PROCEEDINGS OF 

 THE ROYAL SOCIETY. 



vol, xlii. No. 255. 



List of Candidates . . . . . ... . : . . . 316 



I. Eeport of the Observations of the Total Solar Eclipse of August 29, 



1886, made at Carriacou. By the Eev. S. J. Perry, S.J., F.E.S. . 316 



II. Note on the Microscopic Structure of Eock Specimens from three Peaks 

 in the Caucasus. By T. Gr. Bonney, D.Sc., LL.D., F.E.S. , Professor 

 of Greology in University College, London 318 



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

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

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

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



IV. Note on the Greological Bearing of Mr. Davison's Paper. By T. Gr. 

 Bonnet, D.Sc, LL.D., E.B.S., Professor of Greology in University 

 College, London 328 



V. Note on some Experiments on the Yiscosity of Ice. By J. E. Main, 



M.A., D.Sc 329 



VI. The Tubercular Swellings on the Eoots of the Leguminoseae. By 

 H. Marshall Ward, M.A., E.L.S., Eellow of Christ's College, 

 Cambridge, and Professor of Botany in the Forestry School, Eoyal 

 Indian College, Cooper's Hill 331 



VII. 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 



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



Walker, F.E.S .334 



List of Presents . . . . . . . . . . . . 336 



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