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The Volcanic Eruption at Bandaisan. v By Prof. C. Michie Smith. (Witli a 
Plate), . . . . . . ' . . . . 65 
On Evolution and Man’s Place in Nature. By Prof. Calderwood, . . 71 
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On Coral Beefs and other Carbonate of Lime Formations in Modern Seas. By 
John Murray, LL.D., Ph.D., and Kobert Irvine, F.C.S., . . 79 
Note on Kipples in a Viscous Liquid. By Professor Tait, . . .110 
The Determination of Surface-Tension by the Measurement of Bipples. By 
Prof. C. Michie Smith, . . . . . . .115 
The Absorption Spectra of Certain Vegetable Colouring Matters. By Prof. 
C. Michie Smith. (With a Plate), . . . . . .121 
On a Mechanism for the Constitution of Ether. By Sir William Thomson, . 127 
On the Swimming Bladder and Flying Powers of Dactylopterus volitans. By 
W. L. Calderwood. Communicated by Professor Ewart. (With a 
Plate), ... . . . . . . . .132 
Notes on the Solution of certain Equations. By R. E. Allardice, M.A., . 139 
Notes on the Zodiacal Light. By Prof. ]C. Michie Smith, . . . 142 
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On the Structure and Contraction of Striped Muscular Fibre of the Crab and 
Lobster. By Professor William Rutherford, M.D., F.R.S., . . 146 
Some Multinomial Theorems in Quaternions. By the Rev. M. M. U. Wilkinson. 
Communicated by Professor Tait, . . . . . .149 
On an Accidental Illustration of the Effective Ohmic Resistance to a Transient 
Electric Current through a Steel Bar. By Sir William Thomson, . .157 
On the Segmentation of the. Nucleus of the Third Cranial Nerve. By Dr Alex. 
Bruce. (With Two Plates), . . . . . . .168 
On the Nature of a Voluntary Muscular Movement. By John Berry Hay- 
craft, M.D., D.Sc., ........ 176 
Muscular Contraction following Rapid Electrical Stimulation of Central Nervous 
System. By John Berry Haycraft, M.D., D.Sc., . . . . 178 
Synthesis of Sebacic Acid. By Prof. Crum Brown and Dr James Walker, . 180 
On the Relation of Optical Activity to the Character of the Radicals united to 
the Asymmetric Carbon Atom. By Prof. Crum Brown, . . . 181 
On the Mean Level of the Surface of the Solid Earth. By Hugh Robert 
Mill, D.Sc., . . . . . . . 185 
A Geometrical Method, dependent on the Principle of Translation. By David 
Maver. (With a Plate), . . . . . . 188 
Graphic Records of Impact. By Professor Tait, . 
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