PROCEEDINGS OF 

 THE ROYAL SOCIETY. 



VOL. xli. No. 247. 



CONTENTS. 



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Preliminary Report on the Pathology of Cholera Asiatica (as observed in Spain, 

 1885). By C. S. Roy, F.R.S., J. G-raham Brown, M.D., &c., and 



C. S. Sherington, M.B 178 



An Instrument for the Speedy Volumetric Determination of Carbonic Acid. 



By William Marcet, M.D., F.R.S. (Plate 2) ..... 181 



Researches in Stellar Photography. 1. In its Relation to the Photometry of 

 the Stars ; 2. Its applicability to Astronomical Measurements of Great 

 Precision. By C. Pritchard, Savilian Professor of Astronomy in Oxford. 195 



Contribution to the Study of Intestinal Rest and Movement. By J. Theodore 



Cash, M.D. . . . . . . . . . . . .212 



On the Practical Measurements of Temperature. Experiments made at the 

 Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge. By H. L. Callendar, B.A., Scholar 

 of Trinity College, Cambridge 231 



The Determination of Organic Matter in Air. By Professor Thos. Carnelley, 



D. Sc, and Wat. Mackie, M.A., University College, Dundee . . . 238 



Obituary Notice : — 



James Apjohn ..... ..... i 



Price Three Shillings. 



