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Minutes foe Session 1902 — 1903. 



November 20, 1902. 



Dr. W. T. BLANFOED, Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Mr. H. Brereton Baker was admitted into the Society. 



A List of the Presents received was laid on the table, and thanks 

 ordered for them. 



In pursuance of the Statutes, notice of the ensuing Anniversary 

 Meeting was given from the Chair. . 



The Eev. Kobert Harley, Professor Meldola, and Dr. E. H. Scott 

 were by ballot elected Auditors of the Treasurer's accounts on the part 

 of the Society. 



The following Papers, received during the Eecess, and published in 

 full or in abstract, in accordance with the Standing Orders of Council, 

 were read in title : — 



" Observations on ' Flicker ' in Binocular Vision." By C. S. Sherring- 

 ton, M.A., M.D., F.E.S. 



" Harmonic Tidal Constants for certain Australian and Chinese Ports." 

 By Thomas Wright, of the Nautical Almanac Office. Communi- 

 cated by Professor G. H. Darwin, F.E.S. 



" On the Influence of the Prolonged Action of the Temperature of 

 Liquid Air on Micro-organisms, and on the Effect of Mechanical 

 Trituration at the Temperature of Liquid Air on Photogenic 

 Bacteria." By Allan Macfadyen, M.D. Communicated by 

 Professor James Dewar, F.E.S. 



" On the Measurement of the Bactericidal Power of small Samples of 

 Blood under Aerobic and Anaerobic Conditions, and on the Com- 

 parative Bactericidal Effect of Human Blood drawn off and 

 tested under these Contrasted Conditions." By A. E. Wright, 

 M.D., Professor of Pathology, Army Medical School, Netley. 

 Communicated by Professor J. E. Bradford, F.E.S. 



" On Changes in Elastic Properties produced by the sudden Cooling or 

 ' Quenching' of Metals." By James Muir, B.A., D.Sc. Commu- 

 nicated by Professor J. A. Ewing, F.E.S. 



