CONTENTS. 



VOL. LXIII. 



No. 389. 



Meeting of March 3, 1898, and List of Candidates for Election 1 



List of Papers read 2 



On the Depletion of the Endosperm of Hordeum vulgare during Germi- 

 nation. By Horace T. Brown, F.E.S., and F. Escombe, B.Sc,, F.L.S. 

 (Plate 1) S 



No. 390. 

 Meeting of March 10, 1898, and List of Papers read ... ; 25 



On the Modifications of the Spectra of Iron and other Substances 

 radiating in a strong Magnetic Field. By Thomas Preston, M.A. 

 Communicated by Professor Geo. Francis FitzGerald, F.E.S 2(> 



Note on the Connection between the Faraday Eotation of Plane of 

 Polarisation and the Zeeman Change of Frequency of Light Vibra- 

 tions in a Magnetic Field. By Geo. Fras. FitzGerald, F.E.S., 



F.T.C.D ;. ; 31 



On Artificial Temporary Colour-blindness, with an Examination of the 

 Colour Sensations of 109 Persons. By George J. Burch, M.A. 

 Communicated by Professor Gotch, F.E.S 35 



On the Connection between the Electrical Properties and the Chemical 

 Composition of different kinds of Glass. By Professor Andrew Gray, 

 LL.D., F.E.S., and Professor J. J. Dobbie, M.A., D.Sc 38 



On the Magnetic Deformation of Nickel. By E. Taylor Jones, D.Sc. 

 Communicated by Professor Andrew Gray, F.E.S 44 



Upon the Structure and Development of the Enamel of Elasmobranch 

 Fishes. By Charles S. Tomes, M.A., F.E.S 54 



On Apogamy and the Development of Sporangia upon Fern Prothalli. 

 By William H. Lang, M.B., B.Sc., Lecturer in Botany, Queen 

 Margaret College, and " G. A. Clark " Scholar, Glasgow University. 

 Communicated by Professor F. O. Bower, Sc.D., F.E.S 56 



Experimental Observations on the Early Degenerative Changes in the 

 Sensory End Organs of Muscles. By F. E. Batten, M.D. Commu- 

 nicated by Professor Victor Horsley, F.E.S 61 



