PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



IRo^al 3n6titution of (Breat Britain 



Vol. XVII.— Part II. 



No. 97 



1903. 

 Jan. 16. 

 Jan. 23. 

 Jan. 30. 



Feb. 2. 

 Feb. 6. 



Feb. 13. 



Feb. 20. 

 Feb. 27. 

 March 2. 

 March 6. 



March 13 



March 20, 

 March 27 

 April 3. 



April 6. 

 April 24. 



May 1. 



May 1. 



May 4. 

 May 8. 

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June 5. 

 June 8. 

 June 1^ 

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Pkopessor Sir James Dewar— Low Temperature Investigations 418 



Tempest Anderson, M.D.— Recent Volcanic Eruptions . . . . 231 



Professor W. E. Dalby — Vibi-ation Problems in Engineering 



Science . . . . . . . . . . . , . , _ 235 



General Monthly Meeting . . . . . . . . , ^ 239 



The Right Hon. Sir Herbert Maxwell, Bart., M.P. — George 



Roraney and his Works . . . . ^ ^ 243 



Professor Sheridan Delepine— Civilisation and Health Dangers 



in Food . . . . . . . . . . . . . , 247 



Principal E. H. Griffiths— The Measurement of Energy . . 257 



Adolf Liebmann, Esq.— Perfumes : Natural and Artificial . . 258 



General Monthly Meeting . . . . 262 



Professor Johx Gray- McKendrick, M.D. — Studies in Experi- 

 mental Phonetics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265 



Professor Karl Pearson— Character Reading from External 



'"^igns 266 



, Professor E. A. Schafer — The Paths of Volition . . . . 268 



Professor W. A. Herdman— The Pearl Fisheries of Ceylon . . 279 

 The Right Hon. liORD Rayleigh, O.M.— Drops and Surface 



Tension .... . . . . , . 288 



General Monthly Meeting 290 



The Hon. R. J. Strutt — Some Recent Investigations on 



Electrical Conduction . . . . . . . , . , . . 293 



Annual Meeting . . . . . , 300 



Professor William J. Pope— Recent Advances in Stereo- 

 chemistry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301 



General Monthly Meeting 316 



H. Rider Haggard, Esq. — Rural England 320 



D. H. Scott, Esq. — The Origin of Seed-bearing Plants . . . . 335 



J, A. H. Murray, Esq. — Dictionaries 349 



J. Y. BccHANAN, Esq. — Problems and Methods of Oceanic 



Research . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . 357 



Professor H. H. Turner — The New Star in Gemini . . . . 375 



General Monthly Meeting 385 



(Extra Evening). Professor Pierre Curie — Radium (in French) 389 



General Monthly Meeting 403 



General Monthly Meeting 406 



General Monthly Meeting 412 



LONDON 

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March 1905 



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