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Note on Protection in Anthrax. By L. C. Wooldridge, M.D., D.Sc, 

 Demonstrator of Physiology, Guy's Hospital 312 



List of Presents 314 



No. 255.— May 5, 1887. 



List of Candidates 316 



Report of the Observations of the Total Solar Eclipse of August 29, 

 1886, made at Carriacou. By the Rev. S. J. Perry, S.J., F.R.S 316 



Note on the Microscopic Structure of Pock Specimens from three Peaks 

 in the Caucasus. By T. G. Bonney, D.Sc, LL.D., F.R.S., Professor of 

 Geology in University College, London 318 



On the Distribution of Strain in the Earth's Crust resulting from Secular 

 Cooling, with special Reference to the Growth of Continents and the 

 Formation of Mountain-chains. By Charles Davison, M.A., Mathe- 

 matical Master at King Edward's High School, Birmingham 325 



Note on the Geological Bearing of Mr. Davison's Paper. By T. G. 

 Bonney, D.Sc, LL.D., F.R.S., Professor of Geology in University 

 College, London 328 



Note on some Experiments on the Viscosity of Ice. By J. F. Main, 

 M.A., D.Sc 329 



The Tubercular Swellings on the Roots of the Leguminosese. By H. 

 Marshall Ward, M.A., F.L.S., Fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge, 

 and Professor of Botany in the Forestry School, Royal Indian College, 

 Cooper's Hill 331 



The Proteids of the Seeds of Abrus precatorius (Jequirity). By Sidney 

 Martin, M.D. Lond., Fellow of University College, London, and 

 Pathologist to the Victoria Park Hospital 331 



On the Diameters of Plane Cubics. Preliminary Notice. By J. J. 

 Walker, F.R.S 334 



List of Presents 336 



May 12, 1887. 



Croonian Lecture. — On Parieasaurus bombidens (Owen), and the Signifi- 

 cance of its Affinities to Amphibians, Reptiles, and Mammals. By H. 

 G. Seeley, F.R.S., Professor of Geography in King's College, London.... 337 



List of Presents 342 



May 26, 1887. 



The Bakerian Lecture. — On the Dissociation of some Gases by the 

 Electric Discharge. By J. J. Thomson, M. A., F.R.S. , Fellow of Trinity 

 College, and Cavendish Professor of Experimental Physics in the 

 University of Cambridge 343 



