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No. 373. 



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Experiments on the Flame Spectrum of Carbon Monoxide. By W. N. 

 Hartley, F.B.S., Eoyal College of Science, Dublin 217 



Meeting of April 1, 1897. 



Croonian Lecture. — The Mammalian Spinal Cord as an Organ of 

 Keflex Action. By C. S. Sherrington, M.A., M.D., F.E.S., Holt 

 Professor of Physiology, University College, Liverpool 220 



Meeting of April 8, 1897, and List of Papers read 221 



The Production of X Rays of different Penetrative Values. By A. A. 

 C. Swinton. Communicated by Lord Kelvin, F.R.S 222 



Cathode and Lenard Pays. By J. A. McClelland, M.A., Junior Fellow 



E. U.I. Communicated by Professor J. J. Thomson, F.E.S 227 



On the Application of Harmonic Analysis to the Dynamical Theory of 

 the Tides. Part I. On Laplace's i Oscillations of the First Species,' 

 and on the Dynamics of Ocean Currents. By S. S. Hough, M.A., 

 Fellow of St. John's College and Isaac Newton Student in the 

 University of Cambridge. Communicated by Professor G. H. Dar- 

 win, F.E.S 236 



On Boomerangs. By G. T. Walker, M.A., B.Sc, Fellow of Trinity 

 College, Cambridge. Communicated by Professor J. J. Thomson, 



F. E.S 239 



Condensation of Water Vapour in the presence of Dust-free Air and 

 other Gases. By C. T. E. Wilson, B.Sc. (Vict.), M.A. (Cantab.), of 

 Sidney Sussex College, Clerk-Maxwell Student in the University of 

 Cambridge. Communicated by Professor J. J. Thomson, F.E.S 240 



Double (Antidrome) Conduction in the Central Nervous System. By 

 C. S. Sherrington, M.A., M.D., F.E.S., Holt Professor of Physiology, 

 University College, Liverpool , 243 



Further Note on the Sensory Nerves of Muscles. By C. S. Sherrington, 

 M.A., M.D., F.E.S., Holt Professor of Physiology, University Col- 

 lege, Liverpool 247 



On the Breaking-up of Fat in the Alimentary Canal under Normal 

 Circumstances and in the Absence of the Pancreas. By Vaughan 

 Harley, M.D., M.E.C.P., Professor of Pathological Chemistry, 

 University College, London. Commuuicated by Professor Horsley, 

 F.E.S 249 



No. 374. 



Meeting of May 13, 1897, with Names of Candidates recommended for 

 Election and List of Papers read 266 



An Attempt to cause Helium or Argon to pass through Eed-hot 

 Palladium, Platinum, or Iron. By William Eamsay, F.E.S., and 

 Morris W. Travers 267 



On the Negative After-images following brief Eetinal Excitation. By 

 Shelford Bidwell, M.A., LL.B., F.E.S 268 



A Dynamical Theory of the Electric and Luminiferous Medium. 

 Part III. Eelations with Material Media. By Joseph Larmor, 

 F.E.S., Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge 272 



