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On the Specific Heats of Gases at Constant Volume. Part I. Air, 

 Carbon Dioxide, and Hydrogen. By J. Joly, M.A., B.E., Assistant to 

 the Professor of Civil Engineering, Trinity College, Dublin 440 



Magnetism and Recalescence. By J. Hopkinson, D.Sc., F.RS 442 



List of Presents 446 



November 27, 1890. 



On the Homology between Genital Ducts and Nephridia in tho 

 Oligochseta. By Frank E. Beddard, M.A., Prosector of the Zoological 

 Society 452 



The Patterns in Thumb and Finger Marks : on their Arrangement into 

 naturally distinct Classes, the Permanence of the Papillary Ridges 

 that make them, and the Resemblance of their Classes to ordinary 

 Genera. By Francis Galton, F.RS 455 



Preliminary Note on the Transplantation and Growth of Mammalian 

 Ova within a Uterine Foster-Mother. By Walter Heape, M.A., 

 Balfour Student at the University of Cambridge 457 



The Conditions of Chemical Change between Nitric Acid and certain 

 Metals. By V. H. Veley, M.A., the University Museum, Oxford 458 



The Variations of Electromotive Force of Cells consisting of certain 

 Metals, Platinum, and Nitric Acid. By G. J. Burch, B.A., and 

 V. H. Veley, M.A., the University Museum, Oxford 460 



List of Presents...., .. 461 



December 1, 1890. 

 ANNIVERSARY MEETING. 



Report of Auditors 464 



List of Fellows deceased since last Anniversary 464 



elected 465 



Address of the President 465 



Election of Council and Officers 475 



Financial Statement : 477-480 



Trust Funds 481-485 



Table showing Progress and present State of Society with regard to 

 Fellows 486 



Account of the appropriation of the sum of 4,000 (the Government 

 Grant) annually voted by Parliament to the Royal Society, to be 

 employed in aiding the Advancement of Science 486 



Account of Grants from the Donation Fund 490 



Report of the-Kew Committee 491 



On the Relation between the Magnetic Permeability of Rocks and 

 Regional Magnetic Disturbances. By A. W. Riicker, M.A., F.RS 505 



