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Manufacture: S. W. Melsom.—-Coniributions to the Knowledge of 
Liquid Mixtures. I. and II.: Dr. R. B. Denison. —Electrolysis in 
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Roya Society oF Arts, at 8.—The Whaling Industry of To-day: 
Theodore E. Salvesen. 
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(Cumberland) : Bernard Smith. —The Older Palzozoic Succession of the 
Duddon Estuary: J. F. N. Green. 
BritisH ASTRONOMICAL ASSOCIATION, at 5. 
THURSDAY, Marcu 28. 
Roya Society, at 4.30.—Probable Papers: A Confusion Test for Colour 
Blindness: Dr. G. J. Burch, F.R.S.—On the Systematic Position of the 
Spirochaetes: C. Dobell.—The Influence of Selection and Assortative 
Mating on the Ancestral and Fraternal Correlations of a Mendelian Popu- ; 
lation: E. C, Snow.—The Human Electrocardiogram; a Preliminary 
Investigation of Young Male Adults, to form a Basis for Pathological 
Study; T. Lewis and M. D. 1D. Gilder. ~The Production of Variation in 
the Physiological Activity of B. coli by the Use of Malachite-Green = 
C. Revis —(1) Notes on some Flagellate Infections found in certain 
Hemiptera in Uganda; (2) Netes on certain Aspects of the Development 
of 7. gambiensi in Glossina palpalis : Muriel Robertson.—Antelope and _ 
their Relation to Trypanosomiasis : Dr. H. L. Duke. 
RovaL INsTITUTION, at 3.—Sexual Dimorphism in Butterflies: F. A. 
Dixey, F.R S. 
CHEMICAL SOCIETY, at 4.30.—Presidential Address: Some Stereochemicall 
Problems: Prof. Percy F. Frankland, F.R.S. J 
INSTITUTION OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS, at 8.—The Power Factor and 
Conductivity of Di-electrics when tested with Alternating Electric 
Currents of Telephonic Frequency at Various Temperatures: Dr. J. A. 
Fleming. F.R.S., and G. B. Dyke. 
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Royat InsTITUTION, at 9.—Results of the Application of Positive Rays to 
the Study of Chemical Problems: Sir J. J. Thomson, O.M., F.R.S. 
SATURDAY, Marcu 30. 
Royat INSTITUTION, at 3.—Molecular Physics: Sir J. J. Thomson, O.M., - 
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Royat Society or Arts, at North Borneo: 
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Geology of the Paris Basin. ByR. B.N. ....: . 56 
Wind Charts of the Atmosphere. By R.C. . .. . 57. 
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