viii CONTENTS. 



S riRRiM", Mark, F.G.S. — Examples of ihe genus Cerithium from the 



tertiary deposits of the Paris basin xv 



On the mistletoe ... ••• xvi 



Exhibit of fossil insects from Commentry, France xxx 



On eocene shells from Grignon, near Versailles xxx 



Stkomkyer, C E., M.Inst.C.E. — On the results of a stuiiy of tidal 



waves ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ■ x.<i 



On the convergence of the suns rays ... xxiv 



Sykes, Mark, F.R.M.S. — On the arrangement and cataloguing of 

 the slides of microscopic objects belonging to the Natural 

 History Section xxix 



Taylor, R. L., F.CS. — On the occurrence of arsenic in green tapers x 



TiiORP, Thomas. — On a method of producing a specirum-Iike band 



from a bolometric curve ... ... ... ... ... i 



On a method of silvering diffraction films ... iv 



On the explosion of a bottle containing silvering solution ... vii 



Exhibit of photographs of the spectrum of the new star in Perseus xxiii 



Wti.soN, George, D.Sc. — On the bursting of gauge-glasses on the 



experimental engines at Owens College ... vi 



General Meeting i 



.Special Meeting for the presentation of the Wilde Medal and the 



delivery of the Wilde Lecture ... ... ... ... xxv 



Annual General Meeting ... ... .. .. xxvi 



Meetings of the Microscopical and Natural History Section : — 



Ordinary ... ... ... ... ... xv, xvi, xxix-xxxi 



Annual ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... xxxii 



Report of Council, 1900, with (Jbituary Notices of Lord Armstrong, 

 Charles Hermite, Sir William Cunliffe Brooks, Dr. Richard 

 Copley Christie, Dr. Daniel John Leech, and Sir John 



William Maclure ... ... xxxiv-xliii 



Treasurer's Accounts ... ... ... ... ... ... xliv-xlvi 



List of the Council and Members of the .Society ... ... xlvii-lxi 



List of the Awards of the Wilde and Dalton Medals and of the Premium l\ii 

 List of the Wilde Lectures ... ... ... ... ... ... Ixiii 



