PROCEEDINGS 



OF 



THE ROYAL SOCIETY 



June 21, 1900. 

 The LORD LISTEE, F.R.C.S., D.C.L., President, in the Chair. 



Mr. George James Burch, Dr. Leonard Hill, Mr. Joseph Jackson 

 Lister, Professor Arthur A. Rambaut, Mr. William James Sell, Mr. 

 Philip Watts, and Mr. Charles T. R. Wilson were admitted into the 

 Society. 



The Right Hon. Sir Ford North, a member of Her Majesty's Most 

 Honourable Privy Council, was balloted for and elected a Fellow of 

 the Society. 



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

 ordered for them. 



The following Papers were read : 



I. "On the Effect of Changes of Temperature on the Elasticities and 

 Internal Viscosity of Metal Wires." By Professor A. GRAY, 

 F.R.S., V. J. BLYTH, and J. S. DUNLOP. 



II. " On the Connection between the Electrical Properties and the 

 Chemical Composition of Different Kinds of Glass. Part II." 

 By Professor A. GRAY, F.R.S., and Professor J. J. DOBBIE. 



III. " On the Change of Resistance in Iron produced by Magnetisation." 



By Professor A. GRAY, F.R.S., and Professor E. T. JONES. 



IV. " Underground Temperature at Oxford in the Year 1899, as 



determined by Five Platinum Resistance Thermometers." By 

 Dr. A. A. RAMBAUT. Communicated by E. H. GRIFFITHS, 

 F.R.S. 



V. " On the Kinetic Accumulation of Stress, illustrated by the Theory 



of Impulsive Torsion." By Professor K. PEARSON, F.R.S. 

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