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No. 270.— June 7, 1888. 



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Election of Fellows 268 



Note on some of the Motor Functions of certain Cranial Nerves ( Y, VII, 

 IX, X, XI, XII), and of the three first Cervical Nerves, in the 

 Monkey (Macacus sinicus). By Charles E. Beev^or, M.D., F.R.C.P., and 

 Victor Horsley, B.S., F.R.S. (From the Laboratory of the Brown 

 Institution) , 269 



An Additional Contribution to the Placentation of the Lemurs. By 

 Professor Sir Wm. Turner, Knt., M.B., LL.D., F.R.S 277 



Note on the Coagulation of the Blood. By L. C. Wooldridge, M.D., 

 M.R.C.P., Co-Lecturer on Physiology at Guy's Hospital 282 



Note on the Volumetric Determination of Uric Acid. By A. M. Gossage, 

 B.A. Oxon 284 



On the Effects of Increased Arterial Pressure on the Mammalian Heart. 

 By John A. Mc William, M.D., Professor of the Institutes of Medicine 

 in the University of Aberdeen 287 



List of Presents 292 



June 14, 1888. 



The Minimum-point of Change of Potential of a Voltaic Couple. By G. 

 Gore, F.R.S 294 



On the Change of Potential of a Voltaic Couple by Variation of Strength 

 of its Liquid. By G. Gore, FJR.S 296 



Influence of the Chemical Energy of Electrolytes upon the Minimum- 

 point and Change of Potential of a Voltaic Couple in Water. By G. 

 Gore, F.RS r 300 



The Electric Organ of the Skate. The Electric Organ of Raia radiata. 

 By J. C. Ewart, M.D., Regius Professor of Natural History, University 

 of Edinburgh 308 



On certain Definite Integrals. No. 16. By W. H. L. Russell, F.R.S 311 



On Meldrum's Rules for handling Ships in the Southern Indian Ocean. 

 By Hon. Ralph Abercromby, F.R. Met. Soc 314 



Magnetic Properties of an Impure Nickel. By J. Hopkinson, F.R.S. 

 (Plates 2-13) 317 



Experiments on Carbon at high Temperatures and under great Pres- 

 sures, and in contact with other Substances. By the Hon. Charles A. 

 Parsons „„ 320 



List of Presents « 323 



June 21, 1888. 



Further Researches on the Physiology of the Invertebrata. By A. B. 



(Lond. and Paris), Principal 



