PROCEEDINGS OF 

 THE ROYAL SOCIETY. 



VOL. XV. No. 82. 



CONTENTS. 



March 1, 1866. 



PAGE. 



Researches on Acids of the Lactic Series. — No. I. Synthesis of Acids of the 

 Lactic Series. By E. Feankland, F.R.S., and B. F. Dtjppa, Esq. ... 25 



March 8, 1866. 



I, Note on a Correspondence between Her Majesty's Grovernment and the Presi- 

 dent and Council of the Royal Society regarding Meteorological Observa- 

 tions to be made by Sea and Land. By Lieutenant- General Sabine, P.R.S. 29 



II. On the Action of Compasses in L'on Ships. By Mr. John Lilley ... 38 



III. On the Tidal Currents on the West Coast of Scotland. By Archibald 



Smith, M.A., F.R.S 42 



March 15, 1866. 



On a possible Greological Cause of Changes in the Position of the Axis of the 

 Earth's Crust. By John Evans, F.R.S., Sec. G.S 



46 



Ma^ch 22, 1866. 



I. On the Action of Trichloride of Phosphorus on the Salts of the Aromatic 



Monamines. By A. W. Hoemann, LL.D., F.R.S., &c 55 



II. Notice of a Zone of Spots on the Sun. By John Phillips, M.A., LL.D., 

 F.R.S., Professor of Geology in the University of Oxford 63 



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