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 THE ROYAL SOCIETY. 



vol. xl. No. 242. 



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January 7, 1886. ^s&u , *ff\ J ' 



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I. - Experimental Eesearch.es on the Propagation of Heat by Conduction in 

 Muscle, Liver, Kidney, Bone, and Brain. By J. S. Lombard, M.D., 

 formerly Assistant Professor of Physiology in Harvard University . 1 



II. Further Besearches into the Function of the Thyroid Gland and into the 

 Pathological State produced by Removal of the same. By Professor 

 Victor Hoeslet, B.S., F.R.C.S 6 



III. Contributions to the Anatomy of the Central Nervous System of Plagio- 



stomata. By Alfred Sanders, M.E.O.S., F.L.S 10 



January 14, 1886. 



I. On the Action of Sunlight on Micro-organisms, &c, with a Demonstration 



of the Influence of Diffused Light. By Arthtjr Downes, M.D. . 14 



II. Notes upon the Straining of Ships caused by Rolling. By Francis 



Elgar, LL.D., F.R.S.E., Professor of Naval Architecture and Marine 

 Engineering in the University of Glasgow . . . . . . 22 



III. Proteid Substances in Latex. By J. R. G-eeen, B.Sc, B.A., Demonstrator 



of Physiology in the University of Cambridge . . . . .28 



IV. The Coefficient of Viscosity of Air. By Herbert Tomlinson, B.A. . 40 



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