of Edinburgh, Session 1882-83. 
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1. On a proposed Edinburgh Marine Station for Biological 
Kesearchj at Granton Quarry. By Mr John Murray. 
2. On Work done on board H.M.S. '‘Triton” in the Faroe 
Channel during the Summer of 1882. By Mr John 
Murray. 
8 On the Fennatulida dredged in the Faroe Channel during 
the Cruise of H.M.S. “Triton” in August 1882. By 
Professor A. M. Marshall. Communicated by Mr John 
Murray. 
4. On the Asteroidea dredged in the Faroe. Channel during 
the Cruise of H.M.S. “Triton” in August 1882. By 
Mr W. Percy Sladen, F.L.S., F.G.S. Communicated by 
Mr John Murray. 
5. On the Pgcnogonida dredged in the Faroe Channel during 
the Cruise of H.M.S. “ Triton” in August 1882. By Dr 
P. P. C. Hoek. Communicated by Mr John Murray. 
6. On the Crustacea dredged in the Faroe Channel during the 
Cruise of FI.M.S. “Triton” in August 1882, By Rev. A.M. 
Norman, D.C.L. Communicated by Mr John Murray. 
7. On the Timicata dredged in the Faroe Channel during the 
Cruise of H.M.S. “Triton” in August 1882. By Pro- 
fessor W. A. Herdman. 
8. On the Proofs of Proportionality of Emissive and Absorp- 
tive Power. By Professor Tait. 
9. A Contribution to the Chemistry of Nitroglycerine. By 
Matthew Hay, M.D., Assistant to the Professor of 
Materia Medica in the University of Edinburgh. Com- 
municated by Professor Crum Brown. 
(A full report of this paper appears in the Transactions of the Society. ) 
On account of the identity of the physiological action of nitro- 
glycerine with that of simple alkaline nitrites, it occurred to the 
