PROCEEDINGS 
OF THE 
ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH. 
yol. xiii. 1885-86. No. 122. 
Monday , 5 th April 1886. 
EOBEET GBAY, Esq., Yice-President, in the Chair. 
The following Communications were read : — 
1. Obituary Notices of — 
( а ) Morrison Watson, M.D., F.E.C.P. By Professor 
A. Young. 
(б) Eev. F. Bedford, M.A. By H. Barnes, M.D. 
2. The names of the following were proposed for election 
as Honorary Fellows in terms of the Laws : — 
The Eight Hon. Lord Bayleigh, M.A., Sec. F.E.S. 
M. Alphonse Milne-Edwards, Paris. 
M. l’Abbe Eenard, Brussels. 
Professor H. A. Newton, Yale College, U.S. 
Professor H. A. Thahen, Upsala. 
3. On some Variations in the Structure of Wool and other 
Allied Fibres. By E. H. Bowman, D.Sc., E.B.S.E., 
F.L.S., F.C.S., &c. (Plate XXIV.) 
The structure of all animal hairs is very complicated, and pre- 
sents many difficulties, both to the scientific observer and to those 
who require to manipulate these fibres in the various processes of 
textile and other manufactures. 
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