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February 14, 1901. 



A. B. KEMPE, M.A., Treasurer and Vice-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. " Some Additional Notes on the Orientation of Greek Temples, 

 being the Eesult of a Journey to Greece and Sicily, in April 

 and May, 1900." By F. C. Penrose, F.E.S. 



II. " The Transmission of the Trypanosoma Evansi by Horse Flies, and 

 other Experiments pointing to the Probable Identity of Surra 

 of India and Nagana or Tsetse-fly Disease of Africa." By Dr. 

 Leonard Eogers. Communicated by Major D. Bruce, 

 E.A.M.C., F.E.S. 



III. " On the Influence of Ozone on the Vitality of some Pathogenic 



and other Bacteria." By Dr. A. Eansome, F.R.S., and 

 A. G. E. Foulerton. 



IV. " On the Functions of the Bile as a Solvent." By B. Moore and 



W. H. Parker. Communicated by Professor Schafer, F.E.S. * 



V. " On the Application of the Kinetic Theory of Gases to the 

 Electric, Magnetic, and Optical Properties of Diatomic Gases." 

 By G. W. Walker. Communicated by Professor Eucker, 

 Sec. E.S. 



VI. " Heredity, Differentiation, and other Conceptions of Biology : 

 A Consideration of Professor Karl Pearson's Paper ' On the 

 Principle of Homotyposis.' " By W. Bateson, F.E.S. 



" On the Influence of Ozone on the Vitality of some Pathogenic 

 and other Bacteria." By Arthur Eansome, M.D., F.E.C.P., 

 F.E.S., and Alexander G. E. Foulerton, F.R.C.S. Be- 

 ceived January 12, — Bead February 14, 1901. 



The influence of ozone on the vitality of bacteria is a matter which 

 has received the attention of several investigators. But, on reviewing 

 the records of the results which have been arrived at, it is obvious that 

 such results have not always been consistent. 



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