salts on the Cholate Gel. By S. B. Schryver and Mary Hewlett. Communicated by V. H. Blackman, F.R.S. ........ ................ 361
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Selective Permeability: The Absorption of Phenol and other Solutions by the Seeds of Rlordeom vulgare. By Adriani J. Brown, F.R.S., and Frank Tinker, M.Sc ..................................................................... 373
Methods of Raising a Low Arterial Pressure. By W. M. Bayliss, F.R.S. ............ 380
No. B 618.-January 1, 1917.
Manl's Mechanical Efficiency in Work Performanice and the Cost of the Movements Inivolved (Treated Separately). By J. S. Macdonald, Professor of Physiology, Liverpool. Communicated by Prof. C. S. Sherrington, FR.RS. ........ ............. 394
The Typical Form- of the Cochlea and its Variations. By Heniry J. Watt. Coin- niunicated by Prof. D. Noel Paton, F.R.S . ................................................ 410
No. B 619.-March 1, 1917.
The Rotle of the Phagocyte in Cerebro-spinal Meningitis. By Cresswell Shearer, MI)., D.Sc., F.R.S., and H. Warrein Crowe, M.D., Military Hospital, Devon- port. (Plates 13 and 14) ................... . . ................................... 422
On the Toxic Action1 of Dilute Pure Sodiunm Chloride Solutions on the Meningo- coccus. By Cresswell Shearer, M.D., D.Sc., F.R.S., Mlilitary Hospital, Devon- port. (Plate 15) ........... 440,
CROONIAN LECTURE: The Respiratory Process in Muscle and the Nature of Muscular Motionl. By Dr. W. M. Fletcher, F.R.S., and Prof. F. G. Hopkins, F.R.S . ....444...................................................................... 444
No. B 620.-May 10, 1917.
Morphological Studies in the Life-Histories of Bacteria. By Edward C. Hort, F.R.C.P. Edin. Communicated by J. Bretland Farmer, F.R.S. (Plates 16 to 20) 468
No. B 621.-June 1, 1917.
Soime Effects of Organic Growth-Promoting Substances (Auximones) on the Growth of Lemna minor in M ineral Culture Solutions. By W. B. Bottomley, M.A., Professor of Botany, University of London, King's College. Communi- cated by F. W. Oliver, F.R.S. (Plates 21 and 22) . . 481'
Some Effects of Organic Growth-Promoting Substances (Auximones) on the Soil Organrismis concerned in the Nitrogen Cycle. By Florence A. Mockeridge, B.Sc., King's College, London. Communicated by F. W. Oliver, F.R.S . ......... 508
No. B 622.-August 1, 1917.
On the Causes Responsible for the Developmental Progress of the Mammary Glands in the Rabbit During the Later Part of Pregnancy. By J. Hammond, M.A., Captain, Norfolk Regiment. Communicated by J. Barcroft, F.R.S. (Plate 23) 534
On the Post-(Estrous Changes occurring in the Generative Organs and Mammary Glands of the Non-Pregnant Dog. By F. H. A. Marshall, Sc.D., and E. T. Haluan, M.A., 2nd Lieut., R.F.A. Communicated by J. Barcroft, F.R.S. (Plates 24 to 26) ........... 546
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'ROONIAN LECTuRE: Upon the Motion of the Mammalian Heart. By Thomas Lewis .................................................................... 560
On the Influence of Vibrations upon the Forms of Certain Sponge-Spicules. By Arthur Dendy, D.Sc., F.R.S., Professor of Zoology, and J. W. Nicholson, M.A., D.Sc., F.R.S., Professor of Mathematics, in the University of London (King's College) ............... ..................................................... 573
OBITUARY NOTICES OF FELLOWS DECEASED.
Sir William Gowers .......................... ........................................ i Richard Lydekker ......................... ......................................... iii Sir John Murray, K.C.B .................................................................. vi David Douglas Cunningham .................................................................. xv Henry Charlton Bastian ......................................... ............ xxi Arthur Sheridan Lea ............... xxv August Friedrich Leopold Weismann .......................................................... xxvii Sir William Turner, K.C.B .................................................................. xxxiv Edward Alfred Minchin .................. xxxviii Sir Thomas Lauder Brunton (with portrait) ................................................ xliv Hugo Kronecker (with portrait) .xlix Elias Mecznikow .li Harold Henry Welch Pearson .lx
'Captain. J. W. Jenkinsoni, M.A., D.Sc .xlii
Index ................... lxix
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