﻿CONTENTS. Vll 



Coignou, Miss C— Exhibit of lantern slides of the revv laboratory of 



the Manchester High School for Girls xxxvi 



Darbishirk, A. 1)., M.A. — Exhibit of the results of a hybridization 



experiment with mice ... ... ... ... .. ... xxiv 



Davison, Chari.fs, D.Sc. — Letter on British earthquakes ... xviii — xx 



Dayvkins, W. Boyd, M.A., D.Sc. F.R.S. — Note on the effect of 

 relaxation of pressure in causing folds at the bottom of 

 valleys vii — viii 



Address on the occasion of the presentation of the Wilde Medal 



to Professor Charles Lapworth, LL. D., F.R.S. ... xxviii — xxx 



Dixon, H. B., M.A., F.R.S. — Note on the atomic weight of chlorine xxvii 



ELLISON, R. W. — Exhibit of certain birds' eggs, and remarks on the 

 relation of their coloration to that of their surroundings. 

 (With a Plate)... ... ... ... ... ... ...xiv — xvi 



Faraday, F. J., F. L.S. — Presentation to the Society's Library of 

 " The Life of Thomas Fuller, D.D." By J. E. Bailey. 

 1874 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... xxxvii 



Field, Professor H. H. (of Zurich). — Exhibit and description of a 



method of card -bibliography of biological literature ... xxxix 



Hoyle, W. E., D.Sc, F.R.S. E.— Exhibit and description of speci- 

 mens of certain rare Cephalopoda ... ... ... ... xiii 



— — Remarks on Mr. Tripp's account of an appearance of the sea 



serpent ... ... ... ... ... .. .. ... xxii 



Exhibit of maps illustrating the gradual extermination of the 



bison in North America ... .. ... ... ... xxxv 



Hutton, R. S., M.Sc — Exhibit and description of electrically -heated 



carbon tube furnaces ... ... ... ... ... ... xxviii 



Lapworth, C, LL.D., F.R.S.— Reply of Professor Lapworth on 



being awarded the Wilde Medal ... ... ... xxx— xxxii 



Lees, Charles H., D.Sc. — Exhibit and description of a modification 



of the U-shaped water voltameter ... ... ... ... ix — x 



Exhibit and description of micro-photographs of steel wire taken 



by the National Physical Laboratory ... ... ... xxii 



Newton, Sir Isaac — Exhibit and Presentation to the Society of an oil 

 painting representing Sir Isaac Newton investigating his 

 first spectrum ... ... ... ... ... ... ... xii 



