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1909-10.] Meetings of the Society. 
The following Communications were read : — 
1. A New Hydrate of Orthophosphoric Acid (Abstract). By Professor Alex. Smith and 
Professor A. W. C. Menzies. Proc., vol. xxx. pp. 63-64. 
2. The Pharmacological Action of Harmaline. By James A. Gunn, M.A., M.U., D.Sc. 
Communicated by Professor Sir Thomas R. Fraser, M.D. Trans., vol. xlvii. pp. 245-252. 
3. Mendelism and Zygotic Segregation in the production of Anomalous Sex. I. — The Free- 
Martin. By Dr Berry Hart, F.R.C.P.E. {With Lantern Illustrations.) Proc ., vol. xxx. 
pp. 230-241. 
4. The Theory of Orthogonants in the Historical Order of Development up to 1860. By Dr 
Thomas Muir. Proc., vol. xxx. pp. 265-290. 
The following Candidate for Fellowship was balloted for, and declared duly elected 
A. Anstruther Lawson, D.Sc. 
SECOND ORDINARY MEETING. 
Monday, 6th December 1909. 
Professor J. Cossar Ewart, Vice-President, in the Chair. 
The following Communications were read : — 
1. The Short Muscles of the Hand of the Agile Gibbon ( Hylobates agilis), with comments on 
the Morphological Position and Function of the Short Muscles of the Hand of Man. By Dr 
D. C. L. Fitzwilliams. Communicated by Principal Sir Wm. Turner, K.C.B., D.C.L. Proc., 
vol. xxx. pp. 202-218. 
2. On Waves in a Dispersive Medium resulting from a Limited Initial Disturbance. By 
George Green, M. A., B.Sc. Communicated by Professor A. Gray, F.R.S. Proc., vol. xxx. 
pp. 242-253. 
3. The Composition and Character of Oceanic Red Clay. By Dr W. A. Oaspari, B.Sc., F.I.C. 
Communicated by Sir John Murray, K.C.B. Proc., vol. xxx. pp. 183-201. 
THIRD ORDINARY MEETING. 
Monday, 26th December 1909. 
Principal Sir William Turner, K.C.B., President, in the Chair. 
The following Communications were read : — 
1. The Aborigines of Tasmania. Part II. — The Skeleton. By Sir Wm. Turner, K.C.B., 
President. Trans., vol. xlvii. pp. 411-454. 
2. On the Structure and Affinities of Zygopteris Romeri (Solms). By W. T. Gordon, M.A., 
B.Sc., Falconer Fellow of Edinburgh University. Communicated by Professor James Geikie, 
D.C.L., LL.D. Trans. 
3. On the Fossil Osmundacese. Part IV. and Conclusion. By Professor Gwynne- Vaughan 
and Dr R. Kidston, F.R.S. Trans., vol. xlvii. pp. 455-477. 
4. The Restoration of an Ancient Race of Horses. By Professor J. C. Ewart, F.R.S. Proc. 
vol. xxx. pp. 291-311. 
5. Borel’s Integral and g'-Series. By the Rev. F. H. Jackson. Communicated by Professor 
Chrystal. Proc., vol. xxx. pp. 378-385. 
The following Gentlemen were balloted for, and declared duly elected : — Percy Hall Grimshaw, 
Alexander Fraser, and Professor E. H. Archibald. 
FOURTH ORDINARY MEETING. 
Monday, 10 th January 1910. 
Professor Hudson Beare, Vice-President, in the Chair. 
The following Communications were read : — 
1. Current Measurements in Loch Garry. By E. M. Wedderburn, W. S. Proc., vol. xxx. 
pp. 312-323. 
2. Observations on some Spark-Gap Phenomena. By John M‘Whan, M.A. Communicated 
by Professor A. Gray. Proc., vol. xxx. pp. 219-229. 
3. Atmospheric Electric Potential Gradient and Earth-Air Current at Edinburgh. By Dr 
G. A. Carse and D. MacOwan. Proc., vol. xxx. pp. 460-465. 
