Vol. 53 : Fart I. 



MEMOIRS AND PROCEEDINGS 



OF 



THE MANCHESTER 



LITERARY & PHILOSOPHICAL 



SOCIETY, 1908-1909. 



CONTENTS 



Memoirs : 



I. The Nature of the « Particle. By Professor E. Rutherford, 



F.R.S., and T. Royds, M.Sc. pp. 1-3. 



(Issued separately, November iQth, igoS). 



II. Some Properties of the Radium Emanation. By Professor E. 



Rutherford, F.R.S. pp. 1—2. 



(Issued sepatatel}', Novci>d>cr igtk, igoS). 



III. A Method of Calculating the Number of Degrees of Freedom of 



a Molecule among which the Partition of Energy is governed 

 by the Principal Temperature. By H. Bateman, M.A. 7 Text- 

 figs- ■ - pp. 1-9- 



(Issued separately, December ^y-d, igoS). 



IV. Notes on the Spawning of Elcdoue, and on the Occurrence of 



Eledoiie with the Suckers in Double Rows. By F. H. Gravely, 



M.Sc. 2 Plates pp. I— 14. 



(Issued separately, December iSth, igoS). 



V. On the Local Intensification of Draught produced in a Horizontal 

 Air Current by the Presence of an Inclined Rod. By A. H. 

 Gibson, M.Sc. pp. i— 10. 



(Issued separately, December 24th, igo8). 



VI. On the Production of White Ferrous Ferrocyanide. By R. L. 



Taylor, F.C.S., F.I.C PP- 1—2. 



(Issued separately, December 31st, igo8). 



■Proceedings PP- i- 



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