PEOCEEDINGS OF 

 THE R T A L SOCIETY. 



VOL. LXI. 



No. 375. 



I MM 



Annual Meeting for Election of Fellows 



PAGE 



297 



Meeting of June 3, 1897, and List of Papers read ...... 297 



On the Dielectric Constants of certain Frozen Electrolytes at and above the 

 Temperature of Liquid Air. By J. A. Fleming, M.A., D.Sc, F.S.S., 

 Professor of Electrical Engineering in University College, London, and 

 James Dewae, M.A., LL.D., F.R.S., Fullerian Professor of Chemistry in 

 the Eoyal Institution, London 299 



On the Dielectric Constants of Pure Ice, Glycerine, Nitrobenzol, and Ethylene 

 Dibromide at and above the Temperature of Liquid Air. By J. A. 

 Fleming, M.A., D.Sc, F.E.S., Professor of Electrical Engineering in 

 University College, London, and James Dewae, M.A., LL.D., F.R.S., 

 Fullerian Professor of Chemistry in the Eoyal Institution, &c. . . 316 



The Sensitiveness of the Ketina to Light and Colour. By Captain W. de W. 



Abney, C.B., D.C.L., F.R.S 330 



On the Mechanism by which the First Sound of the Heart is produced. By 



Sir Richabd Qfain, Bart., M.D., F.R.S 331 



Mathematical Contributions to the Theory of Evolution. On the Relative 

 Variation and Correlation in Civilised and Uncivilised Races. By Miss 

 Alice Lee, Bedford College, and Kael Peaeson, M.A., F.R.S., Professor 

 of Mathematics and Mechanics, University College, London . . . 343 



On the Nature of the Contagium of Rinderpest. Preliminary Communica- 

 tion. By Alexaxdee Edixgtox, M.B., F.R.S.E., Director Colonial 

 Bacteriological Institute, Cape Colony. Communicated by Sir James 

 Cbichton Beowxe, M.D., LL.D., F.R.S 357 



Obituary Notice : — 



GrEOEGE HAELEY V 



Price Two Shillings and Sixpence. 



Jcly 5, 1897. 



