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Meeting of November 17, 1898 119 



List of Papers received and published since the last Meeting 119 



List of Papers read 119 



Further Note on the Sensory Nerves of the Eye-Muscles. By C. S. 

 Sherrington, M.A., M.D., F.K.S., University College, Liverpool 120 



An Experiment in Search of a Directive Action of one Quartz Crystal 

 on another. By J. H. Poynting, Sc.D., F.K.S., and P. L. Gray, 

 B.Sc 121 



Contributions to our Knowledge of the Formation, Storage and Deple- 

 tion of Carbohydrates in Monocotyledons. By John Parkin, M.A., 

 Trin. Coll., Camb. Communicated by Professor Marshall Ward, 

 F.B.S , 122 



Further Observations on the Effects of Partial Thyroidectomy. By 

 Walter Edmunds. Communicated by Dr. Kose Bradford, F.B.S 123 



Meeting of November 24, 1898, with List of Officers and Council, and 

 List of Papers read 126 



On the Condensation Nuclei produced in Gases by the Action of Eont- 

 gen Bays, Uranium Bays, Ultra-violet Light, and other Agents. 

 By C. T. B. Wilson, M.A., Clerk-Maxwell Student in the University 

 of Cambridge. Communicated by Professor J. J. Thomson, F.B.S. .. 127 



The Origin of the Gases evolved on heating Mineral Substances, Meteo- 

 rites, &c. By Morris W. Travers, D.Sc. Communicated by Pro- 

 fessor W. Bamsay, F.B.S 130 



The Electrical Conductivity and Luminosity of Flames containing Va- 

 porised Salts. By Arthur Smith ells, H. M. Dawson, and H. A. 

 Wilson. Communicated by Sir H. E. Boscoe, F.B.S 142 



No. 406. 

 Anniversary Meeting, November 30, 1898 148 



Meeting of December 8, 1898, with List of Vice-Presidents and List of 

 Papers read 149 



Effects of Prolonged Heating on the Magnetic Properties of Iron. 

 (Second Paper.) By S. B. Boget, B.A. Communicated by Professor 

 Ewing, F.B.S 150 



On the Topographical Anatomy of the Abdominal Viscera, especially 

 the Gastro-Intestinal Canal in Man. By Christopher Addison, 

 M.D., B.S. (Lond.), F.B.C.S., Professor of Anatomy, University 

 College, Sheffield. Communicated by Professor Alexander Mac- 

 alister, F.B.S , 156 



Mathematical Contributions to the Theory of Evolution. VI. Bepro- 

 ductive or Genetic Selection. Part I. 'Theoretical. By Karl Pear- 

 son, F.B.S. Part II. On the Inheritance of Fertility in Man. By 

 Karl Pearson, F.B.S., and Alice Lee. Part III. On the Inheritance 

 of Fecundity in Thoroughbred Bace-horses. By Karl Pearson, 

 F.B.S., with the assistance of Leslie Bramley-Moore 163 



