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THE ROYAL SOCIETY. 



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June 7, 1877. \ 



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Election of Fellows \^ . • • 288 



Jtt»e 14, 1877. 



I. On the Minute Structure and Relationships of the Lymphatics of the 

 Mammalian Skin, and on the Ultimate Distribution of Nerves to the 

 Epidermis and Subepidermic Lymphatics. By George Hoggan, M.B., 

 and Frances Elizabeth Hoggan, M.D 289 



II. Refractive Indices of Glass. By J. Hopkinson, D.Sc., M.A 290 



III. Electrostatic Capacity of Glass. By J. Hopkinson, D.Sc, M.A. . . . 298 



IY. On the Difference of Potential produced by the Contact of different 

 Substances. By R. B. Clieton, F.R.S., Professor of Experimental 

 Philosophy in the University of Oxford 299 



V. The Physiology of Sugar in relation to the Blood. By F. W. Pavy, M.D., 



F.R.S 314 



VI. Correction of Statement in the " Note on the Electromotive Properties of 

 Muscle," read December 14, 1876. In a Letter to Professor Huxley, 

 by Dr. Burdon Sanderson, F.R.S 322 



VII. Photographic Image of Stratified Discharges. A Letter to Prof. Stokes, 



Sec. R.S., by W. Spottiswoode, M.A., Treas. R.S 323 



VIII. On the Length of the Spark between two Spherical Surfaces of the Chlo- 

 ride-of-Silver Battery. By Warren De La Rue, M.A., D.C.L., F.R.S., 

 and Hugo W. Muller, Ph.D., F.R.S. .324 



June 21, 1877. 



I. On the Normal Paraffins. — Part II. By C. S. Schorlemmer, F.R.S., 



Professor of Organic Chemistry in Owens College, Manchester . . . 325 



II. The Relationships of the Nerve-cells of the Cortex to the Lymphatic Sys- 

 tem of the Brain. By Bevan Lewis, F.R.M.S., Assistant Medical 

 Officer at the West Riding Asylum. (Plates 1 & 2.) 326 



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