PROCEEDINGS 
OF THE 
ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH. 
SESSION 1915-16. 
Parts III and IV] VOL. XXXVI. [Pp. 193-464 
CONTENTS. 
NO. PAGE 
X. On a Possible Explanation of the Satellites of Spectral Lines. 
By R. A. Houstoun, M.A , Pli.D., D.Sc., Lecturer on 
Physical Optics in the University of Glasgow, . . 199 
(Issued separately November 29, 1916.) 
XI. The Optical Rotation and Cryoscopic Behaviour of Sugars 
dissolved in (a) Formamide, (b) Water. Part II. By 
John Edwin Mackenzie and Sudhamoy Ghosh, D.Sc. 
(Edin.). Communicated by Professor J. Walker, F.R S., . 204 
(Issued separately November 29, 1916.) 
XII. Note on the Sublimation of Sugars. By Sudhamoy Ghosh, 
D.Sc. (Edin.). Communicated by Professor J. Walker, 
F.R.S., 216 
(Issued separately November 30, 1916.) 
XIII. On the Size of the Particles in Deep-sea Deposits. By Dr 
Sven Oden, Uppsala. Communicated by The General 
Secretary. (With Three Plates), 219 
(Issued separately January 16, 1917.) 
XIV. Mathematical Note on the Fall of Small Particles through 
Liquid Columns. By Professor C. G. Knott, . . . 237 
(Issued separately January 16, 1917.) 
XV. Preliminary Communication on the Effects of Thyroid- 
Feeding upon the Pancreas. By Dr M. Kojima, Staff- 
Surgeon Imperial Japanese Navy. Communicated by 
Sir Edward A. Schafer, F.R.S. (With Two Plates), . 240 
(Issued separately January 19, 1917.) 
XVI. On the Theory of Continued-Fractions. By Professor E. T. 
Whittaker, 243 
(Issued separately January 19, 1917.) 
XVII. The Ochil Earthquakes of the Years 1900-1914. By Charles 
Davison, Sc.D., F.G.S. Communicated by The General 
Secretary, 256 
(Issued separately February 6, 1917.) 
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