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Further Experiments on the Action of an Intermittent Beam of Eadiant 

 Heat on Gaseous Matter. Thermometric Measurements. By J. 

 Tyndall, F.R.S 478 



List of Presents 479 



No. 211.— March, 3, 1881. 



List of Candidates for Election 485 



Some Experiments on Metallic Reflexion. No. II. By Sir John Conroy, 

 Bart., M.A , 486 



On the Trichophyton tonsurans (the Fungus of Ringworm). By George 

 Thin, M.D 501 



On Bacterium decalvans : an Organism associated with the Destruction of 

 the Hair in Alopecia areata. By George Thin, M.D 502 



On the Absorption of Pigment by Bacteria. By George Thin, M.D 503 



On Toroidal Functions. By W. M. Hicks, M.A., St. John's College, 

 Cambridge 504 



Microscopical Researches in High Power Definition. Preliminary Note 

 on the Beaded Villi of Lepidopt era- Scales as seen with a Power of 

 3,000 Diameters. By Dr. Royston-Pigott, F.R.S 505 



March 10, 1881. 



On the Conversion of Radiant Energy into Sonorous Vibrations. By 

 William Henry Preece 506 



On the Limit of the Liquid State. By J. B. Hannay, F.R.S.E 520 



On the Diastase of Kdji. By R. W. Atkinson, B.Sc. (Lond.), Professor 

 of Analytical and Applied Chemistry in the University of Tokid, 

 Japan 523 



March 17, 1881. 



On the Electrical Resistance of Thin Liquid Films, with a Revision of 

 Newton's Table of Colours. By A. W. Reinold, M.A., Professor of 

 Physics in the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, anol A. "W. Riicker, 

 M. A., Professor of Physics in the Yorkshire College, Leeds 524 



Molecular Electro-Magnetic Induction. By Professor D. E. Hughes, 

 F.R.S 525 



On the Action of Sodium upon Chinoline. By C. Greville Williams, 

 F.RS 536 



List of Presents 541 



Index 547 



