PROCEEDINGS OF 



1890 



THE ROYAL SOCIETY. 



VOL. XLVI. 



No. 285. 



CONTENTS. 



PAGE 



On the Velocity of Transmission through Sea- water of Disturbances of large 

 Amplitude caused by Explosions. By Richard Threlpall, M.A., Pro- 

 fessor of Physics, University of Sydney, and John Frederick Adair, 

 M.A., Demonstrator of Physics in the University of Sydney (Plates 3, 4) 496 



The Ferment-action of Bacteria. By T. Lauder Brunton, M.D., F.R.S., and 



A. Macpadyen, M.D., B.Sc 542 



Obituary Notices : — 



Walter Weldon xix 



Sir Julius von Haas t . . xxiv 



Dr. C. J. B. Williams xxvi 



Robert Stirling- New all ........ xxxiii 



Dr. John Percy xxxv 



Admiral Sir Robert Spencer Robinson, K.C.B. xl 



Charles Spence Bate xli 



John Frederic La Trobe Bateman . xlii 



Index . . . . lxix 



Title, Contents, &c. 



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Feb, 18, 1890. 



