PROCEEDINGS OF 



THE EOYAL SOCIETY. 



VOL. XX. 



No. 138. 



CONTENTS, i 



June 13, 1872 (continued). 



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Report on Scientific Researches carried on during the Months of August, Septem- 

 ber, and October, 1871, in H.M. Surveying-ship ' Shearwater.' By William 

 B. Carpenter, LL.D., M.D., F.R.S 535 



Index 645 



PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS. 



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CATALOGUE OF SCIENTIFIC PAPERS. 

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NOTICE. 



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