PEOCEEDINGS OF 

 THE ROYAL SOCIETY. 



vol. lxi. No. 376. 



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On the Nature of the Contagium of^ Binder pest. Preliminary Communica- 

 tion. By Alexander Edington, M.B., F.R.S.E., Director Colonial 

 Bacteriological Institute, Cape Colony. Communicated by Sir James 

 Crichton Browne, M.D., LL.D., F.R.S 357 



On the Dielectric Constants of certain Organic Bodies at and below the 

 Temperature of Liquid Air. By James Dewae, M.A., LL.D., F.R.S., 

 Fullerian Professor of Chemistry in the Royal Institution, and J. A. 

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

 University College, Xondon ■ . . . 358 



On the Dielectric Constants of Metallic Oxides dissolved or suspended in Ice 

 cooled to the Temperature of Liquid Air. By James Dewae, M.A., 

 LL.D., F.R.S., Fullerian Professor of Chemistry in the Royal Institution, 

 and J. A. Fleming, M. A., D.Sc, F.R.S., Professor of Electrical Engineer- 

 ing in University College, London 368 



Further Observations on the Dielectric Constants of Frozen Electrolytes at 

 and above the Temperature of Liquid Air. By J. A. Fleming, M.A., 

 D.Sc, F.R.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 Royal Institution ........ 380 



Meeting of June 17, 1897, and List of Papers read 396 



An Investigation on the Variability of the Human Skeleton with especial 

 Reference to the Naqada Race, discovered by Professor Flinders Petrie 

 in his Explorations in Egypt. By Ernest Warren, B.Sc Communi- 

 cated by Professor W. F. R. Weldon, F.R.S 398 



The Average Contribution of each several Ancestor to the total Heritage of 



the Offspring. By Feancis G-alton, D.C.L., Sc.D., F.R.S. . . .401 



Further Note on the Influence of a Magnetic Field on Radiation Frequency. 



By Oliver Lodge, F.R.S., assisted by Mr. Benjamin Davies . . 413 



Fifth Report to the Royal Society Water Research Committee. By H. 

 Marshall Ward, Sc.D., F.R.S., F.L.S., Professor of Botany in the 

 University of Cambridge .415 



July 31, 1897. 



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