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MEMOIRS AND PROCEEDINGS 



OF 



THE MANCHESTER 

 LITERARY & PHILOSOPHICAL 



SOCIETY, 1912-1913. 



CONTENTS. 



Memoirs : 



X The Variation of Planoibis inultifonnis, Bronn. By George 



Hickling, D.Sc, F.G.S. With^ris. pp. 1-24. 



{Issued se/>a>-atety, August zyth, 1913.) 



XI On some Relations between Pnccinia malvacearum (Mont.) and 

 the Tissues of its Host Plant {Althaea rosea). By Wilfrid 

 Robinson, B.Sc. (Lond.). IVith 2 Ph. and 7 Text-figs. - - pp. 1—24. 

 (Issued separately, September sth, 1913.) 



XII. On some new Multiple Relations of the Atomic Weights of 

 Elementary Substances ; and on the Classification and 

 Transformations of Neon and Helium. By Henry Wilde, 

 D.Sc, D.C.L., F.R.S. IVah Table pp. i-il. 



Klssned se/>arately, July 31st, IQ13.) 



XIII. On the Influence of Atmospheric Pressure, Temperature and 

 Humidity on Animal Metabolism. By William Thomson, 

 F.R.S.E., F.I.C., F.C.S. With 3 Pis. and 3 Tables - - pp. I— 8. 

 {Issjicd separately, October 31st, IQ13.) 



XIV The Influence of Moisture in the Air on Metabolism in the 



Body. By William Thomson, F.R.S.E., F.I. C, F.C.S. - pp. 1—4. 



(Issued separately, October 31st, igrj.) 



XV. Experiments on Abel's Theory that Incombustible Dusts act 

 Catalytically in igniting weak Mixtures of Methane and 

 Air. By Professor H. B. Dixon, M.A., F.R.S., and H. M. 

 Lowe, M.Sc. pp. I— 10. 



{Issued separately, November zist, igi3-) 



XVI. The Root- Apex and Young Root of Lyginodendron. By Pro- 

 fessor F. E. Weiss, D.Sc, F.L.S. With i PI. - - -pp. i-io. 



(Issued separately, No7'ember zgtlt, 1913.) 



XVII. Bessemer, Goransson and Mushet : A Contribution to 

 Technical History. By Ernest F. Lange, M.I.Mech.E., 

 A.M.Inst.C.E., F.C.S. With 6 Pis. and letter - - - pp. I— 44. 



(Issued separately, December 30th, 1913.) 



XVIII. A Tylodendron-like Fossil. By Professor F. E. Weiss, D.Sc, 



F.L.S. With 2 Ph. ------- -pp. I— 14. 



{Issued separately, Noveiuber 26th , IQIJ. ) 



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