PROCEEDINGS OF 

 THE EOYAL SOCIETY. 



VOL. lxv. No. 417. 



CONTENTS. 



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Annual Meeting for the Election of Fellows 206 



Meeting of June 1, 1899, and List of Papers read ... . 207 



The Characteristic of Nerve. By Augustus D. Waller, M.D., F.R.S. . 207 



The Parent-rock of the Diamond in South Africa. By T. Gt. Bonney, D.Sc, 



LL.D., V.P.R.S 223 



Photographic Researches on Phosphorescent Spectra : on Victorium, a new 

 Element associated with Yttrium. By Sir William Crookes, F.R.S. 

 (Plate 9) 237 



Experimental Contributions to the Theory of Heredity. A. Telegony. By 



J. C. Ewart, M.D., F.R.S., University of Edinburgh . . . .243 



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July 27, 1899. 



