PROCEEDINGS OF 

 THE ROYAL SOCIETY. 



vol. xl vi. / 7*7^/77 No. 283. 



CONTENTS. 



June 20, 1889. 



PAGE 



I. On the Cavendish Experiment. By C. V. Boys, A.E.S.M., F.R.S., 

 Assistant Professor of Physics at the Normal School of Science, South 

 Kensington 253 



II. On Time-lag in the Magnetisation of Iron. By J. A. Ewing, B.Sc, 



F.R.S., Professor of Engineering in University College, Dundee . 269 



III. Note on the Thermo-electric Position of Platinoid. By J. T. 



Bottomlet, M.A., E.Pv.S., and A. Tanakadate, Rigakitsi . . 286 



IV. Specific Inductive Capacity of Dielectrics when acted on by verv 



rapidly alternating Electric Forces. By J. J. Thomson, M.A., 

 F.R.S., Cavendish Professor of Physics, Cambridge .... 292 



V. A new Form of Gras Battery. By Led wig Mond and Gael Danger 296 



VI. Contributions to the Chemistry of Storage Batteries. No. 2. By 



E. Fkanexakd, D.C.L., F.R.S 304 



VII. Contributions to the Anatomy of Fishes. I. The Air-bladder and 



Weberian Ossicles in the Siluridae. By T. W. Beidge, M.A., Pro- 

 fessor of Zoology in the Mason College, Birmingham, and A. C. 

 Haddon, M.A., Professor of Zoology in the Royal College of Science, 

 Dublin . . . . 309 



VIII. The Chemistry of the Urine of the Horse. By Feed Smith, 



M.R.C.V.S., F.I.C., Army Veterinary Department, Professor Army 

 Veterinary School, Aldershot 32& 



IX. A Chemical Intmiry into the Phenomena of Human Respiration. By 



William Maecet, M.D., F.R.S. . . . . . , 340 



X. On a pure Fermentation of Mannite and Glycerin. By Peecy F. 

 Fbanklakd, Ph.D., B.Sc. (Lond.), Assoc. Roy. Sch. of Mines, Pro- 

 fessor of Chemistry in University College, Dundee, and Joseph J. 

 Fox . . . 345 



XI. On the Effect of Temperature on the Specific Inductive Capacity of a 



Dielectric. By W. Cassie, M.A 357 



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