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The Formation and Early Growtli of tlie Bones of tlie Human Face. By 

 George W. CalLender, Lecturer on Anatomy at St, Bartholomew's Hos- 

 pital.. 447 



On a Method of making a Direct Comparison of Electrostatic with Electro- 

 macmetic Force ; with a Note on the Electromagnetic Theory of Light. 

 By J. Clerk Maxwell; F.E.SS.L. & E. 449 



Kesults of Examination of Southern Nebulae with the Spectroscope. By 

 Lieut. J. Herschel , 451 



Notes on Variations in the origin of the Long Buccal Branch of the Fifth 

 Cranial Nerve. By Wm. Turner, M.B. (Lond.), Professor of Anatomy, 

 University of Edinhm'gh 456 



Description of a Pendulum-Electrograph now in use at the Melbourne Ob- 

 servatory. By R. L. J. Ellery, Government Astronomer to the Colony 

 of Victoria 458 



Further particulars of the Swedish Polar Expedition. Li a Letter addressed 

 to the President; by Prof. A. E. Nordenskiold 464 



An attempt to apply Chemical Principles in explanation of the Action 

 of Poisons. By W. H. Broadbent, M.D 465 



On the Communication of Vibration from a Vibrating Body to a surround- 

 ing Gas. By G. G. Stokes, M.A., Sec. R.S., Fellow of Pembroke Col- 

 lege, and Lucasian Professor of Mathematics in the University of Cam- 

 bridge 470 



An Account of certain Experiments, on Aneroid Barometers, made at Kew 

 Observatory, at the expense of the Meteorological Committee. By B. 

 Stewart, F.R.S 472 



Contributions to Terrestrial Magnetism, No. XI. By General Sabine, R. A., 

 P.R.S., &c 480 



On the Spectrum of Comet II., 1868. By William Huggins, F.R.S 481 



Variations in Human Myology observed during the Winter Session of 

 1867-68 at King's College, 'London. By John Wood, F.R.C.S., Exa- 

 miner in Anatomy to the University of London 483 



On an Easy Method of measuring approximately the Intensity of Total Day- 

 light. By Roger J. Wright, Esq 525 



Obituary Notices of Deceased Fellows : 



Dr. Benjamin Guy Babington i 



William Thomas Brande ii 



Dr. WiUiam Brinton vi 



Walter Crum viii 



Joseph Edye x 



Sir George Everest xi 



John Goodsir xiv 



William Gravatt xvi 



Charles James Hargreave xvii 



Sir William Snow Harris xviii 



Dr. William Henry Harvey xxii 



Percival Norton Johnson xxiii 



Sir William Lawrence , xxv 



