PROCEEDINGS OF 

 THE ROYAL SOCIETY. 



YOL. LXVIII. 



No. 443. 



CONTENTS. 



PAGE 



Meeting of February 14, 1901, and Proceedings 



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On the Influence of Ozone on the Vitality of some Pathogenic and other 

 Bacteria. By Arthur Ransome, M.D., F.R.C.P., F.R.S., and Alex- 

 ander G-. E. Foulerton, F.R.C.S . . 55 



On the Functions of the Bile as a Solvent. By Benjamin Moore and 



William H. Parker. Communicated by Professor Schaeer, F.E.S. . 64 



On the Application of the Kinetic Theory of G-ases to the Electric, Magnetic, 

 and Optical Properties of Diatomic G-ases. By George W. Walker, 

 B.A., A.R.C.Sc., Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, Sir Isaac Newton 

 Research Student. Communicated by Professor Sucker, Sec. R.S. . 77 



Meeting of February 21, 1901, and Proceedings 78- 



An Attempt to Estimate the Vitality of Seeds by an Electrical Method. By 



Augustus D. Waller, M.D., F.R.S 79* 



On a New Manometer, and on the Law of the Pressure of G-ases between 1*5 



and 0*01 Millimetres of Mercury. By Lord Rayleigh, F.R.S. . . 92 



An Investigation of the Spectra of Flames resulting from Operations in the 

 Open-hearth and " Basic " Bessemer Processes. By W. N. Hartley, 

 F.R.S., Royal College of Science, Dublin, and Hugh Ramage, A.R.C.Sc.I., 

 St. J ohn's College, Cambridge . . 93 



The Mineral Constituents of Dust and Soot from various Sources. By W. N. 

 Hartley, F.R.S., Royal College of Science, Dublin, and Hugh Ramage, 

 A.R.C.ScI., St. John's College, Cambridge 97 



Notes on the Spark Spectrum of Silicon as rendered by Silicates. By W. N. 



Some Additional Notes on the Orientation of Greek Temples, being the Result 

 of a Journey to Greece and Sicily in April and May, 1900. By F. C. 



Penrose, M.A., F.R.S. 112 



Hartley, F.R.S 



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