viii Proceedings. {December nth, igoo. 



Professor Dixon suggested that more precise information as 

 to the conditions of the explosion was needed before the desired 

 explanation could be given with certainty. 



Mr. Charles Bailey, F.L.S., having taken the Chair, 



Mr. J. H. Grindlev, M.Sc, read a paper entitled "The 

 Thermodynamical Properties of Superheated Steam 

 and the Dryness of Saturated Steam." 



The paper is printed in full in the Memoirs. 



Several members contributed to the discussion which 

 followed the reading of the paper. 



A paper on " A new species of Sepia and other shells 

 collected by Dr. R. Koettlitz in Somaliland," l^y W. E. 

 HovLE, M.A., and R. Standen, was communicated by the 

 former. 



This paper will be printed in full in the Memoirs. 



