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December 10, 1896. 



Sir JOSEPH LISTER, Bart., F.R.C.S., D.C.L., President, in the 



Chair. 



A List of the Presents received was laid on the table, and thanks 

 ordered for them. 



The President announced that he had appointed as Vice-Presi- 

 dents 



The Treasurer. 

 Professor Clifton. 

 Mr. Thiselton Dyer. 

 Dr. Huggins. 



The following Papers were read : 



I. " On Professor Hermann's Theory of the Capillary Electro- 

 meter." By G-EORGE J. BURGH, M.A. Communicated by 

 Professor BURDON SANDERSON, F.R.S. 



II. "An Attempt to determine the Adiabatic Relations of Ethyl 

 Oxide." By E. P. PERMAN, D.Sc., W. RAMSAY, Ph.D., F.R.S., 

 and J. ROSE-INNES, M.A., B.Sc. 



III. " The Chemical and Physiological Reactions of certain Synthe- 

 sised Proteid-like Substances. Preliminary Communica- 

 tion." By JOHN W. PICKERING, D.Sc. (Lond.). Communi- 

 cated by Professor HALLIBURTON, P.R.S. 



IY. " An Experimental Examination into the Growth of the 

 Blastoderm of the Chick." By RICHARD ASSHETON, M.A. 

 Communicated by ADAM SEDGWICK, F.R.S. 



"On Professor Hermann's Theory of the Capillary Electro- 

 meter." By GEORGE J. BURGH, M.A. Communicated by 

 Professor BURDON SANDERSON, F.R.S. Received July 21, 

 Read December 10, 1896. 



I have received, by the courtesy of Professor Hermann, a copy of 

 his paper* on " Das Capillar-Electrometer und die Actionsstrome des 



* * Archiv fur die Ges. Physiologic,' vol. 63, p. 44C. 



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