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March 17, 1904. 

 Sir WILLIAM HUGGINS, K.C.B., O.M., President, in the Chair. 



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

 ordered for them. 



The following Papers were read . — 



I. " Physical Constants at Low Temperatures. (1) The Densities of 

 Solid Oxygen, Nitrogen, Hydrogen, etc." By Professor J. 

 Dewar, F.R.S. 



II. " The Specific Heats of Metals, and the Relation of Specific Heat 

 to Atomic Weight. — Part III." By Professor W. A. Tilden, 

 F.R.S. 



III. " On the Construction of some Mercury Standards of Resistance, 



with a Determination of the Temperature Coefficient of 

 Resistance of Mercury." By F. E. Smith. Communicated by 

 Dr. R. T. Glazebrook, F.R.S. 



IV. " On the Effect of a Magnetic Field on the Rate of Subsidence of 



Torsional Oscillations in Wires of Nickel and Iron, and the 

 Changes produced by Drawing and Annealing." By Professor 

 A. Gray, F.R.S., and A. Wood. 



V. " On a Criterion which may serve to Test various Theories of 



Inheritance." By Professor K. Pearson, F.R.S. 



March 24, 1904. 



Sir M. FOSTER, K.C.B., Vice-President, in the Chair. 



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

 ordered for them. 



The Croonian Lecture : " The Chemical Regulation of the Secretory 

 Process," was delivered by Professor E. H. Starling, F.R.S., and 

 Dr. W. M. Bayliss, F.R.S. 



The Society adjourned over the Easter recess to Thursday, April 28. 



