CONTENTS. 



VOL. LXXTI. 



No. 477. July 8, 1903. 



Preliminary Note on the Use of Chloroform in the Preparation of 

 Vaccine. By Alan B. Green, M.A., M.D. (Cantab.). Communicated 

 by W. H. Power, M.D., F.R.S 



The Combination of Hydrogen and Chlorine under the Influence of 

 Light. By P. V. Bevan, Trinity College, Cambridge. Communicated 

 by Professor J. J. Thomson, F.R.S. (Abstract) 5 



A New Class of Organo-Tin Compounds containing Halogens. By 

 William J. Pope, F.R.S., Professor of Chemistry, Municipal School, 

 Manchester, and Stanley J. Peachey 7 



On the Photo-electric Discharge from Metallic Surfaces in different 

 Gases. By W. Mansergh Varley, M.Sc. (Viet.), Ph.D. (Strasburg), 

 1851 Exhibition Research Scholar, Emmanuel College, Cambridge. 

 Communicated by Professor J. J. Thomson, F.R.S. (Abstract) 11 



Meteorological Observations obtained by the Use of Kites off the West 

 Coast of Scotland, 1902. By W. N. Shaw, Sc.D., F.R.S., and W. H. 

 Dines, B.A. (Abstract) 13 



On the Radiation of Helium and Mercury in a Magnetic Field. By 

 Professor Andrew Gray, F.R.S., and Walter Stewart, D.Sc., with 

 Robert A. Houston, M.A., and D. B. McQuistan. M.A., Research 

 Students in the University of Glasgow 16 



An Analysis of the Results from the Kew Magnetographs on Quiet 

 Days during the Eleven Years 1890 1900, with a Discussion of 

 certain Phenomena in the Absolute Observations. By Charles Chree, 

 Sc.D., LL.D., F.R.S., Superintendent of the Observatory Department. 

 (Abstract) 22 



On the Theory of Refraction in Gases. By George W. Walker, M.A., 

 A.R.C.Sc., Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. Communicated by 

 Professor J. J. Thomson, F.R.S. (Abstract) 24 



Researches on Tetanus. Preliminary Communication. By Professor 

 H. Meyer and Dr. F. Ransom. Communicated by Professor E. H. 

 Starling, F.R.S 26 



The Hydrolysis of Fats in vitro by means of Steapsin. By Dr. J. 

 Lewkowitsch and Dr. J. J. R. Macleod, Mackinnon Scholar. Com- 

 municated by Professor E. Divers, F.R.S 31 



On the Adaptation of the Pancreas to different Foodstuffs. Pre- 

 liminary Communication. By F. A. Bainbridge, M.B., M.R.C.P. 

 Communicated by Professor E. H. Starling, F.R.S 35 



On the Bending of Waves round a Spherical Obstacle. By Lord 

 Rayleigh, F.R.S 40 



