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(2) Hydrochloric Acid. By John Gibson, Ph.D., and W. H. Paterson. 
(3) Ammonium Bromide, Lithium Bromide, and Sodium Bromide. By John Gibson, 
Ph.D., and E. B. R. Prideaux, D.Sc. 
6. On the Precipitation of certain Chlorides by Hydrochloric Acid. By John Gibson, Ph.D., 
and R. B. Denison, D.Sc., Ph.D. ( With Lantern Illustrations.) 
7. Andrews’ Measurements of the Compression of Carbon Dioxide and of Mixtures of Carbon 
Dioxide and Nitrogen. By Dr 0. G. Knott. 
FIFTEENTH ORDINARY MEETING. 
Monday , 6th July 1908. 
Professor A. Crum Brown, F.R.S., Vice-President, in the Chair. 
The following Communications were read : — 
1. The Craniology of the Aborigines of Tasmania. By Principal Sir Wm. Turnek, K.C.B. 
Trans., vol. xlvi. pp. 365-403. 
2. Inversion Temperatures, and the Form of the Equation of State. By Professor W. Peddie. 
pp. 394-399. 
3. Magnetic Quality in the most open Cubic Arrangement of Molecular Magnets. By Professor 
W. Peddie. pp. 643-651. 
4. On Energy Accelerations and Partition of Energy. By C. W. Follett, Esq. Communicated 
by Professor W. Peddie. 
5. Combustion Analysis. By Professor James Walker, F.R.S., and Thomas Blackadder, 
B.Sc. pp. 708-712. 
THIRD SPECIAL MEETING. 
Monday , 13 th July 1908. 
Professor A. Crum Brown, F.R.S., Vice-President, in the Chair. 
The following Communications were read : — 
1. An Improved Method of Esterification. By G. E. Gibson, B.Sc. Communicated by Pro- 
fessor A. Crum Brown, pp. 703-704. 
2. Nitric Anhydride as a Nitrating Agent. By G. E. Gibson, B.Sc. Communicated by 
Professor A. Crum Brown, pp. 705-707. 
3. On the Significance of Maximum Electrolytic Conductivity. By Professor John Gibson. 
( With Lantern Illustrations . ) 
4. The Variation of Young’s Modulus under an Electric Current. Part II. By Henry 
Walker, M.A., B.Sc. Communicated by Professor J. G. MacGregor, F.R.S. pp. 652-675. 
5. The Theory of General Determinants in the Historical Order of Development up to 1860. 
By Thomas Muir, LL.D. pp. 676-702. 
SIXTEENTH AND LAST ORDINARY MEETING. 
Monday , 20th July 1908. 
Dr R. H. Traquair, F.R.S. , Vice-President, in the Chair. 
Mr Alexander Galbraith signed the Roll, and was duly admitted a Fellow of the Society. 
PRIZES. 
In presenting the Keith Prize the Chairman read the following statement : — 
The Council have awarded the Keith Prize for the biennial period 1905-1907 to Dr Alexander 
Bruce, for his paper entitled “Distribution of the Cells in the I ntermedio- Lateral Tract of the 
Spinal Cord,” published in the Transactions of the Society within the period. 
Dr Bruce early turned his attention to the elucidation of the finer anatomy of the brain and 
spinal cord. Few fields of investigation require a greater amount of patience and more laborious 
treatment, and yet, although Dr Bruce has only been able to devote the few leisure hours he has 
been able to snatch from the responsible and arduous duties of a consulting physician, he has 
attained a high reputation both at home and abroad in this line of work. 
Dr Bruce has published many important papers and memoirs on Neurology, both in the 
Proceedings of this Society and elsewhere ; but the particular essay which the Council have deemed 
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