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On an Approximate Solution for the Bending of a Beam of Rectangu- 

 lar Cross-section under any System of Load, with Special Reference 

 to Points of Concentrated or Discontinuous Loading. By L. N. G. 

 Filon, B.A. (Cantab.), M.A., B.Sc. (Lond.), King's College, Cambridge, 

 Fellow of University College, London, and 1851 Exhibition Science 

 Research Scholar. Communicated by Dr. C. Chree, F.R.S 491 



Antarctic Origin of the Tribe Schceneae. By C. B. Clarke, F.R.S. 

 (Plate 14)...*" , 496 



On the Structure of the Gills of the Lamellibranchia. By Dr. W. G. 

 Ridewood. Communicated by E. Ray Lankester, M.A., F.R.S 499 



On some Phenomena which suggest a Short Period of Solar and Meteo- 

 rological Changes. By Sir Norman Lockyer, K.C.B., FR.S., and 

 William J. S. Lockyer, M. A., Ph.D., F.R.A.S 500 



On Two Methods for the Limitation and Regulation of Chloroform 

 when administered as an Anaesthetic. By A. Vernon Harcourt, 

 F.R.S., Reader in Chemistry at Christ Church, Oxford 504 



Index 511 



