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THE EOYAL lEISH AGADEM. 



Vol, III., Ser. n. 



AUGUST, 1877, 



Xo. 1. 



CONTENTS. 



SCIENCE. 



PAGE 



I. A List of Spiders captiu-ed in the Seychelles Islands. By Professor 

 E. Perceval Wright, ]\I.D., F.L.S. : \dth. Descriptions of Species 

 supposed to be new to Arachnologists, Ly John Blackwaxl, F.L.S. 

 Notes and Preface, by the Rev. 0. P. C'a:.ibeidge, M.A., C.M.Z.S., 



«S:c. (Plates 1 & 2), 1 



II. Myology of the Cheetah, or Hnnting Leopard of India [Felis Juhata). 



By F.' Ogixbt Boss, Student in Medicine, Trinity CoUege, Dublin, . 23 



in. On a Series of Bases derived from Pyrrol, and some Compounds aUied 



to them and to Mucic Acid. By Chichesiek A. Bell, M.B., . -. 33 



IV. On Glaeiation bv Sea Ice. By Edw. L. Moss, M.D.R.N., late Surgeon 



H. M. S. "Alert," oO 



Y. Reports fi'om the Chemical Laboratoiy of Trinity CoUege, Dublin. 

 No. 2. — On the Composition of Lie\Tite, as determined by Mr. Early's 

 method. By J. Emeesg^t RErx^oLDS, M.D., Professor of Chemistry, 



University of Dublin, 52 



VI. On Experiments to Determine the Influence of the Molecular Condition 

 of Fluids on their Motion when in Rotation, and in Contact with 

 Solids. Report, Part I. By Hexey Hexxesst, F.R.S., M.R.I.A., 

 Professor of Applied Mathematics in the Royal CoUege of Science for 



Iieland, 55 



VII. On Revival of Manuscripts on Parchment. Bv R. A^•Grs Smith. Ph.D., 



F.R.S., , . ' 04 



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