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PHILOSOPHICAL MAGAZINE 



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SIR OLIVER JOSEPH LODGE, D.Sc., LL.D,, F.R.S. 

 SIR JOSEPH JOHN THOMSON, M.A., Sc,D., LL.D., F.R.S. 

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 GEORGE CAREY FOSTER, B.A., LL.D,, F.R.S, 



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WILLIAM FRANCIS, F.L.S. 



" Nee aranearum sane textus ideo melior quia ex se fila gignunt, nee noster 

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VOL. XXIII.— SIXTH SERIES. 

 JANUARY— JUNE 1912. 



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