CONTENTS. V 



1903. PAGE 



Jan. 30. — Professor W. E. Dalby — Vibration Problems in 



Engineering Science .. .. .. 235 



Feb. 2.— General Monthly Meeting 239 



„ 6. — The Eight Hon. Sir Herbert Maxwell, Bart., 



M.P. — George Romney and bis Works .. .. 243 



„ 13. — Professor Sheridan Del^pine— Civilisation and 



Health Dangers in Food .. .. .. .. 247 



„ 20. — Principal E. H. Griffiths — The Measurement of 



Energy .. .. ,. .. .. .. 267 



„ 27. — Adolf Liebmann, Esq. — Perfumes: Natural and 



Artificial 258 



March 2.— General Monthly Meeting .. .. .. ..262 



„ 6.— Professor .John Gray MoKendrick, M.D. — 



Studies in Experimental Phonetics .. .. 265 



„ 13. — Professor Karl Pearson — Character Reading 



from External Signs .. .. .. 266 



„ 20.— Professor E. A. Schafer— The Paths of Volition 268 



„ 27. — Professor W. A. Hekdman — The Pearl Fisheries 



of Ceylon .. .. , 279 



April 3.— The Right Hon. Lord Rayleigh, O.M.-— Drops 



and Surface Tension . . . . . . . 288 



„ 6.— General Monthly Meetincf .. .. .. .. 290 



„ 24. — The Hon. R. J. Strutt — Some Recent Investiga- 

 tions on Electrical Conduction ., .. .. 293 



May l.~ Annual Meeting .. .. .. .. 300 



„ 1. — Professor William J. Pope — Recent Advances in 



Stereo-chemistry .. .. .. ..301 



„ 4.— General Monthly Meeting .. .. . . 316 



„ 8. — H. Rider Haggard, Esq. — Rural England .. 320 



„ 15.— D. H. Scott, Esq. — The Origin of Seed-bearing 



Plants 335 



